Edmonton-City Centre

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Edmonton-City Centre
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-City Centre 2017.svg
Edmonton-City Centre within the City of Edmonton (2017 boundaries)
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
David Shepherd
New Democratic
District created2017
First contested 2019
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Population (2016) [1] 47,715
Area (km²)12.3
Pop. density (per km²)3,879.3

Edmonton-City Centre is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The current MLA is David Shepherd, first elected in the 2019 Alberta election.

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Geography

The district is located in central Edmonton, containing the city's downtown core as well as the neighbourhoods of Oliver, Rossdale, Queen Mary Park, Central McDougall, Spruce Avenue, and Westwood, also including the main campus of MacEwan University.

History

Members for Edmonton-City Centre
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Edmonton-Centre 1959-2019 and
Edmonton-Calder 1997-2019
30th 2019–2023 David Shepherd New Democrat
31st 2023

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming Edmonton-Centre (to reduce confusion with similarly-named federal districts). [2] The Commission also extended its border north to the Yellowhead Highway between 97 St NW and 109 St NW, adding the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology's main campus to the riding.

Electoral results

Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election
PartyVotes%
New Democratic 10,10856.17%
Liberal 4,25623.65%
Progressive Conservative 2,40613.37%
Wildrose 8924.96%
Others3351.86%
2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic David Shepherd 13,59866.0%+11.59%
United Conservative Lily Le4,48521.8%+3.68%
Alberta Party Bob Philp1,9079.3%--
Green Chris Alders3421.7%--
  Independence John R. Morton1690.8%--
Independent Blake N. Dickinson950.5%--
Total valid votes20,596
Rejected, spoiled, and declined1917622
Registered electors and turnout38,88753.5%
New Democratic hold Swing %
Source(s)
"2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic David Shepherd 12,43174.89+8.87
United Conservative Richard Wong3,69122.24+0.46
Green David Clark4762.87+1.21
Total16,59898.84
Rejected and declined1951.16
Turnout16,79351.00
Eligible voters32,928
New Democratic hold Swing +4.21
Source(s)

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References

  1. Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Final Report" (PDF). p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  3. "29 - Edmonton-City Centre". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 8, 2023.