Janet Eremenko

Janet Eremenko is a Canadian politician from the Alberta New Democratic Party.

Janet Eremenko MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Currie
Incumbent
Assumed office May 29, 2023
Preceded by	Nicholas Milliken
Personal details
Born	Calgary, Alberta[1]
Political party	NDP
Education	University of Guelph[2]

Political career

Eremenko stood in Calgary-Elbow in the 2019 Alberta general election, but came in third place behind the UCP's Doug Schweitzer and the former leader of the Alberta Party, Greg Clark.^[3]

For the 2023 Alberta general election, Eremenko defeated former MLA Brian Malkinson by 155 votes to 120 votes for the NDP nomination.^[4] In the general election, she was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Currie, defeating Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Nicholas Milliken. Eremenko is a member of the Alberta New Democratic Party.^[5] As of June 21, 2024, she serves as the Official Opposition critic for Mental Health and Addictions.

Personal life

Eremenko is a lifelong Calgarian.^[6]

Electoral history

v t e 2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Currie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Janet Eremenko	12,261	54.81	+11.94
	United Conservative	Nicholas Milliken	9,181	41.04	-2.66
	Alberta Party	Jason Avramenko	409	1.83	-9.19
	Green	Lane Robson	222	0.99	–
	Liberal	Leila Keith	216	0.97	-1.19
	Solidarity Movement	Dawid Pawlowski	83	0.37	–
Total			22,372	99.12	–
Rejected and declined			198	0.88
Turnout			22,570	62.39
Eligible electors			36,178
	New Democratic gain from United Conservative		Swing		+7.30
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta[7]

v t e 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Elbow
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	United Conservative	Doug Schweitzer	10,951	44.34	+5.03	$309,597
	Alberta Party	Greg Clark	7,542	30.54	-9.73	$70,288
	New Democratic	Janet Eremenko	5,796	23.47	+7.17	$44,092
	Liberal	Robin Mackintosh	275	1.11	-2.61	$500
	Green	Quinn Rupert	132	0.53	+0.45	$500
Total			24,696	98.36	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			413	1.64
Turnout			25,109	71.88
Eligible voters			34,934
	United Conservative gain from Alberta Party		Swing		+7.38
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta[8][9][10] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.