Edmonton-Mill Woods (provincial electoral district)

For the Mill Woods area of Edmonton, see Mill Woods. For the federal electoral district, see Edmonton Mill Woods.

Edmonton-Mill Woods

Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-Mill Woods within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Christina Gray New Democratic
District created	1979
First contested	1979
Last contested	2019

Edmonton-Mill Woods is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 current electoral districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

This urban district is located in south central Edmonton was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Avonmore. The electoral district since its creation has been a swing riding controlled by the Progressive Conservatives, New Democrats and Liberals. The current representative is New Democrat Christina Gray who was first elected in 2015, and re-elected in 2019.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Avonmore.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw some changes made to the riding. The south boundary was pushed southward from 23 Avenue east of Mill Woods Drive to Anthony Henday Drive in land that used to be part of Edmonton-Ellerslie. The east boundary was changed to cede land south of Mill Creek to Edmonton-Mill Creek.

Boundary history

38 Edmonton-Mill Woods 2003 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Mill Creek	Edmonton-Mill Creek	Edmonton-Strathcona and Edmonton-Rutherford	Edmonton-Ellerslie
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of Gateway Boulevard with Whitemud Drive; then 1. east along Whitemud Drive to 50 Street; 2. south along 50 Street to Mill Creek; 3. in a southeasterly direction along Mill Creek to 23 Avenue; 4. west along 23 Avenue to 50 Street; 5. north along 50 Street to 28 Avenue; 6. west along 28 Avenue to 91 Street; 7. north along 91 Street to 34 Avenue; 8. west along 34 Avenue to Gateway Boulevard; 9. north along Gateway Boulevard to the starting point.
Note:

41 Edmonton-Mill Woods 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Mill Creek	Edmonton-Mill Creek	Edmonton-Rutherford, Edmonton-South West and Edmonton-Strathcona	Edmonton-Ellerslie
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Mill Woods
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See: Edmonton-Avonmore 1971-1979
19th	1979–1982		Milt Pahl	Progressive Conservative
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989		Gerry Gibeault	New Democrat
22nd	1989–1993
23rd	1993–1997		Don Massey	Liberal
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004
26th	2004–2008		Weslyn Mather
27th	2008–2012		Carl Benito	Progressive Conservative
28th	2012–2015		Sohail Quadri
29th	2015–2019		Christina Gray	New Democrat
30th	2019-

The electoral district was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Milt Pahl won a large majority to pick up the new seat for his party. He won a second term in the 1982 general election. He more than doubled his popular vote but faced a strong challenge from NDP candidate Gerry Gibeault and ended up decreasing his overall percentage.

Premier Peter Lougheed would appoint Pahl to the provincial cabinet as a Minister without Portfolio. He held that going into the 1986 general election while attempting to run for his third term in office. The election that year saw a rematch between Gibeault and Pahl.

The race in 1986 was very close with Gibeault winning by less than 100 votes to pick up the seat for the New Democrats. He won a higher popular vote running for a second term in the 1989 general election but his overall percent was reduced. He moved to the Edmonton-Ellerslie electoral district to run for election in 1993 and was defeated.

Liberal candidate Don Massey won the district in the 1993 election to pick it up for his party. He was re-elected with a smaller majority in the 1997 election and just barely held onto the district in the 2001 general election as he face a strong challenge from future Progressive Conservative MLA Carl Benito.

Massey briefly became leader of the provincial Liberals in 2004. He decided not to run again for office and retired at dissolution of the assembly later that year. His replacement in the legislature was Liberal candidate Weslyn Mather who won the district with just under half the popular vote in the 2004 election.

Mather was defeated by Carl Benito in the 2008 election who managed to win the seat for the Progressive Conservatives for the first time in 22 years.

Legislature results

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results			Turnout 55.34%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Milt Pahl	4,299	57.99%
	New Democratic	Les Owre	1,552	20.94%
	Liberal	Rose MacPherson	989	13.34%	*
	Social Credit	Rudy Rodriques	573	7.73%
Total			7,413
Rejected, spoiled and declined			242
Eligible electors / Turnout			13,834	%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results			Turnout 61.14%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Milt Pahl	10,095	55.87%	-2.12%
	New Democratic	Gerry Gibeault	5,159	28.56%	7.62%
	Western Canada Concept	Dave Fletcher	1,894	10.48%	*
	Liberal	Winston Mohabir	590	3.27%	-10.27%
	Social Credit	Terry Juba	329	1.82%	-5.91%
Total			18,067
Rejected, spoiled and declined			39
Eligible electors / Turnout			29,614	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.87%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Mill Woods
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gerry Gibeault	4,103	42.99%	14.43%
	Progressive Conservative	Milt Pahl	4,004	41.95%	-13.92%
	Liberal	Phil Lister	861	9.02%	5.75%
	Representative	Dick Mather	445	4.66%
	Heritage	Mike Pawlus	132	1.38%
Total			9,545
Rejected, spoiled and declined			18
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,823	41.90%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		14.18%
Source: "Edmonton-Mill Woods results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2010.

