| Rod Loyola | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
| Smallimage: | Rod Loyola 2015.jpg |
| Caption: | Loyola in May 2015 |
| Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
| Residence: | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Ellerslie |
| Predecessor: | Naresh Bhardwaj |
| Term Start: | May 5, 2015 |
| Party: | Alberta New Democratic Party |
| 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.[1] [2] Loyola had previously contested the same seat for the same party in the 2012 Alberta general election. He placed third in the 2014 Alberta NDP leadership race.[3]
Loyola has a Bachelors of Arts from University of Alberta, where he worked as an academic program coordinator and student advisor for University of Alberta. Loyola was elected President of the Non-Academic Staff Association.
Loyola is on the board of Friends of Medicare. Loyola volunteered for the Knottwood Community League, the Post-Secondary Education Task Force for Public Interest Alberta.