Chris Nielsen (politician)

Christian Nielsen (born 1967) is a Canadian politician who was the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the riding of Edmonton-Decore. He was elected in the 2015 Alberta election with 68% of the popular vote.[1] Within the Legislature, Nielsen was on a number of standing committees, such as the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship. He was previously the deputy chair of the Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, a committee devoted to oversight of Alberta's "rainy day" fund, built from past natural resource revenue.[2]

Chris Nielsen
Nielsen in May 2015
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Decore
In office
May 5, 2015 – May 29, 2023
Preceded byJanice Sarich
Succeeded bySharif Haji
Personal details
BornApril 1967 (age 56)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Political partyAlberta New Democratic Party
Residence(s)Edmonton, Alberta
OccupationShipper, Warehouseman

Background

Nielsen was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1967, before moving to Edmonton in 1982 with his family. He was educated at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), where he attended from 1986 to 1988. After his education, Nielsen held jobs in the industrial sector, and was a shipping receiver at a Lucerne Foods ice cream plant prior to being elected as an MLA.[2][3]

Electoral history

2019 general election
2019 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Decore
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticChris Nielsen8,78947.54-21.17
United ConservativeKaren Principe7,37139.87+13.89
Alberta PartyAli Haymour2,02710.96–
Alberta IndependenceVirginia Bruneau3011.63–
Total 18,48898.79–
Rejected, spoiled and declined 2271.21
Turnout 18,71556.68
Eligible electors 33,017
New Democratic hold Swing -17.53
Source(s)
Source: "30 - Edmonton-Decore, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 116–119. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

2015 general election
2015 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Decore
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticChris Nielsen10,53167.91%47.76%
Progressive ConservativeJanice Sarich2,84718.36%-24.00%
WildroseDean Miller1,2898.31%-13.24%
LiberalBradley Whalen6914.46%-11.48%
GreenTrey Capnerhurst1500.97%–
Total 15,508––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 473721
Eligible electors / turnout 32,51847.90%0.59%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 14.37%
Source(s)
Source: "32 - Edmonton-Decore, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta.

References
  1. "Riding results: Edmonton-Decore". Edmonton Journal. 18 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  2. "Elected Members - Mr. Chris Nielsen (ND)". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Government of Alberta. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. ANDREA SANDS, ALEXANDRA ZABJEK AND ELISE STOLTE (5 May 2015). "Meet Edmonton's new MLAs". Edmonton Journal. Postmedia. Retrieved 22 March 2016.


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