Prasad Panda

Prasad Panda ECA MLA is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in a 2015 by-election, replacing former Alberta Premier Jim Prentice, and the 2019 Alberta general elections to represent the electoral district of Calgary-Foothills.[1] He is a member of the United Conservative Party. With his party forming majority government Panda joined the Executive Council of Alberta as the Minister of Infrastructure beginning on April 30, 2019.

The Honourable
Prasad Panda
ECA MLA
Panda in 2015
Minister of Transportation
In office
June 21, 2022 – October 24, 2022
PremierJason Kenney
Preceded byRajan Sawhney
Succeeded byDevin Dreeshen
Minister of Infrastructure
In office
April 30, 2019 – June 21, 2022
PremierJason Kenney
Preceded bySandra Jansen
Succeeded byNicholas Milliken
Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
for Calgary-Edgemont
(Calgary-Foothills; 2015–2019)
Assumed office
September 3, 2015
Preceded byJim Prentice
Personal details
Born1962/1963 (age 59–60)
Sangam Jagarlamudi, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political partyUnited Conservative
Other political
affiliations		Wildrose (until 2017)
ResidenceCalgary
OccupationProfessional engineer

In the by-election to the 29th Alberta Legislature, Panda was a member of the Wildrose Party and defeated former Calgary city councillor and Alberta NDP MLA Bob Hawkesworth by 1598 votes, winning 38.3% of all votes cast.[2][3] In 2017, joined the United Conservative Party and became the party's energy critic.[4] Panda introduced Motion 505, a resolution calling on the federal government to ban the import of oil from countries with a poor human rights or environmental record, and to facilitate pipelines within Canada to ensure better prices for Alberta oil.[5]

Electoral history
2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Edgemont
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
United ConservativePrasad Panda13,30852.84%-3.29%$60,021
New DemocraticJulia Hayter8,57034.03%0.47%$40,725
Alberta PartyJoanne Gui2,74010.88%–$39,339
LiberalGraeme Maitland3051.21%-5.15%$500
GreenCarl Svoboda1550.62%–$500
Alberta IndependenceTomasz Kochanowicz1060.42%–$852
Total 25,184––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 214850
Eligible electors / turnout 36,34669.88%–
United Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[6][7][8]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

Calgary-Foothills
Alberta provincial by-election, September 3, 2015: Calgary-Foothills
Voiding of general election results due to Jim Prentice disclaiming his seat
Party Candidate Votes%±%
WildrosePrasad Panda4,87738.35+20.24
New DemocraticBob Hawkesworth3,27025.71-6.65
Progressive ConservativeBlair Houston2,74621.59-18.74
LiberalAli Bin Zahid7916.22-0.94
Alberta PartyMark Taylor6104.80+4.80
GreenJanet Keeping3772.96+0.92
IndependentAntoni Grochowski460.36–
Total valid votes 12,717
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
Turnout 39.48
Eligible voters 32,212
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +19.49

Calgary-Northern Hills
2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-Northern Hills
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticJamie Kleinsteuber6,64138.2
Progressive ConservativeTeresa Woo-Paw5,34330.7
WildrosePrasad Panda4,39225.3
LiberalHarry Lin1,0005.8
Total valid votes 17,376100.0
Rejected, spoiled and declined 160
Turnout 17,53646.1
Eligible voters 38,004
Source: Elections Alberta[9]
2012 Alberta general election: Calgary-Northern Hills
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeTeresa Woo-Paw6,14449.02%
WildrosePrasad Panda4,63737.00%
LiberalKirstin Morrell1,0588.44%
New DemocraticStephanie Westlund6945.54%

References
  1. "Wildrose's Panda defeats NDP in Calgary-Foothills byelection battle". Calgary Herald, September 4, 2015.
  2. "Report on 2015 Calgary-Foothills and 2016 Calgary-Greenway By-elections". Elections Alberta, November 15, 2016.
  3. Passifiume,Bryan:'Panda beats Hawkesworth as Wildrose wins Calgary provincial byelection' Calgary Sun, September 3, 2015.
  4. David Thurton,'It takes forever': Another delay hits proposed Fort McMurray oilsands mine'. CBC News, November 9, 2017.
  5. "Breakenridge: Governments should stand back and let energy economy take its course". Calgary Herald, June 6, 2017.
  6. "08 - Calgary-Edgemont, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  7. 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. 31–34. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  8. 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.
  9. "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-08-01.


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