Edmonton-Sherwood Park (provincial electoral district)
Edmonton-Sherwood Park 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 1979 to 1986.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1979 |
| District abolished | 1986 |
| First contested | 1979 |
| Last contested | 1982 |
History
The electoral district was split in 1986 between Edmonton-Gold Bar and Sherwood Park.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton North East | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Edmonton-Ottewell electoral district from 1971-1979 | ||||
| 18th | 1979–1982 | Henry Woo | Progressive Conservative | |
| 19th | 1982–1986 | |||
| See Edmonton-Gold Bar electoral district from 1986-Present and Sherwood Park electoral district from 1986-Present |
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Election results
1979 general election
| 1979 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Henry Woo | 6,285 | 60.69% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Denholm | 1,682 | 16.24% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Oran Johnson | 1,594 | 15.39% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Stephen Lindop | 795 | 7.68% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,356 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 21 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 17,572 | 59.05% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Sherwood Park 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 | Henry Woo | 8,401 | 54.76% | -5.93% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ted Paszek | 3,462 | 22.57% | 6.32% | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | Al Oeming | 3,029 | 19.74% | – | ||||
| Reform | Al Howell | 450 | 2.93% | – | ||||
| Total | 15,342 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 16 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 20,400 | 75.28% | 16.23% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -6.13% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Sherwood Park Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
References
- "Election results for Edmonton-Sherwood Park". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. 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
| General elections | |
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| By-elections | |
| Senate nominee elections | |
| Municipal elections | |
| Referendums | |
See also: Elections in Canada | |
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