Edmonton West

Edmonton West was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1988 and from 1997 to 2004.

1 Demographics
2 History and geography
- 2.1 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
- 3.1 1997 to 2004
- 3.2 1917 to 1988
4 See also
5 External links

Demographics

Population, 2000	102,210
Electors	83,890
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

History and geography

This riding was first created in 1914 from Edmonton riding. Originally this was vast rural district including most of the northwestern quadrant of the province of Alberta and a small portion of the city of Edmonton. In 1924 the northern rural sections were separated to form the ridings of Peace River and Athabaska and in 1933 the more southerly portions became Jasper—Edson, and the areas nearer the city became Pembina in 1966.

The urban part of riding similarly shrank over time as Edmonton's population expanded and new districts were spun off from Edmonton West. Parts of Edmonton West were lost to Edmonton—Strathcona (1952), Edmonton Centre (first time 1966), Edmonton North, (1976). However it also gained area from the (temporary) abolition of Edmonton Centre in 1976.

Edmonton West was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Edmonton Northwest and Edmonton Southwest ridings. It was re-created in 1996 from Edmonton Northwest, Edmonton Southwest and Edmonton East ridings.

The recreated Edmonton West then gained area due to the demise of Edmonton Northwest in 1997, but lost some due to the re-creation of Edmonton Centre in 2004.

Edmonton West was abolished again in 2003 and transferred mostly into Edmonton Centre, with a smaller portion going into Edmonton—Spruce Grove.

Member of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1917 to 1988

1997 to 2004

1997-2004: Anne McLellan - Liberal - She subsequently represented Edmonton Centre.

Election results

1997 to 2004

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Anne McLellan	21,978	44.24%		$65,989
	Canadian Alliance	Betty Unger	21,245	42.76%		$66,378
	Progressive Conservative	Rory J. Koopmans	3,009	6.05%		$5,622
	New Democrat	Richard D. Vanderberg	2,895	5.82%		$10,850
	Canadian Action	Dan Parker	354	0.71%		$1,157
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	194	0.39%
Total valid votes			49,675	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			169	0.34%
Turnout			49,844	56.29%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Anne McLellan	17,802	43.44%		$56,082
	Reform	Dean Charles Kurpjuweit	16,392	40.00%		$52,778
	New Democrat	Duane Good Striker	3,386	8.26%		$15,860
	Progressive Conservative	Helen Stephenson	2,919	7.12%		$10,441
	Green	Roger Swan	210	0.51%		$354
	Natural Law	Sam Thomas	143	0.34%
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	122	0.29%
Total valid votes			40,974	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			130	0.32%
Turnout			41,104	54.43%

1917 to 1988

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Dorin	25,764
	Liberal	Mike Macdonald	9,673
	New Democrat	Michael Moroz	7,339
	Confederation of Regions	Kenneth Richardson	697
	Green	Chris Yanda	326

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	18,730
	Liberal	Hu Harries	9,999
	New Democrat	Jerome N. Slavik	3,886
	Independent	Jack Pickett	633
	Marxist–Leninist	Carol Arnold	59

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	21,423
	Liberal	Mike Macdonald	12,222
	New Democrat	Ken Nixon	4,624
	Not affiliated	Eddie Keehn	114
	Marxist–Leninist	Mary Joyce	101

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	29,990
	Liberal	Mike Macdonald	21,094
	New Democrat	Jane Weaver	4,605
	Social Credit	John B. Ludwig	1,270
	Independent	Brent Bissell	242
	Marxist–Leninist	Stan Plante	128

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	29,876
	Liberal	Mel Hurtig	21,040
	New Democrat	John Packer	6,770
	Social Credit	Donald H. McLeod	1,419

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	19,612
	Liberal	Tevie Miller	17,306
	New Democrat	Kenneth Kerr	2,793

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	30,548
	Liberal	Herbert Meltzer	18,402
	Social Credit	R. Herb Jamieson	8,704
	New Democrat	William P.M. Glass	4,389

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	26,578
	Liberal	James Harper Prowse	20,720
	Social Credit	Orvis A. Kennedy	11,466
	New Democrat	John Motyl	4,091

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	19,681
	Liberal	James Harper Prowse	16,749
	Social Credit	Orvis A. Kennedy	12,780
	New Democrat	Pat J. Ryan	5,402

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	30,937
	Liberal	John L. Haar	8,544
	Social Credit	John W. McKay	4,893
	Co-operative Commonwealth	David Hardman	2,023

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	14,173
	Liberal	H.A. Dyde	12,606
	Social Credit	John William McKay	11,814
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Walter Mentz	2,249

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Prudham	11,301
	Social Credit	Cyril Havard	7,776
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Bryce Fowler	4,851
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Walter Mentz	1,977
	Labour-Progressive	Oliva V. Raappana	362

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Prudham	14,333
	Progressive Conservative	Horatio Ray Milner	8,325
	Social Credit	James M. Stone	6,215
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Walter Mentz	2,285

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Angus MacKinnon	8,562
	Social Credit	Ellwood Miles Mason	6,565
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Lewis Burrows	6,002
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Mary R. Crawford	4,112
	Labour-Progressive	Mary Hunter	524

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Angus MacKinnon	12,350
	National Government	James Harwood Ogilvie	4,054
	New Democracy	John B. Gillies	3,695
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Mary R. Crawford	1,616

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Angus MacKinnon	6,471
	Conservative	James Harwood Ogilvie	4,781
	Social Credit	James Allan Reid	3,768
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Mary R. Crawford	1,967
	Reconstruction	Arthur Lewis Burrows	949

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Stewart	9,223
	Conservative	Frederick Charles Jamieson	8,960

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 2 November 1926 Acceptance by the Honourable Charles Stewart of an office of emoulment under the Crown, 5 October 1926
	Liberal	Charles Stewart	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Stewart	7,223
	Conservative	Frederick Charles Jamieson	5,772

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Stewart	6,394
	Conservative	James McCrie Douglas	4,706
	Farmer-Labour	James East	2,007

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Donald MacBeth Kennedy	10,011
	Liberal	Frank Oliver	8,603
	Conservative	Robert Campbell	4,441

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	William Antrobus Griesbach	9,637
	Opposition	Frank Oliver	6,939