Edmonton-Ellerslie

Edmonton-Ellerslie

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Rod Loyola New Democratic
District created	1993
First contested	1993
Last contested	2015

Edmonton-Ellerslie is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly.

History

The electoral district was created in 1993 from Edmonton-Mill Woods. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the riding shrink on its north boundary to Anthony Henday Drive from roughly 34 Avenue losing some land to Mill Woods and Edmonton-Mill Creek.

Boundary history

30 Edmonton-Decore 2003 Boundaries[1]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Mill Creek and Edmonton-Mill Woods	Strathcona	Edmonton-Rutherford and Edmonton-Whitemud	Leduc-Beaumont-Devon
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of Gateway Boulevard with 34 Avenue; then 1. east along 34 Avenue to 91 Street; 2. south along 91 Street to 28 Avenue; 3. east along 28 Avenue to 50 Street; 4. south along 50 Street to 23 Avenue; 5. east along 23 Avenue to the east Edmonton city boundary; 6. south and west along the east city boundary to Gateway Boulevard; 7. northeast along Gateway Boulevard to the starting point.
Note:

33 Edmonton-Ellerslie 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Mill Creek and Edmonton-Mill Woods	Strathcona-Sherwood Park	Edmonton-Rutherford and Edmonton-South West	Leduc-Beaumont
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Ellerslie
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Edmonton-Mill Woods 1979-1993
23rd	1993–1997		Debby Carlson	Liberal
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004
	2004		Vacant
26th	2004–2008		Bharat Agnihotri	Liberal
27th	2008–2012		Naresh Bhardwaj	Progressive Conservative
28th	2012-2015
29th	2015–present		Rod Loyola	New Democrat

The electoral district was created in 1993 from Edmonton-Mill Woods. The first election held that year saw incumbent NDP MLA Gerry Gibeault switch from that district to run in Ellerslie. A wave of support for the Alberta Liberals rolled across Edmonton causing Liberal candidate Debby Carlson to win the riding with over half the popular vote. Gibeault was defeated finishing a distant second place.

Carlson ran for a second term in 1997. She increased her popular support to take the district easily with almost 57% of the popular vote. The 2001 election would prove to be a very tight race as Carlson would barely hang on to win her third term in office. She defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Sukhi Randhawa by less than 300 votes.

On May 28, 2004 Carlson vacated her seat to run in the 2004 federal election in the Edmonton—Strathcona district. Her replacement elected in the provincial election that year would be Liberal candidate Bharat Agnihotri. He would win by a razor thin plurality of 200 votes taking just under 34% of the popular vote.

The Progressive Conservatives would win the riding in the 2008 election as candidate Naresh Bhardwaj defeated Agnihotri taking almost 42% of the popular vote.

Legislature results

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[2]			Turnout 59.00%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Debby Carlson	5,466	53.58%	*
	New Democratic	Gerry Gibeault	2,144	21.01%
	Progressive Conservative	Bas Roopnarine	2,116	20.74%
	Social Credit	Ken Way	398	3.90%
	Natural Law	Rhonda Day	79	0.77%	*
Total			10,203
Rejected, spoiled and declined			15
Eligible electors / Turnout			17,320	%
	Liberal pickup new district				Swing N/A

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[3]			Turnout 55.63%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Debby Carlson	5,752	56.69%	3.11%
	Progressive Conservative	Jasbeer Singh	2,641	26.03%	5.29%
	New Democratic	Henry Johns	913	9.00%	-12.01%
	Social Credit	Ken Way	840	8.28%	4.38%
Total			10,146
Rejected, spoiled and declined			28
Eligible electors / Turnout			18,290	%
	Liberal hold				Swing 4.20%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[4]			Turnout 52.32%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Debby Carlson	4,481	44.86%	-11.83
	Progressive Conservative	Sukhi Randhawa	4,209	42.14%	16.11%
	New Democratic	Deborah Morrison	1,299	13.00%	4.00%
Total			9,989
Rejected, spoiled and declined			61
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,210	%
	Liberal hold				Swing -13.97%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[5]			Turnout 43.53%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Bharat Agnihotri	3,446	33.80%	-11.06%
	Progressive Conservative	Gurnam Dodd	3,245	31.83%	-10.31%
	New Democratic	Marilyn Assheton-Smith	2,258	22.15%	9.15%
	Alberta Alliance	Eleanor Maroes	1,009	9.90%
	Social Credit	Amelia Maciejewski	238	2.32%
Total			10,196	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			62
23,563 Eligible Electors
	Liberal hold				Swing -10.69%

2008 general election

Alberta general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Naresh Bhardwaj	4,581	41.90%	10.07%
	Liberal	Bharat Agnihotri	3,592	32.86%	−0.94%
	New Democratic	Marilyn Assheton-Smith	1,891	17.30%	−4.85%
	Wildrose Alliance	Krista Leddy	471	4.31%	−5.59%
	Green	Paul Boos	335	3.06%
	Social Credit	Cheryl Ullah	62	0.57%	−1.75%
Total			10,932
Rejected, spoiled and declined			81
Eligible electors / Turnout			31,317	35.17%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		5.51%
Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 290–293.

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Naresh Bhardwaj	5,682	42.99
	Wildrose	Jackie Lovely	3,249	24.58
	New Democratic	Rod Loyola	2,115	16.00
	Liberal	Jennifer Ketsa	1,512	11.44
	Alberta Party	Chinwe Okelu	523	3.96
	Independent	Athena Bernal-Born	137	1.04

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Rod Loyola	11,023	61.5
	Progressive Conservative	Harman Kandola	3,542	19.8
	Wildrose	Jackie Lovely	2,496	13.9
	Liberal	Mike McGowan	849	4.7

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Ellerslie[6]					Turnout 43.51%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,949	14.08%	45.67%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,314	11.82%	38.33%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	3,122	11.13%	36.11%	1
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,901	10.35%	33.55%	7
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,899	10.34%	33.53%	3
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,574	9.18%	29.77%	8
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,531	9.03%	29.27%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,524	9.00%	29.19%	10
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,356	8.40%	27.25%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,874	6.67%	21.67%	5
Total Votes			28,044	100%
Total Ballots			8,647	3.24 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,688

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[7]
Holy Trinity Catholic High School
J. Percy Page High 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[8]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bharat Agnihotri	321	35.99%
	Progressive Conservative	Gurnam Dodd	309	34.64%
	NDP	Marilyn Assheton-Smith	142	15.92%
	Alberta Alliance	Eleanor Maroes	67	7.51%
	Social Credit	Amelia Maciejewski	53	5.94%
Total			892	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			24

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Naresh Bhardwaj
	Wildrose	Jackie Lovely
	Liberal	Jennifer Ketsa		%
	Alberta Party	Chinwe Okelu
	NDP	Rod Loyola		%
Total			'	100%

References

1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 17.
2. "Edmonton-Ellerslie results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
3. "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
4. "Edmonton-Ellerslie Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
5. "Edmonton-Ellerslie Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
6. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
7. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
8. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
• CBC's election coverage