Edmonton-Rutherford

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Edmonton-Rutherford
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-Rutherford 2017.svg
Edmonton-Rutherford within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse
New Democratic
District created1993
First contested 1993
Last contested 2023

Edmonton-Rutherford is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is 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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The district was created in the boundary redistribution of 1993 from the Edmonton-Whitemud riding in South Edmonton. The district is a swing riding and has regularly changed between Liberal and Progressive Conservative control. It was named after former Premier Alexander Rutherford who represented the Strathcona constituency after the province was formed in 1905. the old Strathcona district included what is now Edmonton Rutherford.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution out of Edmonton-Whitemud. It saw minor changes in the 2010 redistribution. The district gained some land that was part of Edmonton-Whitemud on its western boundary when the boundary was moved west from 119 Street to Whitemud Creek.

Boundary history

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly
for Edmonton-Rutherford [2]
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Edmonton-Whitemud and Edmonton-Parkallen
23rd 1993-1997 Percy Wickman Liberal
24th 1997-2001
25th 2001-2004 Ian McClelland PC
26th 2004-2008 Rick Miller Liberal
27th 2008–2012 Fred Horne PC
28th 2012-2015
29th 2015–2019 Richard Feehan NDP
30th 2019–2023
31st 2023–present Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse

The electoral district was created in the boundary redistribution in 1993 from Edmonton-Whitemud riding. The first election in 1993 saw Edmonton-Whitemud incumbent Percy Wickman pickup the new district for the Liberal party with a very large majority. Wickman was re-elected in a tight race in the 1997 general election. He retired at the end of his third term in 2001 due to health issues.

The 2001 general election saw former Member of Parliament Ian McClelland pickup the district for the first time for the Progressive Conservatives. He defeated Liberal candidate Rick Miller in a hotly contested race.

McClelland and Miller would face each other for the second time in the 2004 general election. This time Miller would gain significant share of the popular vote to defeat McClelland.

Miller would only last a single term in office, he ran for re-election in 2008 but was defeated in a very close race by Progressive Conservative candidate Fred Horne.

Legislative election results

1993

1993 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Percy Wickman 8,58359.76%–
Progressive Conservative Brenda Platzer4,28329.82%–
New Democratic Olive Dickason9696.75%–
Social Credit David Wozney3982.77%–
Natural Law Wade McKinley660.46%–
Greens Myles Evely640.45%–
Total14,363––
Rejected, spoiled and declined25––
Eligible electors / Turnout23,30961.73%–
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Rutherford Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

1997 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Percy Wickman 6,00746.44%-13.31%
Progressive Conservative Brenda Platzer5,07839.26%9.44%
New Democratic Will Hodgson1,1568.94%2.19%
Social Credit David Lincoln6745.21%2.44%
Independent Ian Zaharko190.15%–
Total12,934––
Rejected, spoiled and declined22184
Eligible electors / Turnout22,00258.90%-2.82%
Liberal hold Swing -11.38%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Rutherford 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.

2001

2001 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Ian McClelland 6,17348.22%8.96%
Liberal Rick Miller 5,55843.42%-3.03%
New Democratic Shane MacDonald1,0718.37%-0.57%
Total12,802––
Rejected, spoiled and declined33243
Eligible electors / Turnout22,76256.40%-2.50%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -1.19%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Rutherford 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.

2004

2004 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rick Miller 7,22155.06%11.64%
Progressive Conservative Ian McClelland 4,17331.82%−16.40%
New Democratic George A. Slade9957.59%−0.78%
Alberta Alliance R. J. (Bob) Ewart5163.93%–
Social Credit Anita Ashmore2101.60%–
Total13,115––
Rejected, spoiled and declined49310
Eligible electors / turnout24,09654.63%-1.77%
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 9.22%
Source(s)
Source: "00 - Edmonton-Rutherford, 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.

