Lorne Dach

Lorne Dach
Dach in 2015
MLA for Edmonton-McClung
Incumbent
Assumed office May 5, 2015
Preceded by	David Xiao
Personal details
Born	1957/1958 (age 58–59)
Political party	Alberta New Democratic Party
Residence	Edmonton, Alberta
Occupation	realtor

Lorne Dach (born 1957 or 1958) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the Alberta general election, 2015 to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-McClung.^[1]

Electoral history

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[2]			Turnout 56.01%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Norris	6,976	50.43%	16.58%
	Liberal	Nancy MacBeth	5,920	42.80%	-10.78%
	New Democratic	Lorne Dach	804	5.81%	1.73%
	Independent	Patrick Ellis	133	0.96%	*
Total			13,833
Rejected, spoiled and declined			18
Eligible electors / Turnout			24,723	%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		13.68%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[3]			Turnout 51.95%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Mo Elsalhy	5,859	44.88%	2.08%
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Norris	5,333	40.85%	-9.58%
	New Democratic	Lorne Dach	1,358	10.40%	4.59%
	Alberta Alliance	Reuben Bauer	401	3.07%
	Social Credit	Patrick Conlin	105	0.80%
Total			13,056
Rejected, spoiled and declined			71
Eligible electors / Turnout			25,269	%
	Liberal pickup from Progressive Conservative				Swing 5.83%

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012: Edmonton-McClung
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	David Xiao	7,179	46.65%	-2.29%
	Liberal	Mo Elsalhy	3,800	24.69%	-15.88%
	Wildrose	Peter Janisz	2,756	17.91%	+16.05%
	New Democratic	Lorne Dach	1,134	7.37%	+1.07%
	Alberta Party	John Hudson	418	2.72%
	Evergreen	Nathan Forsyth	102	0.66%	-1.67%
Total			15,389
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.80%

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015: Edmonton-McClung
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Lorne Dach	9,406	55.36%	+47.99%
	Progressive Conservative	David Xiao	4,404	25.92%	-20.73%
	Wildrose	Steve Thompson	2,373	13.97%	-3.94%
	Alberta Party	John Hudson	808	4.76%	+2.04%
Total			16,991
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+34.36%

References

1. http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Riding+profile+Edmonton+McClung/10989161/story.html
2. "Edmonton-McClung Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
3. "Edmonton-McClung Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 13, 2012.