Edmonton-Ottewell

Edmonton-Ottewell 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 1971 to 1979.[1]

Edmonton-Ottewell

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1971
District abolished	1979
First contested	1971
Last contested	1975

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Ottewell
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Clover Bar electoral district from 1930-1971, Strathcona East electoral district from 1959-1971 and Strathcona South electoral district from 1967-1971
17th	1971–1975		John G. Ashton	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975–1979
See Edmonton-Sherwood Park electoral district from 1979-1986 and Edmonton-Mill Woods electoral district from 1979-Present

Election results

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John G. Ashton	7,009	56.02%	–
	Social Credit	Ronald Penner	4,188	33.47%	–
	New Democratic	Donald Haythorne	1,314	10.50%	–
Total			12,511	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			285	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			16,407	77.99%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Ottewell Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John G. Ashton	8,807	71.20%	15.18%
	New Democratic	Jim Denholm	2,003	16.19%	5.69%
	Social Credit	Irvine Zemrau	1,559	12.60%	-20.87%
Total			12,369	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			62	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			22,468	55.33%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		16.23%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Ottewell Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Also see

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

References

1. "Election results for Edmonton-Ottewell. Year: 1905 - 2001". 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