Peggy Wright is a Canadian politician from the Alberta New Democratic Party who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview in the 2023 Alberta general election.[2] As of June 21, 2024, she serves as the Official Opposition critic for Labour and as the Deputy Chair of the Official Opposition caucus.
Peggy Wright | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | |
| Assumed office May 29, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Deron Bilous |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | NDP |
| Residence(s) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Occupation | Teacher[1] |
She was the party's provincial president of the youth wing.[3] Wright has worked as a teacher for more than 20 years and prior to her election to the Legislature worked as an assistant principal.[4]
Personal life
editHer father Keith Wright was the CCF candidate in Strathcona Centre in the 1959 provincial election and was elected president of the national NDP youth wing in 1961. Wright's mother, Kathleen Wright, was a longtime NDP activist who stood as a provincial candidate in Edmonton-Gold Bar in 1979 and Edmonton-Avonmore in 1982.[3]
Electoral history
edit| 2023 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Peggy Wright | 8,510 | 57.66 | +7.03 | ||||
| United Conservative | Luke Suvanto | 5,690 | 38.55 | +2.40 | ||||
| Green | Michael Hunter | 337 | 2.28 | +1.10 | ||||
| Independent | Andrzej (Andy) Gudanowski | 222 | 1.50 | +1.02 | ||||
| Total | 14,759 | 99.31 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 102 | 0.69 | ||||||
| Turnout | 14,861 | 48.99 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 30,336 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +2.32 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[5] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ https://peggywright.albertandp.ca/
- ^ "Alberta election 2023 results: Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ a b "NDP President Peggy Wright first out of the gate in Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview nomination – daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections". 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ "Thirteen new MLAs elected to Edmonton and area". edmontonsun. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ "27 - Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
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