Edmonton-Mill Creek

For the article on Edmonton's Mill Creek and Mill Creek Ravine, see Mill Creek Ravine.
Edmonton-Mill Creek
Alberta electoral district

2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 

Denise Woollard
New Democratic

District created 1996
First contested 1997
Last contested 2015

Edmonton Mill Creek is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution from the old electoral district of Edmonton-Avonmore and a small part of Edmonton-Gold Bar. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the riding boundaries shift southwards. The 2003 south boundaries which ended at 23 Avenue were moved further south into Edmonton-Mill Woods and Edmonton-Ellerslie to end at Anthony Henday Drive. The northern boundaries of the riding were also pushed south from 92 Avenue to the Sherwood Park Freeway at its most northern point.

Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Mill Creek
Assembly Years Member Party
See Edmonton-Avonmore 1971-1997 and Edmonton-Gold Bar 1971-1997
24th 1997-1998 Gene Zwozdesky Liberal
1998 Independent
1998-2001 Progressive Conservative
25th 2001-2004
26th 2004-2008
27th 2008–2015
29th 2015–present Denise Woollard New Democratic

Electoral history

The electoral district was created in 1997 largely from the old electoral district of Edmonton-Avonmore. That district had become a swing riding through the 1980s and 90s being won by candidates from three different parties. The incumbent Gene Zwozdesky had previously represented Avonmore winning his first term in office in 1993.

Zwozdesky won his first term representing Mill Creek as a Liberal candidate. A year later in 1998 he had a high profile falling out with the Liberal party and left the caucus to sit as an Independent. He joined the Progressive Conservative caucus a short time later and was re-elected under that banner in 2001.

Starting in 1999 Zwozdesky was appointed to his first portfolio as a junior minister. In total he has held six different ministerial portfolios in the governments of Ralph Klein and Ed Stelmach with his last portfolio ending in 2011.

Legislature results

1997 general election

Alberta general election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalGene Zwozdesky 6,757 51.91%
Progressive ConservativeSukhi Randhawa 3,679 28.27%
New DemocraticStephen Crocker 1,804 13.86%
Social CreditChristie Forget 776 5.96%
Total 13,016
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18
Eligible electors / Turnout 23,216 56.14%
Source: "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2012. 

2001 general election

Alberta general election, 2001
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeGene Zwozdesky 8,085 55.66% 27.39%
LiberalBharat Agnihotri 4,229 29.12% −22.79%
New DemocraticEdwin Villania 1,893 13.03% −0.83%
Alberta FirstKyle Harvey 220 1.51%
GreenHarlan Light 97 0.68%
Total 14,524
Rejected, spoiled and declined 53
Eligible electors / Turnout 26,307 55.41%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 25.09%
Source: "Grande Prairie-Wapiti Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010. 

2004 general election

Alberta general election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeGene Zwozdesky 5,070 42.08% -13.58%
LiberalAman Gill 4,289 35.60% 6.48%
New DemocraticNathan Taylor 1,709 14.18% 1.15%
Alberta AllianceRobert Alford 523 4.34%
GreenEric Stieglitz 386 3.20% 2.52%
IndependentCameron Johnson 72 0.60%
Total 12,049
Rejected, spoiled and declined 104
Eligible Electors / Turnout 24,41949.77%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -10.03%
Source: "Edmonton-Mill Creek Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 28, 2012. 

2008 general election

Alberta general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeGene Zwozdesky 6,857 50.79% 8.71%
LiberalAman Gill 4,058 30.05% -5.55%
New DemocraticStephen Anderson 1,822 13.49% -0.69%
GreenGlen Argan 726 5.37% 2.17%
CommunistNaomi Rankin 41 0.30%
Total 13,504
Rejected, spoiled and declined 127
Eligible electors / Turnout 32,55341.87%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 7.13%
Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 320–323. 

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeGene Zwozdesky 6,633 55.07%
WildroseAdam Corsaut 2,193 18.21%
LiberalMike Butler 1,640 13.62%
New DemocraticEvelinne Teichgrabber 1,336 11.09%
Alberta PartyJudy Wilson 198 1.64%
CommunistNaomi Rankin 44 0.37%
Total 12,044
Source: http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtResultsPGE.htm

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticDenise Woollard 9,023 55.9%
Progressive ConservativeGene Zwozdesky 3,849 23.8%
LiberalHarpreet Gill 1,916 11.9%
WildroseSaqib Raja 1,366 8.5%
Total

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Mill Creek[2] Turnout 49.67%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger 4,223 15.38% 46.08% 2
     Independent Link Byfield 3,423 12.47% 37.35% 4
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown 3,065 11.17% 33.44% 1
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz 3,030 11.04% 33.06% 3
     Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,540 9.25% 27.71% 9
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,500 9.11% 27.28% 7
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood 2,380 8.67% 25.97% 6
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,216 8.07% 24.18% 10
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,212 8.06% 24.14% 8
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye 1,861 6.78% 20.31% 5
Total Votes 27,450 100%
Total Ballots 9,165 3.00 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 2,965

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[3]
J. H. Picard School
W. P. Wagner 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[4]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     NDP Nathan Taylor 374 34.44%
Progressive ConservativeGene Zwozdesky 351 32.32%
     Liberal Aman Gill 129 11.88%
     Independent Cameron Johnson 96 8.84%
Green Eric Stieglitz 92 8.47%
Alberta AllianceRobert Alford 44 4.05%
Total 1,086 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 48

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeGene Zwozdesky
WildroseAdam Corsaut
     Liberal Mike Butler
Alberta PartyJudy Wilson
     NDP Evelinne Teichgrabber
CommunistNaomi Rankin
Total 12,044 100%

References

  1. ↑ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 20.
  2. ↑ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  3. ↑ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  4. ↑ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

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