Edmonton-Glengarry

Edmonton-Glengarry 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 1979 to 2004.[1]

Edmonton-Glengarry

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1979
District abolished	2003
First contested	1979
Last contested	2001

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Glengarry
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See St. Albert electoral district from 1905-1979, Edmonton-Belmont electoral district from 1971-1979 and Edmonton-Calder electoral district from 1971-1979
19th	1979–1982		Rollie Cook	Progressive Conservative
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989		John Younie	New Democratic
21st	1989–1993		Laurence Decore	Liberal
22nd	1993–1997
23rd	1997–2001		Bill Bonner
24th	2001–2004
See Edmonton-Decore electoral district from 2004-Present and Edmonton-Calder electoral district from 2004-2019

Election results

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rollie Cook	4,309	55.29%	–
	New Democratic	David Stewart	1,489	19.10%	–
	Social Credit	Victor Nakonechny	1,277	16.38%	–
	Liberal	Ron Hayter	719	9.23%	–
Total			7,794	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			15,055	51.77%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Glengarry 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 Conservative	Rollie Cook	5,997	58.71%	3.42%
	New Democratic	Garth Stevenson	3,181	31.14%	12.04%
	Western Canada Concept	Gordon Reid	1,037	10.15%	–
Total			10,215	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			58	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			16,441	62.48%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.31%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Glengarry Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	John Younie	5,371	51.02%	19.88%
	Progressive Conservative	Ihor Broda	3,720	35.33%	-23.37%
	Liberal	Hugh W. Burgess	1,191	11.31%	–
	Representative	Lou Peterson	147	1.40%	–
	Western Canada Concept	Herb Lang	99	0.94%	-9.21%
Total			10,528	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			22	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			23,650	44.61%	–
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-5.94%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Glengarry Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Laurence Decore	7,401	48.81%	37.49%
	New Democratic	John Younie	3,974	26.21%	-24.81%
	Progressive Conservative	John Belzerowski	3,759	24.79%	-10.55%
	Communist	Robin Boodle	30	0.20%	–
Total			15,164	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			41	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			25,246	60.23%	–
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		3.46%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Glengarry Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Laurence Decore	7,548	66.08%	17.27%
	Progressive Conservative	Don Clarke	2,669	23.37%	-1.42%
	New Democratic	Greg Reimer	1,088	9.52%	-16.68%
	Natural Law	Linda Sikora	118	1.03%	–
Total			11,423	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			41	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,955	57.45%	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		10.06%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Glengarry Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Bonner	4,765	47.36%	-18.72%
	Progressive Conservative	Don Clarke	3,474	34.53%	11.16%
	New Democratic	William Kobluk	1,366	13.58%	4.05%
	Social Credit	Barbie-Jo Williams	335	3.33%	–
	Natural Law	David Sharkey	76	0.76%	-0.28%
	Independent	Carl Williams	46	0.46%	–
Total			10,062	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			43	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,506	51.80%	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-14.94%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Glengarry Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Bonner	4,784	45.55%	-1.81%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Beniuk	4,715	44.89%	10.37%
	New Democratic	Shane Watt	1,004	9.56%	-4.02%
Total			10,503	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			9	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			21,763	48.30%	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-6.09%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Glengarry Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Also see

• Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Glengarry, Edmonton a community in Edmonton.

References

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

Further reading

• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta