Edmonton-Parkallen
Edmonton-Parkallen 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 | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1971 |
| District abolished | 1993 |
| First contested | 1971 |
| Last contested | 1989 |
History
The Edmonton-Parkallen electoral district was formed in the 1970 boundary redistribution from Strathcona West and a small portion of Strathcona Centre.
The Edmonton-Kingsway electoral district was abolished in the 1993 boundary redistribution with portions going into the already existing Edmonton-Strathcona and Edmonton-Whitemud electoral districts, and a portion going to the newly formed Edmonton-Rutherford electoral district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Parkallen | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Strathcona West electoral district from 1959-1971 and Strathcona Centre electoral district from 1959-1971 |
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| 17th | 1971–1975 | Neil Stanley Crawford | Progressive Conservative | |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | |||
| 19th | 1979–1982 | |||
| 20th | 1982–1986 | |||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | |||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Doug Main | ||
| See Edmonton-Strathcona electoral district from 1971-Present, Edmonton-Rutherford electoral district from 1993-Present and Edmonton-Whitemud electoral district from 1971-Present |
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Election results
1971 general election
| 1971 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Neil Stanley Crawford | 5,300 | 49.50% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Gordon V. Rasmussen | 3,875 | 36.19% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Hart Horn | 1,311 | 12.24% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Vic Yanda | 221 | 2.06% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,707 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 104 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 14,815 | 72.97% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen 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 | Neil Stanley Crawford | 4,810 | 62.30% | 12.80% | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian Fish | 1,546 | 20.02% | 7.78% | ||||
| Social Credit | Glen Carlson | 904 | 11.71% | -24.48% | ||||
| Liberal | Brian Erickson | 461 | 5.97% | 3.91% | ||||
| Total | 7,721 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 15 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 19,583 | 39.50% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 14.48% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen 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 | Neil Stanley Crawford | 6,457 | 50.58% | -11.72% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Russell | 4,102 | 32.13% | 12.11% | ||||
| Social Credit | Morley MacCalder | 1,483 | 11.62% | -0.09% | ||||
| Liberal | Phillip Lister | 724 | 5.67% | -0.30% | ||||
| Total | 12,766 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 19,583 | 65.19% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -11.91% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen 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 | Neil Stanley Crawford | 8229 | 55.37% | 4.79% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Russell | 5,771 | 38.83% | 6.70% | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | Merv Gray | 823 | 5.54% | – | ||||
| Communist | Chris Frazer | 39 | 0.26% | – | ||||
| Total | 14,862 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 19 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 20,154 | 73.84% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -0.95% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1986 general election
| 1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Neil Stanley Crawford | 5,612 | 44.49% | -10.88% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Russell | 5,310 | 42.09% | 3.26% | ||||
| Liberal | Jerry Paschen | 1,100 | 8.72% | – | ||||
| Representative | James Carson | 593 | 4.70% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,615 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 16 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 23,675 | 53.35% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -7.07% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1989 general election
| 1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Doug Main | 6,169 | 40.19% | -4.30% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Selby | 4,979 | 32.43% | -9.66% | ||||
| Liberal | Nadene Thomas | 4,203 | 27.38% | 18.66% | ||||
| Total | 15,351 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 48 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 24,312 | 63.34% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 2.68% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
References
- "Election results for Edmonton-Parkallen". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
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
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See also: Elections in Canada | |
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