Edmonton Centre (provincial electoral district)
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| Provincial electoral district | ||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| MLA | Laurie Blakeman Liberal |
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| District created | 1959 | |
| First contested | 1959 | |
| Last contested | 2008 | |
Location of Edmonton-Centre in the city of Edmonton
Edmonton Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.
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[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Name | Party | Elected | Left Office | |
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| Ambrose A. Holowach | Social Credit | 1959 | 1971 | |
| Gordon Miniely | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | 1979 | |
| Mary LeMessurier | Progressive Conservative | 1979 | 1986 | |
| William Roberts | NDP | 1986 | 1993 | |
| Michael Henry | Liberal | 1993 | 1997 | |
| Laurie Blakeman | Liberal | 1997 | present |
[edit] Election results
| 2008 Alberta general election results | Turnout ?% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Liberal | Laurie Blakeman | 4,918 | 44.0% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Donahue | 3,285 | 29.4% | |
| NDP | Deron Bilous | 2,244 | 20.1% | |
| Green | David Parker | 476 | 4.3% | |
| Wildrose Alliance | James Iverson | 205 | 1.8% | |
| Alberta Party | Margaret Saunter | 51 | 0.5% | |
| 2001 Alberta general election results | Turnout 51.4% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Liberal | Laurie Blakeman | 5,095 | 44.0% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Don Weideman | 4,446 | 38.4% | |
| NDP | David Eggen | 1,959 | 16.9% | |
| Communist | Naomi Rankin | 76 | 0.7% | |
| 1997 Alberta general election results | Turnout 51.9% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Liberal | Laurie Blakeman | 4,769 | 43.9% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Don Weideman | 3,634 | 33.5% | |
| NDP | Jenn Smith | 1,845 | 17.0% | |
| Social Credit | Alan Cruikshank | 420 | 3.9% | |
| Forum | Emil van der Poorten | 98 | 0.9% | |
| Natural Law | Richard Johnsen | 83 | 0.8% | |
[edit] 2004 general election results
| 2004 Alberta general election results[1] | Turnout 49.20% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Liberal | Laurie Blakeman | 6,203 | 57.07% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Don Weideman | 2,622 | 24.12% | |
| NDP | Mary Elizabeth Archer | 1,319 | 12.14% | |
| Green | David Parker | 333 | 3.06% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Tony Caterina | 280 | 2.58% | |
| Social Credit | Linda Clements | 112 | 1.03% | |
| Total | 10,869 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 133 | |||
[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Centre[2] | Turnout 48.64% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 3,325 | 15.69% | 44.45% | 2 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 3,211 | 15.15% | 42.92% | 4 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,520 | 11.89% | 33.69% | 9 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 2,304 | 10.87% | 30.80% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,004 | 9.46% | 26.79% | 3 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,759 | 8.30% | 23.51% | 7 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,646 | 7.77% | 22.00% | 6 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,515 | 7.15% | 20.25% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,502 | 7.09% | 20.08% | 10 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 1,406 | 6.63% | 18.79% | 5 | |
| Total Votes | 21,192 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 7,481 | 2.83 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 3,395 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
[edit] 2004 Student Vote
| Participating Schools[3] |
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| Centre High School |
| Oliver School |
| Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts |
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.
| 2004 Alberta Student Vote results[4] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| NDP | Mary Elizabeth Archer | 218 | 37.65% | |
| Liberal | Laurie Blakeman | 152 | 26.25% | |
| Green | David Parker | 103 | 17.79% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Don Weideman | 66 | 11.40% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Tony Caterina | 22 | 3.80% | |
| Social Credit | Linda Clements | 18 | 3.11% | |
| Total | 579 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 10 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Edmonton-Centre Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ School by School results. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
- ^ Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
