Edmonton-Whitemud
Edmonton-Whitemud is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. In 1989, its constituents unseated the Premier of the day, Donald Getty, by voting for Liberal candidate Percy Wickman.
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![]() Edmonton-Whitemud within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
MLA |
New Democratic | ||
District created | 1971 | ||
First contested | 1971 | ||
Last contested | 2019 |
The district was represented by Dave Hancock who was in his fourth term as the Member of the Legislative Assembly. Hancock has also served as Minister of Justice twice, Attorney General and prior to that as Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs.
On December 15, 2006, Hancock was made Minister of Health and Wellness in Premier Ed Stelmach's cabinet. He later served as Deputy Premier under Stelmach's successor Alison Redford. Following Redford's resignation as Premier, Hancock was named as her replacement and sworn into office on March 23, 2014, meaning the Edmonton-Whitemud district was the seat of the Premier of Alberta for the second time.
History
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the electoral districts of Strathcona Centre and Strathcona West.
The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the riding significantly altered. It lost all land south of Anthony Henday Drive to the new electoral district of Edmonton-South West. It also lost land along the east boundary with Edmonton-Rutherford. The old line established in 2003 ran along 119 Street. It was pushed west to run continuously along Whitemud Creek.
Boundary history
42 Edmonton-Whitemud 2003 Boundaries[1] | |||
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Bordering districts | |||
North | East | West | South |
Edmonton-Riverview | Edmonton-Ellerslie and Edmonton-Rutherford | Edmonton-McClung and Stony Plain | Leduc-Beaumont-Devon |
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Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
Starting at the intersection of the left bank of the North Saskatchewan River with Whitemud Drive; then 1. south along Whitemud Drive to Fox Drive; 2. east along Fox Drive to Whitemud Creek; 3. south along Whitemud Creek to Whitemud Drive; 4. east along Whitemud Drive to 122 Street; 5. south along 122/119 Street to the power line right of way as shown in Plan 1225 KS; 6. west along the power line right of way to Blackmud Creek; 7. in a southeasterly direction along Blackmud Creek to the north boundary of Sec. 29, Twp. 51, Rge. 24 W4; 8. east along the north boundary of Secs. 29 and 28, Twp. 51, Rge. 24 W4 to Gateway Boulevard; 9. south along Gateway Boulevard to the south Edmonton city boundary; 10. west along the south city boundary to the left bank of the North Saskatchewan River; 11. generally north and northeast along the left bank of the North Saskatchewan River to the starting point. | |||
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46 Edmonton-McClung 2010 boundaries | |||
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Bordering districts | |||
North | East | West | South |
Edmonton-McClung and Edmonton-Riverview | Edmonton-Rutherford | Edmonton-McClung | Edmonton-South West |
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Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
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Representation history
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Whitemud[2] | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
See: Strathcona Centre 1959-1971 and Strathcona West 1959-1971 | ||||
17th | 1971–1975 | Don Getty | Progressive Conservative | |
18th | 1975–1979 | |||
19th | 1979–1982 | Peter Knaak | ||
20th | 1982–1985 | Robert Alexander | ||
1985 | Vacant | |||
1985–1986 | Don Getty | Progressive Conservative | ||
21st | 1986–1989 | |||
22nd | 1989–1993 | Percy Wickman | Liberal | |
23rd | 1993–1997 | Mike Percy | ||
24th | 1997–2001 | Dave Hancock | Progressive Conservative | |
25th | 2001–2004 | |||
26th | 2004–2008 | |||
27th | 2008–2012 | |||
28th | 2012–2014 | |||
2014 | Vacant | |||
2014–2015 | Stephen Mandel | Progressive Conservative | ||
29th | 2015–2019 | Bob Turner | New Democratic | |
29th | 2019- | Rakhi Pancholi |
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution. The first representative was former Canadian Football League player Don Getty. Getty had previously represented the electoral district of Strathcona West. The 1971 election saw Getty easily win the new district to pick it up for the Progressive Conservatives.
Getty won a larger majority in 1975 and he retired for the first time from the legislature in 1979. His replacement was Progressive Conservative Peter Knaak, who easily held the district for a single term before leaving in 1982. Robert Alexander took over as the Progressive Conservative in 1982.
Alexander resigned November 5, 1985, so that Getty, who had just been elected as leader of the Progressive Conservatives and premier of the province, could have his seat back. Getty easily won the by-election held on December 11, 1985. Less than a year later Getty called his first election as premier. He easily won the district back along with a majority government across the province.
The 1989 general election would turn out to be one of the most memorable in Alberta political history.text Getty was defeated in a closely contested race by Liberal candidate Percy Wickman. The result was a surprise as Getty's party had won a majority across the province. The trouble for Getty's campaign started when he skipped an all-candidates forum which Wickman had put a rubber chicken in his place. He was also criticized heavily even by his own party members for running a billion dollars in spending announcements.
Wickman held the seat for one term before running in the Edmonton-Rutherford electoral district in 1993. His replacement was Liberal candidate Mike Percy, who won a comfortable margin over Dave Hancock. Percy only held the district for one term.
Hancock ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the second time in the 1997 general election. He was re-elected three more times. Hancock became interim Premier of Alberta in March 2015. The end of his tenure came in September of that year when Jim Prentice was elected as leader of the PCs and subsequently sworn in as premier. Hancock resigned from the legislature around the same time. A by-election was held in October, and the successful candidate was Stephen Mandel, whom Prentice had named as Minister for Health, despite not holding a seat in the assembly. Mandel was defeated in May 2015 by Bob Turner of the NDP.
Legislature results
1971 general election
1971 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Don Getty | 8,201 | 58.32% | |||||
Social Credit | Donald Hamilton | 4,690 | 33.35% | |||||
New Democratic | Joseph Mercredi | 936 | 6.66% | |||||
Liberal | Jim Tanner | 235 | 1.67% | |||||
Total | 14,062 | – | ||||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 125 | – | ||||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 17,279 | 82.11% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010. |
1975 general election
1975 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Don Getty | 9,614 | 67.75% | 9.43% | ||||
New Democratic | Lila Fahlman | 2,645 | 18.64% | 11.98% | ||||
Social Credit | Phil Dickson | 1,101 | 7.76% | -25.59% | ||||
Liberal | Dilys Andersen | 830 | 5.85% | 4.18% | ||||
Total | 14,190 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 20 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 23,949 | 59.33% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 10.71% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 19, 2010. |
1979 general election
1979 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Peter Knaak | 6,833 | 57.62% | -10.13% | ||||
New Democratic | Ted Paszek | 2,122 | 17.90% | -0.74% | ||||
Liberal | Don Milliken | 1,964 | 16.56% | 10.71% | ||||
Social Credit | Larry Heth | 939 | 7.92% | 0.16% | ||||
Total | 11,858 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 18 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 19,899 | 59.81% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -5.44% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 19, 2010. |
1982 general election
1982 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert Alexander | 10,696 | 59.05% | 1.43% | ||||
New Democratic | Leslie Bella | 4,884 | 26.97% | 9.07% | ||||
Western Canada Concept | Erika Guidera | 1,209 | 6.67% | – | ||||
Liberal | Phil Lister | 791 | 4.37% | -12.19% | ||||
Independent | Joe Trenchy | 291 | 1.61% | – | ||||
Social Credit | Keith Schultz | 241 | 1.33% | -6.59% | ||||
Total | 18,112 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 24 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 27,925 | 64.95% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 5.25% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 19, 2010. |
1985 by-election
Alberta provincial by-election, December 11, 1985 following the resignation of Robert Keith Alexander on November 5, 1985 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Don Getty | 5,955 | 60.15 | 1.10 | ||||
New Democratic | Tony Higgins | 2,100 | 21.21 | −5.76 | ||||
