Larry Ashmore

Larry Ashmore
Interim leader of the Evergreen Party of Alberta
In office December 22, 2011 – September 2012
Personal details
Political party	Evergreen Party of Alberta
Occupation	Construction renovator

Larry Ashmore is a construction renovator and activist in Southern Alberta. He was the interim leader of the Evergreen Party of Alberta, a green political party in Alberta, Canada.^[1][2] He has run as a Green candidate at both the provincial and federal levels, and was running for the Evergreens in Livingstone-Macleod in the 2012 provincial election.^[3]

Election results

Federal elections

Canadian federal election, 2006: Macleod
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Ted Menzies	37,534	75.45	+0.69
	Liberal	Bernie Kennedy	4,596	9.23	−2.86
	New Democratic	Joyce Thomas	3,251	6.53	+0.04
	Green	Larry Ashmore	3,075	6.18	−0.46
	Independent	Myron Wolf Child	1,055	2.12	–
	Canadian Action	Catherine Whelan Costen	235	0.47	–
Total valid votes			49,879	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			133	0.27	+0.01
Turnout			43,224	60.03	0.00

Provincial elections

Alberta general election, 2008: Foothills-Rocky View
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Morton	6,916	57.41%	−2.90%
	Liberal	Herb Coburn	2,200	18.26%	0.87%
	Wildrose Alliance	Joseph McMaster	1,797	14.92%	5.92%
	Green	Larry Ashmore	937	7.78%	−2.78%
	New Democratic	Ricardo de Menzies	196	1.63%	−0.43%
Total			12,046
Rejected Ballots			84
Eligible electors / Turnout			26,701	45.43%
Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. pp. 408–413.

Alberta general election, 2012: Livingstone-Macleod
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Wildrose	Pat Stier	8,565	47.97%
	Progressive Conservative	Evan Berger	7,403	41.46%
	New Democratic	Matthew Halton	944	5.29%
	Liberal	Alex Macdonald	597	3.34%
	Evergreen	Larry Ashmore	347	1.94%

As leader

 Summary of the April 23, 2012 Legislative Assembly of Alberta election results

Party		Party leader	Number of candidates[4]	Seats				Popular vote
				2008	Dissol.	2012	% Change	#^1	%	Change (pp)
	Progressive Conservative	Alison Redford	87	72	66	61	–7.85	567,060	43.95	–8.77
	Wildrose	Danielle Smith	87	—	4	17	+325	442,429	34.29	+27.51
	Liberal	Raj Sherman	87	9	8	5	–37.5	127,645	9.89	–16.54
	New Democratic	Brian Mason	87	2	2	4	+100	126,752	9.82	+1.34
	Alberta Party	Glenn Taylor	38	—	1	—	–100	17,172	1.33	+1.32
	Evergreen	Larry Ashmore	25	—^2	—	—	—	5,082	0.394	–4.16^2
	Independent		12	—	1	—	–100	3,511	0.272	–0.53
	Social Credit	Len Skowronski	3	—	—	—	—	294	0.0228	–0.19
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	2	—	—	—	—	210	0.0163	+0.01
	Separation	Bart Hampton^3	1^3	—	—	—	—	68	0.00527	0.00
	Vacant				1
Total			429	83	83	87	+4.82	1,290,223	100.00%

Notes:

1. Results at the count.^[5]
2. Results change is compared to the Alberta Greens in 2008.
3. Elections Alberta lists Bart Hampton as leader of the Separation Party of Alberta, however the party's only candidate is party president Glen Dundas.^[6]

References

1. "The Executive". Calgary, Alberta: Evergreen Party of Alberta. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
2. Wood, James (December 29, 2011). "Evergreen Party rises from ashes of Alberta Greens". Calgary, Alberta: Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
3. Patterson, Don (January 18, 2012). "Evergreen earns provincial recognition". Okotoks Western Wheel. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
4. "Nominated Candidates". Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
5. "Unofficial Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
6. "Parties". Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 9, 2012.

External links

• Evergreen Party of Alberta