Amanda Chapman

Amanda Chapman is a Canadian politician from the Alberta New Democratic Party who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Beddington in the 2023 Alberta general election. As of June 21, 2024, she serves as the Official Opposition critic for Education and for Services to Children with Disabilities. Chapman has a business degree from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.

Canadian politician from Alberta

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Amanda Chapman MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Beddington
Incumbent
Assumed office May 29, 2023
Preceded by	Josephine Pon
Personal details
Party	NDP
Alma mater	Haskayne School of Business
Occupation	Communications consultant

Amanda Chapman is a Canadian politician from the Alberta New Democratic Party who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Beddington in the 2023 Alberta general election.^[1] As of June 21, 2024, she serves as the Official Opposition critic for Education and for Services to Children with Disabilities.

Chapman has a business degree from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.^[2]

Electoral history

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v t e 2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Beddington
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Amanda Chapman	10,269	49.66	+13.95
	United Conservative	Josephine Pon	9,726	47.04	-6.07
	Alberta Party	Wayne Jackson	473	2.29	-5.93
	Liberal	Zarnab Shahid Zafar	210	1.02	-0.67
Total			20,678	99.32	–
Rejected and declined			142	0.68
Turnout			20,820	58.28
Eligible voters			35,724
	New Democratic gain from United Conservative		Swing		+10.01
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta[3]

v t e 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Beddington
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	United Conservative	Josephine Pon	11,625	53.11	-3.74	$31,776
	New Democratic	Amanda Chapman	7,818	35.71	-0.93	$15,589
	Alberta Party	Carol-Lynn Darch	1,799	8.22	–	$2,014
	Liberal	Chandan Tadavalkar	370	1.69	-2.91	$1,651
	Alberta Independence	Tom Grbich	161	0.74	–	$500
	Independent	Alexander Dea	117	0.53	–	$1,101
Total			21,890	99.53	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			103	0.47	–
Turnout			21,993	63.12
Eligible voters			34,845
	United Conservative notional hold		Swing		-1.41
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta[4][5][6] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

References

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1. ^ "Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-Beddington | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
2. ^ https://amandachapman.albertandp.ca/
3. ^ "02 - Calgary-Beddington". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
4. ^ "02 - Calgary-Beddington, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
5. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 7–10. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
6. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

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