Edmonton-Mill Woods

Edmonton-Mill Woods is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 current electoral districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

For the Mill Woods area of Edmonton, see Mill Woods. For the federal electoral district, see Edmonton Mill Woods.
Edmonton-Mill Woods
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-Mill Woods within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Christina Gray
New Democratic
District created1979
First contested1979
Last contested2019

This urban district is located in south central Edmonton was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Avonmore. The electoral district since its creation has been a swing riding controlled by the Progressive Conservatives, New Democrats and Liberals. The current representative is New Democrat Christina Gray who was first elected in 2015, and re-elected in 2019.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Avonmore.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw some changes made to the riding. The south boundary was pushed southward from 23 Avenue east of Mill Woods Drive to Anthony Henday Drive in land that used to be part of Edmonton-Ellerslie. The east boundary was changed to cede land south of Mill Creek to Edmonton-Mill Creek.

Boundary history

Electoral history
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Mill Woods[2]
Assembly Years Member Party
See: Edmonton-Avonmore 1971-1979
19th 1979–1982 Milt Pahl Progressive
Conservative
20th 1982–1986
21st 1986–1989 Gerry Gibeault New Democrat
22nd 1989–1993
23rd 1993–1997 Don Massey Liberal
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008 Weslyn Mather
27th 2008–2012 Carl Benito Progressive
Conservative
28th 2012–2015 Sohail Quadri
29th 2015–2019 Christina Gray New Democrat
30th 2019-

The electoral district was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Milt Pahl won a large majority to pick up the new seat for his party. He won a second term in the 1982 general election. He more than doubled his popular vote but faced a strong challenge from NDP candidate Gerry Gibeault and ended up decreasing his overall percentage.

Premier Peter Lougheed would appoint Pahl to the provincial cabinet as a Minister without Portfolio. He held that going into the 1986 general election while attempting to run for his third term in office. The election that year saw a rematch between Gibeault and Pahl.

The race in 1986 was very close with Gibeault winning by less than 100 votes to pick up the seat for the New Democrats. He won a higher popular vote running for a second term in the 1989 general election but his overall percent was reduced. He moved to the Edmonton-Ellerslie electoral district to run for election in 1993 and was defeated.

Liberal candidate Don Massey won the district in the 1993 election to pick it up for his party. He was re-elected with a smaller majority in the 1997 election and just barely held onto the district in the 2001 general election as he face a strong challenge from future Progressive Conservative MLA Carl Benito.

Massey briefly became leader of the provincial Liberals in 2004. He decided not to run again for office and retired at dissolution of the assembly later that year. His replacement in the legislature was Liberal candidate Weslyn Mather who won the district with just under half the popular vote in the 2004 election.

Mather was defeated by Carl Benito in the 2008 election who managed to win the seat for the Progressive Conservatives for the first time in 22 years.

Legislature results

1979 general election
1979 Alberta general election results[3] Turnout 55.34% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeMilt Pahl4,29957.99%
New DemocraticLes Owre1,55220.94%
  Liberal Rose MacPherson 989 13.34% *
Social CreditRudy Rodriques5737.73%
Total 7,413
Rejected, spoiled and declined 242
Eligible electors / Turnout 13,834 %

1982 general election
1982 Alberta general election results[4] Turnout 61.14% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeMilt Pahl10,09555.87%-2.12%
New DemocraticGerry Gibeault5,15928.56%7.62%
Western Canada ConceptDave Fletcher1,89410.48%*
LiberalWinston Mohabir5903.27%-10.27%
Social CreditTerry Juba3291.82%-5.91%
Total 18,067
Rejected, spoiled and declined 39
Eligible electors / Turnout 29,614 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.87%

1986 general election
1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticGerry Gibeault4,10342.99%14.43%
Progressive ConservativeMilt Pahl4,00441.95%-13.92%
LiberalPhil Lister8619.02%5.75%
RepresentativeDick Mather4454.66%
HeritageMike Pawlus1321.38%
Total 9,545
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,823 41.90%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 14.18%
Source: "Edmonton-Mill Woods results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2010.

