Edmonton-North West

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Edmonton-North West
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-North West 2017.svg
Edmonton-North West within the City of Edmonton (2017 boundaries)
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
David Eggen
New Democratic
District created1957
District abolished1971
District re-created2019
First contested1959, 2019
Last contested1967, 2023
Demographics
Population (2016) [1] 45,523
Area (km²)29.9
Pop. density (per km²)1,522.5

Edmonton-North West is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada that has existed twice, first as Edmonton North West between 1959 and 1971, and for a second time since 2019. 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. It will be contested next in the 2023 Alberta election.

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Geography

The district is located in northwest Edmonton, containing the neighbourhoods of Lauderdale, Rosslyn, Kensington, Griesbach, Carlisle, Caernarvon, Baranow, Hudson, Cumberland, Oxford, Carlton, and The Palisades, as well as the area west of 142 St NW and north of 137 Ave NW to the border with St. Albert.

History

Boundary history

The district was created as Edmonton North West in the 1959 redistribution which broke up the mega-ridings of Edmonton and Calgary, creating a number of single-member districts in their place. It was replaced with Edmonton-Calder in 1971, but re-created from the same riding in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended moving the Calder neighbourhood (among others) out of the riding. [2] The district also gained three neighbourhoods from Edmonton-Castle Downs.

Representation history

Members for Edmonton-North West
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Edmonton 1921–1959
14th 1959–1963 Edgar Gerhart Social Credit
15th 1963–1967
16th 1967–1971
See Edmonton-Calder 1971–1993 and 1997–2019
30th 2019–2023 David Eggen New Democrat
31st 2023–

The district was represented from 1959 to 1971 by Edgar Gerhart of the Alberta Social Credit Party, who had already served as one of several MLAs for Edmonton before it was split. He served as Minister of Municipal Affairs under premier Ernest Manning for his final term, and briefly as Attorney General as well under Harry Strom. Gerhart was defeated in Edmonton-Calder in the 1971 election.

Electoral results

Elections in the 1950s

1959 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Social Credit Edgar Gerhart 4,82342.72
Progressive Conservative Ned Feehan3,24928.78
Liberal Harper McCrae2,07118.35
Co-operative Commonwealth James Forest1,14610.15
Total valid votes11,28999.79
Rejected, spoiled and declined240.21
Registered electors / Turnout19,25858.74
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Alberta Heritage Foundation. "Election results for Edmonton-North West" . Retrieved May 18, 2018.

Elections in the 1960s

1963 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Edgar Gerhart 4,36946.03+3.31
Progressive Conservative Ned Feehan1,87819.79-8.99
Liberal Edmund H. Leger1,85419.53+1.18
New Democratic Grant Notley 1,39114.65+4.50
Total valid votes9,49299.87 +0.08
Rejected, spoiled and declined120.13 -0.08
Registered electors / Turnout19,69548.26 -10.48
Social Credit hold Swing +6.15
Source(s)
Alberta Heritage Foundation. "Election results for Edmonton-North West" . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
1967 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Edgar Gerhart 4,67436.22-9.81
Progressive Conservative Paul Norris4,20532.59+12.80
New Democratic Dave Belland2,66420.64+5.99
Liberal Thomas Leia1,1739.09-10.44
Independent Oscar A. Green1881.46–
Total valid votes12,90499.68 -0.19
Rejected, spoiled and declined420.32 +0.19
Registered electors / Turnout20,53363.05 +14.79
Social Credit hold Swing -11.31
Source(s)
Alberta Heritage Foundation. "Election results for Edmonton-North West" . Retrieved May 18, 2018.

Elections in the 2010s

Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election
PartyVotes%
New Democratic 10,31569.13%
Progressive Conservative 2,86519.20%
Wildrose 1,2418.32%
Liberal 5013.36%
2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic David Eggen 9,66951.74%-17.39%
United Conservative Ali Eltayeb6,58735.25%7.73%
Alberta Party Judy Kim-Meneen1,87110.01%–
Liberal Brandon Teixeira2761.48%-1.88%
Alberta Independence Tim Shanks1490.80%–
Alberta Advantage Luke Burns1360.73%–
Total18,688––
Rejected, spoiled and declined807423
Eligible electors / turnout30,63961.33%N/A
Source(s)
Source: "39 - Edmonton-North West, 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. 152–155. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic David Eggen 9,97859.74+8.01
United Conservative Ali Haymour6,38838.25+3.00
Green Tyler Beaulac3352.01–
Total16,70199.14–
Rejected and declined1450.86
Turnout16,84651.98
Eligible voters32,407
New Democratic hold Swing +2.50
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ↑ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 47. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ "39 - Edmonton-North West". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 8, 2023.
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