Doug Eyolfson
Introduction
Doug Eyolfson (born 1963) is a Canadian physician and Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.
Eyolfson was born and raised in Winnipeg, and studied medicine at the University of Manitoba. He worked for 20 years as an emergency room physician in Winnipeg. On February 9, 2013, he attracted notice for saving the life of a man who went into cardiac arrest on a transit bus that Eyolfson happened to be riding on at the time.
He was acclaimed as the Liberal Party's nominee in Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley on March 30, 2015, and took a leave of absence from his medical practice during the campaign. Eyolfson won the election, unseating Conservative incumbent and former cabinet minister Steven Fletcher by over 6,000 votes in a huge upset.
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Doug Eyolfson | 24,531 | 52.0 | +33.61 | – | |||
| Conservative | Steven Fletcher | 18,408 | 39.0 | -18.56 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Tom Paulley | 2,842 | 6.0 | -14.12 | – | |||
| Green | Kevin Nichols | 1,376 | 2.9 | -1.09 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 47,157 | 100.0 | $197,421.64 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 195 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 47,352 | 74.6% | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 63,466 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +26.09 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||