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♂ Eugene Zwozdesky
aliasGene Zwozdesky
Record
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Ukranian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 6 1 7
Birth 24 July 1948 → 75 years + 9 months ago
Lived 70 years + 5 months
First mandate 15 June 1993 → 30 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 10 months
Death 6 January 2019 → 5 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 3 years + 8 months after 4 May 2015
Special notes
None
 
Eugene (Gene) Zwozdesky (1948–2019)
© Photo 2013 Connor Mah — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
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 21 9 14 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 28
PC
 1 Speaker 63–66 23 May 2012 — 10 Jun 2015 3 0 18

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
5 documented challengers
⊕ Bharat Agnihotri  m 
⊖ Marie J. Laing  f 
⊕ Denise K. Woollard  f 
 		 ⊕ Robert J. Alford  m 
⊕ Naomi Rankin  f  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 22,055 Votes: 12,801 Participation: 58.04% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
23		 Alberta
15 June 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12576(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 1/6 6,728 52.67% +3,295 Loser:
PC
 3,433 26.88% Ken Alyluia

Service: 3 years 8 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,216 Votes: 13,034 Participation: 56.14% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Alberta
11 March 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 11035(F) — 26 Oct 2023 21:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/4 6,757 51.91% +3,078 Loser:
PC
 3,679 28.27% Sukhi Randhawa
After his election:
17 Jul 1998 49
LIB
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
13 Aug 1998 50
IND
 →
PC
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 4 years (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 26,307 Votes: 14,565 Participation: 55.37% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
25		 Alberta
12 March 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8678(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/5 8,085 55.67% +3,856 Loser:
LIB
 4,229 29.12% Bharat Agnihotri

Service: 3 years 8 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,419 Votes: 12,099 Participation: 49.55% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
26		 Alberta
22 November 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8761(F) — 17 Oct 2021 21:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/6 5,070 42.08% +781 Loser:
LIB
 4,289 35.60% Aman Gill

Service: 3 years 2 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,553 Votes: 13,631 Participation: 41.87% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
27		 Alberta
3 March 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8846(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/5 6,857 50.78% +2,799 Loser:
LIB
 4,058 30.05% Aman Gill

Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,250 Votes: 12,178 Participation: 48.23% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
28		 Alberta
23 April 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8900(F) — 18 Oct 2021 10:57 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
63
PC
 1/6 6,623 55.06% +4,430 Loser:
WRA
 2,193 18.23% Adam Corsaut

Service: 3 years 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,521 Votes: 16,193 Participation: 49.79% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Alberta
5 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9020(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
66
PC
 2/4 3,848 23.85% -5,177 Winner:
NDP
 9,025 55.94% Denise K. Woollard

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Gene Zwozdesky		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gene Zwozdesky		 13 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Apr 2024 21:51 (but data presented dynamically)

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