Ray Martin (politician)

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1979 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Norwood

Ray Martin
Leader of the Official Opposition in Alberta
In office November 6, 1984 –June 14, 1993
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.

v t e 1982 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Norwood
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.

v t e 1986 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Norwood
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.

v t e 1989 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Norwood
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.

v t e 1993 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Norwood
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.

2004 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Ray Martin	5,259	50.83%	31.68%
	Progressive Conservative	Julius E. Yankowsky	3,041	29.39%	-16.26%
	Liberal	Sam Parmar	1,164	11.25%	-20.49%
	Alberta Alliance	Philip Gamache	458	4.43%	–
	Social Credit	Ken Shipka	283	2.74%	–
	Green	Benoit Couture	141	1.36%	–
Total			10,346	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			35	53	1
Eligible electors / Turnout			23,569	44.05%	-4.68%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		3.76%
Source(s) Source: "00 - Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, 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 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Vandermeer	4,182	39.63%	10.24%
	New Democratic	Ray Martin	3,845	36.44%	-14.39%
	Liberal	Dawit Isaac	1,996	18.92%	7.67%
	Wildrose Alliance	Brian Dell	289	2.74%	-1.69%
	Green	Frédérique Pivot	183	1.73%	0.37%
	Social Credit	Robin Porteous	57	0.54%	-2.20%
Total			10,552	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			20	21	3
Eligible electors / Turnout			28,057	37.69%	-6.36%
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		-9.12%
Source(s) Source: "25 - Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, 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 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.

v t e 2012 Alberta general election : Edmonton-Glenora
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Klimchuk	6,183	38.24%	-1.66%
	New Democratic	Ray Martin	4,143	25.62%	10.52%
	Wildrose Alliance	Don Koziak	2,732	16.90%	14.51%
	Liberal	Bruce Miller	1,670	10.33%	-28.74%
	Alberta Party	Sue Huff	1,441	8.91%	–
Total			16,169	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			119	55	6
Eligible electors / turnout			29,262	55.68%	13.23%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		5.89%
Source(s) Source: "34 - Edmonton-Glenora, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Federal

1997 Canadian federal election: Edmonton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Reform	Deborah Grey	16,124	44.30%		$56,921
	Liberal	Jonathan Murphy	11,820	32.47%		$46,517
	New Democratic Party	Ray Martin	5,413	14.87%		$60,286
	Progressive Conservative	Mitch Panciuk	2,811	7.72%		$51,169
	Natural Law	Ric Johnsen	226	0.62%
Total valid votes			36,394	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			99	0.27%
Turnout			36,493	55.63%

2000 Canadian federal election : Edmonton Centre-East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Peter Goldring	17,768	42.43	-2.14	$58,345
	Liberal	Sue Olsen	14,323	34.20	-0.38	$57,858
	New Democratic	Ray Martin	7,304	17.44	+5.65	$56,287
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Mahfouz	2,252	5.37	-1.93	$1,688
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	222	0.53	–	$238
Total valid votes			41,869	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			156	0.37	+0.15
Turnout			42,025	53.42	+1.73

2008 Canadian federal election : Edmonton East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Peter Goldring	21,487	51.31	+1.18	$72,687
	New Democratic	Ray Martin	13,318	31.80	+13.33	$27,417
	Liberal	Stephanie Laskoski	4,578	10.93	-15.23	$9,666
	Green	Trey Capnerhurst	2,488	5.94	+0.70	$752
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,871	100.00		$92,946
Total rejected ballots			151	0.36	-0.01
Turnout			42,022	45.43	-9.9

2011 Canadian federal election : Edmonton East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Peter Goldring	24,111	52.75	+1.44	$74,313
	New Democratic	Ray Martin	17,078	37.36	+5.56	$55,462
	Liberal	Shafik Ruda	3,176	6.95	-3.98	$17,634
	Green	Trey Capnerhurst	1,345	2.94	-3.00	$2,546
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,710	100.00		$95,270
Total rejected ballots			194	0.42	+0.06
Turnout			45,904	50.27	+4.84
Eligible voters			91,321	–	–

References

1. "HOME - raymartinbook.ca". Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
2. A Report on Alberta Elections, 1905-1982.
3. "1986: Alberta's mixed legislature". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
4. "Alberta Election 2012: Klimchuk breathing easier as Edmonton-Glenora stays Conservative | Edmonton Journal". Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2023-09-17.

Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded by Catherine Chichak	MLA Edmonton-Norwood 1982-1993	Succeeded by Andrew Beniuk
Preceded by Grant Notley	Leader of the Official Opposition in Alberta 1985-1993	Succeeded by Laurence Decore
Preceded by Julius Yankowsky	MLA Edmonton Beverly-Clareview 2004-2008	Succeeded by Tony Vandermeer