Edmonton North
Edmonton North was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 2004.
Demographics
| Population, 2001 |
103,893 |
| Electors |
83,259 |
| Area (km²) |
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| Population density (people per km²) |
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Geography
The riding consisted of the northern part of the city of Edmonton, Alberta.
History
It was created in 1976 from parts of Edmonton Centre, Edmonton East, Edmonton West and Pembina ridings.
It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Edmonton East, Edmonton—Sherwood Park and Edmonton—St. Albert ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- 1979-1993: Steve Paproski - Progressive Conservative
- 1993-1997: John Loney - Liberal
- 1997-2004: Deborah Grey - Reform (1997–2000), Canadian Alliance (2000–2002), Independent (2002), Canadian Alliance (2002–2003), Conservative (2003–2004) - She previously represented Beaver River.
A fairly safe conservative riding, it was caught up in the Liberal swing in 1993, albeit barely. Popular MP Deborah Grey kept the riding easily as well.
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2000 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Canadian Alliance |
Deborah Grey |
22,063 |
51.21% |
|
$61,317 |
| |
Liberal |
Jim Jacuta |
14,786 |
34.32% |
|
$28,846 |
| |
New Democratic Party |
Laurie Lang |
3,216 |
7.46% |
|
$815 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
Dean Sanduga |
3,010 |
6.98% |
|
$9,842 |
| Total valid votes |
43,075 |
100.00% |
|
| Total rejected ballots |
174 |
0.40% |
|
| Turnout |
43,249 |
57.20% |
|
| Canadian federal election, 1997 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Reform |
Deborah Grey |
16,124 |
44.30% |
|
$56,921 |
| |
Liberal |
Jonathan Murphy |
11,820 |
32.47% |
|
$46,517 |
| |
New Democratic Party |
Ray Martin |
5,413 |
14.87% |
|
$60,286 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
Mitch Panciuk |
2,811 |
7.72% |
|
$51,169 |
| |
Natural Law |
Ric Johnsen |
226 |
0.62% |
|
|
| Total valid votes |
36,394 |
100.00% |
|
|
| Total rejected ballots |
99 |
0.27% |
|
|
| Turnout |
36,493 |
55.63% |
|
|
| Canadian federal election, 1993 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
|
Liberal | John Loney | 19,433 |
|
Reform | MIX, Ron | 19,350 |
|
Progressive Conservative | PANCIUK, Mitch | 4,639 |
|
New Democratic | HALL, Lori | 3,399 |
|
National | AGOTO, Ed | 2,168 |
|
Natural Law | KINZEL, Ria | 262 |
|
Canada Party | FORMOE, Tim | 103 |
|
Independent | VALLEE, Robert | 77 |
| Canadian federal election, 1988 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
|
Progressive Conservative | Steve Paproski | 19,045 |
|
New Democratic | RISSLING, Nels | 15,583 |
|
Liberal | LONEY, John | 9,270 |
|
Reform | BIER, A. Erich | 2,630 |
|
Christian Heritage | WERKMAN, John | 723 |
|
Not affiliated | CLARK, Alan | 139 |
|
Commonwealth of Canada | BOHDAN, Bill | 64 |
|
Communist | BOODLE, Robin Leslie | 62 |
|
Confederation of Regions | KEHLERT, Sigmund | 58 |
See also
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