Edmonton-Mill Creek
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Edmonton Mill Creek was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1997 to 2019.
History
Edmonton-Mill Creek 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 electoral districts, and named for the Mill Creek Ravine which runs through Edmonton. The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution 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.[1]
The district was abolished in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming Edmonton-Mill Creek to Edmonton-Meadows, 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]
Boundary history
| 37 Edmonton-Mill Creek 2003 boundaries[3] | |||
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| 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 | File:Edmonton provincial ridings - Mill Creek.svg | ||
| Legal description from the Template:Cite canlaw | |||
| 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. | |||
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| 40 Edmonton-Mill Creek 2010 boundaries | |||
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| 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 |
| File:EdmontonMillCreek electoral district 2010.jpg | File:EdmontonMillCreek in Edmonton.jpg | ||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
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| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Mill Creek | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Edmonton-Avonmore and Edmonton-Gold Bar 1971-1997 | ||||
| 24th | 1997-1998 | Template:Canadian party colour| | Gene Zwozdesky | Liberal |
| 1998 | Template:Canadian party colour| | Independent | ||
| 1998-2001 | rowspan=4 Template:Canadian party colour| | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 25th | 2001-2004 | |||
| 26th | 2004-2008 | |||
| 27th | 2008–2015 | |||
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Template:Canadian party colour| | Denise Woollard | New Democrat |
| See Edmonton-Meadows 2019- | ||||
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 1980s and 90s 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. Zwozdesky was defeated in the 2015 Alberta general election by Alberta NDP candidate Denise Woollard.[4]
Legislative election results
1997
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2001
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2004
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2008
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2012
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2015
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Senate nominee election results
2004
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Mill Creek[5] | Turnout 49.67% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | Independent | Link Byfield | 3,423 | 12.47% | 37.35% | 4
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Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,540 | 9.25% | 27.71% | 9 | Michael Roth | 2,500 | 9.11% | 27.28% | 7 | Gary Horan | 2,216 | 8.07% | 24.18% | 10 | Vance Gough | 2,212 | 8.06% | 24.14% | 8 | |
| 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 four candidates on the ballot.
Student vote results
2004
| Participating schools[6] |
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| 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 had 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 than where they were physically located.
| 2004 Alberta student vote results[7] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | NDP | Nathan Taylor | 374 | 34.44% | Liberal | Aman Gill | 129 | 11.88% | Independent | Cameron Johnson | 96 | 8.84% | Eric Stieglitz | 92 | 8.47% | |
| Total | 1,086 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
2012
| 2012 Alberta student vote results | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | %
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Liberal | Mike Butler | NDP | Evelinne Teichgrabber | |||||
| Total | 12,044 | 100% | ||||||||||
See also
References
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