Edmonton-Avonmore

Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada

Edmonton-Avonmore
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1971
District abolished1997
First contested1971
Last contested1993

Edmonton-Avonmore 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 1997.[1]

History

The Edmonton-Avonmore electoral district was created in the 1970 boundary redistribution from portions of Strathcona South.[2][3]

The Edmonton-Avonmore electoral district was abolished in the 1996 boundary redistribution and was combined with a small portion of Edmonton-Gold Bar to form Edmonton-Mill Creek.[4]

Edmonton-Avonmore 1970 boundaries
Bordering districts
North East West South
Edmonton-Gold Bar, Edmonton-Strathcona Edmonton-Ottewell Wetaskiwin-Leduc Edmonton-Parkallen, Edmonton-Whitemud
Legal description from The Legislative Assembly Act, S.A. 1970, c. 34
"—The boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the centre line of 75th street with the centre line of 90th avenue; thence southerly along the centre line of 75th street to its intersection with the westerly production of the north boundary of section 11 in township 52, range 24, west of the 4th meridian; thence westerly along the said westerly production to the northeast corner of section 10 in said township; thence southerly along the east boundary of the north half of section 10 in said township to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence westerly along the north boundary of the said quarter section to the centre of section 10 in said township 52, range 24, west of the 4th meridian; thence southerly along the east boundary of the south-west quarter of said section to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of section 3 in said township; thence westerly along the north boundary of the said quarter section to the north-east corner of section 4 in said township ; thence southerly along the east boundary of section 4 in said township 52, range 24, west of the 4th meridian to the northerly limit of the registered R./W. plan 1225 K.S.; thence westerly along the said northerly limit to its intersection with the centre line of the Edmonton-Leduc Branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence in a general northerly direction along the said centre line to its intersection with the centre line of Whyte Avenue; thence easterly along the said centre line to the centre line of 83 street; thence northerly and north-westerly along the said centre line to its intersection with the centre line of 90th avenue; thence easterly along the said centre line to the point of commencement. "
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Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Avonmore
Assembly Years Member Party
See Strathcona South electoral district from 1967-1971
17th  1971–1975     Horst Schmid Progressive Conservative
18th  1975–1979
19th  1979–1982
20th  1982–1986
21st  1986–1989     Marie Laing New Democratic
22nd  1989–1993
23rd  1993–1996     Gene Zwozdesky Liberal
See Edmonton-Mill Creek electoral district from 1996-2019

Election results

1971

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1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Horst Schmid 3,913 42.75% –
Social Credit Gerrit Joseph Radstaak 3,681 40.21% –
New Democratic Bill McLean 1,303 14.23% –
Liberal John Kloster 257 2.81% –
Total 9,154 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 78 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 13,490 68.44% –
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Avonmore Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

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1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Horst Schmid 4,596 60.97% 18.22%
Social Credit Gerrit Joseph Radstaak 1,341 17.79% -22.42%
New Democratic Neil Larsen 1,141 15.14% 0.90%
Liberal Ann Mazur 413 5.48% 2.67%
Constitutional Socialist Party Mike Uhryn 47 0.62% –
Total 7,538 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 13 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 14,080 53.63% –
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 20.32%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Avonmore Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

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1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Horst Schmid 5,382 54.11% -6.86%
New Democratic Olga Blondheim 2,363 23.76% 8.62%
Social Credit Walter Zucht 1,691 17.00% -0.79%
Liberal Betty Ann Dumbeck 511 5.14% -0.34%
Total 9,947 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A – –
Eligible electors / turnout 18,456 53.90% –
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.42%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Avonmore Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

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1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Horst Schmid 6,606 53.14% -0.97%
New Democratic Kathy Wright 4,045 32.54% 8.78%
Western Canada Concept Jake Johnson 1,275 10.26% –
Social Credit Leif Oddson 466 3.75% -13.25%
Communist Rona Drennan 40 0.32% –
Total 12,432 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 52 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 18,396 67.86% –
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.88%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Avonmore Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

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1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Marie Laing 4,234 42.14% 9.60%
Progressive Conservative Horst Schmid 4,141 41.21% -11.92%
Liberal Michael Brings 1,117 11.12% –
Representative Karl R. Badke 416 4.14% –
Western Canada Concept Mike Walker 140 1.39% -8.86%
Total 10,048 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 9 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 24,172 41.61% –
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -9.84%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Avonmore Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

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1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Marie Laing 5,290 41.71% -0.43%
Progressive Conservative James Albers 3,831 30.21% -11.01%
Liberal Don Massey 3,562 28.08% 16.97%
Total 12,683 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 14 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 24,345 52.15% –
New Democratic hold Swing 5.29%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Avonmore Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993

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1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gene Zwozdesky 6,728 52.67% 24.59%
Progressive Conservative Ken Alyluia 3,433 26.88% -3.33%
New Democratic Marie Laing 2,190 17.15% -24.56%
Social Credit Leslie M. Jackson 285 2.23% –
Greens Dennis Clark 97 0.76% –
Natural Law Lucia Hoff 40 0.31% –
Total 12,773 – –
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 28 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 22,055 58.04% –
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing 7.15%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Avonmore Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Election results for Edmonton-Avonmore". 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)
  2. ^ The Election Act, RSA 1970, c. C-117
  3. ^ Special Committee on Redistribution (1968). Report of the Alberta Committee on Redistribution Procedure. Edmonton, Alberta: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  4. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 1996). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.

Further reading

External links

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