# Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta candidates in the 2012 Alberta provincial election

This is a list of the candidates who ran for the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta in the 28th Alberta provincial election. The party ran a full slate of 87, winning 61.

## Calgary area (28 seats)

| Electoral district | Candidate Name | Gender | Residence | Occupation / Notes | Votes | % | Rank |
| Airdrie | Kelly Hegg | male | Airdrie | school principal | 5,364 | 32.94 | 2/5 |
| Calgary-Acadia | Jonathan Denis | male | Calgary | law firm associate | 6,846 | 45.71 | 1/5 |
| Calgary-Bow | Alana DeLong | female | Calgary | computer firm management | 6,997 | 47.16 | 1/5 |
| Calgary-Buffalo | Jamie Lall | male | Calgary | member of non-profit organizations | 3,505 | 30.66 | 2/5 |
| Calgary-Cross | Yvonne Fritz | female | Calgary | registered nurse | 5,492 | 43.77 | 1/5 |
| Calgary-Currie | Christine Cusanelli | female | Calgary | school principal | 7,397 | 44.96 | 1/6 |
| Calgary-East | Moe Amery | male | Calgary | | 5,929 | 45.59 | 1/5 |
| Calgary-Elbow | Alison Redford | female | Calgary | party leader | 11,181 | 58.01 | 1/6 |
| Calgary-Fish Creek | Wendelin Fraser | female | Calgary | non-profit organizations volunteer | 7,626 | 43.51 | 2/4 |
| Calgary-Foothills | Len Webber | male | Calgary | journeyman electrician | 8,260 | 53.54 | 1/4 |
| Calgary-Fort | Wayne Cao | male | Calgary | business management | 4,576 | 41.13 | 1/5 |
| Calgary-Glenmore | Linda Johnson | female | Calgary | | 9,721 | 48.02 | 1/4 |
| Calgary-Greenway | Manmeet Bhullar | male | Calgary | | 6,509 | 53.80 | 1/4 |
| Calgary-Hawkwood | Jason Luan | male | Calgary | community developer | 9,050 | 46.99 | 1/8 |
| Calgary-Hays | Ric McIver | male | Calgary | former city alderman | 8,614 | 55.07 | 1/4 |
| Calgary-Klein | Kyle Fawcett | male | Calgary | research consultant | 6,852 | 41.21 | 1/5 |
| Calgary-Lougheed | David Rodney | male | Calgary | educator | 7,849 | 50.26 | 1/4 |
| Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill | Neil Brown | male | Calgary | lawyer | 6,594 | 46.42 | 1/5 |
| Calgary-McCall | Muhammad Rasheed | male | Calgary | volunteer | 3,093 | 29.33 | 3/6 |
| Calgary-Mountain View | Cecilia Low | female | Calgary | lawyer | 5,293 | 30.77 | 2/5 |
| Calgary-North West | Sandra Jansen | female | Calgary | journalist | 9,164 | 50.82 | 1/6 |
| Calgary-Northern Hills | Teresa Woo-Paw | female | Calgary | member of non-profit organizations | 7,353 | 49.37 | 1/4 |
| Calgary-Shaw | Farouk Adatia | male | Calgary | lawyer | 6,864 | 42.13 | 2/5 |
| Calgary-South East | Rick Fraser | male | Calgary | advance care paramedic | 7,162 | 48.57 | 1/4 |
| Calgary-Varsity | Donna Kennedy-Glans | female | Calgary | lawyer | 8,099 | 45.65 | 1/6 |
| Calgary-West | Ken Hughes | male | Calgary | insurance broker | 8,148 | 49.95 | 1/6 |
| Chestermere-Rocky View | Ted Morton | male | | university professor | 6,156 | 35.34 | 2/4 |
| Highwood | John Barlow | male | Okotoks | newspaper publisher | 8,167 | 42.57 | 2/4 |

## Edmonton area (26 seats)

| Electoral district | Candidate Name | Gender | Residence | Occupation / Notes | Votes | % | Rank |
| Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | Tony Vandermeer | male | Edmonton | home builder | 5,018 | 35.38 | 2/5 |
| Edmonton-Calder | Bev Esslinger | female | Edmonton | | 5,183 | 34.75 | 2/6 |
| Edmonton-Castle Downs | Thomas Lukaszuk | male | Edmonton | school teacher | 8,057 | 52.61 | 1/5 |
| Edmonton-Centre | Akash Khokhar | male | Edmonton | lawyer | 4,289 | 30.87 | 2/4 |
| Edmonton-Decore | Janice Sarich | female | Edmonton | business consulting | 5,724 | 42.54 | 1/4 |
| Edmonton-Ellerslie | Naresh Bhardwaj | male | Edmonton | journeyman mechanic | 5,682 | 42.99 | 1/6 |
| Edmonton-Glenora | Heather Klimchuk | female | Edmonton | | 6,176 | 38.20 | 1/5 |
| Edmonton-Gold Bar | David Dorward | male | Edmonton | chartered accountant | 6,689 | 32.97 | 1/6 |
| Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood | Cris Basualdo | female | Edmonton | member of non-profit organizations | 2,778 | 21.96 | 2/6 |
| Edmonton-Manning | Peter Sandhu | male | Edmonton | | 5,446 | 39.58 | 1/7 |
| Edmonton-McClung | David Xiao | male | Edmonton | business person | 7,179 | 46.65 | 1/6 |
| Edmonton-Meadowlark | Bob Maskell | male | Edmonton | school principal | 5,032 | 34.67 | 2/5 |
| Edmonton-Mill Creek | Gene Zwozdesky | male | Edmonton | teacher | 6,633 | 55.07 | 1/6 |
| Edmonton-Mill Woods | Sohail Quadri | male | Edmonton | | 4,943 | 35.23 | 1/6 |
| Edmonton-Riverview | Steve Young | male | Edmonton | police officer | 7,196 | 38.94 | 1/5 |
| Edmonton-Rutherford | Fred Horne | male | Edmonton | | 6,945 | 42.19 | 1/6 |
| Edmonton-South West | Matt Jeneroux | male | Edmonton | member of non-profit organizations | 8,505 | 56.42 | 1/5 |
| Edmonton-Strathcona | Emerson Mayers | male | Edmonton | registered nurse | 3,093 | 20.38 | 2/5 |
| Edmonton-Whitemud | Dave Hancock | male | Edmonton | lawyer | 12,087 | 60.55 | 1/5 |
| Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | Jacquie Fenske | female | Strathcona County | school teacher | 8,366 | 49.28 | 1/6 |
| Leduc-Beaumont | George Rogers | male | Leduc | realtor | 8,417 | 51.31 | 1/6 |
| Sherwood Park | Cathy Olesen | female | Sherwood Park | former municipal mayor | 8,742 | 45.60 | 1/7 |
| Spruce Grove-St. Albert | Doug Horner | male | | banker | 10,722 | 54.67 | 1/4 |
| St. Albert | Stephen Khan | male | St. Albert | software management | 10,481 | 53.76 | 1/5 |
| Stony Plain | Ken Lemke | male | Stony Plain | former town mayor | 7,496 | 45.54 | 1/6 |
| Strathcona-Sherwood Park | Dave Quest | male | Sherwood Park | car sales | 9,698 | 50.77 | 1/4 |

