Gerald Soroka

Gerald Soroka is a Conservative politician who was elected to represent the riding of Yellowhead in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election and was re-elected to the 44th Canadian Parliament. He did not seek re-election in 2025 after losing the Conservative nomination.^[2]

Gerald Soroka
Member of Parliament for Yellowhead
In office October 21, 2019 – March 23, 2025
Preceded by	Jim Eglinski
Succeeded by	William Stevenson
Personal details
Born	Evansburg, Alberta, Canada
Political party	Conservative Party of Canada
Residence	Yellowhead County[1]

Biography

Soroka was born and raised at Evansburg, Alberta in Yellowhead County and attended Grand Trunk High School.

In municipal politics

Prior to his election Soroka served as mayor of Yellowhead County, Alberta since 2007, and as a county councillor for division one from 2004 to 2007.^[3]

In federal politics

Soroka won the Conservative nomination for Yellowhead riding to replace the retiring incumbent, Jim Eglinski, on October 14, 2018.^[4] He ran in the 2019 Canadian federal election and was re-elected in 2021.^[5][6]

On June 22, 2024, Soroka lost the Conservative nomination in the 2025 Canadian federal election to William Stevenson.^[7]

Personal life

Soroka resides on a farm near Evansburg, Alberta, his family's original homestead.^[8][9]

Electoral record

Federal

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Yellowhead
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gerald Soroka	33,603	66.2	-15.9	$18,788.06
	People's	Michael Manchen	6,475	12.7	+9.9	$3,063.64
	New Democratic	Guillaume Roy	5,977	11.8	+4.8	$0.00
	Liberal	Sheila Schumacher	2,829	5.6	+0.4	$0.00
	Maverick	Todd Muir	1,761	3.5	–	$9,914.16
	Veterans Coalition	Gordon Francey	147	0.3	+0.1	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,792	99.42	-0.04	$134,881.08
Total rejected ballots			294	0.58	+0.04
Turnout			51,086	69.2	-6.8
Eligible voters			73,799
	Conservative hold		Swing		-10.8
Source: Elections Canada[10]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Yellowhead
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gerald Soroka	45,964	82.1	+9.85	$16,739.58
	New Democratic	Kristine Bowman	3,898	7.0	-2.05	none listed
	Liberal	Jeremy Hoefsloot	2,912	5.2	-9.02	none listed
	People's	Douglas Galavan	1,592	2.8	-	$4,988.84
	Green	Angelena Satdeo	1,272	2.3	-0.63	$0.00
	Libertarian	Cory Lystang	222	0.4	-1.16	none listed
	Veterans Coalition	Gordon Francey	108	0.2	-	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,968	100.0
Total rejected ballots			303
Turnout			56,271	76.0
Eligible voters			74,005
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.95
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]

Municipal

2017 Yellowhead County mayoral election
Mayoral candidate[13]	Vote[14]	%
Gerald Soroka (X)	1,293	47.47
Maxine Beasley	746	27.39
Ruth Martin Williams	548	20.12
Dallas Haywood	137	5.03

2013 Yellowhead County mayoral election
Candidate[15]	Vote[16]	%
Gerald Soroka (X)	1,226	52.51
Roxanne Scherger	882	37.77
Dallas Haywood	227	9.72

2010 Yellowhead County mayoral election
Candidate	Vote	%
Gerald Soroka	Acclaimed