Diana Batten
Diana Batten | |
|---|---|
 Batten outside the Alberta Legislature | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Acadia | |
| Assumed office May 29, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Tyler Shandro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
| Occupation | Registered nurse, educator, businessperson, research scientist[1] |
Diana Batten is a Canadian politician from the Alberta New Democratic Party who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Acadia in the 2023 Alberta general election, defeating incumbent Tyler Shandro in a judicial recount.[2][3] As of June 21, 2024, she serves as Official Opposition critic for Childcare and for Child and Family Services.
Batten has worked as a research scientist, registered nurse and educator.[4]
Electoral history
| 2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Acadia | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Diana Batten | 10,958 | 48.58 | +13.93 | ||||
| United Conservative | Tyler Shandro | 10,933 | 48.47 | -5.84 | ||||
| Green | Paul Bechthold | 293 | 1.29 | +0.25 | ||||
| Independent | Larry R. Heather | 163 | 0.72 | – | ||||
| Wildrose Loyalty Coalition | Donna Kathleen Scott | 119 | 0.53 | – | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Linda McClelland | 92 | 0.41 | – | ||||
| Total | 22,558 | 99.24 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 173 | 0.76 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,731 | 64.29 | ||||||
| Eligible electors | 35,355 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from United Conservative | Swing | +9.88 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[5] | ||||||||
References
- ^ https://dianabatten.albertandp.ca/
- ^ "Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-Acadia | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "Recount confirms UCP's Tyler Shandro defeated by NDP candidate Diana Batten". Yahoo News. 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ "Alberta NDP | Diana Batten | Calgary-Acadia". Diana Batten. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ "01 - Calgary-Acadia". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.