John Roggeveen
John Roggeveen | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Liberal Party of Alberta | |
| Assumed office March 6, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | David Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Liberal Party of Alberta (provincial) |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta |
John Roggeveen is a Canadian politician and lawyer serving as leader of the Alberta Liberals since March 6, 2021 on an interim basis[1] and since December 8, 2022 permanently.[2][3][4] The Calgary-based lawyer[2] was raised in Edmonton. He graduated from the University of Alberta and is married with three adult daughters.[5]
In December 2025, Roggeveen announced that he would be resigning as party leader "effective on the date a new leader is either elected or appointed."[6]
Election results
| 2004 Alberta general election: Calgary-Shaw | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Cindy Ady | 6,735 | 63.44% | -17.28% | ||||
| Liberal | John Roggeveen | 2,410 | 22.70% | 8.41% | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | Barry Chase | 620 | 5.84% | – | ||||
| Green | Rick Papineau | 381 | 3.59% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Jarrett Young | 300 | 2.83% | -0.07% | ||||
| Separation | Daniel W. Doherty | 170 | 1.60% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,616 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 13 | 66 | 4 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 26,408 | 40.26% | -10.77% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -12.84% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Shaw Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 11, 2010. | ||||||||
| 2008 Alberta general election: Calgary-Shaw | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Cindy Ady | 7,010 | 58.12% | -5.32% | ||||
| Liberal | John Roggeveen | 2,958 | 24.53% | 1.82% | ||||
| Wildrose | Richard P. Dur | 1,268 | 10.51% | – | ||||
| Green | Jennifer Saunders | 491 | 4.07% | 0.48% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jenn Carlson | 334 | 2.77% | -0.06% | ||||
| Total | 12,061 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 40 | 29 | 3 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 30,409 | 39.80% | -0.46% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -3.57% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "22 - Calgary-Shaw, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 2012 Alberta general election: Calgary-Shaw | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Wildrose | Jeff Wilson | 7,365 | 45.21% | 34.70% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Farouk Adatia | 6,864 | 42.13% | -15.99% | ||||
| Liberal | John Roggeveen | 1,126 | 6.91% | -17.61% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ashley Fairall | 599 | 3.68% | 0.91% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Brandon Beasley | 337 | 2.07% | – | ||||
| Total | 16,291 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 104 | 43 | 13 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 30,185 | 54.36% | 14.55% | |||||
| Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -15.26% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "24 - Calgary-Shaw, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-Elbow | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Greg Clark | 8,707 | 42.20% | 15.32% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Edwin Dirks | 6,254 | 30.31% | -2.91% | ||||
| New Democratic | Catherine Welburn | 3,256 | 15.78% | 12.06% | ||||
| Wildrose | Megan Brown | 1,786 | 8.66% | -15.50% | ||||
| Liberal | John Roggeveen | 565 | 2.74% | -9.28% | ||||
| Social Credit | Larry R. Heather | 67 | 0.32% | – | ||||
| Total | 20,635 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 43 | 43 | 15 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 34,681 | 59.67% | 22.51% | |||||
| Alberta Party gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -8.81% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "09 - Calgary-Elbow, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 121–124. | ||||||||
| 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Fish Creek | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Richard Gotfried | 15,975 | 61.52 | -1.64 | $64,738 | |||
| New Democratic | Rebecca Bounsall | 7,476 | 28.79 | -1.85 | $46,721 | |||
| Alberta Party | Robert Tremblay | 1,699 | 6.54 | +2.16 | $1,077 | |||
| Liberal | John Roggeveen | 359 | 1.38 | +0.11 | $500 | |||
| Green | Taylor Stasila | 231 | 0.89 | – | $500 | |||
| Alberta Independence | Tomas Manasek | 226 | 0.87 | – | $937 | |||
| Total | 25,966 | 99.58 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 109 | 0.42 | ||||||
| Turnout | 26,075 | 72.11 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 36,158 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | +0.11 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[7][8][9] 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-Lougheed | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Eric Bouchard | 9,690 | 56.45 | -9.25 | ||||
| New Democratic | Venkat Ravulaparthi | 6,924 | 40.33 | +15.86 | ||||
| Liberal | John Roggeveen | 369 | 2.15 | +0.91 | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Nathaniel Pawlowski | 184 | 1.07 | – | ||||
| Total | 17,167 | 99.18 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 142 | 0.82 | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,309 | 60.06 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 28,818 | |||||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | -12.55 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[10] | ||||||||
| Alberta provincial by-election, 2026: Calgary-Shaw Resignation of Rebecca Schulz | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The by-election will be held on September 14, 2026. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Mike Derry | |||||||
| New Democratic | Kyle Campbell | |||||||
| Progressive Tory | Kyle Joseph | |||||||
| Liberal | John Roggeveen | |||||||
| Independent | Rolly Ashdown | |||||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
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| Eligible voters | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Alberta Liberal Party appoints Calgary lawyer as interim leader". CBC News. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
- 1 2 "Calgary-based lawyer named as leader of Alberta Liberal Party". Calgary Herald. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
- ↑ Staff, rdnewsNOW. "Alberta Liberal Party appoints John Roggeveen to leadershipost". CHAT News Today. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ↑ Opinko, David. "No one entered the Alberta Liberal Party leadership race". Lethbridge News Now. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ↑ "Alberta Liberals announce new interim leader: John Roggeveen". Global News. March 6, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
- ↑ Wood, Damien (12 December 2025). "Alberta Liberals shop for new leader. Some say party needs new name, too". CTV News. Bell Media. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
- ↑ "11 - Calgary-Fish Creek, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- ↑ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 43–46. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ↑ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ↑ "16 - Calgary-Lougheed". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.