Edmonton-Manning is a

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, Canada. It is situated in the northeast quadrant of the city. It was created in 1993 and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly. The riding is named after former

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Premier

Ernest Manning Ernest Charles Manning, (September 20, 1908 – February 19, 1996), a Canadian politician, was the eighth Premier of Alberta between 1943 and 1968 for the Social Credit Party of Alberta. He served longer than any other premier in Alberta's histor ...

, who held office from 1943 to 1968. The riding was last contested in the 2019 Alberta election.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution when

Edmonton-Belmont Edmonton-Belmont 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 1993. History The Edmonton-Belmont el ...

was merged with a portion of

Edmonton-Beverly Edmonton-Beverly 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 1993. History The Edmonton-Beverly el ...

. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw some changes made on the south and west boundaries. The first was a minor revision that pushed the south boundary north to 144 Avenue to give some land to

Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview is a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. The electoral district covers the n ...

. The second revision was made with

Edmonton-Decore Edmonton-Decore is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was most recently cont ...

on the west side that moved a small portion of the west boundary from 59A Street to 66 Street to gain some land from that district. Manning also lost some land to Decore when it expanded the west to 66 Street from 82 Street and north from 137 Avenue to 144 Avenue.

Boundary history

Representation history

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Peter Sandhu Parmjit Singh "Peter" Sandhu is a Canadian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Edmonton-Manning as a Progressive Conservative. Early life Sandhu, who grew up in a farming family, ...

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, - , 30th , 2019- The first election contested in the district occurred in 1993. That election saw incumbent

NDP MLA Tom Sigurdson run for a third term in office. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Peter Sekulic, who won over half the popular vote. Sekulic would not stand for a second term in office. The 1997 election was won by Liberal candidate

Ed Gibbons Edward A. Gibbons (born March 1, 1949) is a Canadian politician. He is a former municipal councilor of Edmonton and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Gibbons won election to the Legislature from Edmonton Manning in the 1997 Alberta ...

, who defeated Progressive Conservative candidate

Tony Vandermeer Thomas Wilfred "Tony" Vandermeer (born October 8, 1962) is a politician from Alberta, Canada, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 to 2004 and from 2008 to 2012. Vandermeer first ran for the Progressive Conservative ...

in a closely contested race. Both candidates ran against each-other again in 2001, during which Vandermeer was elected and Gibbons finished second in the popular vote. Vandermeer ran for a second term in office in the 2004 election. He was defeated by Liberal candidate

Dan Backs Dan Backs (born December 15, 1953) is a politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was elected as a Liberal candidate in the 2004 provincial election, but was kicked out of the Liberal caucus by leader Kevin Taft, ...

, who took the riding with just over 36% of the popular vote. Backs would be expelled from the Liberal caucus on November 20, 2006, and ran for re-election as an independent candidate. He was not re-elected as an independent. The race in 2008 ended up being closely contested, between candidates from all four major political parties. Backs ended up finishing a close third place. He was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate

, who won just under 36% of the popular vote. The second, third and fourth place candidates all finished with just about 2,300 votes. During the 2015 election, NDP challenger Heather Sweet was elected with 71.5% of the popular vote, defeating Progressive Conservative challenger Gurcharan Garcha who finished second in terms of the popular vote in the riding.

Legislature results

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 2010s

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

''Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot''

Student Vote results

2004 student 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 have 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 that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

2012 student election

References

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of AlbertaCBC's 2004 election coverageCBC's 2008 election coverage
{{coord missing, Alberta Alberta provincial electoral districts Politics of Edmonton