Edmonton-Mill Woods (provincial electoral district)

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Edmonton-Mill Woods
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-Mill Woods 2017.svg
Edmonton-Mill Woods within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Christina Gray
New Democratic
District created1979
First contested 1979
Last contested 2023

Edmonton-Mill Woods is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 current electoral districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

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This urban district is located in south central Edmonton was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Avonmore. The electoral district since its creation has been a swing riding controlled by the Progressive Conservatives, New Democrats and Liberals. The current representative is New Democrat Christina Gray who was first elected in 2015, and re-elected in 2019.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Avonmore.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw some changes made to the riding. The south boundary was pushed southward from 23 Avenue east of Mill Woods Drive to Anthony Henday Drive in land that used to be part of Edmonton-Ellerslie. The east boundary was changed to cede land south of Mill Creek to Edmonton-Mill Creek.

Boundary history

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Mill Woods [2]
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See: Edmonton-Avonmore 1971-1979
19th 1979–1982 Milt Pahl Progressive
Conservative
20th 1982–1986
21st 1986–1989 Gerry Gibeault New Democrat
22nd 1989–1993
23rd 1993–1997 Don Massey Liberal
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008 Weslyn Mather
27th 2008–2012 Carl Benito Progressive
Conservative
28th 2012–2015 Sohail Quadri
29th 2015–2019 Christina Gray New Democrat
30th 2019–2023
31st 2023–

The electoral district was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Milt Pahl won a large majority to pick up the new seat for his party. He won a second term in the 1982 general election. He more than doubled his popular vote but faced a strong challenge from NDP candidate Gerry Gibeault and ended up decreasing his overall percentage.

Premier Peter Lougheed would appoint Pahl to the provincial cabinet as a Minister without Portfolio. He held that going into the 1986 general election while attempting to run for his third term in office. The election that year saw a rematch between Gibeault and Pahl.

The race in 1986 was very close with Gibeault winning by less than 100 votes to pick up the seat for the New Democrats. He won a higher popular vote running for a second term in the 1989 general election but his overall percent was reduced. He moved to the Edmonton-Ellerslie electoral district to run for election in 1993 and was defeated.

Liberal candidate Don Massey won the district in the 1993 election to pick it up for his party. He was re-elected with a smaller majority in the 1997 election and just barely held onto the district in the 2001 general election as he face a strong challenge from future Progressive Conservative MLA Carl Benito.

Massey briefly became leader of the provincial Liberals in 2004. He decided not to run again for office and retired at dissolution of the assembly later that year. His replacement in the legislature was Liberal candidate Weslyn Mather who won the district with just under half the popular vote in the 2004 election.

Mather was defeated by Carl Benito in the 2008 election who managed to win the seat for the Progressive Conservatives for the first time in 22 years.

Legislative election results

2023

2023 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Mill Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Christina Gray 11,06361.69+11.70
United Conservative Raman Athwal6,86938.31+0.03
Total17,93299.02
Rejected and declined1770.98
Turnout18,10956.48
Eligible voters32,062
New Democratic hold Swing +5.83
Source(s)

2019

2019 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Mill Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Christina Gray 10,46150.00%-14.86%
United Conservative Heather Sworin8,00838.27%9.81%
Alberta Party Anju Sharma1,5607.46%
Liberal Abdi Bakal5722.73%-2.82%
Alberta Independence Dallas Price2541.21%
Communist Andrew J. Janewski690.33%0.04%
Total20,924
Rejected, spoiled and declined787517
Eligible electors / turnout32,35364.97%10.27%
New Democratic hold Swing -17.03%
Source(s)
Source: "38 - Edmonton-Mill Woods, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 148–151. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2015

2015 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Mill Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Christina Gray 9,93064.86%50.72%
Progressive Conservative Sohail Quadri 2,92019.07%-16.14%
Wildrose Baljit Sall1,4379.39%-11.21%
Liberal Roberto Maglalang8505.55%-15.74%
Independent Aura Leddy1290.84%
Communist Naomi J. Rankin 440.29%
Total15,310
Rejected, spoiled and declined553022
Eligible electors / turnout28,13054.70%0.10%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 17.09%
Source(s)
Source: "41 - Edmonton-Mill Woods, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta.

