Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → David M. Eggen

♂ David M. Eggen
aliasDavid M. Eggen
Record
18304 · 2877

Norwegian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Alberta
Opposition
 Performance: 71%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 5 2 7
Birth c. 1962
Age ± 62 years
First mandate 22 November 2004 → 19 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age ± 42 years
 
 
Special notes
None
 
David M. Eggen (c.1962– )
© Photo 2015 Connor Mah — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 15 3 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Laurie Blakeman  f 
⊕ Naomi Rankin  f 
 		 ⊕ Douglas T. Elniski  m 
⊕ Brent Rathgeber  m 
 
Eligible: 22,648 Votes: 11,650 Participation: 51.44% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Alberta
12 March 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8669(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±39
NDP
 3/4 1,959 16.92% -3,136 Winner:
LIB
 5,095 44.01% Laurie Blakeman
Eligible: 23,153 Votes: 11,343 Participation: 48.99% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 Alberta
22 November 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8750(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±42
NDP
 1/4 4,067 36.01% +337 Loser:
PC
 3,730 33.02% Brent M. Rathgeber

Service: 3 years 2 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 30,033 Votes: 11,213 Participation: 37.34% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
27		 Alberta
3 March 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8835(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±46
NDP
 2/4 4,356 39.05% -201 Winner:
PC
 4,557 40.86% Douglas T. Elniski
Eligible: 29,535 Votes: 15,110 Participation: 51.16% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
28		 Alberta
23 April 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8895(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
±50
NDP
 1/6 5,731 38.42% +554 Loser:
PC
 5,177 34.71% Bev Esslinger

Service: 3 years 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 36,266 Votes: 18,193 Participation: 50.17% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Alberta
5 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9009(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±53
NDP
 1/4 12,837 70.72% +9,615 Loser:
PC
 3,222 17.75% Tom Bradley

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,122 Votes: 18,865 Participation: 58.73% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
30		 Alberta
16 April 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UCP  Majority
ID: 26689(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±57
NDP
 1/6 9,669 51.74% +3,082 Loser:
UCP
 6,587 35.25% Ali Eltayeb

Service: 4 years 1 month 12 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 32,407 Votes: 16,925 Participation: 52.23% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Alberta
29 May 2023
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UCP  Majority
ID: 38967(F) — 9 Jun 2023 17:42 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±61
NDP
 1/3 9,978 59.74% +3,590 Loser:
UCP
 6,388 38.25% Ali Haymour

Service: 11 months 19 days (Oppo.)

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Honourable David Eggen, ECA		  3 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
David Eggen		  3 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
David Eggen		  3 Mar 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Mar 2024 11:22 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.