Edmonton-Strathcona
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-Strathcona within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries.
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Rachel Notley
New Democratic
District created1971
First contested1971
Last contested2023

Edmonton-Strathcona is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It shares the same name as the federal electoral district of Edmonton Strathcona.

The boundaries of Edmonton-Strathcona include the neighbourhoods of Garneau, Strathcona, Queen Alexandra, Pleasantview, Allendale, Malmo Plains, Empire Park, Bonnie Doon and Idylwylde, and encompasses the historic district of Old Strathcona.[1]

History

The electoral district has existed since 1971, it was created from Strathcona Centre. The boundaries have changed repeatedly.

The 2010 boundary redistribution made some changes to the boundaries. The northwestern corner of the riding had some small alterations with Edmonton-Riverview. The parcel of land that comprised the east portion of the riding to give it its distinctive ell shape was expanded from Whyte Avenue south to 63 Avenue in land that was part of Edmonton-Mill Creek the eastern border was expanded out to run on the Mill Creek Ravine with Edmonton-Gold Bar.

In the 2015 provincial election, it was the only riding in the province that did not have a Wildrose Party candidate.

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Strathcona
Assembly Years Member Party
See: Strathcona Centre 1959–1971
17th 1971–1975 Julian Koziak Progressive
Conservative
18th 1975–1979
19th 1979–1982
20th 1982–1986
21st 1986–1989 Gordon Wright New Democrat
22nd 1989–1990
1990 Vacant
1990–1993 Barrie Chivers New Democrat
23rd 1993–1997 Al Zariwny Liberal
24th 1997–2001 Raj Pannu New Democrat
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012 Rachel Notley
28th 2012–2015
29th 2015–2019
30th 2019–2023
31st 2023–

The electoral district was created from the constituency of Strathcona-Centre and was first contested in 1971. Changing from a long history of electing Social Credit MLAs in the area, the constituency elected Conservative Julian Koziak from the Conservative landslide of 1971 to a local NDP breakthrough in 1986. In that period, the Conservative candidate was usually elected by a minority of the valid votes, the other votes were split between the SC, Liberal, NDP and other candidates.

Since 1975, the constituency has been one of the more left-leaning ridings in Edmonton and has held by either the NDP (1986–1993, 1997–present) or the Liberals (1993–1997) without interruption since 1986.

The election of 1971 saw a hotly contested three-way race as incumbent Social Credit MLA J. Donovan Ross ran for his sixth term in office. He had served as MLA for the predecessor district Strathcona Centre starting in 1959 and previously as an MLA for the multi-member Edmonton constituency starting in 1952. He was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Julian Koziak who won just under half the votes in the constituency. Partly on the strength of a clean sweep of Edmonton, the Tories pushed out Social Credit to win government for the first time. The out-going SC MLA came in second. This was the last good showing of the SC in the district as it drifted off the scene. NDP candidate Timothy Christian polled a strong vote, carrying on the strong showing of the NDP that had previously been shown in that part of Edmonton since the formation of the Alberta NDP in 1962.

Koziak ran for his second term in 1975 and faced a hotly contested race against future NDP MLA Gordon Wright. Koziak was reelected after increasing his share of the vote to 54%, and was appointed to the provincial cabinet by Peter Lougheed in 1975. Koziak and Wright would face each other four more times. Although this was during the height of the Lougheed government's popularity, Wright managed to narrow the margin each time. By 1982 Wright received only 500 fewer votes than Koziak, while Koziak won with about 48 percent of the votes cast.

The 1986 election, which saw the NDP win a record number of seats (16) in the province (up to that time), established the constituency as a stronghold for the NDP. On his sixth attempt for the seat, Wright won in resounding fashion, defeating Koziak by almost 17 points. He won his second term in 1989 with a reduced majority and died a year later on October 18, 1990, leaving the seat vacant. A by-election was held in December 1990 and returned NDP candidate Barrie Chivers with a large majority.

Chivers ran for a second term in office in the 1993 election. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Al Zariwny, who won the riding with just under 40% of the vote. The Liberals swept Edmonton that year, due in part to a massive surge under its leader Laurence Decore, a former Edmonton mayor.

Zariwny did not stand for a second term in office in 1997 and the riding returned NDP candidate Raj Pannu by 58 votes over Liberal candidate Mary McDonald. That race was split almost three ways, with Pannu winning with just 31% of the vote. The third-placing candidate, Progressive Conservative John Logan, finished just 176 votes behind Pannu.

The NDP chose Pannu to be leader of the party in 2000. He ran for a second term a year later in 2001 under the slogan Raj Against the Machine. He was re-elected with a large majority, winning over half the vote. Pannu ceded the leadership of the NDP to Brian Mason in 2004. He ran for his second term in office and won the highest vote count in Edmonton-Strathcona history, with over 60%. Pannu retired from public life at dissolution of the Legislature in 2008.

The current MLA is Rachel Notley who was first elected in the 2008 election. She was re-elected in the 2012 provincial election with the highest share of the vote of any MLA in Alberta, and subsequently became the Premier of Alberta following the results of the 2015 provincial election after succeeding Brian Mason as the leader of the NDP.

Legislature results

Elections in the 1970s

1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJulian Koziak4,54149.97%
Social CreditJoseph Donovan Ross2,97332.71%
New DemocraticTimothy Christian1,57417.32%
Total 9,088
Rejected, spoiled and declined 46
Eligible electors / turnout 13,05169.99%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Strathcona Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJulian Koziak3,99654.45%4.48%
New DemocraticGordon S.B. Wright2,10828.72%11.40%
Social CreditBetty Horch76810.46%-22.25%
LiberalArthur Yates4155.65%
CommunistKimball Cariou280.38%
Constitutional SocialistHarry Garfinkel240.33%
Total 7,339
Rejected, spoiled and declined 32
Eligible electors / turnout 13,26855.55%-14.43%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 4.24%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Strathcona Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJulian Koziak5,46444.99%-9.46%
New DemocraticGordon S.B. Wright4,80839.59%10.87%
Social CreditE.J.C. Charman9277.63%-2.83%
LiberalGeorge Walton7396.08%0.43%
Independent PCGerry Ball1551.28%
CommunistJoseph Hill520.43%0.05%
Total 12,145
Rejected, spoiled and declined 14
Eligible electors / turnout 17,99567.57%12.01%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -10.16%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Strathcona Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Elections in the 1980s

1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJulian Koziak7,10547.90%2.91%
New DemocraticGordon S.B. Wright6,64344.78%5.19%
Western Canada ConceptRandy Coombes7435.01%
ReformMurray W. Scambler2791.88%
CommunistJoe Hill640.43%0.00%
Total 14,834
Rejected, spoiled and declined 51
Eligible electors / turnout 20,21673.63%6.06%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -1.14%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Strathcona Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticGordon S.B. Wright6,44354.15%9.37%
Progressive ConservativeJulian Koziak4,46737.54%-10.35%
LiberalPeter Schneider7886.62%
RepresentativeShane Gordon Venner1020.86%
Western Canada ConceptDexter B. Dombro720.61%-4.40%
CommunistRobin Boodle260.22%-0.21%
Total 11,898
Rejected, spoiled and declined 25
Eligible electors / Turnout 20,81557.28%-16.35%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 6.75%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Strathcona Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticGordon S.B. Wright6,69652.08%-2.07%
Progressive ConservativeJack Scott3,72428.96%-8.58%
LiberalPhilip Lister2,43718.95%12.33%
Total 12,857
Rejected, spoiled and declined 48
Eligible electors / turnout 21,69659.48%2.20%
New Democratic hold Swing 8.26%
Source(s)

Source: "Edmonton-Strathcona Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Source:Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 369. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

Note:Alberta Heritage Community Foundation incorrectly lists Philip Lister's vote total as 4,237, when it was 2,437.

Elections in the 1990s

December 17, 1990 by-election results[3] Turnout 48.51% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
New DemocraticBarrie Chivers4,92752.76%7.08%
LiberalNadene Thomas2,25224.11%-1.82%
Progressive ConservativeEric Young1,51216.19%-9.22%
GreensBetty Paschen4244.54%
Social CreditRobert Alford2242.40%
Total 9,339
Rejected, spoiled and declined 24
Eligible electors / Turnout 19,252 %
  NDP hold Swing 4.45%
1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAl Zariwny6,54239.40%15.30%
New DemocraticBarrie Chivers5,12130.85%-21.91%
Progressive ConservativeDon Grimble4,07124.52%8.33%
Social CreditPatrick D. Ellis4602.77%0.37%
GreensElizabeth Paschen2531.52%-3.02%
Natural LawE. Benjamin Toane1080.65%
CommunistNaomi J. Rankin470.28%
Total 16,602
Rejected, spoiled and declined 60
Eligible electors / turnout 26,44063.02%14.38%
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing 18.61%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Strathcona Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticRaj Pannu4,27231.84%0.99%
LiberalMary MacDonald4,21431.41%-8.00%
Progressive ConservativeJohn Logan4,09630.53%6.01%
Social CreditJohn Forget5524.11%1.34%
GreensMyles Kitagawa2361.76%0.24%
Natural LawEshwar Jagdeo470.35%-0.30%
Total 13,417
Rejected, spoiled and declined 41
Eligible electors / turnout 23,88656.34%-6.68%
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing -4.06%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Strathcona Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Elections in the 2000s

2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticRaj Pannu6,99850.61%18.77%
Progressive ConservativeJohn Logan4,74934.35%3.82%
LiberalJim Jacuta1,94414.06%-17.35%
Alberta FirstJames Lakinn1360.98%
Total 13,827
Rejected, spoiled and declined 202710
Eligible electors / turnout 24,38156.84%0.49%
New Democratic hold Swing 7.92%
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta (March 12, 2001). "Edmonton-Strathcona official results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Retrieved October 6, 2020.
2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticRaj Pannu7,46360.66%10.04%
Progressive ConservativeShannon Stubbs2,26618.42%-15.93%
LiberalSteven Leard1,85415.07%1.01%
GreenAdrian Cole2882.34%
Alberta AllianceJeremy Burns2732.22%
Social CreditKelly Graham1601.30%
Total 12,304
Rejected, spoiled and declined 77102
Eligible electors / turnout 24,83049.87%-6.96%
New Democratic hold Swing 12.99%
Source(s)
2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticRachel Notley5,86249.32%−11.33%
Progressive ConservativeT.J. Keil3,03125.50%7.09%
LiberalTim Vant2,45220.63%5.56%
GreenAdrian Cole5404.54%2.20%
Total 11,885
Rejected, spoiled and declined 361726
Eligible electors / turnout 30,39039.31%−10.56%
New Democratic hold Swing −9.21%
Source(s)
Source: "41 – Edmonton-Strathcona, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. pp. 336–339.

Elections in the 2010s

2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticRachel Notley9,49662.58%+13.25%
Progressive ConservativeEmerson Mayers3,03820.02%−5.48%
WildroseMeagen LaFave1,78811.78%
LiberalEd Ramsden6704.42%−16.22%
EvergreenTerry Noel1831.21%−3.33%
Total 15,175
Rejected, spoiled and declined 805528
Eligible electors / turnout 28,07954.43%15.12%
New Democratic hold Swing 9.37%
Source(s)
Source: "45 – Edmonton-Strathcona, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticRachel Notley13,59282.42%+19.84%
Progressive ConservativeShelley Wegner2,24213.59%−6.43%
LiberalSteve Kochan6583.99%−0.43%
Total 16,492
Rejected, spoiled and declined 784271
Eligible electors / turnout 32,97650.46%−3.96%
New Democratic hold Swing 13.13%
Source(s)
Source: "45 - Edmonton-Strathcona, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticRachel Notley14,72472.27%−10.14%
United ConservativeKulshan Gill3,48117.09%3.58%
Alberta PartyPrem Pal1,1395.59%
Progressive ConservativeGary Horan2971.46%−12.14%
LiberalSamantha Hees2391.17%−2.82%
GreenStuart Andrews2271.11%
Alberta IndependenceIan Smythe860.42%
Alberta AdvantageDon Edward Meister620.30%
CommunistNaomi J. Rankin610.30%
WildroseDale Doan570.28%
IndependentGord McLean490.24%
Total valid ballots cast 20,422
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1116017
Eligible electors / turnout 31,69565.03%14.56%
New Democratic hold Swing −6.82%
Source(s)
Source: "44 - Edmonton-Strathcona, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2023 general election

2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticRachel Notley13,98079.73+7.63
United ConservativeEmad El-Zein3,03217.29+0.25
GreenRobert Gooding-Townsend3241.85+0.74
BuffaloAndrew Jacobson1060.60
Wildrose Loyalty CoalitionRobert Nielsen930.53
Total 17,53599.01
Rejected and declined 1680.99
Turnout 17,70358.36
Eligible voters 30,333
New Democratic hold Swing +3.69
Source(s)

Senate nominee results

2004 Alberta Senate nominee election: Edmonton-Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Place
IndependentLink Byfield3,78016.5247.764
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger3,38114.7742.722
IndependentTom Sindlinger3,22114.0740.709
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown2,1239.2826.831
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz2,0849.1126.333
Alberta AllianceMichael Roth1,9248.4124.317
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood1,6677.2821.066
Alberta AllianceVance Gough1,6637.2721.068
Alberta AllianceGary Horan1,6277.1120.5610
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye1,4186.1817.925
Total valid votes / Total valid ballots 22,8887,914
Rejected, spoiled and declined 4,335
Registered voters / Turnout 24,83031.87
Source(s)
"Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
2012 Alberta Senate nominee election: Edmonton-Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Place
EvergreenElizabeth Johannson3,46313.4731.497
Progressive ConservativeDoug Black3,24612.6329.521
IndependentIan Urquhart2,95911.5126.9110
Progressive ConservativeScott Tannas2,5089.7622.812
Progressive ConservativeMike Shaikh2,3999.3321.823
IndependentLen Bracko1,9857.7218.058
IndependentDavid Fletcher1,7706.8916.109
IndependentPaul Frank1,3545.2712.3111
IndependentWilliam Exelby1,3285.1712.0812
WildroseRaymond Germain1,2564.8911.425
WildroseRob Gregory1,2414.8311.294
WildroseVitor Marciano1,1204.3610.196
IndependentPerry Chahal1,0774.199.7913
Total valid votes / Total valid ballots 25,70610,996
Rejected, spoiled and declined 3,947
Registered voters / Turnout 28,07939.16
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Senate Nominee Election Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 16, 2017.

Student Vote results

Participating Schools[5]
Strathcona High School

On November 19, 2004, a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta Student Vote results[6]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
  NDP Raj Pannu 350 37.35%
  Liberal Stephen Leard 279 29.78%
Progressive ConservativeShannon Stubbs17718.89%
GreenAdrian Cole737.79%
Alberta AllianceJeremy Burns373.95%
Social CreditKelly Graham212.24%
Total 937 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1
2012 Alberta Student Vote results[7]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
  NDP Rachel Notley 588 32.54%
Progressive ConservativeEmerson Mayers46125.51%
  Liberal Ed Ramsden 413 22.86%
WildroseMeagen LeFave20511.34%
Evergreen Terry Noel 140 7.75%
Total 1,807 100%

See also

References

  1. "Rachel Notley, MLA | Constituency Information | Regular page". Archived from the original on May 29, 2009. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
  2. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 21.
  3. "Edmonton-Strathcona By-election official results". Elections Alberta. October 18, 1990. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
  4. "44 - Edmonton-Strathcona". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  5. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  6. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
  7. "Edmonton-Strathcona". Student Vote Canada. Retrieved June 6, 2012.

Further reading

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