Edmonton-Ellerslie

Edmonton-Ellerslie is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly.

For the Edmonton neighborhood of Ellerslie, see Ellerslie, Edmonton.
Edmonton-Ellerslie
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-Ellerslie within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Rod Loyola
New Democratic
District created1993
First contested1993
Last contested2019

History

The electoral district was created in 1993 from Edmonton-Mill Woods. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the riding shrink on its north boundary to Anthony Henday Drive from roughly 34 Avenue losing some land to Mill Woods and Edmonton-Mill Creek.

Boundary history

Electoral history
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Ellerslie
Assembly Years Member Party
See Edmonton-Mill Woods 1979-1993
23rd 1993–1997 Debby Carlson Liberal
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004
2004 Vacant
26th 2004–2008 Bharat Agnihotri Liberal
27th 2008–2012 Naresh Bhardwaj Progressive
Conservative
28th 2012-2015
29th 2015–2019 Rod Loyola New Democrat
30th 2019-

The electoral district was created in 1993 from Edmonton-Mill Woods. The first election held that year saw incumbent NDP MLA Gerry Gibeault switch from that district to run in Ellerslie. A wave of support for the Alberta Liberals rolled across Edmonton causing Liberal candidate Debby Carlson to win the riding with over half the popular vote. Gibeault was defeated finishing a distant second place.

Carlson ran for a second term in 1997. She increased her popular support to take the district easily with almost 57% of the popular vote. The 2001 election would prove to be a very tight race as Carlson would barely hang on to win her third term in office. She defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Sukhi Randhawa by less than 300 votes.

On May 28, 2004 Carlson vacated her seat to run in the 2004 federal election in the Edmonton—Strathcona district. Her replacement elected in the provincial election that year would be Liberal candidate Bharat Agnihotri. He would win by a razor thin plurality of 200 votes taking just under 34% of the popular vote.

The Progressive Conservatives would win the riding in the 2008 election as candidate Naresh Bhardwaj defeated Agnihotri taking almost 42% of the popular vote.

Legislature results

1993 general election
1993 Alberta general election results[2] Turnout 59.00%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
LiberalDebby Carlson5,46653.58%
New DemocraticGerry Gibeault2,14421.01%
Progressive ConservativeBas Roopnarine2,11620.74%
Social CreditKen Way3983.90%
Natural LawRhonda Day790.77%
Total 10,203
Rejected, spoiled and declined 15
Eligible electors / Turnout 17,320 %
  Liberal pickup new district

1997 general election
1997 Alberta general election results[3] Turnout 55.63% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
  Liberal Debby Carlson 5,752 56.69% 3.11%
Progressive ConservativeJasbeer Singh2,64126.03%5.29%
New DemocraticHenry Johns9139.00%-12.01%
Social CreditKen Way8408.28%4.38%
Total 10,146
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28
Eligible electors / Turnout 18,290 %
  Liberal hold Swing 4.20%

2001 general election
2001 Alberta general election results[4] Turnout 52.32% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
  Liberal Debby Carlson 4,481 44.86% -11.83
Progressive ConservativeSukhi Randhawa4,20942.14%16.11%
New DemocraticDeborah Morrison1,29913.00%4.00%
Total 9,989
Rejected, spoiled and declined 61
Eligible electors / Turnout 19,210 %
  Liberal hold Swing -13.97%

2004 general election
2004 Alberta general election results[5] Turnout 43.53% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
LiberalBharat Agnihotri3,44633.80%-11.06%
Progressive ConservativeGurnam Dodd3,24531.83%-10.31%
New DemocraticMarilyn Assheton-Smith2,25822.15%9.15%
Alberta AllianceEleanor Maroes1,0099.90%
Social CreditAmelia Maciejewski2382.32%
Total 10,196 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 62
23,563 Eligible Electors
  Liberal hold Swing -10.69%

2008 general election
2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeNaresh Bhardwaj4,58141.90%10.07%
LiberalBharat Agnihotri3,59232.86%−0.94%
New DemocraticMarilyn Assheton-Smith1,89117.30%−4.85%
Wildrose AllianceKrista Leddy4714.31%−5.59%
GreenPaul Boos3353.06%
Social CreditCheryl Ullah620.57%−1.75%
Total 10,932
Rejected, spoiled and declined 81
Eligible electors / Turnout 31,31735.17%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 5.51%
Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 290–293.

2012 general election
2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeNaresh Bhardwaj5,67742.97+1.07
WildroseJackie Lovely3,25824.66+20.35
New DemocraticRod Loyola2,11416.00-1.30
LiberalJennifer Ketsa1,50411.38-21.48
Alberta PartyChinwe Okelu5233.96
IndependentAthena Bernal-Born1371.04
Total valid votes 13,21398.83
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 1571.17
Turnout 13,37050.04+14.87
Registered electors 26,721
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.64
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Edmonton-Ellerslie". Retrieved August 29, 2018.

2015 general election
2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticRod Loyola11,03461.57+45.57
Progressive ConservativeHarman Kandola3,54919.80-23.17
WildroseJackie Lovely2,49913.94-10.72
LiberalMike McGowan8394.68-6.70
Total valid votes 17,92199.30
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 1270.70
Turnout 18,04852.67+2.63
Registered electors 34,266
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +34.37
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral division results:Edmonton-Ellerslie". Retrieved August 29, 2018.

2019 general election
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticRod Loyola9,71750.9%-10.67%
United ConservativeSanjay Patel7,23037.9%+4.16%
Alberta PartyHazelyn Williams1,2736.7%--
LiberalMike McGowan3902.0%-2.68%
 Alberta AdvantageYash Sharma2631.4%--
 IndependenceBrian S. Lockyer1991.0%--
Total valid votes 19,072
Rejected, spoiled and declined 886114
Registered electors 30,945
Turnout 62.0%
New Democratic hold Swing {{{3}}}
Source: Elections Alberta[6]

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results
2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Ellerslie[7] Turnout 43.51%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger3,94914.08%45.67%2
  Independent Link Byfield 3,314 11.82% 38.33% 4
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown3,12211.13%36.11%1
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,901 10.35% 33.55% 7
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz2,89910.34%33.53%3
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,574 9.18% 29.77% 8
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,531 9.03% 29.27% 9
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,524 9.00% 29.19% 10
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood2,3568.40%27.25%6
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye1,8746.67%21.67%5
Total Votes 28,044 100%
Total Ballots 8,647 3.24 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1,688

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election
Participating Schools[8]
Holy Trinity Catholic High School
J. Percy Page 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[9]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
  Liberal Bharat Agnihotri 321 35.99%
Progressive ConservativeGurnam Dodd30934.64%
  NDP Marilyn Assheton-Smith 142 15.92%
Alberta AllianceEleanor Maroes677.51%
Social CreditAmelia Maciejewski535.94%
Total 892 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 24

2012 election
2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeNaresh Bhardwaj
WildroseJackie Lovely
  Liberal Jennifer Ketsa %
Alberta PartyChinwe Okelu
  NDP Rod Loyola %
Total 100%

References
  1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 17.
  2. "Edmonton-Ellerslie results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
  3. "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  4. "Edmonton-Ellerslie Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
  5. "Edmonton-Ellerslie Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  6. "2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  7. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  8. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  9. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

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