Representative | Dick Mather | 800 | 8.08 | – | ||||
Liberal | Eric Wolfman | 637 | 6.43 | 2.06 | ||||
Independent | Lucien Maynard | 355 | 3.59 | – | ||||
Heritage | Mike Pawlus | 53 | 0.54 | – | ||||
Total | 9,900 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 10 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 30,082 | 32.94 | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 3.43 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official By-election Results". Elections Alberta. December 11, 1985. Retrieved March 19, 2010. |
1986 general election
1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Don Getty | 7,436 | 57.76% | −2.39% | ||||
New Democratic | Tony Higgins | 3,875 | 30.10% | 8.89% | ||||
Liberal | Eric Wolfman | 1,135 | 8.82% | 2.39% | ||||
Representative | Bert Beinert | 336 | 2.61% | −5.61% | ||||
Western Canada Concept | Walter Stack | 92 | 0.71% | – | ||||
Total | 12,874 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 40 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 23,348 | 55.31% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −5.64% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 19, 2010. |
1989 general election
1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Percy Wickman | 8,350 | 45.25% | 36.43% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Don Getty | 8,005 | 43.38% | -14.38% | ||||
New Democratic | Nao Fernando | 2,099 | 11.37% | -18.73% | ||||
Total | 18,454 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 42 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 31,536 | 58.65% | – | |||||
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 25.41% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 19, 2010. |
1993 general election
1993 Alberta general election results[3] | Turnout 70.01% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Liberal | Mike Percy | 8,628 | 58.44% | 13.19% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Dave Hancock | 5,351 | 36.25% | -7.13% | ||
New Democratic | Daniel Aitken | 648 | 4.39% | -6.98% | ||
Green | Robert Wilde | 73 | 0.49% | * | ||
Natural Law | Richard Shelford | 63 | 0.43% | * | ||
Total | 14,763 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 27 | |||||
21,125 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing 10.16% |
1997 general election
1997 Alberta general election results[4] | Turnout 61.43% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Dave Hancock | 7,973 | 51.00% | 14.75% | ||
Liberal | Corky Meyer | 5,953 | 38.08% | -20.36% | ||
New Democratic | Charan Khehra | 1,012 | 6.48% | 2.09% | ||
Social Credit | Kevin Bialobzyski | 635 | 4.06% | |||
Natural Law | Randy Fritz | 59 | 0.38% | -0.05% | * | |
Total | 15,632 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 67 | |||||
25,555 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | 17.56% |
2001 general election
2001 Alberta general election results[5] | Turnout 60.44% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Dave Hancock | 10,884 | 58.63% | 7.63% | ||
Liberal | Bruce King | 6,503 | 35.03% | -3.05% | ||
New Democratic | Katie Benschop | 1,178 | 6.34% | -0.14% | ||
Total | 18,565 | 100% | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 82 | |||||
30,853 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 5.34% |
2004 general election
2004 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Dave Hancock | 7,494 | 46.13% | −12.15 | ||||
Liberal | Donna Smith | 6,568 | 40.43% | +5.40 | ||||
New Democratic | Brian Fleck | 1,639 | 10.09% | +3.75 | ||||
Alberta Alliance | Kathy Rayner | 471 | 2.90% | |||||
Independent | John Andrews | 74 | 0.45% | |||||
Total | 16,246 | |||||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 89 | |||||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 30,949 | 52.77% | ||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −8.78 | ||||||
"Edmonton-Whitemud Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 19, 2010. |
2008 general election
2008 Alberta general election results[6] | Turnout 45.12% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Dave Hancock | 12,054 | 58.47% | 12.34% | ||
Liberal | Nancy Cavanaugh | 6,997 | 33.94% | -6.49 | ||
New Democratic | Hana Razga | 1,023 | 4.96% | -5.13% | ||
Green | Valerie Kennedy | 543 | 2.63% | |||
Total | 20,617 | |||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 120 | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 45,958 | % | ||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 9.42% |
2012 general election
2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Dave Hancock | 10,031 | 60.49 | % | ||||
Wildrose | Ian Crawford | 2,705 | 16.31 | % | ||||
