Quick Facts
TaurusBiography
Heather McPherson MP (born May 9, 1972) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Edmonton Strathcona in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. She previously served as executive director of the Alberta Council on Global Co-operation and has been part of a Canadian delegation to the United Nations.
McPherson is the daughter of Duke and Marilyn McPherson and was born and raised in Edmonton. She attended the University of Alberta where she earned an undergraduate and master's degree in education. McPherson became the candidate for Edmonton Strathcona after incumbent Linda Duncan announced her intentions to retire. Straying from the party leadership's position, she supported the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. After the 2019 election, she is the only non-Conservative MP from Alberta.
Electoral record
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Strathcona | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Heather McPherson | 26,823 | 47.3% | +3.34 | ||||
| Conservative | Sam Lilly | 21,035 | 37.1% | +5.82 | ||||
| Liberal | Eleanor Olszewski | 6,592 | 11.6% | -9.13 | ||||
| Green | Michael Kalmanovitch | 1,152 | 2.0% | -0.30 | ||||
| People's | Ian Cameron | 941 | 1.7% | - | ||||
| Communist | Naomi Rankin | 125 | 0.2% | - | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dougal MacDonald | 77 | 0.1% | -0.07 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,745 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 250 | |||||||
| Turnout | 56,995 | 73.7 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 77,285 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -1.24 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||