Edmonton-South (previously styled Edmonton South) is a provincial electoral district in
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 ...
,
Alberta
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, Canada. The first iteration was used for the 1913 and 1917 provincial elections. The district was re-created again for the
30th Alberta general election.
Geography
The first iteration of Edmonton South included the part of
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 ...
south of the
North Saskatchewan River
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, which had recently been amalgamated into Edmonton.
The re-created Edmonton-South has the
Whitemud Creek and Rabbit Hill Road as its western boundary, the
Henday as its northern boundary (except the area between Rabbit Hill Road and the Whitemud Creek south of 23rd Ave NW), 91st St SW and 88 St SW as its eastern boundary, and extends South to Highway 19 on the west side of the
QEII according to the City of Edmonton's plan to annex a portion of
Leduc County
Leduc County is a municipal district in Alberta, Canada that is immediately south of the City of Edmonton. It spans east to west and north to south, and has a population of 14,416. The municipal district is home to prairie parkland and several ...
.
History
Edmonton South was created when the
district of Strathcona, centering on the old
City of Strathcona
Strathcona was a city in Alberta, Canada on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River. Originally founded in 1891, it amalgamated with the City of Edmonton in 1912.
History
Strathcona's recorded history began in the 1870s. Its first r ...
, was renamed due to the city's merger with
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 ...
.
The incumbent in 1913 was
Alexander Rutherford
Alexander Cameron Rutherford (February 2, 1857 – June 11, 1941) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the first premier of Alberta from 1905 to 1910. Born in Ormond, Canada West, he studied and practiced law in Ottawa before h ...
, who had resigned as
Premier of Alberta
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The ...
in 1910 but remained a
Liberal
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MLA. He ran for re-election as a private member in the renamed Edmonton South, but was defeated by Conservative
Herbert Crawford
Herbert Howard Crawford (March 10, 1878 – January 27, 1946) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He was born in Brampton, Ontario.
Biography
Crawford attempted a run at Edmonton municipal politics running for the position ...
, a Whyte Avenue merchant. A similar surprise occurred in southside Edmonton in 1989, when sitting premier
Don Getty
Donald Ross Getty (August 30, 1933 – February 26, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as the 11th premier of Alberta between 1985 and 1992. A member of the Progressive Conservatives, he served as Energy Minister and Federal and Intergo ...
(MLA for
Edmonton-Whitemud
Edmonton-Whitemud is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. In 1989, its constituents unseated the Premier of the day, Donald Getty, by voting for Liberal candidate Percy Wickman.
The district was ...
) was unseated by a Liberal challenger.
Crawford was re-elected in 1917, and served a second term as an opposition MLA. Edmonton South merged with
Edmonton West
Edmonton West (french: Edmonton-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1988, from 1997 to 2004 and again since 2015.
Demographics
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T ...
and
Edmonton East
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 anchor ...
to form the multi-member
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 ...
constituency in 1921, where Crawford was not re-elected, placing ninth.
In 2017, the Electoral Boundaries Commission decided to re-use the name Edmonton-South for a new district, carving it mostly from
Edmonton-South West
Edmonton-South West is a provincial electoral district in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first pa ...
and smaller parts of
Edmonton-Whitemud
Edmonton-Whitemud is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. In 1989, its constituents unseated the Premier of the day, Donald Getty, by voting for Liberal candidate Percy Wickman.
The district was ...
,
Edmonton-Ellerslie
Edmonton-Ellerslie is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, 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. The 2010 boundary r ...
and
Leduc-Beaumont
Leduc-Beaumont is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.
History ...
.
Election Results
1910s
2010s
External links
Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
References
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Alberta provincial electoral districts
Politics of Edmonton