Edmonton North (provincial electoral district)

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Edmonton North
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1959
District abolished1971
First contested 1959
Last contested 1967

Edmonton North 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 1971. [1]

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History

The Edmonton North electoral district was in the 1959 redistribution which broke up the mega-ridings of Edmonton and Calgary, creating a number of single-member districts in their place. The district was redistributed into Edmonton-Calder and Edmonton-Kingsway electoral districts in 1971.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton North
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Edmonton electoral district from 1921-1959
14th  1959–1963   Ethel Sylvia Wilson Social Credit
15th  1963–1967
16th  1967–1971
See Edmonton-Kingsway electoral district from 1971-1993
and Edmonton-Calder electoral district from 1971-1993

Election results

1959

1959 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Ethel Sylvia Wilson 4,83153.28%
Progressive Conservative Dr. John Verchomin3,35637.01%
Co-operative Commonwealth Peter Gomuwka8819.72%
Total9,068
Rejected, spoiled and declined61
Eligible electors / turnout16,25656.16%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton North Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1963

1963 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Ethel Sylvia Wilson 4,65552.38%-0.90%
Liberal Thomas O'Dwyer2,48928.01%
New Democratic William H. Nash1,74319.61%9.89%
Total8,887
Rejected, spoiled and declined35
Eligible electors / turnout19,02246.90%
Social Credit hold Swing 4.05%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton North Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

1967 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Ethel Sylvia Wilson 4,69838.43%-13.95%
Progressive Conservative Tony Thibaudeau3,46128.31%
New Democratic Gordon Wright 2,76322.60%2.99%
Liberal L. John Corbiere1,30310.66%-17.35%
Total12,225
Rejected, spoiled and declined69
Eligible electors / turnout21,38157.50%
Social Credit hold Swing -7.13%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton North Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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References

  1. "Election results for Edmonton North". 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)

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