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William James "Jim" Eglinski (born December 15, 1948) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Yellowhead in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2014 by-election. Eglinski is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
He maintained the Conservative stronghold in the area by taking 62.6 percent of the vote.
Prior to his election, Eglinski worked for 35 years as a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, and served as a councillor and eventually mayor for the town of Fort St. John, British Columbia. He was born in Two Hills, Alberta and raised in Chipman, Alberta on a farm.
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Yellowhead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jim Eglinski | 37,950 | 72.3 | -5.77 | – | |||
| Liberal | Ryan Maguhn | 7,467 | 14.2 | +11.31 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Ken Kuzminski | 4,753 | 9.0 | -3.88 | – | |||
| Green | Sandra Wolf Lange | 1,538 | 2.9 | -2.44 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Cory Lystang | 817 | 1.6 | -1.4 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,525 | 100.0 | $257,007.56 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 161 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 52,686 | 71.2% | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 73,996 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -8.54 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, November 17, 2014: Yellowhead | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jim Eglinski | 7,884 | 62.6 | |||||
| Liberal | Ryan Heinz Maguhn | 2,518 | 20.0 | |||||
| New Democratic | Eric Rosendahl | 1,203 | 9.5 | |||||
| Independent | Dean Williams | 622 | 4.9 | |||||
| Libertarian | Cory Lystang | 374 | 3.0 | |||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 100.0 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | - | |||||||
| Turnout | 12,601 | 16.06 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 78,481 | |||||||
| By-election due to the resignation of Rob Merrifield. | ||||||||
| Source: "List of candidates — Yellowhead (Alberta) — By-election (Monday, November 17, 2014)". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 8, 2014. | ||||||||
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