Laila Goodridge
Laila Goodridge is a politician in Alberta, Canada, currently serving as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Goodridge was first elected in the 2018 Fort McMurray-Conklin by-election after MLA Brian Jean resigned and then she was re-elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche in the 30th Alberta Legislature.
Laila Goodridge | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche Fort McMurray-Conklin (2018–2019) | |
Assumed office July 12, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Brian Jean |
Personal details | |
Born | 1986/1987 (age 33–34) Fort McMurray, Alberta |
Political party | United Conservative Party |
Other political affiliations | Wildrose Party (before 2017) |
Education | BA Political Studies |
Alma mater | University of Alberta (Campus Saint-Jean) |
Political career
Goodridge stood as the Wildrose candidate in Grande Prairie-Wapiti in 2015, even though she lived in Fort McMurray at the time.[1] She placed third.
A previous staffer for Brian Jean, she won the United Conservative nomination to succeed him as MLA for Fort McMurray-Conklin in 2018, and won the following by-election on July 12, 2018.
Personal life
Goodridge had experience in the oil and gas industry before going into politics.[1]
Electoral results
2019 general election
2019 Alberta general election: Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
United Conservative | Laila Goodridge | 9,836 | 66.33% | +2.63% | ||||
New Democratic | Jane Stroud | 3,635 | 24.51% | -8.79% | ||||
Alberta Party | Jeff Fafard | 857 | 5.78% | – | ||||
Alberta Independence | Mark Grinder | 271 | 1.83% | – | ||||
Green | Brian Deheer | 230 | 1.55% | +0.45% | ||||
Total | 14,829 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 95 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 25,622 | 58.25% | – | |||||
United Conservative notional hold | Swing | 5.73% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "60 - Fort Mcmurray-Lac La Biche, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Change is based on re-distributed results from the 2015 Alberta general election. |
2018 by-election
Alberta provincial by-election, July 12, 2018: Fort McMurray-Conklin Upon the resignation of Brian Jean on March 5, 2018 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
United Conservative | Laila Goodridge | 2,689 | 67.02% | +0.84% | ||||
New Democratic | Jane Stroud | 1,149 | 28.64% | -2.15% | ||||
Alberta Party | Sid Fayed | 103 | 2.57% | – | ||||
Liberal | Robin Le Fevre | 42 | 1.05% | -1.98% | ||||
Green | Brian Deheer | 29 | 0.72% | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 4,012 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 20 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 12,370 | 32.59% | -11.86% | |||||
United Conservative notional hold | Swing | +1.50% | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Election results". Retrieved August 13, 2018. |
2015 general election
2015 Alberta general election: Grande Prairie-Wapiti | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Wayne Drysdale | 6,229 | 35.57 | -16.06 | ||||
New Democratic | Mary Dahr | 5,062 | 28.90 | +19.60 | ||||
Wildrose | Laila Goodridge | 4,175 | 23.84 | -10.84 | ||||
Alberta Party | Rory Tarant | 2,048 | 11.69 | |||||
Total | 17,514 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 77 | |||||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 37,445 | 46.98 | +4.41 | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -17.55 | ||||||
Source(s) |
References
- McDermott, Vincent (2018-07-13). "United Conservatives win Alberta byelections". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2018-07-13.