Janice Sarich
| Janice Sarich | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Edmonton-Decore | |
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In office 2008–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Bonko |
| Succeeded by | Chris Nielsen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 26, 1958 Edmonton, Alberta |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Steve |
| Residence | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta |
| Occupation | business consultant |
Janice Sarich (born April 26, 1958 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Edmonton-Decore as a Progressive Conservative. She was first elected in the 2008 election, and held office until she was defeated in the 2015 election by NDP challenger Chris Nielsen.
Background
Janice Sarich was born April 26, 1958 in Edmonton. She obtained a bachelor's degree in physical education and master's of education degree from the University of Alberta. She holds project management and project leadership certificates from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT). Prior to entering public life, Sarich managed her own business consulting company for 25 years.
Her past community involvement includes being an advisory committee member to the Junior League of Edmonton and Catholic Social Services. Sarich served on Public Interest Alberta's Democracy Task Force, which examined potential areas of democratic reform in Alberta.
Sarich lives in Edmonton with her husband Steve and two children.[1]
Political career
Sarich's first foray into electoral politics was in 2001, when she ran for a seat on the Edmonton Catholic School District's board of trustees.[1] She defeated Ward 2 incumbent trustee Ronald Zapisocki by 602 votes to win the seat. During her first term, Sarich earned a reputation as a tight fiscal conservative, at times calling on the board to have its budget audited after reporting a deficit.[2][3] In her bid for reelection in 2004, Sarich polled the most votes out of all 14 candidates in the Catholic district race and outpolled her Ward 2 opponent Jim Urlacher by a margin of almost 2 to 1. She did not seek reelection in 2007, allowing her to run for a seat in the Alberta Legislature.
In the 2008 provincial election, Sarich received 46% of the vote and defeated Liberal incumbent Bill Bonko by 723 votes to win the constituency of Edmonton-Decore. Following the election, Sarich was appointed by Premier Ed Stelmach to the position of Parliamentary Assistant to the Education Minister, Dave Hancock.
Election results
2008 general election
| 2008 Alberta general election results[4] | Turnout 32.96% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Janice Sarich | 4,577 | 45.71% | 15.30% | ||
| Liberal | Bill Bonko Sr. | 3,895 | 38.89% | -5.95% | ||
| New Democratic | Sidney Sadik | 1,301 | 12.99% | -2.43% | ||
| Green | Trey Capenhurst | 241 | 2.41% | * | ||
| Total | 10,014 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 66 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 30,584 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | 10.63% | ||||
2012 general election
| Alberta general election, 2012: Edmonton-Decore | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Janice Sarich | 5,724 | 42.53% | |||||
| Wildrose | Chris Bataluk | 2,909 | 21.61% | |||||
| New Democratic | Ali Haymour | 2,669 | 19.83% | |||||
| Liberal | Ed Ammar | 2,157 | 16.03% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -3.2% | ||||||
2015 general election
| Alberta general election, 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Chris Nielsen | 10,435 | 67.7% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Janice Sarich | 2,827 | 18.3% | |||||
| Wildrose | Dean Miller | 1,305 | 8.5% | |||||
| Liberal | Bradley Whalen | 691 | 4.5% | |||||
| Green | Trey Capnerhurst | 150 | 1.0% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 47.87% | ||||||
References
- 1 2 "Sarich's Legislative Assembly of Alberta biography".
- ↑ "Ripley pledges deficite won't hurt students". Retrieved 2006-01-30.
- ↑ "Board asks for debt extension". Retrieved 2006-02-20.
- ↑ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 286–289.