Introduction
Julia Hayter is a Canadian politician from the Alberta New Democratic Party who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Edgemont in the 2023 Alberta general election.
Life and career
Hayter received a developmental disability certificate from the College of New Caledonia in [[Prince George, British Columbia] t with the Calgary Board of Education until 2023. She has also worked as a community outreach specialist with Vecova Centre for Disability Services and Research, a disability focused charity in Calgary, Alberta. Hayter served as chair and vice-chair on her children’s school council from 2017 to 2019.
Hayter had worked on election campaigns around Calgary, as well as having worked as a constituency assistant for a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Electoral history
| 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Edgemont | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Prasad Panda | 13,308 | 52.84 | -3.19 | $60,021 | |||
| New Democratic | Julia Hayter | 8,570 | 34.03 | +0.53 | $40,725 | |||
| Alberta Party | Joanne Gui | 2,740 | 10.88 | +9.12 | $39,339 | |||
| Liberal | Graeme Maitland | 305 | 1.21 | -5.15 | $500 | |||
| Green | Carl Svoboda | 155 | 0.62 | -1.57 | $500 | |||
| Alberta Independence | Tomasz Kochanowicz | 106 | 0.42 | – | $852 | |||
| Total | 25,184 | 98.83 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 299 | 1.17 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,483 | 70.11 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 36,346 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | -1.86 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
| 2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Edgemont | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Julia Hayter | 11,681 | 49.30 | +15.27 | ||||
| United Conservative | Prasad Panda | 11,397 | 48.10 | -4.75 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Allen Schultz | 488 | 2.06 | -8.82 | ||||
| Wildrose Loyalty Coalition | Nan Barron | 66 | 0.28 | – | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Miles Williams | 64 | 0.27 | – | ||||
| Total | 23,696 | 99.23 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 184 | 0.77 | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,880 | 65.75 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 36,322 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from United Conservative | Swing | +10.01 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta | ||||||||