2008

2008 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Fred Horne 5,22542.49%10.67%
Liberal Rick Miller 5,16742.02%-13.04%
New Democratic Mike Butler1,1789.58%1.99%
Wildrose Alliance John Baloun3793.08%-0.85%
Green Katherine Wyrostok3482.83%–
Total12,297––
Rejected, spoiled and declined183723
Eligible electors / turnout26,93945.80%-8.83%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 11.38%
Source(s)
Source: "40 - Edmonton-Rutherford, 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. pp. 332–335. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2012

2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Fred Horne 6,94242.20%-0.29%
Liberal Rick Miller 3,61922.00%-20.02%
Wildrose Alliance Kyle McLeod2,76516.81%13.73%
Alberta Party Michael Walters1,67210.16%–
New Democratic Melanie Samaroden1,3688.32%-1.26%
Evergreen David Tonner850.52%-2.31%
Total16,451––
Rejected, spoiled and declined645717
Eligible electors / turnout27,11560.97%15.17%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 9.86%
Source(s)
Source: "43 - Edmonton-Rutherford, 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.

2015

2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Richard Feehan 11,21463.94%55.62%
Progressive Conservative Chris Labossiere3,94022.46%-19.73%
Wildrose Josef Pisa1,6449.37%-7.44%
Liberal Michael Chan7414.22%-17.77%
Total17,539––
Rejected, spoiled and declined233741
Eligible electors / turnout29,25360.18%-0.79%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 10.64%
Source(s)
Source: "43 - Edmonton-Rutherford, 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.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
PartyVotes%
New Democratic 12,89662.33
Progressive Conservative 4,95023.76
Wildrose 1,9389.30
Liberal 9204.42
Alberta Party 390.19
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2019

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Richard Feehan 12,15454.81-7.52
United Conservative Hannah Presakarchuk7,73734.89+1.83
Alberta Party Aisha Rauf1,6007.22+7.03
Liberal Claire Wilde3751.69-2.72
Green Valerie Kennedy1910.86–
Alberta Independence Lionel Levoir1170.53–
Total22,17499.50–
Rejected, spoiled and declined1110.50
Turnout22,28569.47
Eligible electors32,077
New Democratic hold Swing -4.68
Source(s)
Source: "41 - Edmonton-Rutherford, 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. 160–163. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse 13,01265.05+10.24
United Conservative Laine Larson6,36631.83-3.07
Green Jordan Wilkie 6243.12+2.26
Total20,00299.26–
Rejected and declined1500.74
Turnout20,15263.52
Eligible voters31,726
New Democratic hold Swing +6.65
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [3]

Graphical representation

1993
6.8%59.8%29.8%2.8%
NDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeSC
1997
8.9%46.4%39.2%5.2%
NDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeSC
2001
8.4%43.4%48.2%
NDPLiberalProgressive Conservative
2004
7.6%55.1%31.8%3.9%
NDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeAA
2008
2.8%9.6%42.0%42.5%3.1%
GNDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeWA
2012
8.3%21.9%10.2%42.1%16.9%
NDPLiberalAlbertaProgressive ConservativeWildrose
2015
63.9%4.2%22.5%9.4%
New DemocratLiberalProgressive ConservativeWildrose
2019
54.8%7.2%34.9%
New DemocratLAlbertaUnited Conservative
2023
3.1%65.1%31.8%
GreenNew DemocratUnited Conservative

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Rutherford [4] Turnout 63.24%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,17115.68%46.40%2
 Independent Link Byfield 3,70613.94%41.22%4
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 3,11611.72%34.66%1
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,98411.22%33.19%3
 Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,5549.60%28.41%9
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth2,3648.89%26.30%7
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood1,9877.47%22.10%6
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan1,9767.43%21.98%10
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough1,9557.35%21.75%8
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 1,7826.70%19.82%5
Total votes26,595100%
Total ballots8,9902.96 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined3,990

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools [5]
Louis St Laurent School
St. Augustine School

On November 19, 2004 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta student vote results [6]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
  Liberal Rick Miller 19934.91%
Progressive Conservative Ian McClelland 15927.89%
  NDP George Slade13623.86%
Alberta Alliance Robert Ewart6411.23%
Social Credit Anita Ashmore122.11%
Total570100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined0

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
AffiliationCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Fred Horne 6,853
Liberal Rick Miller 3,562
Wildrose Kyle McLeod2,742
Alberta Party Michael Walters1,662
New Democratic Melanie Samaroden1,357
Evergreen David Tonner86

See also

References

  1. ↑ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 21.
  2. ↑ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  3. ↑ "41 - Edmonton-Rutherford". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  5. ↑ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

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