Edmonton-North West is a
provincial electoral district in
Alberta
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, Canada that has existed twice, first as Edmonton North West between 1959 and 1971, and for a second time since 2019. The district is one of
87 districts mandated to return a single
member (MLA) to the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from sin ...
using the
first past the post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
method of voting. It will be contested next in the
2023 Alberta election.
Geography
The district is located in northwest
Edmonton
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, containing the neighbourhoods of
Lauderdale
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,
Rosslyn,
Kensington,
Griesbach,
Carlisle,
Caernarvon,
Baranow,
Hudson,
Cumberland,
Oxford
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,
Carlton, and
The Palisades, as well as the area west of 142 St NW and north of 137 Ave NW to the border with
St. Albert.
History
Boundary History
The district was created as Edmonton North West in the 1959 redistribution which broke up the mega-ridings of Edmonton and Calgary, creating a number of single-member districts in their place. It was replaced with
Edmonton-Calder in 1971, but re-created from the same riding in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended moving the
Calder neighbourhood (among others) out of the riding.
The district also gained three neighbourhoods from
Edmonton-Castle Downs.
Representation history
The district was represented from 1959 to 1971 by
Edgar Gerhart
Edgar Henry Gerhart (December 18, 1923 – May 25, 1992) was a lawyer, judge and politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. He ser ...
of the
Alberta Social Credit Party
Alberta Social Credit was a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on social credit monetary policy put forward by Clifford Hugh Douglas and on conservative Christian social values. The Canadian social credit movement w ...
, who had already served as one of several MLAs for
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...
before it was split. He served as Minister of Municipal Affairs under 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 ...
for his final term, and briefly as Attorney General as well under
Harry Strom
Harry Edwin Strom (July 7, 1914 – October 2, 1984) was the ninth premier of Alberta, from 1968 to 1971. His two-and-a-half years as Premier were the last of the thirty-six-year Social Credit dynasty, as his defeat by Peter Lougheed saw its r ...
. Gerhart was defeated in
Edmonton-Calder in the
1971 election.
Electoral results
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 2010s
References
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Alberta provincial electoral districts
Politics of Edmonton