Christina Gray

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]

The Honourable Christina Gray ECA MLA
Gray in March 2019
House Leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office February 8, 2021
Leader	Rachel Notley Naheed Nenshi
Preceded by	Heather Sweet
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Mill Woods
Incumbent
Assumed office May 5, 2015
Preceded by	Sohail Quadri
Leader of the Opposition in Alberta
In office June 23, 2024 – July 11, 2025
Preceded by	Rachel Notley
Succeeded by	Naheed Nenshi
Deputy leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party
In office February 12, 2024 – June 24, 2024
Leader	Rachel Notley
Preceded by	Sarah Hoffman
Succeeded by	Rakhi Pancholi
Alberta Minister of Labour
In office February 2, 2016 – April 29, 2019
Premier	Rachel Notley
Preceded by	Lori Sigurdson
Succeeded by	Jason Copping
Alberta Minister Responsible for Democratic Renewal
In office February 2, 2016 – April 29, 2019
Premier	Rachel Notley
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	(1978-11-01) November 1, 1978 (age 46) Edmonton, Alberta
Political party	New Democratic
Residence(s)	Edmonton, Alberta
Occupation	Software Development Project Manager

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 23, 2024, the new leader of the NDP, Naheed Nenshi, appointed Gray as the Leader of the Official Opposition.^[7] She had this position until Nenshi won a seat a year later. Gray also continued as the House Leader of the Official Opposition.

Bill 210

In April 2025, Gray introduced a private member's bill that aimed to introduce server-friendly regulations on tips. Bill 210 proposed changes that prohibited employers from treating tips and gratuities as part of an employee wage and prohibited withholding or deducting tips from the employee.^[8][9]

Electoral history

2023 general election

v t e 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[10]

2019 general election

v t e 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

v t e 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%