Edmonton North (provincial electoral district)

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Edmonton North
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1959
District abolished1971
First contested1959
Last contested1967

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]

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
Assembly Years Member Party
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 general election[]

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1959 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Ethel Sylvia Wilson 4,831 53.28% –
Progressive Conservative Dr. John Verchomin 3,356 37.01% –
Co-operative Commonwealth Peter Gomuwka 881 9.72% –
Total 9,068 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 61 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 16,256 56.16% –
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 general election[]

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1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Ethel Sylvia Wilson 4,655 52.38% -0.90%
Liberal Thomas O'Dwyer 2,489 28.01% –
New Democratic William H. Nash 1,743 19.61% 9.89%
Total 8,887 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 35 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 19,022 46.90% –
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 general election[]

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1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Ethel Sylvia Wilson 4,698 38.43% -13.95%
Progressive Conservative Tony Thibaudeau 3,461 28.31% –
New Democratic Gordon Wright 2,763 22.60% 2.99%
Liberal L. John Corbiere 1,303 10.66% -17.35%
Total 12,225 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 69 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 21,381 57.50% –
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.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Election results for Edmonton North". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

Further reading[]

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