Edmonton-Norwood

Edmonton-Norwood
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1959
District abolished	2004
First contested	1959
Last contested	2001

Last updated February 20, 2024

Edmonton-Norwood 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 1959 to 2004.^[1]

History

The Edmonton-Norwood electoral district was created from the Edmonton district in 1959 and was abolished in 2004 when it merged with Edmonton-Highlands to form Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood. The district was a swing riding and was held by every major party in Alberta. The district has seen a couple of floor crossings and was the only urban seat held by the Alberta Alliance Party.

In 2004, Gary Masyk ran a vigorous campaign to save the district from being abolished, and to reduce the effect of Edmonton losing seats to Calgary.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Assembly	Years		Party
See Edmonton 1921-1959
14th	1959-1963	William Tomyn	Social Credit
15th	1963-1967
16th	1967-1971
17th	1971-1975	Catherine Chichak	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975-1979
19th	1979-1982
20th	1982-1986	Ray Martin	NDP
21st	1986-1989
22nd	1989-1993
23rd	1993-1995	Andrew Beniuk	Liberal
	1995-1996		Independent
	1996-1997		Progressive Conservative
24th	1997-2000	Sue Olsen	Liberal
24th	2000-2001	Vacant
25th	2001-2004	Gary Masyk	Progressive Conservative
25th	2004	Gary Masyk	Alberta Alliance
See Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood 2004-present

Election results

1959

v t e 1959 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	William Tomyn	5,071	54.77%	–
	Liberal	P. W. Bill Jones	1,522	16.44%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Nestor Marchyshyn	1,482	16.01%	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frank G. McCoy	932	10.07%	–
	Labor–Progressive	W. A. Tuomi	251	2.71%	–
Total			9,258	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			48	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			16,659	55.86%	–
	Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1963

v t e 1963 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	William Tomyn	3,905	47.94%	-6.84%
	Liberal	J. Laurier Picard	1,628	19.99%	3.55%
	New Democratic	Ronald W. Downey	1,330	16.33%	6.26%
	Progressive Conservative	J. Gordon Ozarko	1,190	14.61%	-1.40%
	Communist	Walter Makowecki	93	1.14%	–
Total			8,146	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			14	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			16,027	50.91%	-4.95%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-5.19%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

v t e 1967 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	William Tomyn	3,450	43.64%	-4.30%
	New Democratic	Grant Notley	2,433	30.77%	14.44%
	Progressive Conservative	Ronald W. Downey	2,023	25.59%	10.98%
Total			7,906	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			116	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			15,082	53.19%	2.28%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-7.54%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1971

v t e 1971 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Catherine Chichak	4,334	43.75%	18.16%
	Social Credit	Irene Domecki	3,618	36.52%	-7.11%
	New Democratic	Sam Lee	1,954	19.73%	-11.05%
Total			9,906	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			199	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			15,953	63.34%	10.15%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit		Swing		-2.82%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

v t e 1975 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Catherine Chichak	4,298	59.36%	15.61%
	New Democratic	Howard Rubin	1,849	25.54%	5.81%
	Social Credit	Alfred Hooke	1,045	14.43%	-22.09%
	Communist	Gary Hansen	48	0.66%	–
Total			7,240	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			70	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			15,619	46.80%	-16.54%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		13.30%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

v t e 1979 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Catherine Chichak	3,950	47.15%	-12.22%
	New Democratic	Ray Martin	3,194	38.12%	12.58%
	Social Credit	Mike Ekelund	703	8.39%	-6.04%
	Liberal	Walter G. Coombs	486	5.80%	–
	Communist	Kimball Cariou	45	0.54%	-0.13%
Total			8,378	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			97	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			16,231	52.21%	5.41%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-12.40%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

v t e 1982 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Ray Martin	4,857	46.22%	8.10%
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Falcone	4,782	45.51%	-1.64%
	Western Canada Concept	John Hudson	569	5.41%	–
	Independent	Georg J.P. Wowk	263	2.50%	–
	Communist	David Wallis	37	0.35%	-0.19%
Total			10,508	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			59	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			17,050	61.98%	9.85%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-4.15%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

