Edmonton Centre

Edmonton Centre
Alberta electoral district
	Edmonton St. Albert Sherwood; Park East Centre Spruce; Grove Strathcona Leduc Mill Woods; Beaumont Edmonton Centre in relation to other federal electoral districts in Edmonton
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Laurie Hawn; Conservative
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District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	122,822
Electors (2011)	89,777
Area (km²)	55.01
Pop. density (per km²)	2,232.7
Census division(s)	Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s)	Edmonton

Edmonton Centre is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979, and since 2004. There is also a provincial electoral district by the same name.

Geography

The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Downtown Edmonton, Spruce Avenue, Rossdale, Central McDougall, Prince Rupert, Oliver, Queen Mary Park, Westwood, Prince Charles, Sherbrooke, Dovercourt, Woodcroft, Inglewood, Westmount, North Glenora, Glenora, McQueen, Grovenor, Gagnon Estate, Canora, High Park, Mayfield, Britannia, Youngstown, Glenwood, West Jasper Place, Crestwood, Jasper Park, Meadowlark Park, West Meadowlark Park, Parkview, Laurier Heights, Lynnwood and Elmwood in the City of Edmonton, Alberta.

History

The electoral district was originally created in 1966 from Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.

It was abolished in 1976 with parts of it being transferred to Edmonton North, Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.

In was re-created in 2003 from Edmonton West, Edmonton Southwest and a small part of Edmonton Centre-East.

In geographic terms, Edmonton Centre is bound by the North Saskatchewan River and Whitemud Drive to the south, 97th Street to the east, the Alberta Highway 16 and CN Rail line to the north, and by 170th Street to the west.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Edmonton East and Edmonton West prior to 1966
28th	1968–1972	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservative \|	Steve Paproski	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
see Edmonton West, Edmonton Southwest and Edmonton Centre-East for 1980–2003
38th	2004–2006	rowspan="1" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Anne McLellan	Liberal
39th	2006–2008	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative \|	Laurie Hawn	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Current Member of Parliament

In the 39th general federal election of January 23, 2006, Laurie Hawn of the Conservative Party was elected to represent the riding in Parliament. He was sworn in on February 6, 2006.

Election results

1968 – 1979

v t e 1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Paproski	12,062	34.62
	Liberal	Donald Gray	11,811	33.90
	Independent Liberal	William Hawrelak	7,912	22.71
	New Democratic	Norman Dolman	3,054	8.77
Total valid votes			34,839	100.00

v t e 1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Paproski	21,443	47.46	+12.84
	Liberal	Branny Schepanovich	11,165	24.71	−9.19
	New Democratic	George Labercane	6,166	13.65	+4.88
	Social Credit	Martin Hattersley	6,166	13.65
	Independent	Glenn Pylypa	134	0.30
	Independent	Diane Robichaud	106	0.23
Total valid votes			45,180	100.00

v t e 1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Paproski	18,165	54.29	+6.83
	Liberal	Branny Schepanovich	10,501	31.39	+6.67
	New Democratic	George Labercane	3,717	11.11	−2.54
	Social Credit	Gerry Beck	766	2.29	−11.36
	Libertarian	Reg Jacklin	125	0.37
	Communist	Noah Jarbeau	116	0.35
	Marxist–Leninist	Daniel Nelson	68	0.20
Total valid votes			33,458	100.00

2003 – present

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Anne McLellan	22,560	42.49	$79,849
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	21,839	41.14	$81,655
	New Democratic	Meghan McMaster	4,836	9.11	$21,577
	Green	David J. Parker	2,584	4.86	$310
	Marijuana	Lyle Kenny	509	0.95	–
	Progressive Canadian	Sean Tisdall	456	0.85	–
	Independent	John Baloun	221	0.41	$2,803
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	78	0.14	$26
Total valid votes			53,083	100.00
Total rejected ballots			234	0.44
Turnout			53,317	59.77

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	25,811	44.82	+3.68
	Liberal	Anne McLellan	22,221	38.57	−3.92
	New Democratic	Donna Martyn	6,201	10.77	+1.66
	Green	David J. Parker	3,022	5.25	+0.39
	Independent	John Baloun	217	0.47	+0.06
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	116	0.20	+0.06
Total valid votes			57,588	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–	–
Turnout			–	63.7	+2.9

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	22,634	49.03	+4.21	$86,008
	Liberal	Jim Wachowich	12,661	27.43	−11.14	$88,061
	New Democratic	Donna Martyn	6,912	14.97	+4.20	$36,132
	Green	David Parker	3,746	8.11	+2.86	$2,244
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	203	0.43	+0.23	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,156	100.00		$90,809
Total rejected ballots			146	0.32	–
Turnout			46,302	51.57	−12.1

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	23,625	48.03	−1.00	$78,297
	New Democratic	Lewis Cardinal	12,480	25.37	+10.70	$71,055
	Liberal	Mary Macdonald	11,037	22.44	−4.99	$73,942
	Green	David Parker	1,676	3.41	−4.70	$1,779
	Pirate	Mikkel Paulson	289	0.59	*
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	81	0.16	−0.27
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,188	100.00
Total rejected ballots			201	0.41	+0.09
Turnout			49,389	58.06	+6.49
Eligible voters			84,725	–	–

References

"Edmonton Centre (Code 48012) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1966 - 1976)
Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003 - present)
Expenditures - 2008
Expenditures - 2004

[1] Stastistics Canada: 2012

[2] Stastistics Canada: 2012

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