Edmonton North (provincial electoral district)

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]

Edmonton North

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

Election results

1959 general election

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 general election

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 general election

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.

Also see

• Alberta provincial electoral districts

References

1. "Election results for Edmonton North". 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