Edmonton-Belmont

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Edmonton-Belmont
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1971
District abolished1993
First contested 1971
Last contested 1989

Edmonton-Belmont was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1971 to 1993. [1]

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History

The Edmonton-Belmont electoral district was created prior to the 1971 Alberta general election from the Edmonton North East electoral district. [2]

The Edmonton-Belmont electoral district was abolished in the 1993 boundary redistribution and was combined with a small portion of Edmonton-Beverly to form Edmonton-Manning electoral district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Belmont
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Edmonton North East electoral district from 1959-1971
17th  1971–1975   Bert Hohol Progressive Conservative
18th  1975–1979
19th  1979–1982 William L. Mack
20th  1982–1986 Walter Richard Szwender
21st  1986–1989   Tom Sigurdson New Democratic
22nd  1989–1993
See Edmonton-Manning electoral district from 1993-Present
and Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont electoral district from 1993-1997

Election results

1971

1971 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bert Hohol 6,01850.02%
Social Credit Werner Schmidt 4,05233.68%
New Democratic Gordon Wright 1,96016.29%
Total12,030
Rejected, spoiled and declined96
Eligible electors / turnout16,74972.40%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

1975 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bert Hohol 6,66264.85%14.82%
New Democratic Ashley Pachal1,75917.12%0.83%
Social Credit Victor Nakonechny1,16411.33%-22.35%
Liberal John Day6616.43%
Communist Chris Hansen270.26%
Total10,273
Rejected, spoiled and declined21
Eligible electors / turnout22,55945.63%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 15.69%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

1979 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative William L. Mack 4,92355.48%-9.37%
Social Credit Ron Mix1,81320.43%9.10%
New Democratic Haddie Jahner1,76919.93%2.81%
Liberal Charalee Graydon3694.16%-2.28%
Total8,874
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnout18,73647.36%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.34%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

1982 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Walter Richard Szwender 6,57954.79%-0.68%
New Democratic John Younie 3,89332.42%12.49%
Western Canada Concept Dennis Peter9868.21%
Independent Elmer Knutson 5124.26%
Communist Joan Jenkins370.31%
Total12,007
Rejected, spoiled and declined63
Eligible electors / turnout20,34159.34%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.34%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

1986 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Tom Sigurdson 4,49143.01%10.59%
Progressive Conservative Walter Richard Szwender 3,16030.27%-24.53%
Liberal Pat Sembaliuk2,48623.81%
Representative Bette Davies1981.90%
Heritage Party Joe Kovacs670.64%
Communist David Wallis390.37%0.07%
Total10,441
Rejected, spoiled and declined25
Eligible electors / turnout21,66948.30%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -4.81%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

1989 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Tom Sigurdson 5,31940.74%-2.27%
Liberal Cathy Greco4,64435.57%11.76%
Progressive Conservative Walter Richard Szwender 3,09323.69%-6.58%
Total13,056
Rejected, spoiled and declined23
Eligible electors / turnout22,86057.21%
New Democratic hold Swing -3.79%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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References

  1. "Election results for Edmonton-Belmont". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. The Election Act , RSA 1970, c. 117

Further reading

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