2012

2012 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Mill Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Sohail Quadri 4,94235.21%-8.66%
Wildrose Alliance Joanne Autio3,31223.60%20.64%
Liberal Weslyn Mather 2,98821.29%-15.60%
New Democratic Sandra Azocar1,98514.14%0.54%
Independent Carl Benito 5453.88%
Alberta Party Robert Leddy 2621.87%
Total14,034
Rejected, spoiled and declined111687
Eligible electors / turnout25,92054.60%15.49%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 2.32%
Source(s)
Source: "41 - Edmonton-Mill Woods, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2008

2008 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Mill Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Carl Benito 4,75243.87%15.21%
Liberal Weslyn Mather 3,99636.89%-11.12%
New Democratic Christina Gray 1,47413.61%-1.38%
Wildrose Alliance Robert Leddy 3212.96%-4.98%
Green David A. Hrushka2892.67%
Total10,832
Rejected, spoiled and declined20124
Eligible electors / Turnout27,75539.11%-5.85%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -6.18%
Source(s)
Source: "38 - Edmonton-Mill Woods, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2008). The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta . Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2004

2004 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Mill Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Weslyn Mather 5,01248.01%-0.96%
Progressive Conservative Naresh Bhardwaj 2,99228.66%-15.16%
New Democratic Lloyd Nelson1,56514.99%7.77%
Alberta Alliance Charles Relland8297.94%
Communist Naomi J. Rankin 420.40%
Total10,440
Rejected, spoiled and declined43181
Eligible electors / Turnout23,31944.96%-9.37%
Liberal hold Swing 7.10%
Source(s)
Source: "00 - Edmonton-Mill Woods, 2004 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2005). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Enumeration and General Election of the Twenty-sixth Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.

2001

2001 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Mill Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Don Massey 4,92048.97%-2.31%
Progressive Conservative Carl Benito 4,40243.81%13.79%
New Democratic Mel H. Buffalo7257.22%-5.48%
Total10,047
Rejected, spoiled and declined25133
Eligible electors / Turnout18,54654.32%-1.45%
Liberal hold Swing -8.05%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Mill Woods Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2001). The report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2000 provincial confirmation process and Monday, March 12, 2001, Provincial General Election of the twenty-fifth Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.

1997

1997 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Mill Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Don Massey 5,11351.28%-4.83%
Progressive Conservative Ziad N. Jaber2,99330.02%3.11%
New Democratic Ricardo Acuna1,26612.70%2.10%
Social Credit John Filp5465.48%1.12%
Greens Raymond Boyko520.52%0.04%
Total9,970
Rejected, spoiled and declined15233
Eligible electors / Turnout17,90955.77%-0.70%
Liberal hold Swing -3.97%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Mill Woods Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (1997). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, November, 1996 general enumeration and Tuesday, March 11, 1997 general election Twenty-fourth Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.

1993

1993 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Mill Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Don Massey 5,33056.11%22.40%
Progressive Conservative W. Bill Pidruchney2,55626.91%2.14%
New Democratic Laat Bhinder1,00710.60%-30.92%
Social Credit Robert J. Alford 4144.36%
Independent Ken Kozak1021.07%
Greens Raymond Boyko460.48%
Natural Law Mary D. Romach440.46%
Total9,499
Rejected, spoiled and declined22
Eligible electors / Turnout16,86156.47%2.51%
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing 10.70%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Mill Woods Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

1989 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Mill Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Gerry Gibeault 5,82441.52%-1.47%
Liberal Murray W. Scambler4,72933.71%24.69%
Progressive Conservative Bas Roopnarine3,47524.77%-17.18%
Total14,028
Rejected, spoiled and declined26
Eligible electors / Turnout26,04853.95%12.05%
New Democratic hold Swing 3.38%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Mill Woods Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

1986 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Mill Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Gerry Gibeault 4,10342.99%14.43%
Progressive Conservative Milt Pahl 4,00441.95%-13.93%
Liberal Philip Lister8619.02%5.75%
Representative Richard Mather 4454.66%
Christian Heritage Mike Pawlus 1321.38%
Total9,545
Rejected, spoiled and declined18
Eligible electors / Turnout22,82341.90%-19.24%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -13.14%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Mill Woods Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

1982 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Mill Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Milt Pahl 10,09555.88%-2.12%
New Democratic Gerry Gibeault 515928.55%7.62%
Western Canada Concept Dave Fletcher189410.48%
Liberal Winston Mohabir5903.27%-10.08%
Social Credit Terry Juba3291.82%-5.91%
Total18,067
Rejected, spoiled and declined39
Eligible electors / Turnout29,61461.14%5.81%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.87%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Mill Woods Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

1979 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Mill Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Milt Pahl 4,29957.99%
New Democratic L. (Les) Owre1,55220.94%
Liberal Rose MacPherson98913.34%
Social Credit Rudy Rodriques5737.73%
Total7,413
Rejected, spoiled and declined242
Eligible electors / Turnout13,83455.33%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Mill Woods Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Mill Woods [4] Turnout 45.00%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 3,76413.91%44.22%2
 Independent Link Byfield 3,27312.09%38.45%4
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 3,06111.31%35.96%1
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,93710.85%34.50%3
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth2,79110.31%32.79%7
 Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,4909.20%29.25%9
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan2,4479.04%28.75%10
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough2,4008.87%28.20%8
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood2,1197.83%24.89%6
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 1,7806.59%20.91%5
Total votes27,062100%
Total ballots8,5123.18 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined1,982

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

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