Christina Gray

The Honourable
Christina Gray
ECA MLA
Gray in March 2019
Leader of the Opposition in Alberta
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 24, 2024
Preceded byRachel Notley
Alberta NDP House Leader
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 8, 2021
Preceded byHeather Sweet
Alberta Minister of Labour
Minister Responsible for Democratic Renewal
In office
February 2, 2016 – April 30, 2019
Preceded byLori Sigurdson
Succeeded byJason Copping
Alberta NDP Deputy Leader
In office
February 12, 2024 – June 24, 2024
Preceded bySarah Hoffman
Succeeded byRakhi Pancholi
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Mill Woods
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 5, 2015
Preceded bySohail Quadri
Personal details
Born (1978-11-01) November 1, 1978 (age 46)
Edmonton, Alberta
Political partyAlberta New Democratic Party
Residence(s)Edmonton, Alberta
OccupationSoftware Development Project Manager

Christina Gray ECA MLA (born November 1, 1978) is a Canadian politician. She is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. First elected in 2015 as the member representing Edmonton-Mill Woods, she was re-elected in 2019 and 2023.[1]

She has been the Official Opposition's Critic for the Ministry of Labour and Immigration.[2] Gray also serves on the Legislative Assembly's Standing Committee on Legislative Offices and on the Standing Committee on Alberta's Economic Future.[3]

In the 29th Alberta Legislature Gray served as Chair of the Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee and Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.[4]

Political career

Minister of Labour and Minister Responsible for Democratic Renewal

On February 2, 2016, Gray was appointed to be Minister of Labour and Minister Responsible for Democratic Renewal in Premier Rachel Notley's Cabinet.[5]

Official Opposition

When the NDP was relegated to the opposition benches in 2019, Gray became the Official Opposition Critic for Labour and as the Alberta NDP House Leader. She also was a member of the Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund.[6]

Deputy Leader

On February 12, 2024, Gray was appointed Deputy Leader of the Alberta NDP.

Leader of the Official Opposition

On June 24, 2024, the new leader of the NDP, Naheed Nenshi, appointed Gray as the Leader of the Official Opposition. She will have this position until Nenshi wins a seat. Gray also continued as the House Leader of the Official Opposition.

Electoral history

2023 general election

2023 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Mill Woods
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Christina Gray 11,063 61.69 +11.70
United Conservative Raman Athwal 6,869 38.31 +0.03
Total 17,932 99.02 –
Rejected and declined 177 0.98
Turnout 18,109 56.48
Eligible voters 32,062
New Democratic hold Swing +5.83
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[7]

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Mill Woods
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Christina Gray 10,461 50.00% -14.86%
United Conservative Heather Sworin 8,008 38.27% 9.81%
Alberta Party Anju Sharma 1,560 7.46% –
Liberal Abdi Bakal 572 2.73% -2.82%
Alberta Independence Dallas Price 254 1.21% –
Communist Andrew J. Janewski 69 0.33% 0.04%
Total 20,924 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 78 75 17
Eligible electors / turnout 32,353 64.97% 10.27%
New Democratic hold Swing -17.03%
Source(s)
Source: "38 - Edmonton-Mill Woods, 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. 148–151. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Mill Woods
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Christina Gray 9,930 64.86% 50.72%
Progressive Conservative Sohail Quadri 2,920 19.07% -16.14%
Wildrose Baljit Sall 1,437 9.39% -11.21%
Liberal Roberto Maglalang 850 5.55% -15.74%
Independent Aura Leddy 129 0.84% –
Communist Naomi J. Rankin 44 0.29% –
Total 15,310 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 55 30 22
Eligible electors / turnout 28,130 54.70% 0.10%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 17.09%
Source(s)
Source: "41 - Edmonton-Mill Woods, 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.

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Carl Benito 4,752 43.87%
Liberal Weslyn Mather 3,996 36.89%
New Democratic Christina Gray 1,474 13.61%
Wildrose Alliance Robert Leddy 320 2.95%
Green David Hruska 290 2.68%

References

  1. ^ "Alberta election: Edmonton-Mill Woods results - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca".
  2. ^ "'Challenging and exciting, fun and frustrating': NDP MLAs look ahead to next 4 years | CBC News".
  3. ^ https://www.assembly.ab.ca/committees/MembershipList.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ "Legislative Assembly of Alberta".
  5. ^ "Government appoints six new cabinet ministers, three from Edmonton and three from Calgary".
  6. ^ "Member Information". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  7. ^ "38 - Edmonton-Mill Woods". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.