Janet Eremenko is a Canadian politician from the

Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party (Alberta NDP; ), is social democratic political party in Alberta, Canada. The party sits on the centre-left to left-wing of the political spectrum and is a provincial Alberta affiliate of the federal New Democra ...

Political career

Eremenko stood in

Calgary-Elbow Calgary-Elbow is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. The seat is held by NDP MLA Samir Kayande, who won the seat in the 2023 provincial election The riding was created in 1971 from the southeast ...

in the

2019 Alberta general election The 2019 Alberta general election was held on April 16, 2019, to elect 87 members to the 30th Alberta Legislature. In its first general election contest, the Jason Kenney-led United Conservative Party (UCP) won 54.88% of the popular vote and 63 ...

, but came in third place behind the UCP's Doug Schweitzer and the former leader of the

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. For the

2023 Alberta general election The 2023 Alberta general election was held on May 29, 2023. Voters elected the members of the 31st Alberta Legislature. The United Conservative Party under Danielle Smith, the incumbent Premier of Alberta, was re-elected to a second term with a ...

, Eremenko defeated former MLA Brian Malkinson by 155 votes to 120 votes for the NDP nomination. In the general election, she was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for

Calgary-Currie Calgary-Currie is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was created in 1971 and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The district ...

, defeating Minister of Mental Health and Addictions

Nicholas Milliken Nicholas Milliken is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-Currie in the 30th Alberta Legislature. Milliken defeated incumbent Brian Malkinson by a margin of l ...

. Eremenko is a member of the

. As of June 21, 2024, she serves as the Official Opposition critic for Mental Health and Addictions.

Personal life

Eremenko is a lifelong Calgarian.

Electoral history

References

Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alberta New Democratic Party MLAs Women MLAs in Alberta 21st-century Canadian women politicians Politicians from Calgary 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub