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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:For Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox Canada electoral district Edmonton-Centre formerly styled Edmonton Centre from 1959 to 1971 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 1959 to 2019.

History

The electoral district of Edmonton-Centre was created in the 1957 boundary redistribution that saw the ridings of Edmonton and Calgary broken up into single member electoral districts when the province reintroduced first past the post.

The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution kept the riding mostly the same as 2003 except for a realignment on the eastern boundary where it was pushed back to 104 Street instead of completely running along 97 Street like it did before the change.

Boundary history

28 Edmonton-Centre 2003 boundaries
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Calder	Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood, Edmonton-Gold Bar	Edmonton-Glenora	Edmonton-Riverview, Edmonton-Strathcona
riding map goes here		map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here	Файл:Edmonton provincial ridings - Centre.svg
Legal description from Шаблон:Cite canlaw
Starting at the intersection of 111 Avenue with the northerly extension of 121 Street; then 1. east along 111 Avenue to 97 Street; 2. southeast along 97 Street and its extension to the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River; 3. in a south westerly direction along the right bank to Groat Road Bridge; 4. northeast across Groat Road Bridge to Victoria Park Road; 5. northeasterly along Victoria Park Road to the southerly extension of 124 Street; 6. north along the extension and 124 Street to Stony Plain Road; 7. southeast along Stony Plain Road to 121 Street; 8. north along 121 Street and its northerly extension to the starting point.
Note:

31 Edmonton-Centre 2010 boundaries
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Calder	Edmonton-Gold Bar and Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood	Edmonton-Glenora	Edmonton-Riverview and Edmonton-Strathcona
Файл:EdmontonCentre electoral district 2010.jpg		Файл:EdmontonCentre in Edmonton.jpg
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
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Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Centre
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Edmonton 1921-1959
14th	1959–1963	rowspan=3 Шаблон:Canadian party colour|	Ambrose Holowach	Social Credit
15th	1963–1967
16th	1967–1971
17th	1971–1975	rowspan=4 Шаблон:Canadian party colour|	Gordon Miniely	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975–1979
19th	1979–1982	Mary LeMessurier
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989	rowspan=2 Шаблон:Canadian party colour|	William Roberts	New Democrat
22nd	1989–1993
23rd	1993–1997	rowspan=6 Шаблон:Canadian party colour|	Michael Henry	Liberal
24th	1997–2001	Laurie Blakeman
25th	2001–2004
26th	2004–2008
27th	2008–2012
28th	2012–2015
29th	2015–2019	Шаблон:Canadian party colour|	David Shepherd	New Democrat
See Edmonton-City Centre after 2019

The electoral district of Edmonton-Centre is currently the oldest continuous active provincial electoral district in the city of Edmonton. It has a long history going back to 1959 when the single transferable vote super districts of Edmonton and Calgary were abolished in favor of single member districts.

Over the years, candidates from four different parties have been elected in the district without being able to return after being defeated. From 1959 to 1986 the riding returned MLA's sitting with governing parties in Alberta while the later years past 1986 MLA's have been returned from the official opposition.

The first elected MLA was Social Credit candidate Ambrose Holowach who had previously served as a Member of Parliament sitting with the federal wing of Social Credit from 1953 to 1958. Holowach was re-elected twice more and served a ministerial portfolio as Provincial Secretary in the governments of Ernest Manning and Harry Strom from 1962 to 1971.

The 1971 election would bring great change to the province and to Edmonton-Centre. Holowach did not run for re-election and the riding was won by Progressive Conservative candidate Gordon Miniely. His party would form government for the first time that year and Miniely would serve in the Peter Lougheed cabinet until he retired from office after his second term in 1979.

Mary LeMessurier would be the third elected representative of the riding. First elected in 1979 she would also be appointed to cabinet like her two predecessors before her. She served as Minister of Culture in the Lougheed government and kept her portfolio briefly after Don Getty became Premier in 1985. She would run for re-election in 1986 but face a stunning defeat by NDP candidate William Roberts.

The NDP party would form the official opposition after electing a record size caucus in 1986. Roberts held his office for two terms before retiring in 1993. That election saw the NDP vote collapse in the district and across the province with NDP candidate Kay Hurtig finishing third place.

After the NDP defeat from opposition in 1993 and the surge of the Liberal party under Laurence Decore the district became a Liberal stronghold, with Michael Henry becoming the first MLA for his party. Henry did not run a second term in office in the 1997 election. The new Liberal candidate was Laurie Blakeman who held the district with a reduced majority.

In the 2015 Alberta General Election NDP Candidate David Shepherd was elected with 54% of the vote.

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Centre					Turnout 48.64%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% votes	% ballots	Rank	Independent	Link Byfield	3,211	15.15%	42.92%	4	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,520	11.89%	33.69%	9	Michael Roth	1,759	8.30%	23.51%	7	Vance Gough	1,515	7.15%	20.25%	8	Gary Horan	1,502	7.09%	20.08%	10
Total votes			21,192	100%
Total ballots			7,481	2.83 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined			3,395

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools
Centre High School
Oliver School
Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts

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	%	NDP	Mary Elizabeth Archer	218	37.65%	Liberal	Laurie Blakeman	152	26.25%	David Parker	103	17.79%
Total			579	100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined			10

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results

Affiliation

Candidate

Votes

%

Liberal

Laurie Blakeman

%

NDP

Nadine Bailey

%

Total

100%

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Edmonton Centre, a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada

Further reading

• Шаблон:Cite book

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta