Edmonton-Meadows

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Edmonton-Meadows
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-Meadows within the City of Edmonton (2017 boundaries)
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Jasvir Deol
New Democratic
District created2017
First contested2019
Last contested2023
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]51,776
Area (km²)18.6
Pop. density (per km²)2,783.7

Edmonton-Meadows is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election.

Geography[edit]

The district is located in southeast Edmonton, containing the neighbourhoods of Jackson Heights, Kiniski Gardens, Minchau, Larkspur, Wild Rose, Silver Berry, Bisset, Daly Grove, Maple and Tamarack.

History[edit]

Members for Edmonton-Meadows
Assembly Years Member Party
See Edmonton-Mill Creek 1997-2019
30th 2019–2023 Jasvir Deol New Democrat
31st 2023

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming Edmonton-Mill Creek, reflecting a change in boundaries that "leaves the part of Mill Creek most well-known to Edmontonians in the constituency of Edmonton-Gold Bar,"[2] as the northern boundary of the district moved southward to Highway 14. The western and southern boundaries saw adjustments as well.

Electoral results[edit]

Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election
Party Votes %
New Democratic 9,656 57.33%
Progressive Conservative 3,840 22.80%
Liberal 1,840 10.92%
Wildrose 1,500 8.91%
Others 8 0.05%
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Jasvir Deol 10,231 49.92% -7.41%
United Conservative Len Rhodes 7,375 35.98% 4.47%
Alberta Party Amrit Matharu 2,093 10.21%
Liberal Maria Omar 407 1.99% -8.93%
Alberta Advantage Thomas Varghese 211 1.03%
Alberta Independence Phil Batt 178 0.87%
Total 20,495
Rejected, spoiled and declined 82 45 11
Eligible electors / turnout 31,523 65.31%
New Democratic hold Swing
Source(s)
Source: "37 - Edmonton-Meadows, 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. 144–147. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Jasvir Deol 11,013 62.56 +12.64
United Conservative Amritpal Singh Matharu 6,378 36.23 +0.25
Communist Corinne Benson 213 1.21
Total 17,604 99.35
Rejected and declined 116 0.65
Turnout 17,720 55.20
Eligible voters 32,103
New Democratic hold Swing +6.20
Source(s)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Final Report" (PDF). p. 47. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "37 - Edmonton-Meadows". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.