Edmonton North East (provincial electoral district)

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Edmonton North East
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 East 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 East 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-Beverly and Edmonton-Belmont electoral districts in 1971.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton North East
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Edmonton electoral district from 1921-1959
14th  1959–1963   Lou Heard Social Credit
15th  1963–1967
16th  1967–1971
See Edmonton-Beverly electoral district from 1971-1993
and Edmonton-Belmont electoral district from 1971-1993

Election results

1959

1959 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Lou Heard 4,96049.82%
Progressive Conservative Allan Welsh2,38924.00%
Liberal Louis Marchand1,32513.31%
Co-operative Commonwealth Alex Goruk1,06310.68%
Labor–Progressive W. Harasym2182.19%
Total9,955
Rejected, spoiled and declined62
Eligible electors / turnout17,86856.06%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton North East Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1963

1963 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Lou Heard 4,02342.72%-7.10%
New Democratic Neil Reimer 2,58927.49%16.81%
Progressive Conservative Allan Welsh1,51016.03%-7.96%
Liberal Ken McAuley1,29513.75%0.44%
Total9,417
Rejected, spoiled and declined13
Eligible electors / turnout19,64048.01%
Social Credit hold Swing -5.30%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-North East Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

1967 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Lou Heard 5,05235.18%-7.54%
New Democratic Ivor G. Dent 4,27629.77%2.28%
Progressive Conservative Alan T. Cooke3,61625.18%9.14%
Liberal Peter Achtem1,4189.87%-3.88%
Total14,362
Rejected, spoiled and declined66
Eligible electors / turnout26,56354.32%
Social Credit hold Swing -4.91%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-North East 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-East". 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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