Rod Loyola

Rodrigo Alonso Loyola Salas (born February 28, 1974) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Ellerslie and re-elected on April 16, 2019.[1][2] Loyola had previously contested the same seat for the same party in the 2012 Alberta general election. He placed third in the 2014 Alberta NDP leadership race.[3]

Rod Loyola MLA
Loyola in May 2015
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Ellerslie
Incumbent
Assumed office May 5, 2015
Preceded by	Naresh Bhardwaj
Personal details
Born	(1974-02-28) February 28, 1974 Santiago, Chile
Political party	Alberta New Democratic Party
Residence	Edmonton, Alberta
Occupation	Union President, Labour Organizer

Personal life

Loyola has a Bachelors of Arts from University of Alberta, where he worked as an academic program coordinator and student advisor for University of Alberta.[2] Loyola was elected President of the Non-Academic Staff Association.[2]

Loyola is on the board of Friends of Medicare. Loyola volunteered for the Knottwood Community League, the Post-Secondary Education Task Force for Public Interest Alberta.[2]..

Electoral history

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Ellerslie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Rod Loyola	9,717	50.9%	-10.67%
	United Conservative	Sanjay Patel	7,230	37.9%	+4.16%
	Alberta Party	Hazelyn Williams	1,273	6.7%	--
	Liberal	Mike McGowan	390	2.0%	-2.68%
	Independence	Brian S. Lockyer	199	1.0%	--
	Alberta Advantage	Yash Sharma	263	1.4%	--
Total valid votes			19,072
Rejected, spoiled and declined			88	61	14
Registered electors			30,945
Turnout			62.0%
	New Democratic hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source: Elections Alberta[4]

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Ellerslie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Rod Loyola	11,034	61.57	+45.57
	Progressive Conservative	Harman Kandola	3,549	19.80	-23.17
	Wildrose	Jackie Lovely	2,499	13.94	-10.72
	Liberal	Mike McGowan	839	4.68	-6.70
Total valid votes			17,921	99.30
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			127	0.70
Turnout			18,048	52.67	+2.63
Registered electors			34,266
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+34.37
Source(s) Elections Alberta. "Electoral division results:Edmonton-Ellerslie". Retrieved August 29, 2018.

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Ellerslie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Naresh Bhardwaj	5,677	42.97	+1.07
	Wildrose	Jackie Lovely	3,258	24.66	+20.35
	New Democratic	Rod Loyola	2,114	16.00	-1.30
	Liberal	Jennifer Ketsa	1,504	11.38	-21.48
	Alberta Party	Chinwe Okelu	523	3.96
	Independent	Athena Bernal-Born	137	1.04
Total valid votes			13,213	98.83
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			157	1.17
Turnout			13,370	50.04	+14.87
Registered electors			26,721
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-9.64
Source(s) Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Edmonton-Ellerslie". Retrieved August 29, 2018.

References

1. Klingbeil, ,Cailynn. "Riding results: Edmonton-Ellerslie". www.edmontonjournal.com.
2. Loyola, Rod. "Elected Members". Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
3. CBC News. "Rachel Notley is the new leader of the Alberta NDP". CBC.
4. "2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2019-04-27.