Richard Gotfried


Richard Stanley Gotfried is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta General Election to the 30th Alberta Legislature, representing the electoral district of Calgary-Fish Creek for the United Conservative Party. He was re-elected to the riding with a voting plurality of 8,499, and has served the Fish Creek constituency as a Member of the Legislative Assembly since the 2015 Alberta General Election. Prior to 2015, his seat was held by Heather Forsyth, who had served as the Leader of the Opposition before retiring from politics after the 2015 election was called.

Electoral history

2019 General Election

- Richard Gotfried, 15,975 - 61.5%
New Democratic - Rebecca Bounsall, 7,476 - 28.8%
Alberta Party - Robert Tremblay, 1,699 - 6.5%
Liberal - John Roggeveen, 359 - 1.4%
Green Party - Taylor Stasila, 231 - 0.9%
Alberta Independence Party - Tomas Manasek, 226 - 0.9%

2015 General Election