Edmonton North (provincial electoral district)
Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Edmonton North 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]
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1959
District abolished1971
First contested1959
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1959 |
| District abolished | 1971 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1967 |
History
The Edmonton North 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-Calder and Edmonton-Kingsway electoral districts in 1971.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton North | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Edmonton electoral district from 1921-1959 | ||||
| 14th | 1959–1963 | Ethel Sylvia Wilson | Social Credit | |
| 15th | 1963–1967 | |||
| 16th | 1967–1971 | |||
| See Edmonton-Kingsway electoral district from 1971-1993 and Edmonton-Calder electoral district from 1971-1993 |
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Election results
1959
| 1959 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Ethel Sylvia Wilson | 4,831 | 53.28% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dr. John Verchomin | 3,356 | 37.01% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Peter Gomuwka | 881 | 9.72% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,068 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 61 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 16,256 | 56.16% | – | |||||
| Social Credit pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton North Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1963
| 1963 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Ethel Sylvia Wilson | 4,655 | 52.38% | -0.90% | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas O'Dwyer | 2,489 | 28.01% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | William H. Nash | 1,743 | 19.61% | 9.89% | ||||
| Total | 8,887 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 35 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 19,022 | 46.90% | – | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | 4.05% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton North Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1967
| 1967 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Ethel Sylvia Wilson | 4,698 | 38.43% | -13.95% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Thibaudeau | 3,461 | 28.31% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Gordon Wright | 2,763 | 22.60% | 2.99% | ||||
| Liberal | L. John Corbiere | 1,303 | 10.66% | -17.35% | ||||
| Total | 12,225 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 69 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 21,381 | 57.50% | – | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -7.13% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton North Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||