Edmonton North East (provincial electoral district)

Edmonton North East 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]

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

History

The Edmonton North East 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-Beverly and Edmonton-Belmont electoral districts in 1971.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton North East
Assembly Years Member Party
See Edmonton electoral district from 1921-1959
14th  1959–1963     Lou Heard Social Credit
15th  1963–1967
16th  1967–1971
See Edmonton-Beverly electoral district from 1971-1993
and Edmonton-Belmont electoral district from 1971-1993

Election results

1959 general election

1959 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditLou Heard4,96049.82%
Progressive ConservativeAllan Welsh2,38924.00%
LiberalLouis Marchand1,32513.31%
Co-operative CommonwealthAlex Goruk1,06310.68%
Labor–ProgressiveW. Harasym2182.19%
Total 9,955
Rejected, spoiled and declined 62
Eligible electors / turnout 17,86856.06%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton North East Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1963 general election

1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditLou Heard4,02342.72%-7.10%
New DemocraticNeil Reimer2,58927.49%16.81%
Progressive ConservativeAllan Welsh1,51016.03%-7.96%
LiberalKen McAuley1,29513.75%0.44%
Total 9,417
Rejected, spoiled and declined 13
Eligible electors / turnout 19,64048.01%
Social Credit hold Swing -5.30%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-North East Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967 general election

1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditLou Heard5,05235.18%-7.54%
New DemocraticIvor G. Dent4,27629.77%2.28%
Progressive ConservativeAlan T. Cooke3,61625.18%9.14%
LiberalPeter Achtem1,4189.87%-3.88%
Total 14,362
Rejected, spoiled and declined 66
Eligible electors / turnout 26,56354.32%
Social Credit hold Swing -4.91%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-North East Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Also see

References

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

Further reading

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