Jonathon Carson (born 1991) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the

2015 Alberta general election The 2015 Alberta general election was held on May 5, 2015, following a request of Premier Jim Prentice to the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Donald Ethell to dissolve the Legislative Assembly on April 7, 2015. This election elected members to th ...

to the

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representing the

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Edmonton-Meadowlark Edmonton Meadowlark was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1971 to 2019. The electoral district loc ...

. Jon was re-elected on April 16, 2019 as an MLA for

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Personal life

Carson is a trained

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, studied at

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) is a applied sciences institute in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. NAIT provides careers programs in applied research, technical training, applied education, and learning designed to meet the deman ...

, first attaining a diploma in radio and television broadcasting, then later returning for an electrical apprenticeship. After becoming MLA for Edmonton-Meadowlark, Carson briefly moved into a condo in Spruce Grove. Carson was re-elected as an MLA for Edmonton-West Henday by a narrow margin over UCP candidate Nicole Williams in the 2019 Albertan general election. He was appointed to be the Official Opposition Critic on Service Alberta in May 2019. Carson announced he would not seek re-election in May 2022.https://twitter.com/JonCarsonNDP/status/1525127108388745216

Electoral history

2019 general election

2015 general election

References

1991 births Alberta New Democratic Party MLAs Electricians Living people Politicians from Edmonton Politicians from Saskatoon 21st-century Canadian politicians {{Alberta-politician-stub