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results			Turnout 53.95%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	New Democratic	Gerry Gibeault	5,824	41.52%	-1.47%
	Liberal	Murray Scambler	4,729	33.71%	24.69%
	Progressive Conservative	Bas Roopnarine	3,475	24.77%	-17.99%
Total			14,028
Rejected, spoiled and declined			26
Eligible electors / Turnout			26,048	%
	NDP hold				Swing -13.08%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results			Turnout 56.47%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Don Massey	5,330	56.11%	22.40%
	Progressive Conservative	William Pidruchney	2,556	26.91%	2.14%
	New Democratic	Laat Bhinder	1,007	10.60%	-30.92%
	Social Credit	Robert Alford	414	4.36%
	Independent	Ken Kozak	102	1.07%
	Green	Raymond Boyko	46	0.48%	*
	Natural Law	Mary Romach	44	0.47%	*
Total			9,499
Rejected, spoiled and declined			22
Eligible electors / Turnout			16,861	%
	Liberal pickup from NDP				Swing 12.27%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results			Turnout 55.77%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Don Massey	5,113	51.59%	-4.52%
	Progressive Conservative	Ziad Jaber	2,933	29.60%	2.69%
	New Democratic	Ricardo Acuna	1,266	12.78%	2.18%
	Social Credit	John Filp	546	5.51%	1.15%
	Green	Raymond Boyko	52	0.52%	0.05%
Total			9,910
Rejected, spoiled and declined			78
Eligible electors / Turnout			17,909	%
	Liberal hold				Swing -3.61%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results			Turnout 54.39%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Don Massey	4,920	48.97%	-2.62%
	Progressive Conservative	Carl Benito	4,402	43.81%	14.21%
	New Democratic	Mel Buffalo	725	7.22%	-5.56%
Total			10,047
Rejected, spoiled and declined			41
Eligible electors / Turnout			18,546	%
	Liberal hold				Swing -8.42%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results			Turnout 45.04%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Weslyn Mather	5,012	48.01%	-0.96%
	Progressive Conservative	Naresh Bhardwaj	2,992	28.66%	-15.15%
	New Democratic	Lloyd Nelson	1,565	14.99%	7.77%
	Alberta Alliance	Charles Relland	829	7.94%
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	42	0.40%	*
Total			10,440
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			62
Eligible electors / Turnout			23,319	%
	Liberal hold				Swing -8.06%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results			Turnout 37.10%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Carl Benito	4,752	43.87%	15.21%
	Liberal	Weslyn Mather	3,996	36.89%	-11.12%
	New Democratic	Christina Gray	1,474	13.61%	5.84%
	Wildrose Alliance	Robert Leddy	320	2.95%	-4.99%
	Green	David Hruska	290	2.68%	*
Total			10,832
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			36
Eligible electors / Turnout			29,297	%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		13.17%

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Mill Woods
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sohail Quadri	4,942	35.21%	-8.66%
	Wildrose Alliance	Joanne Autio	3,312	23.60%	20.64%
	Liberal	Weslyn Mather	2,988	21.29%	-15.60%
	New Democratic	Sandra Azocar	1,985	14.14%	0.54%
	Independent	Carl Benito	545	3.88%	–
	Alberta Party	Robert Leddy	262	1.87%	–
Total			14,034	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			111	68	7
Eligible electors / turnout			25,920	54.60%	15.49%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		2.32%
Source(s) Source: "41 - Edmonton-Mill Woods, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Mill Woods
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Christina Gray	9,930	64.86%	50.72%
	Progressive Conservative	Sohail Quadri	2,920	19.07%	-16.14%
	Wildrose	Baljit Sall	1,437	9.39%	-11.21%
	Liberal	Roberto Maglalang	850	5.55%	-15.74%
	Independent	Aura Leddy	129	0.84%	–
	Communist	Naomi J. Rankin	44	0.29%	–
Total			15,310	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			55	30	22
Eligible electors / turnout			28,130	54.70%	0.10%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		17.09%
Source(s) Source: "41 - Edmonton-Mill Woods, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta.

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Mill Woods
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Christina Gray	10,461	50.00%	-14.86%
	United Conservative	Heather Sworin	8,008	38.27%	9.81%
	Alberta Party	Anju Sharma	1,560	7.46%	–
	Liberal	Abdi Bakal	572	2.73%	-2.82%
	Alberta Independence	Dallas Price	254	1.21%	–
	Communist	Andrew J. Janewski	69	0.33%	0.04%
Total			20,924	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			78	75	17
Eligible electors / turnout			32,353	64.97%	10.27%
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-17.03%
Source(s) Source: "38 - Edmonton-Mill Woods, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 148–151. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Mill Woods					Turnout 45.00%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,764	13.91%	44.22%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,273	12.09%	38.45%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	3,061	11.31%	35.96%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,937	10.85%	34.50%	3
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,791	10.31%	32.79%	7
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,490	9.20%	29.25%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,447	9.04%	28.75%	10
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,400	8.87%	28.20%	8
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,119	7.83%	24.89%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,780	6.59%	20.91%	5
Total Votes			27,062	100%
Total Ballots			8,512	3.18 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,982

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

External links

• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta