Rod Loyola

Rodrigo Alonso Loyola Salas (born February 28, 1974) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Ellerslie and re-elected on April 16, 2019.[1][2] Loyola had previously contested the same seat for the same party in the 2012 Alberta general election. He placed third in the 2014 Alberta NDP leadership race.[3]

Rod Loyola MLA
Loyola in May 2015
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Ellerslie
Incumbent
Assumed office May 5, 2015
Preceded by	Naresh Bhardwaj
Personal details
Born	February 28, 1974 Santiago, Chile
Political party	Alberta New Democratic Party
Residence	Edmonton, Alberta
Occupation	Union President, Labour Organizer

Personal life

Loyola has a Bachelors of Arts from University of Alberta, where he worked as an academic program coordinator and student advisor for University of Alberta.[2] Loyola was elected President of the Non-Academic Staff Association.[2]

Loyola is on the board of Friends of Medicare. Loyola volunteered for the Knottwood Community League, the Post-Secondary Education Task Force for Public Interest Alberta.[2]..

Electoral history

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Ellerslie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Rod Loyola	9,717	50.9%	-10.67%
	United Conservative	Sanjay Patel	7,230	37.9%	+4.16%
	Alberta Party	Hazelyn Williams	1,273	6.7%	--
	Liberal	Mike McGowan	390	2.0%	-2.68%
	Alberta Advantage	Yash Sharma	263	1.4%	--
	Independence	Brian S. Lockyer	199	1.0%	--
Total valid votes			19,072
Rejected, spoiled and declined			88	61	14
Registered electors			30,945
Turnout			62.0%
	New Democratic hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source: Elections Alberta[4]

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Ellerslie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Rod Loyola	11,034	61.57	+45.57
	Progressive Conservative	Harman Kandola	3,549	19.80	-23.17
	Wildrose	Jackie Lovely	2,499	13.94	-10.72
	Liberal	Mike McGowan	839	4.68	-6.70
Total valid votes			17,921	99.30
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			127	0.70
Turnout			18,048	52.67	+2.63
Registered electors			34,266
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+34.37
Source(s) Elections Alberta. "Electoral division results:Edmonton-Ellerslie". Retrieved August 29, 2018.

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Ellerslie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Naresh Bhardwaj	5,677	42.97	+1.07
	Wildrose	Jackie Lovely	3,258	24.66	+20.35
	New Democratic	Rod Loyola	2,114	16.00	-1.30
	Liberal	Jennifer Ketsa	1,504	11.38	-21.48
	Alberta Party	Chinwe Okelu	523	3.96
	Independent	Athena Bernal-Born	137	1.04
Total valid votes			13,213	98.83
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			157	1.17
Turnout			13,370	50.04	+14.87
Registered electors			26,721
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-9.64
Source(s) Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Edmonton-Ellerslie". Retrieved August 29, 2018.

References

1. Klingbeil, ,Cailynn. "Riding results: Edmonton-Ellerslie". www.edmontonjournal.com.
2. Loyola, Rod. "Elected Members". Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
3. CBC News. "Rachel Notley is the new leader of the Alberta NDP". CBC.
4. "2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2019-04-27.