## Remainder of province (33 seats)

| Electoral district | Candidate Name | Gender | Residence | Occupation / Notes | Votes | % | Rank |
| Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater | Jeff Johnson | male | Athabasca | sales agent | 7,377 | 48.40 | 1/4 |
| Banff-Cochrane | Ron Casey | male | Canmore | former town mayor | 6,632 | 41.82 | 1/4 |
| Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock | Maureen Kubinec | female | Westlock County | County councillor | 7,447 | 44.74 | 1/5 |
| Battle River-Wainwright | Doug Griffiths | male | Ardrossan | school teacher | 7,205 | 46.71 | 1/5 |
| Bonnyville-Cold Lake | Genia Leskiw | female | Bonnyville | school teacher | 4,815 | 49.10 | 1/4 |
| Cardston-Taber-Warner | Pat Shimbashi | male | Barnwell | potato broker | 4,208 | 38.35 | 2/4 |
| Cypress-Medicine Hat | Leonard Mitzel | male | | former county councillor | 4,737 | 35.61 | 2/4 |
| Drayton Valley-Devon | Diana McQueen | female | Drayton Valley | former town mayor | 7,358 | 51.56 | 1/4 |
| Drumheller-Stettler | Jack Hayden | male | County of Stettler No. 6 | former county councillor | 6,572 | 43.58 | 2/5 |
| Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley | Hector Goudreau | male | Falher | former town councillor | 3,983 | 45.05 | 1/4 |
| Fort McMurray-Conklin | Don Scott | male | Fort McMurray | lawyer | 2,591 | 49.00 | 1/4 |
| Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo | Mike Allen | male | Fort McMurray | municipal councillor | 3,611 | 49.06 | 1/4 |
| Grande Prairie-Smoky | Everett McDonald | male | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 | county councillor | 5,474 | 45.93 | 1/5 |
| Grande Prairie-Wapiti | Wayne Drysdale | male | Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 | MD councillor | 6,710 | 51.62 | 1/5 |
| Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | Luke Ouellette | male | St. Lina | business owner | 6,149 | 40.08 | 2/5 |
| Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills | Ray Danyluk | male | | farmer | 5,417 | 42.20 | 2/4 |
| Lacombe-Ponoka | Steve Christie | male | Lacombe | city mayor | 5,354 | 35.87 | 2/5 |
| Lesser Slave Lake | Pearl Calahasen | female | | university professor | 3,518 | 48.71 | 1/5 |
| Lethbridge-East | Bridget Pastoor | female | | | 6,592 | 40.94 | 1/4 |
| Lethbridge-West | Greg Weadick | male | Lethbridge | former city councillor | 5,757 | 36.32 | 1/5 |
| Little Bow | John Kolk | male | Lethbridge County | former county councillor | 4,477 | 35.90 | 2/4 |
| Livingstone-Macleod | Evan Berger | male | Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 | former MD councillor | 7,403 | 41.46 | 2/5 |
| Medicine Hat | Darren Hirsch | male | Medicine Hat | banker, former city alderman | 5,341 | 38.56 | 2/5 |
| Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | Darcy Davis | male | | farmer | 6,633 | 36.99 | 2/4 |
| Peace River | Frank Oberle | male | | forestry advisor | 4,334 | 55.67 | 1/4 |
| Red Deer-North | Mary Anne Jablonski | female | | business owner | 5,091 | 38.95 | 1/5 |
| Red Deer-South | Cal Dallas | male | Red Deer | newspaper publisher | 7,044 | 43.74 | 1/5 |
| Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre | Ty Lund | male | Clearwater County | former MD councillor | 6,145 | 41.49 | 2/4 |
| Strathmore-Brooks | Arno Doerksen | male | Gem | farmer | 5,737 | 39.11 | 2/5 |
| Vermilion-Lloydminster | Richard Starke | male | Lloydminster | veterinarian | 6,245 | 51.92 | 1/5 |
| West Yellowhead | Robin Campbell | male | Jasper | | 4,405 | 44.86 | 1/5 |
| Wetaskiwin-Camrose | Verlyn Olson | male | Armena | lawyer | 7,489 | 52.32 | 1/5 |
| Whitecourt-Ste. Anne | George VanderBurg | male | Whitecourt | former town mayor | 6,373 | 45.93 | 1/4 |