Liberal | Rick Szostak | 1,943 | 11.72 | % | ||||
New Democratic | Jim Graves | 1,515 | 9.14 | % | ||||
Alberta Party | Julia Necheff | 389 | 2.35 | % | ||||
Total | ||||||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | ||||||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | % |
2014 by-election
Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Stephen Mandel | 6,003 | 42.39 | -17.85 | ||||
New Democratic | Bob Turner | 3,150 | 22.24 | 13.24 | ||||
Wildrose | Tim Grover | 2,680 | 18.92 | 2.72 | ||||
Liberal | Donna Wilson | 2,033 | 14.35 | 2.39 | ||||
Alberta Party | Will Munsey | 202 | 1.43 | -0.92 | ||||
Green | René Malenfant | 95 | 0.67 | |||||
Total valid votes | 14,163 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -15.54 | ||||||
Elections Alberta.[7] |
2015 General Election
2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Bob Turner | 12,805 | 57.45% | +35.21% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Stephen Mandel | 7,177 | 32.20% | -10.19% | ||||
Wildrose | Chad Peters | 1,423 | 6.38% | -12.94 | ||||
Liberal | Steven Townsend | 629 | 2.82% | -11.53 | ||||
Green | Kathryn Jackson | 182 | 0.82% | +0.15% | ||||
Independent | John Baloun | 73 | 0.33% | |||||
Total | 22,289 | |||||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 113 | |||||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 37,018 | 60.4% | ||||||
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +22.70% |
2019 general election
2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Rakhi Pancholi | 11,373 | 49.2% | -8.25% | ||||
United Conservative | Elisabeth Hughes | 9,120 | 39.4% | +0.82% | ||||
Alberta Party | Jonathan Dai | 2,335 | 10.1% | -- | ||||
Freedom Conservative | Jason Norris | 297 | 1.3% | -- | ||||
Total valid votes | 23,125 | |||||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 63 | 76 | 18 | |||||
Registered electors | 34,340 | |||||||
Turnout | 67.6 | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | -8.25% |
Senate nominee results
2004 Senate nominee election district results
2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Whitemud[8] | Turnout 52.60% | |||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank | |
Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 6,147 | 17.17% | 51.83% | 2 | |
Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 4,750 | 13.27% | 40.05% | 1 | |
Independent | Link Byfield | 4,438 | 12.40% | 37.42% | 4 | |
Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 4,396 | 12.28% | 37.07% | 3 | |
Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 3,275 | 9.15% | 27.61% | 6 | |
Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,873 | 8.03% | 24.22% | 5 | |
Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 2,724 | 7.61% | 22.97% | 7 | |
Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,712 | 7.58% | 22.87% | 9 | |
Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 2,294 | 6.41% | 18.96% | 10 | |
Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,189 | 6.10% | 18.46% | 8 | |
Total Votes | 35,798 | 100% | ||||
Total Ballots | 11,860 | 3.02 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 4,418 |
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
Student Vote results
2004 election
Participating Schools[9] |
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Earl Buxton School |
George P. Nicholson School |
Riverbend Junior High |
St.Mary Elementary |
Vernon Barford Junior 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[10] | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Progressive Conservative | Dave Hancock | 404 | 37.79% | |
Liberal | Donna Smith | 364 | 34.05% | |
NDP | Brian Fleck | 218 | 20.39% | |
Alberta Alliance | Kathy Rayner | 45 | 4.21% | |
Independent | John Andrews | 38 | 3.56% | |
Total | 1,069 | 100% | ||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 14 |
2012 election
2012 Alberta Student Vote results | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Progressive Conservative | Dave Hancock | % | ||
Wildrose | Ian Crawford | |||
Liberal | Rick Szostak | % | ||
Alberta Party | Julia Necheff | |||
NDP | Jim Graves | % | ||
Total | 100% |
References
- "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 22.
- "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
- "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
- "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
- "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
- The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 340–345.
- "Report on the October 27, 2014 By-elections" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
- "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.