Edmonton-Decore

Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template other Edmonton-Decore is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was most recently contested in the general election of 2019. The riding is located in north central Edmonton. It was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution out of a small part of Edmonton-Manning and most of Edmonton-Glengarry. The riding is named after Laurence Decore, former Leader of the Opposition and Mayor of Edmonton.

Neighbourhoods in this riding include: Kildare, Killarney, Northmount, Evansdale, Belle Rive, Mayliewan, Delwood, Glengarry, and Balwin.

The riding has been held by representatives of the Progressive Conservative, Liberal, and New Democratic parties since it was created. The current representative is New Democratic Party MLA Sharif Haji, who was first elected in the 2023 general election.

History

The electoral district was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Glengary and Edmonton-Manning, and was first contested in the general election of 2004. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the major changes made to the riding.

The western boundary with on 97 Street between the Edmonton city limits and 167 Avenue Edmonton-Castle Downs was moved east to cede land to that constituency. The south boundary with Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood was changed to move along 127 Street instead of the Canadian National Railway tracks. The east boundary saw significant changes as it was pushed eastward to 66 Street into Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning as far north as 144 Avenue from the railway tracks at 127 Street. The east boundary with Edmonton-Manning was also realigned to run on 66 Street north of 153 Avenue to give some land to Manning.

Boundary history

29 Edmonton-Decore 2003 boundaries
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Athabasca-Redwater	Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning	Edmonton-Castle Downs and Edmonton-Calder	Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
riding map goes here		File:Edmonton provincial ridings - Decore.svg
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of 97 Street with the north Edmonton city boundary; then 1. east along the north city boundary to 66 Street; 2. south along 66 Street to 167 Avenue; 3. east along 167 Avenue to the extension of 59A Street; 4. south along the extension and 59A Street to 153 Avenue; 5. west along 153 Avenue to 82 Street; 6. south along 82 Street to the Canadian National Railway (CNR) line; 7. west along the CNR line to 97 Street; 8. north along 97 Street to the starting point.
Note:

32 Edmonton-Decore 2010 boundaries
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater	Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning	Edmonton-Calder and Edmonton-Castle Downs	Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
File:EdmontonDecore electoral district 2010.jpg		File:EdmontonDecore in Edmonton.jpg
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
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Electoral history

The first election held in the district was fought among Liberal candidate Bill Bonko Sr., a school trustee; incumbent Alberta Alliance MLA Gary Masyk whose old district had been abolished; and former Edmonton-Belmont Progressive Conservative MLA Walter Szwender. Bonko defeated the two incumbents and two other candidates.

In the 2008 general election Bonko was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Janice Sarich, who held the riding until 2015.

In the 2015 general election NDP Candidate Chris Nielsen was elected with 68% of the vote, in an election which saw every Edmonton riding return an NDP member.

Election results

2004

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2008

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2015

2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
Party		Votes	%	11,536	68.71	2,975	17.12	1,387	8.26	750	4.47	142	0.85

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Decore					Turnout 40.28%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% votes	% ballots	Rank	Independent	Link Byfield	2,923	11.32%	35.32%	4	Michael Roth	2,664	10.31%	32.19%	7	Gary Horan	2,510	9.72%	30.33%	10	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,485	9.62%	30.03%	9	Vance Gough	2,400	9.29%	29.00%	8
Total votes			25,828	100%
Total ballots			8,276	3.12 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined			1,688

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools
Archbishop O'Leary High School
Mee-Yah-Noh School
St. Cecilia 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	%	Liberal	Bill Bonko Sr.	447	58.97%	Social Credit	Geoffrey Chevrier	80	10.55%	NDP	Shirly Barg	71	9.37%
Total			758	100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined			19

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta