Edmonton-Strathcona (provincial electoral district)

This article is about one of two modern provincial electoral districts. For other uses, see Strathcona#Canadian electoral districts.

Edmonton-Strathcona

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Rachel Notley NDP
District created	1971
First contested	1971
Last contested	2008

Edmonton-Strathcona is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It shares the same name as the federal electoral district of Edmonton—Strathcona.

The boundaries of Edmonton-Strathcona include the neighbourhoods of Garneau, Strathcona, Queen Alexandra, Pleasantview, Allendale, Empire Park, Bonnie Doon and Idylwylde, and encompases the historic district of Old Strathcona.

History

The electoral district has existed since 1971, it was created from Strathcona Centre. The boundaries have changed repeatedly.

The 2010 boundary redistribution made some changes to the boundaries. The northwestern corner of the riding had some small alterations with Edmonton-Riverview. The parcel of land that comprised the east portion of the riding to give it its distinctive ell shape was expanded from Whyte Avenue south to 63 Avenue in land that was part of Edmonton-Mill Creek the eastern border was expanded out to run on the Mill Creek Ravine with Edmonton-Gold Bar.

Boundary history

41 Edmonton-Strathcona 2003 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Gold Bar and Edmonton-Centre	Edmonton-Mill Creek and Edmonton-Mill Woods	Edmonton-Riverview	Edmonton-Rutherford
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the northerly extension of 111 Street with the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River; then 1. generally northeast along the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River to Connors Road; 2. generally southeast along Connors Road to 90 Avenue; 3. east along 90 Avenue to 75 Street; 4. south along 75 Street to Whyte Avenue (82 Avenue); 5. west along Whyte Avenue (82 Avenue) to Gateway Boulevard; 6. south along Gateway Boulevard to Whitemud Drive; 7. west along Whitemud Drive to the centre line of 111 Street; 8. north along the centre line of 111 Street to 61 Avenue; 9. east along 61 Avenue to 109 Street; 10. north along 109 Street to University Avenue; 11. northwest along University Avenue to 112 Street; 12. north along 112 Street to 87 Avenue; 13. east along 87 Avenue to 111 Street; 14. north along 111 Street and its northerly extension to the starting point.
Note:

45 Edmonton-Strathcona 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Centre and Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood	Edmonton-Gold Bar and Edmonton-Mill Creek	Edmonton-Riverview	Edmonton-Mill Woods and Edmonton-Rutherford
Riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Strathcona
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See: Strathcona Centre 1959-1971
17th	1971–1975		Julian Koziak	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975–1979
19th	1979–1982
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989		Gordon Wright	NDP
22nd	1989–1990
	1990		Vacant
	1990-1993		Barrie Chivers	NDP
23rd	1993–1997		Al Zariwny	Liberal
24th	1997–2001		Raj Pannu	NDP
25th	2001–2004
26th	2004–2008
27th	2008–present		Rachel Notley

The electoral district was created and first contested in 1971. That first election saw a hotly contested three way race as incumbent Social Credit MLA Joseph Ross who was running for his sixth term in office. He had served as MLA for the predecessor district Strathcona Centre from 1959 to 1971 and as an MLA for Edmonton from 1952 to 1959. He would be defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Julian Koziak who won just under half the popular vote in the riding as his party would go on to form its first government. NDP candidate Timothy Christian also polled a strong vote establishing a base in the riding that would grow in future elections.

Koziak would run for his second term in 1975 and face a hotly contested race against future NDP MLA Gordon Wright. Koziak grew his share of the popular vote to 54% and was appointed to the provincial cabinet by Peter Lougheed in 1975. Koziak and Wright would face each other four more times with Wright defeating Koziak in the 1986 election.

The 1986 election which saw the NDP win a record number of seats in the province would establish the riding as a stronghold for the party. Wright who had ran in the previous five provincial elections won his first term in office with well over half the popular vote. He won his second term in 1989 with a reduced majority and died a year later on October 18, 1990 leaving the seat vacant. A by-election was held in December 1990 and returned NDP candidate Barrie Chivers with a large majority.

Chivers would run for a second term in office in the 1993 election. He would be defeated by Liberal candidate Al Zariwny who won the riding with just under 40% of the popular vote. The Liberal vote that year had surged in Edmonton under Laurence Decore causing them to win every seat.

Zariwny did not stand for a second term in office in 1997 and the riding returned NDP candidate Raj Pannu by 58 votes over Liberal candidate Mary McDonald. That race was split almost three ways with Pannu winning 31% of the popular vote. Progressive Conservative candidate John Logan finished in third place just 176 votes behind Pannu.

The NDP chose Pannu to be leader of the party in 2000. He ran for a second term a year later in 2001 under the slogan Raj Against the Machine. He was re-elected with a large majority winning over half the popular vote. Pannu ceded the leadership of the NDP to Brian Mason in 2004. He ran for his second term in office winning the highest popular vote in Edmonton-Strathcona history with over 60%. Pannu retired from public life at dissolution in 2008.

The current MLA is Rachel Notley who was returned as an NDP candidate in the 2008 election with just under half the popular vote.

Legislature results

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results			Turnout 69.99%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Julian Koziak	4,541	49.97%	*
	Social Credit	Joseph Ross	2,973	32.71%	*
	NDP	Timothy Christian	1,574	17.32%	*
Total			9,088	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			46
13,051 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district				Swing N/A

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election results			Turnout 55.56%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Julian Koziak	3,996	54.44%	4.47%
	NDP	Gordon Wright	2,109	28.73%	11.41%	*
	Social Credit	Betty Horch	768	10.46%	-22.25%	*
	Liberal	Arthur Yates	415	5.65%	*
	Communist	Kimball Cariou	28	0.38%	*
	Constitutional Socialist	Harry Garfinkle	24	0.34%	*
Total			7,340	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			31
13,268 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 7.94%

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results			Turnout 67.57%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Julian Koziak	5,464	44.99%	-9.45%
	NDP	Gordon Wright	4,808	39.59%	10.86%
	Social Credit	E.J.C. Charman	927	7.63%	-2.83%	*
	Liberal	George Walton	739	6.09%	0.44%	*
	Independent Progressive Conservative	Gerry Ball	155	1.28%	*
	Communist	Joseph Hill	52	0.42%	0.04%	*
Total			12,145	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			14
17,995 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -10.16%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results			Turnout 73.63%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Julian Koziak	7,105	47.90%	2.91%
	NDP	Gordon Wright	6,643	44.78%	5.19%
	Western Canada Concept	Randy Coombes	743	5.01%	*
	Alberta Reform Movement	Murray Scambler	279	1.88%	*
	Communist	Joseph Hill	64	0.43%	0.01%
Total			14,834	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			51
20,216 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 4.05%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results			Turnout 57.28%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	NDP	Gordon Wright	6,443	54.15%	9.37%
	Progressive Conservative	Julian Koziak	4,467	37.54%	-10.36%
	Liberal	Peter Schneider	788	6.62%	*
	Representative	Shane Venner	102	0.86%	*
	Western Canada Concept	Dexter Dombro	72	0.61%	-4.40%	*
	Communist	Robin Boodle	26	0.22%	-0.21%	*
Total			11,898	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			25
20,815 Eligible Electors
	NDP pickup from Progressive Conservative				Swing 9.87%

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results			Turnout Unknown		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	NDP	Gordon Wright	6,696	45.68%	-8.47%
	Liberal	Philip Lister	4,237	28.91%	22.29%	*
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Scott	3,724	25.41%	-12.13%	*
Total			14,657	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			Unknown
21,696 Eligible Electors
	NDP hold				Swing -15.38%

1990 by-election

December 17, 1990 by-election results			Turnout 48.51%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	NDP	Barrie Chivers	4,927	52.76%	7.08%	*
	Liberal	Nadene Thomas	2,252	24.11%	-1.82%	*
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Young	1,512	16.19%	-9.22%	*
	Greens	Betty Paschen	424	4.54%	*
	Social Credit	Robert Alford	224	2.40%	*
Total			9,339	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			24
19,252 Eligible Electors
	NDP hold				Swing 4.45%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results			Turnout 63.02%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Al Zariwny	6,542	39.41%	15.30%	*
	NDP	Barrie Chivers	5,121	30.85%	-21.91%
	Progressive Conservatives	Don Grimble	4,071	24.52%	8.33%	*
	Social Credit	Patrick Ellis	460	2.77%	0.37%	*
	Greens	Betty Paschen	253	1.52%	-3.02%
	Natural Law	Benjamin Toane	108	0.65%	*
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	47	0.28%	*
Total			16,602	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			60
26,440 Eligible Electors
	Liberal pickup from NDP				Swing 18.61%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results			Turnout 56.34%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	NDP	Raj Pannu	4,272	31.84%	0.99%	*
	Liberal	Mary MacDonald	4,214	31.41%	-8.00%	*
	Progressive Conservatives	John Logan	4,096	30.53%	6.01%	*
	Social Credit	John Forget	552	4.11%	1.34%	*
	Greens	Myles Kitagawa	236	1.76%	0.24%	*
	Natural Law	Eshwar Jagdeo	47	0.35%	-0.30%	*
Total			13,417	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			41
23,886 Eligible Electors
	NDP pickup from Liberal				Swing 4.50%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results			Turnout 56.95%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	NDP	Raj Pannu	6,998	50.61%	18.77%
	Progressive Conservatives	John Logan	4,749	34.35%	3.82%
	Liberal	Jim Jacuta	1,944	14.06%	-17.35%	*
	Alberta First	James Lakinn	136	0.98%	*
Total			13,827	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			57
24,381 Eligible Electors
	NDP hold				Swing 11.30%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results			Turnout 49.91%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	NDP	Raj Pannu	7,463	60.66%	10.05%
	Progressive Conservatives	Shannon Stubbs	2,266	18.42%	-15.93%	*
	Liberal	Stephen Leard	1,854	15.07%	1.01%	*
	Greens	Adrian Cole	288	2.34%	*
	Alberta Alliance	Jeremy Burns	273	2.21%	*
	Social Credit	Kelly Graham	160	1.30%	*
Total			12,304	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			89
24,830 Eligible Electors
	NDP hold				Swing 12.99%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results			Turnout 35.25%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	NDP	Rachel Notley	5,862	49.32%	-11.34%	*
	Progressive Conservatives	T.J. Keil	3,031	25.50%	7.08%	*
	Liberal	Tim Vant	2,452	20.63%	5.56%	*
	Greens	Adrian Cole	540	4.55%	2.21%
Total			11,885	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			79
24,830 Eligible Electors
	NDP hold				Swing -9.21%

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election			Turnout %		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Emerson Mayers			%	*
	Liberal				%	*
	NDP	Rachel Notley			%	*
	Wildrose	Meagen LeFave			%	*
	Alberta Party			%	%	*
Total			'	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			'
Eligible Electors
					Swing %

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Strathcona					Turnout 49.41%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,780	16.52%	47.76%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,381	14.77%	42.72%	2
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	3,221	14.07%	40.70%	9
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	2,123	9.28%	26.83%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,084	9.11%	26.33%	3
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,924	8.41%	24.31%	7
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	1,667	7.28%	%	6
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,663	7.27%	21.06%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,627	7.11%	20.56%	10
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,418	6.18%	17.92%	5
Total Votes			22,888	100%
Total Ballots			7,914	2.89 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			4,335

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools
Strathcona 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	%
	NDP	Raj Pannu	350	37.35%
	Liberal	Stephen Leard	279	29.78%
	Progressive Conservatives	Shannon Stubbs	177	18.89%
	Greens	Adrian Cole	73	7.79%
	Alberta Alliance	Jeremy Burns	37	3.95%
	Social Credit	Kelly Graham	21	2.24%
Total			937	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Emerson Mayers		%
	Wildrose	Meagen LeFave		%
	Liberal			%
	Alberta Party			%
	NDP	Rachel Notley		%
Total			'	100%

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
• Rachel Notley's website