Grant Abraham
Grant Abraham | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alberta, Canada |
| Occupations | lawyer, author, politician |
| Political party | United Party of Canada |
| Children | 4 |
Grant S. Abraham is a lawyer, author and politician[1][2][3] who founded the United Party of Canada in 2024 as its leader advocating for strong values of truth and justice.[4] He is the author of Battle for the Soul of Canada: Firing the Forge which he says outlines the necessity of his new party.[5][6] Next leader of Canada.
Personal life
Abraham was born in Alberta, Canada but he grew up in Abbotsford, British Columbia.[7] He is the father of 4 boys and a husband.[8] He previously ran as a Conservative candidate in Northern Ireland in the riding of Strangford, where he picked up 3.9% of the vote. He also attempted to run for leader of the Conservative Party of Canada in 2022, but was disqualified.[9][10]
Electoral record
2019 UK general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | Jim Shannon | 17,705 | 47.2 | −14.8 | |
| Alliance | Kellie Armstrong | 10,634 | 28.4 | +13.7 | |
| UUP | Phillip Smith | 4,023 | 10.7 | −0.7 | |
| SDLP | Joe Boyle | 1,994 | 5.3 | −0.9 | |
| NI Conservatives | Grant Abraham | 1,476 | 3.9 | +2.6 | |
| Green (NI) | Maurice Macartney | 790 | 2.1 | +0.5 | |
| Sinn Féin | Ryan Carlin | 555 | 1.5 | −1.3 | |
| UKIP | Robert Stephenson | 308 | 0.8 | New | |
| Majority | 7,071 | 18.8 | −28.5 | ||
| Turnout | 37,485 | 56.0 | −4.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 66,938 | ||||
| DUP hold | Swing | −14.3 | |||
2024 Durham federal by-election
| Canadian federal by-election, March 4, 2024: Durham Resignation of Erin O'Toole | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Jamil Jivani | 18,610 | 57.44 | +11.04 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Rock | 7,285 | 22.48 | –7.44 | ||||
| New Democratic | Chris Borgia | 3,363 | 10.38 | –7.14 | ||||
| People's | Patricia Conlin | 1,435 | 4.43 | –1.07 | ||||
| Green | Kevin MacKenzie | 698 | 2.15 | |||||
| Independent | Pranay Gunti | 374 | 1.15 | |||||
| Centrist | Khalid Qureshi | 336 | 1.04 | |||||
| United | Grant Abraham | 238 | 0.73 | |||||
| Rhinoceros | Adam Smith | 62 | 0.19 | –0.03 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 32,401 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 32,401 | 27.87 | –33.32 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 116,259 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +9.24 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12] | ||||||||
2025 Ponoka—Didsbury federal general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Blaine Calkins | 56,106 | 81.81 | — |
| New Democratic | Logan Hooley | 7,414 | 10.81 | — |
| United | Grant Abraham | 2,129 | 3.10 | — |
| No affiliation | Zarnab Zafar | 1,641 | 2.39 | — |
| People's | Larry Gratton | 1,289 | 1.88 | — |
| Total valid votes | 68,579 | 100.00 | ||
2025 Battle River—Crowfoot federal by-election
| Canadian federal by-election, August 18, 2025: Battle River—Crowfoot Resignation of Damien Kurek | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Pierre Poilievre | 41,308 | 80.86 | -1.98 | ||||
| Independent | Bonnie Critchley | 5,018 | 9.82 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Darcy Spady | 2,095 | 4.10 | -7.57 | ||||
| New Democratic | Katherine Swampy | 1,061 | 2.08 | -1.10 | ||||
| United | Grant Abraham | 757 | 1.48 | – | ||||
| People's | Jonathan Bridges | 138 | 0.27 | -1.31 | ||||
| Green | Ashley MacDonald | 116 | 0.23 | -0.50 | ||||
| Libertarian | Michael Harris | 103 | 0.20 | – | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Jeff Willerton | 92 | 0.18 | – | ||||
| Independent | Sarah Spanier | 49 | 0.10 | – | ||||
| Marijuana | Kenneth Kirk | 40 | 0.08 | – | ||||
| Centrist | Ahmed Hassan | 15 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Independent | Bert William Westergard | 11 | 0.02 | – | ||||
| Independent | Breccan Zimmer | 11 | 0.02 | – | ||||
| Independent | Dillon Anderson | 10 | 0.02 | – | ||||
| Independent | Nicole Betts | 7 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Nickolas Meuters-Murphy | 7 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Diane Prentice | 7 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Glen Armstrong | 6 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Caitlyn Baker | 6 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Lisa Parsons | 6 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jason Buzzell | 5 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jenny Cartwright | 5 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Deborah Chalmers | 5 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | William Grant | 5 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Paul Jones | 5 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Brennen Perry | 5 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Anthony Perullo | 5 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Myles René Laurent St. Pierre | 5 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Fraser Anderson | 4 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Rebecca Boyce | 4 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Pierre Gauthier | 4 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Preston Hoff | 4 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Mark Ruthenberg | 4 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Ceilidh Stewart | 4 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Danica Boe | 3 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Aaron Bowles | 3 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | Sarah Burke | 3 | 0.01 | – | ||||
| Independent | David Cherniak | 3 | 0.01 | – | ||||
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| Independent | Nicola Zoghbi | 3 | 0.01 | – | ||||
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| Independent | Jacqueline Grabowski | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Andrew Guenther | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Blake Hamilton | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jason Hodgson | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Dakota Hourie | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Uneeb Islam | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Michael Jones | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Richard Kenkel | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Madison Kennedy | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Abraham Lau | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Charles Lemieux | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Robert Marsden | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Agnieszka Marszalek | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Geoffrey Meens | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Sophia Nguyen | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Pascal Noël | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Steve Oates | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Lény Painchaud | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Lanna Palsson | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Céline Paquin | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Meagan Roberge | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Melanie Roberge | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Mark Russell | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Kayll Schaefer | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Hakim Sheriff | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Eric Shorten | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Bradley Stewart | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Mário Stocco | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Faith Tabladillo | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Alex Vallée | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Dennis Vanmeer | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Bryan Wang | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Joshua Wong | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Yao ZhangLi | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | David Zhu | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Barry Zukewich | 1 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Marthalee Aykroyd | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Line Bélanger | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Michel Bélanger | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jeani Boudreault | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jeffery Brazeau | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Bo Cai | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Cameron Campos | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Nicolas Champagne | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jaël Champagne Gareau | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Claude Cordon Pichilla | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Tristan Dell | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Gerrit Dogger | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Abel Erazo-Ibarra | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Tracy Farber | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Brian Farrenkopf | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Thomas Fitzgerald | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Connor Fullerton | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jordan Gerrard | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Eric Gilmour | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Laurie Goble | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | David Patrick Greene | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Nicolette Gross | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Kathleen Gudmundsson | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Richard Haley | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Kazimir Haykowsky | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Iriella Hicks | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Loren Hicks | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Seyed Hosseini Lavasani | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Glendyn Howse | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Ryan Huard | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jack Jean-Louis | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Derek Jouppi | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Erich Jurgens | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Elza Kephart | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Dannielle Konkle | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Solomon Krygier-Paine | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Andrew Kulas | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Samuel Lafontaine | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Alain Lamontagne | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Eric Laverdure | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jocelyn LeBlanc-Courchaine | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Alexander Lein | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Renée Lemieux | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jeffrey Leroux | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Litma Kai Ching Leung | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Cedric Ludlow | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jennifer Margaret Mackenzie-Miller | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Nicolas Maltais | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Kevin Manzano | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Eric March | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Devin McManus | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Robert Melting Tallow | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Joanne L Metters | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Nicholas Mew | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Mark Moutter | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Rob Mumford | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Molly Munn | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Sam Nabi | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | John Francis O'Flynn | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Clifford Pine | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Brian Ramchandar | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Spencer Rocchi | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Wallace Richard Rowat | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Barry Rueger | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Chris Scrimes | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Charles Douglas Sleep | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Julie St-Amand | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Pascal St-Amand | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Andi Sweet | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Corinne Unrau | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Tyson Warner | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Simon John Edwin Wedel | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Michaiah Williams | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Brian Wishart | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Michael Wisniewski | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Independent | Belinda Christine Young | 0 | 0.00 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,085 | 99.59 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 211 | 0.41 | -0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,296 | 59.83 | -16.66 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 85,736 | – | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13] | ||||||||
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- ^ "Electoral District Profile – Edmonton Riverbend". Elections Canada. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
- ^ "Candidate Profile: Grant Abraham (United) – Ponoka–Didsbury". rdnewsNOW. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
- ^ "Grant Abraham – United Party of Canada". United Party of Canada. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
- ^ "The Battle for the Soul of Canada: Firing the Forge – Alberta Nation Directory". Alberta Nation Directory. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
- ^ "Meet the Candidate: United Party of Canada's Grant Abraham for Ponoka–Didsbury". Central Alberta Online. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
- ^ "Abbotsford's Grant Abraham enters Conservative leadership race". The Chilliwack Progress. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
- ^ "United Party of Canada makes its debut". True North. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
- ^ "Former UK Conservative candidate runs for Canadian Conservative Leader".
- ^ Bailey, Ian; Walsh, Marieke (May 2, 2022). "Conservatives disqualify three candidates from leadership race, leaving six on the ballot". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on May 3, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
- ^ "Strangford Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "March 4, 2024 By-election Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "August 18, 2025 By-election Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 26, 2025.