Edmonton-Meadowlark
Edmonton-Meadowlark
Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
Edmonton Meadowlark was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1971 to 2019.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
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2010 boundaries | |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1971 |
| District abolished | 2019 |
| First contested | 1971 |
| Last contested | 2015 |
The electoral district located on the western edge of Edmonton was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the old electoral districts of Edmonton Jasper Place and Edmonton West.
The district has switched support between Progressive Conservative and Liberal candidates with regular frequency since it was created, a trend broken by the election of the New Democrat MLA Jon Carson in the 2015 general election.
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the old electoral districts of Edmonton Jasper Place and Edmonton West.[2] The 1993 redistribution would see the district go through a significant redrawing as most of the riding which was south of Whitemud Drive would be moved into the new district of Edmonton-McClung. The riding remained a rectangle shape between Whitemud and Stony Plain road with little changes made in 1996 and 2003.
The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution would see a significant change as the riding was extended well beyond Stony Plain road up to Yellowhead Trail into land that was once in Edmonton-Calder and Edmonton-Glenora.[3]
Boundary history
| 36 Edmonton-Meadowlark 2003 boundaries[4] | |||
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| Bordering districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Edmonton-Calder and Edmonton-Glenora | Edmonton-Riverview | Stony Plain and Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert | Edmonton-McClung |
| riding map goes here |  | ||
| Legal description from the Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1 | |||
| Starting at the intersection of the west Edmonton city boundary with Stony Plain Road; then 1. east along Stony Plain Road to 156 Street; 2. south along 156 Street to 95 Avenue; 3. west along 95 Avenue to 163 Street; 4. south along 163 Street to 87 Avenue; 5. east along 87 Avenue to 159 Street; 6. south along 159 Street to Whitemud Drive; 7. west along Whitemud Drive to the west Edmonton city boundary; 8. west and north along the west city boundary to the starting point. | |||
| Note: | |||
| 39 Edmonton-Meadowlark 2010 boundaries | |||
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| Bordering districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Edmonton-Calder | Edmonton-Glenora and Edmonton-Riverview | Spruce Grove-St. Albert and Stony Plain | Edmonton-McClung and Edmonton-South West |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Note: | |||
Electoral history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Meadowlark[5] | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See: Edmonton Jasper Place and Edmonton West 1963–1971 | ||||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | Gerard Amerongen | Progressive Conservative | |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | |||
| 19th | 1979–1982 | |||
| 20th | 1982–1986 | |||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Grant Mitchell | Liberal | |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | |||
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Karen Leibovici | ||
| 24th | 1997–2001 | |||
| 25th | 2001–2004 | Bob Maskell | Progressive Conservative | |
| 26th | 2004–2008 | Maurice Tougas | Liberal | |
| 27th | 2008–2010 | Raj Sherman | Progressive Conservative | |
| 2010–2011 | Independent | |||
| 2011 | Independent Liberal | |||
| 2011–2012 | Liberal | |||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | |||
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Jon Carson | New Democratic | |
| See: Edmonton-West Henday and Edmonton-McClung 2019– | ||||
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Gerard Amerongen pickup the new district for his party. He was successful after running as a candidate in various districts since the 1950s. Amerongen was elected as Speaker of the Assembly when it met for its first session after the election in 1972.
Amerongen won re-election with increasing majorities three more times in the 1975, 1979 and 1982 general elections. He ran for a fifth term in the 1986 general election but was defeated in a shocking upset by Liberal candidate Grant Mitchell. This was only the second time in Alberta history that the Speaker of the Legislature had been defeated.
Mitchell was re-elected to his second term with a large majority in the 1989 general election. He ran for re-election in the Edmonton-McClung after redistricting created the new district out of most of the old land that covered Meadowlark. The new boundaries of Meadowlark returned Liberal candidate Karen Leibovici who won her first term with a substantial majority to hold the seat for her party.
Leibovici won her second term (in a closely contested race in the 1997 general election) defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Laurie Pushor. In the 2001 general election she was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate, Bob Maskell, who won by 600 votes to pick up the district.
Maskell would only stay for a single term in office as he was defeated by Maurice Tougas in the 2004 general election. Tougas did not stand for re-election in 2008 due to frustrations with being an opposition MLA,[6] and Progressive Conservative candidate Raj Sherman picked up the open district.
