Edmonton-Belmont
Edmonton-Belmont 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 1993.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1971 |
| District abolished | 1993 |
| First contested | 1971 |
| Last contested | 1989 |
History
The Edmonton-Belmont electoral district was created prior to the 1971 Alberta general election from the Edmonton North East electoral district.[2]
The Edmonton-Belmont electoral district was abolished in the 1993 boundary redistribution and was combined with a small portion of Edmonton-Beverly to form Edmonton-Manning electoral district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Belmont | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Edmonton North East electoral district from 1959-1971 | ||||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | Bert Hohol | Progressive Conservative | |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | |||
| 19th | 1979–1982 | William L. Mack | ||
| 20th | 1982–1986 | Walter Richard Szwender | ||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Tom Sigurdson | New Democratic | |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | |||
| See Edmonton-Manning electoral district from 1993-Present and Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont electoral district from 1993-1997 |
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Election results
1971 general election
| 1971 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Hohol | 6,018 | 50.02% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Werner Schmidt | 4,052 | 33.68% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Gordon Wright | 1,960 | 16.29% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,030 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 96 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 16,749 | 72.40% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1975 general election
| 1975 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Hohol | 6,662 | 64.85% | 14.82% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ashley Pachal | 1,759 | 17.12% | 0.83% | ||||
| Social Credit | Victor Nakonechny | 1,164 | 11.33% | -22.35% | ||||
| Liberal | John Day | 661 | 6.43% | – | ||||
| Communist | Chris Hansen | 27 | 0.26% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,273 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 21 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 22,559 | 45.63% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 15.69% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1979 general election
| 1979 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | William L. Mack | 4,923 | 55.48% | -9.37% | ||||
| Social Credit | Ron Mix | 1,813 | 20.43% | 9.10% | ||||
| New Democratic | Haddie Jahner | 1,769 | 19.93% | 2.81% | ||||
| Liberal | Charalee Graydon | 369 | 4.16% | -2.28% | ||||
| Total | 8,874 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 18,736 | 47.36% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -6.34% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1982 general election
| 1982 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Richard Szwender | 6,579 | 54.79% | -0.68% | ||||
| New Democratic | John Younie | 3,893 | 32.42% | 12.49% | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | Dennis Peter | 986 | 8.21% | – | ||||
| Independent | Elmer Knutson | 512 | 4.26% | – | ||||
| Communist | Joan Jenkins | 37 | 0.31% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,007 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 63 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 20,341 | 59.34% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -6.34% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1986 general election
| 1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Tom Sigurdson | 4,491 | 43.01% | 10.59% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Richard Szwender | 3,160 | 30.27% | -24.53% | ||||
| Liberal | Pat Sembaliuk | 2,486 | 23.81% | – | ||||
| Representative | Bette Davies | 198 | 1.90% | – | ||||
| Heritage Party | Joe Kovacs | 67 | 0.64% | – | ||||
| Communist | David Wallis | 39 | 0.37% | 0.07% | ||||
| Total | 10,441 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 25 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 21,669 | 48.30% | – | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -4.81% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1989 general election
| 1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Tom Sigurdson | 5,319 | 40.74% | -2.27% | ||||
| Liberal | Cathy Greco | 4,644 | 35.57% | 11.76% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Richard Szwender | 3,093 | 23.69% | -6.58% | ||||
| Total | 13,056 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 23 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 22,860 | 57.21% | – | |||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -3.79% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Belmont, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in north east Edmonton
References
- "Election results for Edmonton-Belmont". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- The Election Act, RSA 1970, c. 117
Further reading
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
External links
| General elections | |
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| By-elections | |
| Senate nominee elections | |
| Municipal elections | |
| Referendums | |
See also: Elections in Canada | |
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