Edmonton-Mill Creek

Edmonton-Mill Creek

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Gene Zwozdesky Alberta PC Association
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2008

For the article on Edmonton's Mill Creek and Mill Creek Ravine, see Mill Creek Ravine.

Edmonton Mill Creek is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution from the old electoral district of Edmonton-Avonmore and a small part of Edmonton-Gold Bar. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the riding boundaries shift southwards. The 2003 south boundaries which ended at 23 Avenue were moved further south into Edmonton-Mill Woods and Edmonton-Ellerslie to end at Anthony Henday Drive. The northern boundaries of the riding were also pushed south from 92 Avenue to the Sherwood Park Freeway at its most northern point.

Boundary history

37 Edmonton-Mill Creek 2003 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Gold Bar, Edmonton-Strathcona and Sherwood Park	Strathcona	Edmonton-Strathcona	Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Mill Woods and Edmonton-Rutherford
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of Gateway Boulevard with Whyte Avenue (82 Avenue); then 1. east along Whyte Avenue (82 Avenue) to 75 Street; 2. north along 75 Street to 90 Avenue; 3. east along 90 Avenue to 50 Street; 4. north along 50 Street to 92 Avenue; 5. east along 92 Avenue to the east Edmonton city boundary; 6. south, east and south along the east city boundary to 23 Avenue; 7. west along 23 Avenue to Mill Creek; 8. in a northwesterly direction along Mill Creek to 50 Street; 9. north along 50 Street to Whitemud Drive; 10. west along Whitemud Drive to Gateway Boulevard; 11. north along Gateway Boulevard to the starting point.
Note:

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Mill Creek
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Edmonton-Avonmore 1971-1997 and Edmonton-Gold Bar 1971-1997
24th	1997-1998		Gene Zwozdesky	Liberal
	1998			Independent
	1998-2001			Progressive Conservative
25th	2001-2004
26th	2004-2008
27th	2008-present

Electoral history

The electoral district was created in 1997 largely from the old electoral district of Edmonton-Avonmore. That district had become a swing riding through the 1980's and 90's being won by candidates from three different parties. The incumbent Gene Zwozdesky had previously represented Avonmore winning his first term in office in 1993.

Zwozdesky won his first term representing Mill Creek as a Liberal candidate. A year later in 1998 he had a high profile falling out with the Liberal party and left the caucus to sit as an Independent. He joined the Progressive Conservative caucus a short time later and was re-elected under that banner in 2001.

Starting in 1999 Zwozdesky was appointed to his first portfolio as a junior minister. In total he has held six different ministerial portfolios in the governments of Ralph Klein and Ed Stelmach with his last portfolio ending in 2011.

Legislature results

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results			Turnout 56.14%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Gene Zwozdesky	6,757	51.91%	*
	Progressive Conservative	Sukhi Randhawa	3,679	28.27%	*
	NDP	Stephen Crocker	1,804	13.86%	*
	Social Credit	Christie Forget	776	5.96%	*
Total			13,016	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			18
23,216 Eligible Electors
	Liberal pickup new district				Swing N/A

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results			Turnout 55.41%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Gene Zwozdesky	8,085	55.66%	27.39%	3.75%
	Liberal	Bharat Agnihotri	4,229	29.12%	-22.79%	*
	NDP	Edwin Villania	1,893	13.03%	-0.83%	*
	Alberta First	Kyle Harvey	220	1.51%	*
	Greens	Harlan Light	97	0.68%	*
Total			14,524	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			53
26,307 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold from floor crossing				Swing 25.09%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results			Turnout 49.77%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Gene Zwozdesky	5,070	42.08%	-13.58%
	Liberal	Aman Gill	4,289	35.60%	6.48%	*
	NDP	Nathan Taylor	1,709	14.18%	1.15%	*
	Alberta Alliance	Robert Alford	523	4.34%	*
	Greens	Eric Stieglitz	386	3.20%	2.52%	*
	Independent	Cameron Johnson	72	0.60%	*
Total			12,049	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			104
24,419 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -10.03%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results			Turnout 41.87%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Gene Zwozdesky	6,857	50.79%	8.71%
	Liberal	Aman Gill	4,058	30.05%	-5.55%
	NDP	Stephen Anderson	1,822	13.49%	-0.69%	*
	Greens	Glen Argan	726	5.37%	2.17%	*
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	41	0.30%	*
Total			13,504	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			127
32,553 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 7.13%

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election			Turnout %		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Gene Zwozdesky			%	*
	Liberal	Mike Butler			%	*
	NDP	Evelinne Teichgrabber			%	*
	Wildrose				%	*
	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-Mill Creek					Turnout 49.67%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	4,223	15.38%	46.08%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,423	12.47%	37.35%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	3,065	11.17%	33.44%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	3,030	11.04%	33.06%	3
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,540	9.25%	27.71%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,500	9.11%	27.28%	7
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,380	8.67%	25.97%	6
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,216	8.07%	24.18%	10
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,212	8.06%	24.14%	8
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,861	6.78%	20.31%	5
Total Votes			27,450	100%
Total Ballots			9,165	3.00 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			2,965

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools
J. H. Picard School
W. P. Wagner 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	Nathan Taylor	374	34.44%
	Progressive Conservative	Gene Zwozdesky	351	32.32%
	Liberal	Aman Gill	129	11.88%
	Independent	Cameron Johnson	96	8.84%
	Greens	Eric Stieglitz	92	8.47%
	Alberta Alliance	Robert Alford	44	4.05%
Total			1,086	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			48

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Gene Zwozdesky		%
	Wildrose			%
	Liberal	Mike Butler		%
	Alberta Party			%
	NDP	Evelinne Teichgrabber		%
Total			'	100%

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta