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, following a request of Premier Jim Prentice to the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Donald Ethell to dissolve the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Legislative Assembly on April 7. This election el ...

to the

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representing the

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of Edmonton-Mill Creek. In the May 5, 2015 election, she defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Gene Zwozdesky and other candidates to win the Edmonton Mill Creek seat. She sought the NDP nomination in the redistributed riding of

Edmonton-Meadows Edmonton-Meadows is a Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was one of List of Alberta provincial electoral districts, 87 districts mandated to return a s ...

for the 2019 election, however she lost the nomination to

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. He was previously the New Democratic ...

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 members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 21st-century Canadian women politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Alberta-MLA-stub