Jasvir Deol

Jasvir Singh Deol (born 1968/1969) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Meadows.[2] He was previously the federal NDP candidate for the riding of Edmonton Mill Woods during the 2015 Canadian election. Born and raised in Punjab, Deol immigrated to Canada from India in 1993.[3][4]

Jasvir Deol
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Meadows
Incumbent
Assumed office April 16, 2019
Personal details
Born	1968 or 1969 (age 51–52)[1] Punjab, India
Political party	Alberta NDP
Occupation	insurance broker

Electoral record

2015 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Mill Woods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Amarjeet Sohi	20,423	41.24	+29.52	$136,379.94
	Conservative	Tim Uppal	20,331	41.06	-17.88	$126,472.41
	New Democratic	Jasvir Deol	6,330	12.78	-12.61	$55,302.53
	Green	Ralph McLean	1,096	2.21	-0.78	$1,671.63
	Independent	Colin Stubbs	560	1.13	–	$5,091.44
	Libertarian	Allen K.W. Paley	396	0.80	–	–
	Christian Heritage	Peter Downing	285	0.58	–	$3,798.53
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	96	0.19	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,517	99.54		$206,234.63
Total rejected ballots			227	0.46	–
Turnout			49,744	67.84	–
Eligible voters			73,323
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+23.70
These results were subject to a judicial recount,[5] and modified from the validated results in accordance with the Judge's rulings. The margin of Sohi over Uppal increased from 79 votes to 92 votes as a result of the recount.[6]
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Meadows
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jasvir Deol	10,231	49.9%	-6.0%
	United Conservative	Len Rhodes	7,375	36.0%	+3.6%
	Alberta Party	Amrit Matharu	2,093	10.2%	--
	Liberal	Maria Omar	407	2.0%	-9.8%
	Alberta Advantage	Thomas Vargese	211	1.0%	--
	Independence	Phil Batt	178	0.9%	--
Total valid votes			20,495
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			82	45	11
Registered electors			33,387
Turnout			61.7%
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-6.0%
Source(s) "2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2019-05-05.

References

1. Anna Junker Updated: April 11, 2019 (2019-04-11). "Alberta Election 2019 riding profile: Edmonton-Meadows". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
3. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/riding-profile-edmonton-meadows-alberta-election-1.5053426
4. http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_bio&rnumber=37&leg=30
5. "Tim Uppal's request for Edmonton-Mill Woods recount granted by judge". CBC News. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
6. "Judicial recount results arriving after narrow election wins". CBC News. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
7. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Edmonton Mill Woods (Results as Certified by a Judge)". Elections Canada. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
8. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits