Edmonton-Meadowlark

Edmonton Meadowlark 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 2019.[1]

Edmonton-Meadowlark
Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1971
District abolished2019
First contested1971
Last contested2015

The electoral district located on the western edge of Edmonton was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the old electoral districts of Edmonton Jasper Place and Edmonton West.

The district has switched support between Progressive Conservative and Liberal candidates with regular frequency since it was created, a trend broken by the election of the New Democrat MLA Jon Carson in the 2015 general election.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the old electoral districts of Edmonton Jasper Place and Edmonton West.[2] The 1993 redistribution would see the district go through a significant redrawing as most of the riding which was south of Whitemud Drive would be moved into the new district of Edmonton-McClung. The riding remained a rectangle shape between Whitemud and Stony Plain road with little changes made in 1996 and 2003.

The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution would see a significant change as the riding was extended well beyond Stony Plain road up to Yellowhead Trail into land that was once in Edmonton-Calder and Edmonton-Glenora.[3]

Boundary history

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Meadowlark[5]
Assembly Years Member Party
See: Edmonton Jasper Place and Edmonton West 1963–1971
17th 1971–1975 Gerard Amerongen Progressive Conservative
18th 1975–1979
19th 1979–1982
20th 1982–1986
21st 1986–1989 Grant Mitchell Liberal
22nd 1989–1993
23rd 1993–1997 Karen Leibovici
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004 Bob Maskell Progressive Conservative
26th 2004–2008 Maurice Tougas Liberal
27th 2008–2010 Raj Sherman Progressive Conservative
2010–2011 Independent
2011 Independent Liberal
2011–2012 Liberal
28th 2012–2015
29th 2015–present Jon Carson New Democratic
See: Edmonton-West Henday and Edmonton-McClung 2019–

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Gerard Amerongen pickup the new district for his party. He was successful after running as a candidate in various districts since the 1950s. Amerongen would be elected as Speaker of the Assembly when it met for its first session after the election in 1972.

Amerongen won re-election with increasing majorities three more times in the 1975, 1979 and 1982 general elections. He ran for a fifth term in the 1986 general election but was defeated in a shocking upset by Liberal candidate Grant Mitchell. This was only the second time in Alberta history that the Speaker of the Legislature had been defeated.

Mitchell was re-elected to his second term with a large majority in the 1989 general election. He ran for re-election in the Edmonton-McClung after redistricting created the new district out of most of the old land that covered Meadowlark. The new boundaries of Meadowlark returned Liberal candidate Karen Leibovici who won her first term with a substantial majority to hold the seat for her party.

Leibovici won her second term (in a closely contested race in the 1997 general election) defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Laurie Pushor. In the 2001 general election she was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate, Bob Maskell, who won by 600 votes to pick up the district.

Maskell would only stay for a single term in office as he was defeated by Maurice Tougas in the 2004 general election. Tougas did not stand for re-election in 2008 due to frustrations with being an opposition MLA,[6] and Progressive Conservative candidate Raj Sherman picked up the open district.

Sherman was removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus after making unsubstantiated allegations against the Alberta Government regarding abuses against staff working under Alberta Health Services. He at first sat as an Independent on November 22, 2010 than on March 15, 2011 he began caucusing with the Liberal caucus as an Independent. He was elected as leader of the provincial Liberals on September 10, 2011 and became a full member of the Liberal caucus two days later. He was re-elected in the 2012 provincial election and decided to retire from politics in 2015.[7]

Like the rest of the city, Edmonton-Meadowlark swung hard to the NDP in that election, with Jon Carson easily capturing the seat. The riding was abolished for the 2019 election, replaced by Edmonton-West Henday.

Legislature results

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGerard Amerongen6,37156.66%
Social CreditAlexander Romaniuk3,83934.14%
New DemocraticAlan J. Idiens1,0359.20%
Total 11,245
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28
Eligible electors / turnout 15,94470.70%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGerard Amerongen6,71567.75%11.09%
New DemocraticHarvey Tilden1,40614.18%4.98%
Social CreditRuss Forsythe1,09311.03%-23.11%
LiberalVic Yanda6987.04%
Total 9,912
Rejected, spoiled and declined 13
Eligible electors / turnout 19,71450.34%-20.36%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 15.52%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGerard Amerongen7,07560.15%-7.59%
New DemocraticJim Bell2,09817.84%3.65%
Social CreditRuss Forsythe1,23710.52%-0.51%
LiberalRon Charko9047.69%0.64%
IndependentC.A. Doug Ringrose4483.81%
Total 11,762
Rejected, spoiled and declined 36
Eligible electors / turnout 23,11851.03%0.69%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.62%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGerard Amerongen10,81758.59%-1.56%
New DemocraticRobert Henderson4,59024.86%7.02%
Western Canada ConceptAi (Bud) Wilson1,5118.18%
LiberalN.A. Chaudhary7764.20%-3.48%
IndependentWm. (Bill) Dickson4232.29%
Social CreditAndy H. Groenink3451.87%-8.65%
Total 18,462
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 46
Eligible electors / Turnout 29,25263.27%12.24%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.29%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGrant Mitchell4,91342.59%38.39%
Progressive ConservativeGerard Amerongen4,22236.60%-21.99%
New DemocraticMuriel Stanley-Venne2,13518.51%-6.35%
RepresentativeR. (Bob) Genis-Bell1761.53%
Western Canada ConceptNorm Kyle900.78%-7.40%
Total 11,536
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 14
Eligible electors / Turnout 23,48549.18%-14.09%
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -13.87%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGrant Mitchell7,87755.76%13.17%
Progressive ConservativeJoan Majeski4,42131.29%-5.30%
New DemocraticWilliam A. (Bill) Mullen1,82912.95%-5.56%
Total 14,127
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 25
Eligible electors / Turnout 25,25156.05%6.86%
Liberal hold Swing 9.24%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalKaren Leibovici7,21556.51%0.75%
Progressive ConservativeLaurie Pushor3,97831.16%-0.14%
New DemocraticWilliam (Bill) Mullen1,1118.70%-4.25%
Social CreditNorm Case3542.77%
Natural LawMargo Cochlan1100.86%
Total 12,768
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 25
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,09457.90%1.86%
Liberal hold Swing 0.44%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalKaren Leibovici6,04750.22%-6.28%
Progressive ConservativeLaurie Pushor4,67238.80%7.65%
New DemocraticTerri McNally8316.90%-1.80%
Social CreditAaron Hinman4353.61%0.84%
Natural LawGeoff Toane550.46%-0.40%
Total 12,040
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 27
Eligible electors / Turnout 21,48856.16%-1.75%
Liberal hold Swing -6.97%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeBob Maskell6,10848.62%9.82%
LiberalKaren Leibovici5,67445.17%-5.06%
New DemocraticMike Hudema6365.06%-1.84%
IndependentPeggy Morton1441.15%
Total 12,562
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 31
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,49155.99%-0.17%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -3.98%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMaurice Tougas4,43541.26%-3.90%
Progressive ConservativeBob Maskell4,24239.47%-9.16%
New DemocraticLance Burns1,30612.15%7.09%
Alberta AllianceAaron Campbell4464.15%
GreensAmanda Doyle2432.26%
IndependentPeggy Morton760.71%-0.44%
Total 10,748
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 51
Eligible electors / Turnout 23,84545.29%-10.70%
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -0.83%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRaj Sherman6,17454.83%15.36%
LiberalDebbie Cavaliere3,42330.40%-10.86%
New DemocraticPascal Ryffel1,0108.97%-3.18%
GreenAmanda Doyle3473.08%0.82%
WildroseRichard Guyon3062.72%
Total 11,260
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 38
Eligible electors / Turnout 28,60239.50%-5.79%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 11.32%
Source(s)

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalRaj Sherman5,14935.48+5.08
Progressive ConservativeBob Maskell5,03134.67-20.16
WildroseRick Newcombe2,97720.52+17.80
New DemocraticBridget Stirling1,0927.53-1.44
Alberta PartyNeil Mather2621.81
Total 14,511
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 82
Eligible electors / Turnout 27,50653.05%13.55%
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -11.81%
Source(s)

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticJon Carson9,79656.96%49.43%
Progressive ConservativeKatherine O'Neill3,92422.82%-11.85%
WildroseAmber Maze1,97211.47%-9.05%
LiberalDan Bildhauer1,5078.76%-26.72%
Total 17,199
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 57
Eligible electors / Turnout 31,86554.15%1.10%
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing 16.66%
Source(s)

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Meadowlark[8] Turnout 45.36%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger4,52817.12%51.41%2
  Independent Link Byfield 3,161 11.95% 35.89% 4
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown3,10011.72%35.20%1
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz2,92911.07%33.25%3
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,285 8.64% 25.94% 7
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,173 8.21% 24.67% 9
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,114 7.99% 24.00% 10
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,107 7.96% 23.92% 8
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood2,1047.95%23.89%6
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye1,9557.39%22.20%5
Total Votes 26,456 100%
Total Ballots 8,808 3.00 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 2,008

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote

2004 election

Participating Schools[9]
Aldergrove Elementary
Aurora Charter School
Centennial Elementary
St Thomas More School
H.E. Beriault School
St. Francis Xavier 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[10]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
  Liberal Maurice Tougas 363 33.24%
Progressive ConservativeBob Maskell33030.22%
  NDP Lance Burns 214 19.60%
Green Amanda Doyle 131 12.00%
Alberta AllianceAaron Campbell383.48%
  Independent Peggy Morton 16 1.46%
Total 1,092 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 31

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation Candidate
Progressive ConservativeBob Maskell
WildroseRick Newcombe
  Liberal Raj Sherman
  NDP Bridget Stirling
Total 100%

See also

References

  1. "Election results for Edmonton-Meadowlark". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. The Election Act, RSA 1970, c. C-117
  3. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  4. Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
  5. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  6. Tougas, Maurice (May 1, 2009). "Why I Left Politics - Alberta Views - The Magazine for Engaged Citizens". albertaviews.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  7. "Raj Sherman quits as Alberta Liberal leader, won't seek third term as MLA". Edmonton Journal. January 26, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  8. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  9. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  10. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

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