Sherman was removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus after making unsubstantiated allegations against the Alberta Government regarding abuses against staff working under Alberta Health Services. He at first sat as an Independent on November 22, 2010 than on March 15, 2011 he began caucusing with the Liberal caucus as an Independent. He was elected as leader of the provincial Liberals on September 10, 2011 and became a full member of the Liberal caucus two days later. He was re-elected in the 2012 provincial election and decided to retire from politics in 2015.[7]
Like the rest of the city, Edmonton-Meadowlark swung hard to the NDP in that election, with Jon Carson easily capturing the seat.[8] The riding was abolished for the 2019 election, replaced by Edmonton-West Henday.
1971
| 1971 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gerard Amerongen | 6,371 | 56.66% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Alexander Romaniuk | 3,839 | 34.14% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Alan J. Idiens | 1,035 | 9.20% | – | ||||
| Total | 11,245 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 28 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 15,944 | 70.70% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1975
| 1975 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gerard Amerongen | 6,715 | 67.75% | 11.09% | ||||
| New Democratic | Harvey Tilden | 1,406 | 14.18% | 4.98% | ||||
| Social Credit | Russ Forsythe | 1,093 | 11.03% | -23.11% | ||||
| Liberal | Vic Yanda | 698 | 7.04% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,912 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 13 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 19,714 | 50.34% | -20.36% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 15.52% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1979
| 1979 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gerard Amerongen | 7,075 | 60.15% | -7.59% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Bell | 2,098 | 17.84% | 3.65% | ||||
| Social Credit | Russ Forsythe | 1,237 | 10.52% | -0.51% | ||||
| Liberal | Ron Charko | 904 | 7.69% | 0.64% | ||||
| Independent | C.A. Doug Ringrose | 448 | 3.81% | – | ||||
| Total | 11,762 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 36 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 23,118 | 51.03% | 0.69% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -5.62% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1982
| 1982 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gerard Amerongen | 10,817 | 58.59% | -1.56% | ||||
| New Democratic | Robert Henderson | 4,590 | 24.86% | 7.02% | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | Ai (Bud) Wilson | 1,511 | 8.18% | – | ||||
| Liberal | N.A. Chaudhary | 776 | 4.20% | -3.48% | ||||
| Independent | Wm. (Bill) Dickson | 423 | 2.29% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Andy H. Groenink | 345 | 1.87% | -8.65% | ||||
| Total | 18,462 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 46 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 29,252 | 63.27% | 12.24% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -4.29% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1986
| 1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Grant Mitchell | 4,913 | 42.59% | 38.39% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gerard Amerongen | 4,222 | 36.60% | -21.99% | ||||
| New Democratic | Muriel Stanley-Venne | 2,135 | 18.51% | -6.35% | ||||
| Representative | R. (Bob) Genis-Bell | 176 | 1.53% | – | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | Norm Kyle | 90 | 0.78% | -7.40% | ||||
| Total | 11,536 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 14 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 23,485 | 49.18% | -14.09% | |||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -13.87% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1989
| 1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Grant Mitchell | 7,877 | 55.76% | 13.17% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Joan Majeski | 4,421 | 31.29% | -5.30% | ||||
| New Democratic | William A. (Bill) Mullen | 1,829 | 12.95% | -5.56% | ||||
| Total | 14,127 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 25 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 25,251 | 56.05% | 6.86% | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | 9.24% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Karen Leibovici | 7,215 | 56.51% | 0.75% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Laurie Pushor | 3,978 | 31.16% | -0.14% | ||||
| New Democratic | William (Bill) Mullen | 1,111 | 8.70% | -4.25% | ||||
| Social Credit | Norm Case | 354 | 2.77% | – | ||||
| Natural Law | Margo Cochlan | 110 | 0.86% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,768 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 25 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 22,094 | 57.90% | 1.86% | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | 0.44% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1997
| 1997 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Karen Leibovici | 6,047 | 50.22% | -6.28% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Laurie Pushor | 4,672 | 38.80% | 7.65% | ||||
| New Democratic | Terri McNally | 831 | 6.90% | -1.80% | ||||
| Social Credit | Aaron Hinman | 435 | 3.61% | 0.84% | ||||
| Natural Law | Geoff Toane | 55 | 0.46% | -0.40% | ||||
| Total | 12,040 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 27 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 21,488 | 56.16% | -1.75% | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -6.97% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2001
| 2001 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Maskell | 6,108 | 48.62% | 9.82% | ||||
| Liberal | Karen Leibovici | 5,674 | 45.17% | -5.06% | ||||
| New Democratic | Mike Hudema | 636 | 5.06% | -1.84% | ||||
| Independent | Peggy Morton | 144 | 1.15% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,562 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 31 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 22,491 | 55.99% | -0.17% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | -3.98% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2004
| 2004 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Maurice Tougas | 4,435 | 41.26% | -3.90% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Maskell | 4,242 | 39.47% | -9.16% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lance Burns | 1,306 | 12.15% | 7.09% | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | Aaron Campbell | 446 | 4.15% | – | ||||
| Greens | Amanda Doyle | 243 | 2.26% | – | ||||
| Independent | Peggy Morton | 76 | 0.71% | -0.44% | ||||
| Total | 10,748 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 51 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 23,845 | 45.29% | -10.70% | |||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -0.83% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Meadowlark Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2008
| 2008 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Raj Sherman | 6,174 | 54.83% | 15.36% | ||||
| Liberal | Debbie Cavaliere | 3,423 | 30.40% | -10.86% | ||||
| New Democratic | Pascal Ryffel | 1,010 | 8.97% | -3.18% | ||||
| Green | Amanda Doyle | 347 | 3.08% | 0.82% | ||||
| Wildrose | Richard Guyon | 306 | 2.72% | – | ||||
| Total | 11,260 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 38 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 28,602 | 39.50% | -5.79% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | 11.32% | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
2012
| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Raj Sherman | 5,149 | 35.48 | +5.08 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Maskell | 5,031 | 34.67 | -20.16 | ||||
| Wildrose | Rick Newcombe | 2,977 | 20.52 | +17.80 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bridget Stirling | 1,092 | 7.53 | -1.44 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Neil Mather | 262 | 1.81 | – | ||||
| Total | 14,511 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 82 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 27,506 | 53.05% | 13.55% | |||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -11.81% | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
2015
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jon Carson | 9,796 | 56.96% | 49.43% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Katherine O'Neill | 3,924 | 22.82% | -11.85% | ||||
| Wildrose | Amber Maze | 1,972 | 11.47% | -9.05% | ||||
| Liberal | Dan Bildhauer | 1,507 | 8.76% | -26.72% | ||||
| Total | 17,199 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 57 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 31,865 | 54.15% | 1.10% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | 16.66% | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
2004
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Meadowlark[9] | Turnout 45.36% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 4,528 | 17.12% | 51.41% | 2 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 3,161 | 11.95% | 35.89% | 4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,100 | 11.72% | 35.20% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,929 | 11.07% | 33.25% | 3 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 2,285 | 8.64% | 25.94% | 7 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,173 | 8.21% | 24.67% | 9 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 2,114 | 7.99% | 24.00% | 10 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,107 | 7.96% | 23.92% | 8 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,104 | 7.95% | 23.89% | 6 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 1,955 | 7.39% | 22.20% | 5 | |
| Total votes | 26,456 | 100% | ||||
| Total ballots | 8,808 | 3.00 votes per ballot | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 2,008 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot
2012
2004
| Participating schools[10] |
|---|
| Aldergrove Elementary |
| Aurora Charter School |
| Centennial Elementary |
| St Thomas More School |
| H.E. Beriault School |
| St. Francis Xavier School |
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[11] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Liberal | Maurice Tougas | 363 | 33.24% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Maskell | 330 | 30.22% | |
| NDP | Lance Burns | 214 | 19.60% | |
| Green | Amanda Doyle | 131 | 12.00% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Aaron Campbell | 38 | 3.48% | |
| Independent | Peggy Morton | 16 | 1.46% | |
| Total | 1,092 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 31 | |||
2012
| 2012 Alberta student vote results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Maskell | |||
| Wildrose | Rick Newcombe | |||
| Liberal | Raj Sherman | |||
| NDP | Bridget Stirling | |||
| Total | 100% | |||
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