Denise K. Woollard (born 1946) 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-Mill Creek Edmonton Mill Creek 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 1997 to 2019. History Edmonton-Mill Creek ...

. In the May 5, 2015 election, she defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA and

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Gene Zwozdesky Eugene Zwozdesky, (July 24, 1948 – January 6, 2019) was a Canadian politician in the province of Alberta. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2015, and was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2015. E ...

and other candidates to win the Edmonton Mill Creek seat. She sought the NDP nomination in the redistributed riding of Edmonton-Meadows for the 2019 election, however she lost the nomination to Jasvir Deol and therefore did not run in the general election.

Electoral history

2012 general election

2015 general election

References

1940s births Alberta New Democratic Party MLAs Living people Politicians from Edmonton Women MLAs in Alberta 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians {{Alberta-politician-stub