Edmonton-Parkallen

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Edmonton-Parkallen
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-Parkallen 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-Parkallen electoral district was formed in the 1970 boundary redistribution from Strathcona West and a small portion of Strathcona Centre.

The Edmonton-Kingsway electoral district was abolished in the 1993 boundary redistribution with portions going into the already existing Edmonton-Strathcona and Edmonton-Whitemud electoral districts, and a portion going to the newly formed Edmonton-Rutherford electoral district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Parkallen
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Strathcona West electoral district from 1959-1971
and Strathcona Centre electoral district from 1959-1971
17th  1971–1975   Neil Stanley Crawford Progressive Conservative
18th  1975–1979
19th  1979–1982
20th  1982–1986
21st  1986–1989
21st  1986–1989 Doug Main
See Edmonton-Strathcona electoral district from 1971-Present,
Edmonton-Rutherford electoral district from 1993-Present
and Edmonton-Whitemud electoral district from 1971-Present

Election results

1971

1971 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Neil Stanley Crawford 5,30049.50%
Social Credit Gordon V. Rasmussen3,87536.19%
New Democratic Hart Horn1,31112.24%
Liberal Vic Yanda2212.06%
Total10,707
Rejected, spoiled and declined104
Eligible electors / turnout14,81572.97%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

1975 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Neil Stanley Crawford 4,81062.30%12.80%
New Democratic Brian Fish1,54620.02%7.78%
Social Credit Glen Carlson90411.71%-24.48%
Liberal Brian Erickson4615.97%3.91%
Total7,721
Rejected, spoiled and declined15
Eligible electors / turnout19,58339.50%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 14.48%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

1979 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Neil Stanley Crawford 6,45750.58%-11.72%
New Democratic Jim Russell4,10232.13%12.11%
Social Credit Morley MacCalder1,48311.62%-0.09%
Liberal Phillip Lister7245.67%-0.30%
Total12,766
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnout19,58365.19%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -11.91%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

1982 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Neil Stanley Crawford 822955.37%4.79%
New Democratic Jim Russell5,77138.83%6.70%
Western Canada Concept Merv Gray8235.54%
Communist Chris Frazer390.26%
Total14,862
Rejected, spoiled and declined19
Eligible electors / turnout20,15473.84%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.95%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

1986 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Neil Stanley Crawford 5,61244.49%-10.88%
New Democratic Jim Russell5,31042.09%3.26%
Liberal Jerry Paschen1,1008.72%
Representative James Carson5934.70%
Total12,615
Rejected, spoiled and declined16
Eligible electors / turnout23,67553.35%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -7.07%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

1989 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Doug Main 6,16940.19%-4.30%
New Democratic Jim Selby4,97932.43%-9.66%
Liberal Nadene Thomas4,20327.38%18.66%
Total15,351
Rejected, spoiled and declined48
Eligible electors / turnout24,31263.34%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 2.68%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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References

  1. "Election results for Edmonton-Parkallen". 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)

Further reading

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