# Alberta New Democratic Party candidates in the 2012 Alberta provincial election

This is a list of the candidates who ran for the Alberta New Democratic Party in the 28th Alberta provincial election. The party ran a full slate of 87, winning 4.

## Calgary area (28 seats)

| Electoral district | Candidate Name | Gender | Residence | Occupation / Notes | Votes | % | Rank |
| Airdrie | Bryan Young | male | Airdrie | | 687 | 4.22 | 3/5 |
| Calgary-Acadia | Nick Lepora | male | Calgary | graphic arts apprentice | 676 | 4.51 | 4/5 |
| Calgary-Bow | Jason Nishiyama | male | Calgary | school teacher | 606 | 4.08 | 4/5 |
| Calgary-Buffalo | Rebecca Eras | female | Calgary | marketing | 541 | 4.73 | 4/5 |
| Calgary-Cross | Reinaldo Conreras | male | Calgary | journalist | 634 | 5.05 | 4/5 |
| Calgary-Currie | Robert Scobel | male | Calgary | Canada Post employee | 893 | 5.43 | 4/6 |
| Calgary-East | Robyn Luff | female | Calgary | school teacher | 1,135 | 8.73 | 3/5 |
| Calgary-Elbow | Craig Coolahan | male | Calgary | technical writer | 761 | 3.95 | 4/6 |
| Calgary-Fish Creek | Eric Leavitt | male | Calgary | school teacher | 961 | 5.48 | 4/4 |
| Calgary-Foothills | Jenn Carkner | female | Calgary | university editor and research grants officer | 578 | 3.75 | 4/4 |
| Calgary-Fort | Don Monroe | male | Calgary | equipment operator | 761 | 6.84 | 4/5 |
| Calgary-Glenmore | Rick Collier | male | Calgary | university literature professor | 1,204 | 5.95 | 4/4 |
| Calgary-Greenway | Al Brown | male | Calgary | journeyman electrician | 407 | 3.36 | 4/4 |
| Calgary-Hawkwood | Collin Anderson | male | Calgary | journeyman communications electrician | 893 | 4.64 | 4/8 |
| Calgary-Hays | Regina Vergara | female | | | 461 | 2.95 | 4/4 |
| Calgary-Klein | Marc Power | male | Calgary | software trainer | 1,687 | 10.15 | 4/5 |
| Calgary-Lougheed | Brent Kelly | male | Edmonton | university student councillor | 612 | 3.92 | 4/4 |
| Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill | Anne Wilson | female | Calgary | lawyer | 844 | 5.94 | 4/5 |
| Calgary-McCall | Colette Singh | | | | 226 | 2.14 | 4/6 |
| Calgary-Mountain View | Christopher McMillan | male | Calgary | university student | 863 | 5.02 | 4/5 |
| Calgary-North West | Brian Malkinson | male | Calgary | designer | 551 | 3.06 | 4/6 |
| Calgary-Northern Hills | Stephanie Westlund | female | Calgary | writer | 766 | 5.14 | 4/4 |
| Calgary-Shaw | Ashley Fairall | female | Calgary | facility maintenance | 615 | 3.78 | 4/5 |
| Calgary-South East | Marta Warszynski | female | | | 474 | 3.21 | 4/4 |
| Calgary-Varsity | Jackie Seidel | female | Calgary | teacher | 855 | 4.82 | 4/6 |
| Calgary-West | Mary Nokleby | female | Calgary | bed-and-breakfast owner | 491 | 3.01 | 4/6 |
| Chestermere-Rocky View | Nathan Salmon | male | Chestermere | salesman | 533 | 3.06 | 4/4 |
| Highwood | Miles Dato | male | | health care aide | 392 | 2.04 | 4/4 |

## Edmonton area (26 seats)

| Electoral district | Candidate Name | Gender | Residence | Occupation / Notes | Votes | % | Rank |
| Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | Deron Bilous | male | Edmonton | school teacher | 5,264 | 37.11 | 1/5 |
| Edmonton-Calder | David Eggen | male | Edmonton | school teacher | 5,729 | 38.41 | 1/6 |
| Edmonton-Castle Downs | Brian Labelle | male | Edmonton | family intervention generalist | 1,934 | 12.63 | 3/5 |
| Edmonton-Centre | Nadine Bailey | female | Edmonton | film production | 2,258 | 16.25 | 3/4 |
| Edmonton-Decore | Ali Haymour | male | Edmonton | sheriff | 2,669 | 19.83 | 3/4 |
| Edmonton-Ellerslie | Rod Loyola | male | Edmonton | voice actor, community television producer | 2,115 | 16.00 | 3/6 |
| Edmonton-Glenora | Ray Martin | male | | former party and opposition leader | 4,141 | 25.61 | 2/5 |
| Edmonton-Gold Bar | Marlin Schmidt | male | | hydrogeology | 5,809 | 28.63 | 2/6 |
| Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood | Brian Mason | male | Edmonton | party leader | 6,823 | 53.93 | 1/6 |
| Edmonton-Manning | Cindy Olsen | female | Edmonton | school board trustee | 3,386 | 24.61 | 3/7 |
| Edmonton-McClung | Lorne Dach | male | Edmonton | real estate broker | 1,134 | 7.37 | 4/6 |
| Edmonton-Meadowlark | Bridget Stirling | female | Edmonton | public educator | 1,091 | 7.52 | 4/5 |
| Edmonton-Mill Creek | Evelinne Teichgraber | female | | business owner | 1,336 | 11.09 | 4/6 |
| Edmonton-Mill Woods | Sandra Azocar | female | Edmonton | child protection worker | 1,982 | 14.13 | 4/6 |
| Edmonton-Riverview | Lori Sigurdson | female | Edmonton | social worker | 3,794 | 20.53 | 3/5 |
| Edmonton-Rutherford | Melanie Samaroden | female | | school teacher | 1,364 | 8.29 | 5/6 |
| Edmonton-South West | Muriel Stanley-Venne | female | | non-profit organizations worker | 1,298 | 8.61 | 4/5 |
| Edmonton-Strathcona | Rachel Notley | female | Edmonton | labour relations officer | 9,403 | 61.96 | 1/5 |
| Edmonton-Whitemud | Jim Graves | male | Edmonton | engineer | 1,694 | 8.49 | 4/5 |
| Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | Chris Fulmer | male | | university student, 21 years old | 1,556 | 9.17 | 3/6 |
| Leduc-Beaumont | Hana Razga | female | Edmonton | human resources consultant | 1,397 | 8.52 | 3/6 |
| Sherwood Park | Lyndsay Pinder | female | Sherwood Park | administrative support | 1,209 | 6.31 | 4/7 |
| Spruce Grove-St. Albert | J.J. Trudeau | female | | reverend | 1,773 | 9.04 | 4/4 |
| St. Albert | Nicole Bownes | female | Edmonton | registered nurse | 1,679 | 8.61 | 4/5 |
| Stony Plain | Linda Robinson | female | | financial administrator | 1,319 | 8.01 | 3/6 |
| Strathcona-Sherwood Park | Mike Scott | male | | Zamboni driver | 1,625 | 8.51 | 3/4 |

