title: Denise Woollard
text: # Denise Woollard
  
  Denise K. Woollard (born 1946) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Mill Creek. In the May 5, 2015 election, she defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Gene Zwozdesky and other candidates to win the Edmonton Mill Creek seat.
  
  She sought the NDP nomination in the redistributed riding of Edmonton-Meadows for the 2019 election, however she lost the nomination to Jasvir Deol and therefore did not run in the general election.
  
  ## Electoral history
  
  ### 2012 general election
  
  vte2012 Alberta general election: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Mike Allen | 3,609 | 48.99% | –14.42% |
  | | Wildrose Alliance | Guy C. Boutilier | 3,164 | 42.95% | – |
  | | New Democratic | Denise Woollard | 372 | 5.05% | –2.67% |
  | | Liberal | Amy McBain | 222 | 3.01% | –21.65% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 7,367 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 55 | 32 | 0 |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 21,843 | 33.98% | +14.14% |
  | | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | –16.35% |
  | Source(s) Source: "59 - Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 352–355. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021. |||||||
  
  ### 2015 general election
  
  vte2015 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Mill Creek :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | New Democratic | Denise Woollard | 9,025 | 55.94% | 44.83% |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Gene Zwozdesky | 3,848 | 23.85% | -31.21% |
  | | Liberal | Harpreet Gill | 1,896 | 11.75% | -1.88% |
  | | Wildrose | Saqib Raja | 1,365 | 8.46% | -9.77% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 16,134 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 59 | – | – |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 32,521 | 49.79% | 1.69% |
  | | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | -2.37% |
  | Source(s) Source: "Elections Alberta 2015 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. "40 - Edmonton-Mill Creek". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved 4 June 2020. |||||||
  