Deron Bilous
| The Honourable Deron Bilous MLA | |
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 Bilous in 2015 | |
| MLA for Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | |
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Assumed office April 23, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Tony Vandermeer |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 7, 1975 Edmonton, Alberta |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Rose Bilous |
| Residence | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Portfolio | Minister of Municipal Affairs/Service Alberta |
Deron Michael Bilous (born October 7, 1975) is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the riding of Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, in the 2012 provincial election.[1] He is a member of the Alberta New Democratic Party caucus.[2]
Bilous was also the party's candidate in Edmonton-Centre in the 2008 provincial election, losing to Laurie Blakeman.
Re-elected in the 2015 election that saw the NDP win a majority government, Bilous was named to the cabinet as Minister of Municipal Affairs and the Minister in Charge of Service Alberta on May 24, 2015.[3]
On October 22, 2015, his position in cabinet changed to Minister of Economic Development and Trade and he also became Deputy Government House Leader.[4][5]
Bilous was born and raised in Edmonton and is very proud of his Ukrainian ancestry. He graduated from the University of Alberta with a bachelor of education degree in 2001. For the past five years he has taught and mentored students at Edmonton's Inner City High School.
An active volunteer in his community, Bilous has been a member of the Beverly Heights Community League and vice-president of the Boyle Street Community League. From 2008 to 2011 he served as a board member on the Edmonton Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee.
Bilous also participated in the Canada World Youth program in 1995–96, working in Edmonton, Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, and Tunisia.[2]
Electoral history
2008 Alberta general election
| Alberta general election, 2008: Edmonton-Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Laurie Blakeman | 5,042 | 44.98% | −12.09% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Donahue | 3,291 | 29.36% | 5.24% | ||||
| New Democratic | Deron Bilous | 2,163 | 19.30% | 7.16% | ||||
| Greens | David Parker | 472 | 4.21% | 1.15% | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | James Iverson | 200 | 1.78% | −0.80% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Margaret Saunter | 42 | 0.37% | |||||
| Total | 11,210 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 109 | |||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 35,186 | 32.17% | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −8.67% | ||||||
| Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 280–285. | ||||||||
2012 Alberta general election
| Alberta general election, 2012: Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Deron Bilous | 5,264 | 37.11 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Vandermeer | 5,019 | 35.38 | |||||
| Wildrose | Don Martin | 2,909 | 20.43 | |||||
| Liberal | Chris Heward | 895 | 6.34 | |||||
| Evergreen | Trey Capenhurst | 151 | 1.06 | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +0.67% | ||||||
| Source: http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtResultsPGE.htm | ||||||||
2015 Alberta general election
| Alberta general election, 2015: Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Deron Bilous | 12,044 | 73.8 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Caterina | 2,519 | 15.4 | |||||
| Wildrose | Stephanie Diacon | 1,251 | 7.7 | |||||
| Liberal | Tomi Yellowface | 360 | 2.2 | |||||
| Alberta Party | Owais Siddiqui | 147 | 0.9 | |||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +36.69% | ||||||
References
- ↑ "Alberta Election 2012: NDP picks up support, falls short of goal". Edmonton Journal. April 23, 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- 1 2 "MLA Biography". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Rachel Notley sworn in as Alberta premier, reveals cabinet". CBC News. May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Notley signals economic focus in Alberta cabinet shuffle". CTV News. October 22, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Premier Rachel Notley creates new economic development ministry". CBC News. October 22, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
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