1989 general election
1989 Alberta general election results[5] Turnout 53.95% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
New DemocraticGerry Gibeault5,82441.52%-1.47%
LiberalMurray Scambler4,72933.71%24.69%
Progressive ConservativeBas Roopnarine3,47524.77%-17.99%
Total 14,028
Rejected, spoiled and declined 26
Eligible electors / Turnout 26,048 %
  NDP hold Swing -13.08%

1993 general election
1993 Alberta general election results[6] Turnout 56.47% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
LiberalDon Massey5,33056.11%22.40%
Progressive ConservativeWilliam Pidruchney2,55626.91%2.14%
New DemocraticLaat Bhinder1,00710.60%-30.92%
Social CreditRobert Alford4144.36%
IndependentKen Kozak1021.07%
Green Raymond Boyko 46 0.48% *
Natural Law Mary Romach 44 0.47% *
Total 9,499
Rejected, spoiled and declined 22
Eligible electors / Turnout 16,861 %
  Liberal pickup from NDP Swing 12.27%

1997 general election
1997 Alberta general election results[7] Turnout 55.77% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
  Liberal Don Massey 5,113 51.59% -4.52%
Progressive ConservativeZiad Jaber2,93329.60%2.69%
New DemocraticRicardo Acuna1,26612.78%2.18%
Social CreditJohn Filp5465.51%1.15%
Green Raymond Boyko 52 0.52% 0.05%
Total 9,910
Rejected, spoiled and declined 78
Eligible electors / Turnout 17,909 %
  Liberal hold Swing -3.61%

2001 general election
2001 Alberta general election results[8] Turnout 54.39% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
  Liberal Don Massey 4,920 48.97% -2.62%
Progressive ConservativeCarl Benito4,40243.81%14.21%
New DemocraticMel Buffalo7257.22%-5.56%
Total 10,047
Rejected, spoiled and declined 41
Eligible electors / Turnout 18,546 %
  Liberal hold Swing -8.42%

2004 general election
2004 Alberta general election results[9] Turnout 45.04% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
LiberalWeslyn Mather5,01248.01%-0.96%
Progressive ConservativeNaresh Bhardwaj2,99228.66%-15.15%
New DemocraticLloyd Nelson1,56514.99%7.77%
Alberta AllianceCharles Relland8297.94%
CommunistNaomi Rankin420.40%*
Total 10,440
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 62
Eligible electors / Turnout 23,319 %
  Liberal hold Swing -8.06%

2008 general election
2008 Alberta general election results[10] Turnout 37.10% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeCarl Benito4,75243.87%15.21%
  Liberal Weslyn Mather 3,996 36.89% -11.12%
New DemocraticChristina Gray1,47413.61%5.84%
Wildrose AllianceRobert Leddy3202.95%-4.99%
Green David Hruska 290 2.68% *
Total 10,832
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 36
Eligible electors / Turnout 29,297 %
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 13.17%

2012 general election
2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeSohail Quadri4,11334.20%
WildroseJoanne Autio2,87323.89%
LiberalWeslyn Mather2,56921.36%
New DemocraticSandra Azocar1,75114.56%
IndependentCarl Benito4803.99%
Alberta PartyRobert Leddy2402.00%

2015 general election
2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticChristina Gray9,93064.86+50.30
Progressive ConservativeSohail Quadri2,92019.07-15.13
WildroseBaljit Sall1,4379.39-14.50
LiberalRoberto Maglalang8505.55-15.81
IndependentAura Leddy1290.84
CommunistNaomi Rankin440.29
Total valid votes 15,31099.31
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 1070.69
Registered electors / Turnout 28,13054.81
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +32.72
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Edmonton-Mill Woods".

2019 general election
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticChristina Gray10,46150.0%-14.86%
United ConservativeHeather Sworin8,00838.3%--
Alberta PartyAnju Sharma1,5607.5%--
LiberalAbdi Bakal5722.7%-2.85%
 IndependenceDallas Price
254
1.2%
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CommunistAndrew J. Janewski690.3%+0.01
Total valid votes 20,924
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 787517
Registered electors and turnout 33.973 61.9%
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Edmonton-Mill Woods".

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results
2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Mill Woods[11] Turnout 45.00%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger3,76413.91%44.22%2
  Independent Link Byfield 3,273 12.09% 38.45% 4
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown3,06111.31%35.96%1
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz2,93710.85%34.50%3
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,791 10.31% 32.79% 7
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,490 9.20% 29.25% 9
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,447 9.04% 28.75% 10
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,400 8.87% 28.20% 8
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood2,1197.83%24.89%6
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye1,7806.59%20.91%5
Total Votes 27,062 100%
Total Ballots 8,512 3.18 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1,982

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

References
  1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 20.
  2. "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.
  3. "Edmonton-Mill Woods results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  4. "Edmonton-Mill Woods results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  5. "Edmonton-Mill Woods results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  6. "Edmonton-Mill Woods results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  7. "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  8. "2001 Statement of Official results Edmonton-Mill Woods" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  9. "Edmonton-Mill Woods Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  10. The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 324–327.
  11. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

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