Julia Hayter
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Julia Hayter is Canadian politician from the Alberta New Democratic Party who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Edgemont in the 2023 Alberta general election.
Life and career
Hayter received a developmental disability certificate from the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, British Columbia.
Hayter has worked extensively on election campaigns around the Calgary area, as well as having worked as a constituency assistant for a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Work in the community
MLA Hayter has an ongoing period poverty drive raising awareness for menstrual inequality. “Access to period products is a basic necessity and should not be considered a luxury.”
Provincial politics
During the Fall sitting of the 31st legislative session, Hayter sponsored Motion 503, which addressed universal access to free prescription contraception. Hayter introduced Bill 208, The Psycho-Educational Assessment Act The bill was intended to address issues relating to access to psycho-educational assessments by creating a school psychological services committee.
Electoral history
| vte2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Edgemont | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democratic | Julia Hayter | 11,681 | 49.30 | +15.27 | |
| United Conservative | Prasad Panda | 11,397 | 48.10 | -4.75 | |
| Alberta Party | Allen Schultz | 488 | 2.06 | -8.82 | |
| Wildrose Loyalty Coalition | Nan Barron | 66 | 0.28 | – | |
| Solidarity Movement | Miles Williams | 64 | 0.27 | – | |
| Total | 23,696 | 99.23 | – | ||
| Rejected and declined | 184 | 0.77 | |||
| Turnout | 23,880 | 65.75 | |||
| Eligible voters | 36,322 | ||||
| New Democratic gain from United Conservative | Swing | +10.01 | |||
| Source(s)Source: Elections Alberta |
| vte2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Edgemont | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| United Conservative | Prasad Panda | 13,308 | 52.84 | -3.19 | $60,021 | |
| New Democratic | Julia Hayter | 8,570 | 34.03 | +0.53 | $40,725 | |
| Alberta Party | Joanne Gui | 2,740 | 10.88 | +9.12 | $39,339 | |
| Liberal | Graeme Maitland | 305 | 1.21 | -5.15 | $500 | |
| Green | Carl Svoboda | 155 | 0.62 | -1.57 | $500 | |
| Alberta Independence | Tomasz Kochanowicz | 106 | 0.42 | – | $852 | |
| Total | 25,184 | 98.83 | – | |||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 299 | 1.17 | ||||
| Turnout | 25,483 | 70.11 | ||||
| Eligible voters | 36,346 | |||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | -1.86 | ||||
| Source(s)Source: Elections AlbertaNote: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. |