## Remainder of province (33 seats)

| Electoral district | Candidate Name | Gender | Residence | Occupation / Notes | Votes | % | Rank |
| Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater | Mandy Melnyk | female | Smoky Lake County | farmer | 2,091 | 13.72 | 3/4 |
| Banff-Cochrane | Jamie Kleinsteuber | male | Cochrane | Calgary International Airport | 1,059 | 6.68 | 4/4 |
| Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock | Trudy Grebenstein | female | | accountant | 983 | 5.90 | 3/5 |
| Battle River-Wainwright | Terry Zawalski | female | Edmonton | housing | 775 | 5.02 | 3/5 |
| Bonnyville-Cold Lake | Luann Bannister | female | | parole officer | 330 | 3.36 | 4/4 |
| Cardston-Taber-Warner | Aaron Haugen | male | | | 467 | 4.26 | 3/4 |
| Cypress-Medicine Hat | Manuel Martinez | male | Medicine Hat | business owner | 678 | 5.10 | 4/4 |
| Drayton Valley-Devon | Doris Bannister | female | Edmonton | retired | 879 | 6.17 | 3/4 |
| Drumheller-Stettler | Aditya Rao | male | Edmonton | university student | 416 | 2.76 | 3/5 |
| Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley | Nathan Macklin | male | Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 | farmer | 846 | 9.57 | 3/4 |
| Fort McMurray-Conklin | Paul Pomerleau | male | Beaumont | construction electrician | 419 | 7.92 | 3/4 |
| Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo | Denise Woollard | female | | school teacher | 393 | 4.93 | 3/4 |
| Grande Prairie-Smoky | Mary Dahr | female | Grande Prairie | microbiology laboratory technologist | 757 | 6.35 | 3/5 |
| Grande Prairie-Wapiti | Paula Anderson | female | Grande Prairie | school teacher | 1,208 | 9.29 | 3/5 |
| Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | Patricia Norman | female | Red Deer County | non-profit organization worker | 712 | 4.64 | 4/5 |
| Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills | Phil Johnson | male | | manager | 706 | 5.53 | 3/4 |
| Lacombe-Ponoka | Doug Hart | male | Ponoka County | registered nurse | 1,482 | 9.91 | 3/5 |
| Lesser Slave Lake | Steve Kaz | male | Sherwood Park | carpenter | 427 | 5.91 | 3/5 |
| Lethbridge-East | Tom Moffatt | male | Lethbridge | IT manager | 1,987 | 12.34 | 4/4 |
| Lethbridge-West | Shannon Phillips | female | Lethbridge | economic policy analyst | 4,683 | 29.55 | 2/5 |
| Little Bow | Bev Muendel-Atherstone | female | Lethbridge County | psychologist | 767 | 6.15 | 3/4 |
| Livingstone-Macleod | Matthew Halton | male | | | 944 | 5.29 | 3/5 |
| Medicine Hat | Dennis Perrier | male | Medicine Hat | school teacher | 1,168 | 8.43 | 3/5 |
| Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | Kristie Krezanoski | female | | | 565 | 3.15 | 3/4 |
| Peace River | Wanda Laurin | female | Peace River | school teacher | 729 | 9.36 | 3/4 |
| Red Deer-North | Derrek Seelinger | male | Red Deer | City roads department | 970 | 7.42 | 4/5 |
| Red Deer-South | Lorna Watkinson-Zimmer | female | Red Deer | business owner | 1,704 | 10.58 | 3/5 |
| Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre | Doreen Broska | female | | retired | 703 | 4.71 | 3/4 |
| Strathmore-Brooks | Brad Bailey | male | Edmonton | street outreach worker | 409 | 2.79 | 3/5 |
| Vermilion-Lloydminster | Ray Stone | male | County of Minburn No. 27 | former county councillor | 413 | 3.43 | 4/5 |
| West Yellowhead | Barry Madsen | male | Hinton | wireless internet technician | 794 | 8.09 | 4/5 |
| Wetaskiwin-Camrose | Bruce Hinkley | male | County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 | school principal | 1,578 | 11.02 | 3/5 |
| Whitecourt-Ste. Anne | Blue Knox | female | Edmonton | university student | 754 | 5.43 | 3/4 |