Edmonton-Gold_Bar

Edmonton-Gold Bar

Edmonton-Gold Bar

Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada


Edmonton-Gold Bar is a provincial electoral district, in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

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The district is primarily urban and located in the central east portion of city of Edmonton. It was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from part of Strathcona East.

In addition to its namesake neighbourhood of Gold Bar, the riding also contains the neighbourhoods of Capilano, Fulton Place, Terrace Heights, Forest Heights, Ottewell, Kenilworth, Holyrood, Avonmore, King Edward Park, Cloverdale, Bonnie Doon, Idylwylde & Strathearn.

The district is currently represented by Marlin Schmidt of the Alberta NDP.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the old electoral district of Strathcona East.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw significant changes to the riding. All the land north of the North Saskatchewan River was ceded to Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood, while the south boundary was moved from 92 Avenue to 82 Avenue to the Canadian Pacific Rail line to 63 Avenue into Edmonton-Mill Creek. The west boundary changed from Connors Road to travel through the Mill Creek Ravine. Its neighbour to the west is Edmonton-Strathcona.

Boundary history

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Representation history

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The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution. The election that year saw Strathcona East incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA William Yurko run here due to his old seat being abolished.

Yurko faced two other candidates in the election held that year and won the new district with a comfortable majority to pick up the seat for his party. After the election Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Yurko as a cabinet minister. He ran for a second term in the 1975 general election. Yurko won a bigger percentage despite losing some of his popular vote as the opposition vote collapsed.

Yurko resigned from his cabinet post in 1978 with the intention of seeking the nomination the Progressive Conservative nomination in Edmonton East for the 1979 federal election. He won the nomination and resigned his seat in early 1979.

The election in 1979 saw Progressive Conservative candidate Al Hiebert easily win a four cornered race to hold the open seat for his party. Hiebert was re-elected with a larger majority in the 1982 general election.

The 1986 election in the district saw a major upset with Hiebert getting defeated by Liberal candidate Bettie Hewes who managed to increase the Liberal vote in the district by over 5800 votes. Hewes won a stronger majority when she was re-elected to her second term in the 1989 general election. She won a landslide running for her third term winning the highest popular vote of any candidate in the 1993 general election. After the election Hewes briefly served as a leader of the opposition and of the Liberal party. She did not run for re-election in 1997 and retired at dissolution of the assembly.

Since 2015, the representative for Edmonton Goldbar has been Marlin Schmidt of the Alberta New Democratic Party.

Legislative election results

1971

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1975

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1979

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1982

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1986

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1989

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1993

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1997

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2001

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2004

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2008

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2012

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2015

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2019

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2023

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Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Gold Bar[8] Turnout 55.03%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger4,35015.59%44.84%2
  Independent Link Byfield 3,970 14.23% 40.92% 4
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown2,98610.70%30.78%1
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,895 10.37% 29.84% 9
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz2,87510.30%29.64%3
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,594 9.30% 26.74% 7
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,342 8.39% 24.14% 8
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,251 8.07% 23.20% 10
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood1,9567.01%20.16%6
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye1,6886.04%17.40%5
Total votes 27,907 100%
Total ballots 9,701 2.88 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 4,235

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

Student vote results

2004

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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[10]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
  Liberal Hugh MacDonald 477 47.23%
  NDP Keith Turnbull 214 21.19%
Progressive ConservativeManjit Dhaliwal20220.00%
Alberta AllianceDelmar Hunt898.81%
  Independent Dave Dowling 28 2.77%
Total 1,010 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 43

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeDavid Dorward%
WildroseLinda Carlson
  Liberal Josipa Petrunic %
Alberta PartyDennis O’Neill
  NDP Marlin Schmidt %
Total 100%

References

  1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 18.
  2. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  3. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  4. "Edmonton-Gold Bar Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
  5. "33 - Edmonton-Gold Bar". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  6. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  7. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  8. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

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