v t e 1986 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Ray Martin	5,272	69.62%	23.39%
	Progressive Conservative	Catherine Chichak	1,942	25.64%	-19.86%
	Liberal	David R. Long	359	4.74%	–
Total			7,573	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			26	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			15,632	48.61%	-13.36%
	New Democratic hold		Swing		21.63%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

v t e 1989 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Ray Martin	4,229	57.60%	-12.02%
	Liberal	Luis C. Baptista	1,594	21.71%	16.97%
	Progressive Conservative	Dan Papirnik	1,519	20.69%	-4.95%
Total			7,342	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			16	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			15,068	48.83%	0.22%
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-4.04%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993

v t e 1993 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Beniuk	4,944	42.76%	21.05%
	New Democratic	Ray Martin	3,749	32.43%	-25.17%
	Progressive Conservative	Fay Orr	2,517	21.77%	1.08%
	Social Credit	Alan Cruikshank	264	2.28%	–
	Natural Law	Maury Shapka	88	0.76%	–
Total			11,562	–	–
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			49	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			22,844	50.83%	2.00%
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		-12.78%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

v t e 1997 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sue Olsen	3,357	36.52%	-6.24%
	New Democratic	Sherry McKibben	2,767	30.10%	-2.32%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Beniuk	2,583	28.10%	6.33%
	Social Credit	Ray Loyer	485	5.28%	2.99%
Total			9,192	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			41	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			18,068	51.10%	0.27%
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.96%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

v t e 2001 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Masyk	3,304	38.13%	10.03%
	Liberal	Brian Bechtel	3,164	36.52%	0.00%
	New Democratic	Harvey Voogd	2,196	25.35%	-4.76%
Total			8,664	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			16	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			19,343	44.87%	-6.23%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		-2.40%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Floor crossings

Andrew Beniuk removed from the Liberal Caucus and sits as an Independent June 23, 1995.
Andrew Beniuk joins the Progressive Conservative Caucus 1996
Gary Masyk crosses the floor to the Alberta Alliance Party June 29, 2004.

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References

↑ "Election results for Edmonton-Norwood". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

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[1] "Election results for Edmonton-Norwood". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

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Edmonton	Edmonton Edmonton-Avonmore Edmonton-Belmont Edmonton-Beverly Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont Edmonton-Calder Edmonton-Centre Edmonton East Edmonton-Glengarry Edmonton-Highlands Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly Edmonton-Jasper Place Edmonton-Kingsway Edmonton-Mayfield Edmonton-Meadowlark Edmonton-Mill Creek Edmonton North Edmonton North East Edmonton-Norwood Edmonton-Ottewell Edmonton-Parkallen Edmonton-Roper Edmonton-Sherwood Park Edmonton West Jasper West Strathcona Strathcona Centre Strathcona East Strathcona South Strathcona West
Central	Acadia Acadia-Coronation Alexandra Battle River-Wainwright Bruce Chinook Clover Bar Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan Didsbury Drayton Valley Drayton Valley-Calmar Drumheller Drumheller-Chinook Drumheller-Gleichen Gleichen Hand Hills Hand Hills-Acadia Hanna-Oyen Innisfail Lac Ste. Anne Lacombe Lacombe-Stettler Leduc Leduc-Beaumont-Devon Lloydminster Olds Olds-Didsbury Ponoka Ponoka-Rimbey Red Deer Ribstone Rocky Mountain House Sedgewick Sedgewick-Coronation Spruce Grove-St. Albert Stettler Stony Plain Three Hills Three Hills-Airdrie Vegreville Vegreville-Bruce Vegreville-Viking Vermilion Vermilion-Lloydminster Vermilion-Viking Wainwright Wetaskiwin Wetaskiwin-Camrose Wetaskiwin-Leduc Willingdon Willingdon-Two Hills
Calgary	Calgary Calgary Bowness Calgary Centre Calgary-Egmont Calgary-Forest Lawn Calgary-Fort Calgary-Hawkwood Calgary-Mackay Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill Calgary-McKnight Calgary-Millican Calgary-Montrose Calgary-North Hill Calgary-Nose Creek Calgary-Nose Hill Calgary Queens Park Calgary South Calgary Victoria Park Centre Calgary North Calgary South Calgary
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