Edmonton-Ellerslie is a
provincial
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electoral district
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in
Alberta
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, Canada. It is mandated to return a single member to the
Legislative Assembly.
History
The electoral district was created in 1993 from
Edmonton-Mill Woods
Edmonton-Mill Woods is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 current electoral districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.
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. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the riding shrink on its north boundary to
Anthony Henday Drive
Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) is a freeway that encircles Edmonton, Alberta. It is a heavily travelled commuter and truck bypass route with the southwest quadrant serving as a portion of the CANAMEX Corridor that links C ...
from roughly 34 Avenue, losing some land to Mill Woods and
Edmonton-Mill Creek
Edmonton Mill Creek 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 1997 to 2019.
History
Edmonton-Mill Cre ...
.
Boundary history
Electoral history
The electoral district was created in 1993 from
Edmonton-Mill Woods
Edmonton-Mill Woods is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 current electoral districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.
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. The first election held that year saw incumbent NDP MLA
Gerry Gibeault switch from that district to run in Ellerslie. A wave of support for the Alberta Liberals rolled across Edmonton causing Liberal candidate Debby Carlson to win the riding with over half the popular vote. Gibeault was defeated, finishing a distant second place.
Carlson ran for a second term in 1997. She increased her popular support to take the district easily with almost 57% of the popular vote. The 2001 election would prove to be a very tight race as Carlson would barely hang on to win her third term in office. She defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Sukhi Randhawa by less than 300 votes.
On May 28, 2004 Carlson vacated her seat to run in the
2004 federal election in the
Edmonton—Strathcona
Edmonton Strathcona (formerly known as Edmonton—Strathcona) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953. It spans the south central part of the city of Edmonton ...
district. Her replacement elected in the provincial election that year would be Liberal candidate Bharat Agnihotri. He would win by a razor thin plurality of 200 votes, taking just under 34% of the popular vote.
The Progressive Conservatives would win the riding in the 2008 election as candidate Naresh Bhardwaj defeated Agnihotri, taking almost 42% of the popular vote.
Legislature results
1993 general election
1997 general election
2001 general election
2004 general election
2008 general election
2012 general election
2015 general election
2019 general election
Senate nominee results
2004 Senate nominee election district results
''Voters had the option of selecting 4 candidates on the ballot.''
2012 Senate nominee election district results
Student Vote results
2004 election
On November 19, 2004 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who had not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body who reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.
2012 election
References
External links
Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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Alberta provincial electoral districts
Politics of Edmonton