Edmonton-Rutherford

Edmonton-Rutherford

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

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

The district was created in the boundary redistribution of 1993 from the Edmonton-Whitemud riding in South Edmonton. The district is a swing riding and has regularly changed between Liberal and Progressive Conservative control. It was named after former Premier Alexander Rutherford who used to represent a constituency in the area when the province was first formed.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution out of Edmonton-Whitemud.

The district saw minor changes in the 2010 redistribution. It gained some land that was part of Edmonton-Whitemud on its western boundary when the boundary was moved west from 119 Street to Whitemud Creek.

Boundary history

40 Edmonton-Rutherford 2003 Boundaries[1]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Riverview, Edmonton-Strathcona and Edmonton-Mill Creek	Edmonton-Ellerslie and Edmonton-Mill Woods	Edmonton-Whitemud	Edmonton-Whitemud
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of 122 Street with Whitemud Drive; then 1. east along Whitemud Drive to Gateway Boulevard; 2. south along Gateway Boulevard to the north boundary of Sec. 28, Twp. 51, Rge. 24 W4; 3. west along the north boundary of Secs. 28 and 29, Twp. 51, Rge. 24 W4 to Blackmud Creek; 4. in a northwesterly direction along Blackmud Creek to the power line right of way as shown in Plan 1225 KS; 5. east along the power line right of way to 119 Street; 6. north along 119/122 Street to the starting point.
Note:

43 Edmonton-Rutherford 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Riverview and Edmonton-Strathcona	Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Mill Creek and Edmonton-Mill Woods	Edmonton-Whitemud	Edmonton-South West
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Rutherford[2]
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Edmonton-Whitemud 1971-1993
23rd	1993-1997		Percy Wickman	Liberal
24th	1997-2001
25th	2001-2004		Ian McClelland	Progressive Conservative
26th	2004-2008		Rick Miller	Liberal
27th	2008–2012		Fred Horne	Progressive Conservative
28th	2012-2015
29th	2015–present		Richard Feehan	New Democratic

The electoral district was created in the boundary redistribution in 1993 from Edmonton-Whitemud riding. The first election in 1993 saw Edmonton-Whitemud incumbent Percy Wickman pickup the new district for the Liberal party with a very large majority. Wickman was re-elected in a tight race in the 1997 general election. He retired at the end of his third term in 2001 due to health issues.

The 2001 general election saw former Member of Parliament Ian McClelland pickup the district for the first time for the Progressive Conservatives. He defeated Liberal candidate Rick Miller in a hotly contested race.

McClelland and Miller would face each other for the second time in the 2004 general election. This time Miller would gain significant share of the popular vote to defeat McClelland.

Miller would only last a single term in office, he ran for re-election in 2008 but was defeated in a very close race by Progressive Conservative candidate Fred Horne.

Legislature results

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[3]			Turnout 61.73%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Percy Wickman	8,583	59.76%	*
	Progressive Conservative	Brenda Platzer	4,283	29.82%
	New Democratic	Olive Dickason	969	6.75%
	Social Credit	David Wozney	398	2.77%
	Natural Law	Wade McKinley	66	0.46%	*
	Green	Myles Evely	64	0.44%	*
Total			14,363
Rejected, spoiled and declined			25
Eligible electors / Turnout			23,309	%
	Liberal pickup new district				Swing N/A

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[4]			Turnout 59.26%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Percy Wickman	6,007	46.44%	-13.32%
	Progressive Conservative	Brenda Platzer	5,078	39.26%	9.44%
	New Democratic	Will Hodgson	1,156	8.94%	2.19%
	Social Credit	David Lincoln	674	5.21%	2.44%
	Independent	Ian Zaharko	19	0.15%
Total			12,934	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			116
22,022 Eligible Electors
	Liberal hold				Swing -11.38%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[5]			Turnout 56.51%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ian McClelland	6,173	48.22%	8.96%
	Liberal	Rick Miller	5,558	43.42%	3.02%
	New Democratic	Shane Macdonald	1,071	8.36%	-0.58%
Total			12,802	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			60
22,762 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		5.99%

2004 general election

Alberta general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Rick Miller	7,221	55.06%	11.64%
	Progressive Conservative	Ian McClelland	4,173	31.82%	−16.40%
	New Democratic	George Slade	995	7.59%	−0.77%
	Alberta Alliance	Robert Ewart	516	3.93%
	Social Credit	Anita Ashmore	210	1.60%
Total			13,115
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			80
Eligible Electors / Turnout			24,096	54.82%
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		14.02%
Source: "Edmonton-Rutherford Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 15, 2010.

2008 general election

Alberta general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Horne	5,225	42.49%	10.67%
	Liberal	Rick Miller	5,167	42.02%	−13.04%
	New Democratic	Mike Butler	1,178	9.58%	1.99%
	Wildrose Alliance	John Baloun	379	3.08%	−0.85%
	Green	Kate Wyrostok	348	2.83%
Total			12,297
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			78
Eligible Electors / Turnout			29,384	42.11%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		11.86%
Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 332–335.

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Horne	6,853	42.14
	Liberal	Rick Miller	3,562	21.90
	Wildrose	Kyle McLeod	2,742	16.86
	Alberta Party	Michael Walters	1,662	10.22
	New Democratic	Melanie Samaroden	1,357	8.34
	Evergreen	David Tonner	86	0.53

2015 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Richard Feehan	11,214	63.9%
	Progressive Conservative	Chris LaBossiere	3,940	22.5%
	Wildrose	Josef Pisa	1,644	9.4%
	Liberal	Michael Chan	741	4.2%
Total			17,666

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Rutherford[6]					Turnout 63.24%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	4,171	15.68%	46.40%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,706	13.94%	41.22%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	3,116	11.72%	34.66%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,984	11.22%	33.19%	3
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,554	9.60%	28.41%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,364	8.89%	26.30%	7
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	1,987	7.47%	22.10%	6
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,976	7.43%	21.98%	10
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,955	7.35%	21.75%	8
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,782	6.70%	19.82%	5
Total Votes			26,595	100%
Total Ballots			8,990	2.96 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			3,990

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[7]
Louis St Laurent School
St. Augustine 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	Rick Miller	199	34.91%
	Progressive Conservative	Ian McClelland	159	27.89%
	NDP	George Slade	136	23.86%
	Alberta Alliance	Robert Ewart	64	11.23%
	Social Credit	Anita Ashmore	12	2.11%
Total			570	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			0

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Horne	6,853
	Wildrose	Kyle McLeod	2,742
	Liberal	Rick Miller	3,562
	Alberta Party	Michael Walters	1,662
	New Democratic	Melanie Samaroden	1,357
	Evergreen	David Tonner	86

References

1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 21.
2. "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.
3. "Edmonton-Rutherford results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
4. "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
5. "2001 Statement of Official results Edmonton-Rutherford" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
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