Amanda Chapman

Amanda Chapman is a Canadian politician from the Alberta New Democratic Party who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Beddington in the 2023 Alberta general election.^[1] As of June 21, 2024, she serves as the Official Opposition critic for Education and for Services to Children with Disabilities.

Amanda Chapman MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Beddington
Incumbent
Assumed office May 29, 2023
Preceded by	Josephine Pon
Personal details
Political party	NDP
Residence(s)	Calgary, Alberta
Alma mater	Haskayne School of Business
Occupation	Communications consultant

Chapman has a business degree from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.^[2]

Electoral history

v t e 2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Beddington
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Amanda Chapman	10,269	49.66	+13.95
	United Conservative	Josephine Pon	9,726	47.04	-6.07
	Alberta Party	Wayne Jackson	473	2.29	-5.93
	Liberal	Zarnab Shahid Zafar	210	1.02	-0.67
Total			20,678	99.32	–
Rejected and declined			142	0.68
Turnout			20,820	58.28
Eligible voters			35,724
	New Democratic gain from United Conservative		Swing		+10.01
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta[3]

v t e 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Beddington
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	United Conservative	Josephine Pon	11,625	53.11	-3.74	$31,776
	New Democratic	Amanda Chapman	7,818	35.71	-0.93	$15,589
	Alberta Party	Carol-Lynn Darch	1,799	8.22	–	$2,014
	Liberal	Chandan Tadavalkar	370	1.69	-2.91	$1,651
	Alberta Independence	Tom Grbich	161	0.74	–	$500
	Independent	Alexander Dea	117	0.53	–	$1,101
Total			21,890	99.53	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			103	0.47	–
Turnout			21,993	63.12
Eligible voters			34,845
	United Conservative notional hold		Swing		-1.41
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta[4][5][6] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.