Court Ellingson
Court Ellingson | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Foothills | |
| Assumed office May 29, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Jason Luan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Victoria, British Columbia[1] |
| Political party | Alberta NDP |
| Alma mater | University of Calgary |
| Occupation | Consultant[2] |
Court Ellingson is a Canadian politician from the Alberta New Democratic Party who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Foothills in the 2023 Alberta general election.[3] As of June 21, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Technology and Innovation.
Alongside Brooks Arcand-Paul and Janis Irwin, he is one of three out LGBT members of the current Alberta legislature.[4]
Electoral history
| 2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Foothills | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | 11,054 | 49.92 | +17.50 | |||||
| United Conservative | Jason Luan | 10,793 | 48.74 | -8.24 | ||||
| Independent | Keenan Demontigny | 190 | 0.86 | – | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Kami Dass | 105 | 0.47 | – | ||||
| Total | 22,142 | 99.27 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 162 | 0.73 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,304 | 61.95 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 36,006 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from United Conservative | Swing | +12.87 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[5] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Member Information".
- ^ https://courtellingson.albertandp.ca/
- ^ "Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-Foothills | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ Aryn Toombs, "‘Albertans get shit done’: LGBTQ2S+ community gears up for political, court fight against Alberta Government". LiveWire Calgary, February 3, 2024.
- ^ "12 - Calgary-Foothills". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.