Rod Loyola
Rod Loyola | |
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Loyola in 2015 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Ellerslie | |
| In office May 5, 2015 – March 25, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Naresh Bhardwaj |
| Succeeded by | to be elected |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 28, 1974 Santiago, Chile |
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| Other political affiliations | Liberal Party of Canada (federal, until 2025) |
| Residence(s) | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Occupation | Union President, Labour Organizer |
Rodrigo Alonso Loyola Salas (born February 28, 1974) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Ellerslie and re-elected on April 16, 2019. He won a third term on May 29, 2023. Loyola had previously contested the same seat for the same party in the 2012 Alberta general election. In 2014, prior to being elected as an MLA, he ran for leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party. He placed third in the 2014 Alberta NDP leadership race. Loyola resigned his seat in March 2025 to run in the federal election as the Liberal candidate for the newly formed Edmonton Gateway riding, but was removed as a candidate in early April due to comments supporting Hamas and Hezbollah in 2009. He later stated that he would run as an Independent candidate.