Английская Википедия:Edmonton-Whitemud

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Edmonton-Whitemud is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. In 1989, its constituents unseated the Premier of the day, Donald Getty, by voting for Liberal candidate Percy Wickman.

The district was represented by Dave Hancock who was in his fourth term as the Member of the Legislative Assembly. Hancock has also served as Minister of Justice twice, Attorney General and prior to that as Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs.

On December 15, 2006, Hancock was made Minister of Health and Wellness in Premier Ed Stelmach's cabinet. He later served as Deputy Premier under Stelmach's successor Alison Redford. Following Redford's resignation as Premier, Hancock was named as her replacement and sworn into office on March 23, 2014, meaning the Edmonton-Whitemud district was the seat of the Premier of Alberta for the second time.

Since 2015, the riding has been represented by a succession of NDP MLA's, currently Rakhi Pancholi.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the electoral districts of Strathcona Centre and Strathcona West.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the riding significantly altered. It lost all land south of Anthony Henday Drive to the new electoral district of Edmonton-South West. It also lost land along the east boundary with Edmonton-Rutherford. The old line established in 2003 ran along 119 Street. It was pushed west to run continuously along Whitemud Creek.

Boundary history

42 Edmonton-Whitemud 2003 boundaries
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Riverview	Edmonton-Ellerslie and Edmonton-Rutherford	Edmonton-McClung and Stony Plain	Leduc-Beaumont-Devon
riding map goes here		Файл:Edmonton provincial ridings - Whitemud.svg
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the left bank of the North Saskatchewan River with Whitemud Drive; then 1. south along Whitemud Drive to Fox Drive; 2. east along Fox Drive to Whitemud Creek; 3. south along Whitemud Creek to Whitemud Drive; 4. east along Whitemud Drive to 122 Street; 5. south along 122/119 Street to the power line right of way as shown in Plan 1225 KS; 6. west along the power line right of way to Blackmud Creek; 7. in a southeasterly direction along Blackmud Creek to the north boundary of Sec. 29, Twp. 51, Rge. 24 W4; 8. east along the north boundary of Secs. 29 and 28, Twp. 51, Rge. 24 W4 to Gateway Boulevard; 9. south along Gateway Boulevard to the south Edmonton city boundary; 10. west along the south city boundary to the left bank of the North Saskatchewan River; 11. generally north and northeast along the left bank of the North Saskatchewan River to the starting point.
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46 Edmonton-McClung 2010 boundaries
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-McClung and Edmonton-Riverview	Edmonton-Rutherford	Edmonton-McClung	Edmonton-South West
Файл:EdmontonWhitemud electoral district 2010.jpg		Файл:EdmontonWhitemud in Edmonton.jpg
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
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Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Whitemud
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See: Strathcona Centre 1959-1971 and Strathcona West 1959-1971
17th	1971–1975	rowspan=4 Шаблон:Canadian party colour|	Don Getty	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975–1979
19th	1979–1982	Peter Knaak
20th	1982–1985	Robert Alexander
	1985	Шаблон:Canadian party colour|	Vacant
	1985–1986	rowspan=2 Шаблон:Canadian party colour|	Don Getty	Progressive Conservative
21st	1986–1989
22nd	1989–1993	rowspan=2 Шаблон:Canadian party colour|	Percy Wickman	Liberal
23rd	1993–1997	Mike Percy
24th	1997–2001	rowspan=5 Шаблон:Canadian party colour|	Dave Hancock	Progressive Conservative
25th	2001–2004
26th	2004–2008
27th	2008–2012
28th	2012–2014
	2014	Шаблон:Canadian party colour|	Vacant
	2014–2015	Шаблон:Canadian party colour|	Stephen Mandel	Progressive Conservative
29th	2015–2019	rowspan=3 Шаблон:Canadian party colour|	Bob Turner	New Democratic
30th	2019-2023	Rakhi Pancholi
31st	2023-present

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution. The first representative was former Canadian Football League player Don Getty. Getty had previously represented the electoral district of Strathcona West. The 1971 election saw Getty easily win the new district to pick it up for the Progressive Conservatives.

Getty won a larger majority in 1975 and he retired for the first time from the legislature in 1979. His replacement was Progressive Conservative Peter Knaak, who easily held the district for a single term before leaving in 1982. Robert Alexander took over as the Progressive Conservative in 1982.

Alexander resigned November 5, 1985, so that Getty, who had just been elected as leader of the Progressive Conservatives and premier of the province, could have his seat back. Getty easily won the by-election held on December 11, 1985. Less than a year later Getty called his first election as premier. He easily won the district back along with a majority government across the province.

The 1989 general election would turn out to be one of the most memorable in Alberta political history.Шаблон:According to whom Getty was defeated in a closely contested race by Liberal candidate Percy Wickman. The result was a surprise as Getty's party had won a majority across the province. The trouble for Getty's campaign started when he skipped an all-candidates forum which Wickman had put a rubber chicken in his place. He was also criticized heavily even by his own party members for running a billion dollars in spending announcements.Шаблон:Citation needed

Wickman held the seat for one term before running in the Edmonton-Rutherford electoral district in 1993. His replacement was Liberal candidate Mike Percy, who won a comfortable margin over Dave Hancock. Percy only held the district for one term.

Hancock ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the second time in the 1997 general election. He was re-elected three more times. Hancock became interim Premier of Alberta in March 2015. The end of his tenure came in September of that year when Jim Prentice was elected as leader of the PCs and subsequently sworn in as premier. Hancock resigned from the legislature around the same time. A by-election was held in October, and the successful candidate was Stephen Mandel, whom Prentice had named as Minister for Health, despite not holding a seat in the assembly. Mandel was defeated in May 2015 by Bob Turner of the NDP.

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Whitemud					Turnout 52.60%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% votes	% ballots	Rank	Independent	Link Byfield	4,438	12.40%	37.42%	4	Michael Roth	2,724	7.61%	22.97%	7	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,712	7.58%	22.87%	9	Gary Horan	2,294	6.41%	18.96%	10	Vance Gough	2,189	6.10%	18.46%	8
Total votes			35,798	100%
Total ballots			11,860	3.02 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined			4,418

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools
Earl Buxton School
George P. Nicholson School
Riverbend Junior High
St.Mary Elementary
Vernon Barford Junior 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
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Liberal	Donna Smith	364	34.05%	NDP	Brian Fleck	218	20.39%	Independent	John Andrews	38	3.56%
Total			1,069	100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined			14

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Liberal	Rick Szostak		%	NDP	Jim Graves		%
Total				100%

External links

• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta