Marlin Schmidt

Marlin Schmidt
MLA for Edmonton-Gold Bar
Incumbent
Assumed office May 5, 2015
Preceded by	David Dorward
Personal details
Born	(1978-10-16) October 16, 1978 Alberta, Canada
Political party	Alberta New Democratic Party
Residence	Edmonton, Alberta
Occupation	hydrogeologist

Marlin Schmidt (born October 16, 1978) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the Alberta general election, 2015 to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Gold Bar. Schmidt currently serves as the Government Whip in the Legislative Assembly.

Prior to serving with the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Schmidt specialized in site remediation for over a decade. From 2008 to 2015 he worked for Alberta Environment as a soil and groundwater contamination specialist, and previous to this, he worked as a remediation specialist, beginning in 2002. He holds a master of science degree in applied environmental geosciences from Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen in Germany and a bachelor of science from Queen's University in Kingston.

Electoral history

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election			Turnout %		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	David Dorward	6,689	33%
	NDP	Marlin Schmidt	5,809	29%	%	%
	Liberal	Josipa Petrunic	4,072	20%
	Wildrose	Linda Carlson	3,175	16%
	Alberta Party	Dennis O’Neill	344	2%
	Evergreen	David Parker	201	1%	%	*
Total
Rejected, spoiled and declined
Eligible electors / Turnout				%

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Marlin Schmidt	15,350	68.9
	Progressive Conservative	David Dorward	4,145	18.6
	Wildrose	Justin James	1,422	6.4
	Liberal	Ronald Brochu	702	3.2
	Alberta Party	Cristina Stasia	662	3.0