Edmonton-Mill Creek

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.

For the article on Edmonton's Mill Creek and Mill Creek Ravine, see Mill Creek Ravine.
Edmonton-Mill Creek
Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1996
District abolished2019
First contested1997
Last contested2015

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
Members of the Legislative Assembly
for Edmonton-Mill Creek
Assembly Years Member Party
See Edmonton-Avonmore and Edmonton-Gold Bar 1971-1997
24th 1997-1998 Gene Zwozdesky Liberal
1998 Independent
1998-2001 Progressive
Conservative
25th 2001-2004
26th 2004-2008
27th 2008–2015
29th 2015–2019 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]

Legislature results

1997 general election
1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGene Zwozdesky6,75751.91%–
Progressive ConservativeSukhi Randhawa3,67928.27%–
New DemocraticStephen Crocker1,80413.86%–
Social CreditChristie Forget7765.96%–
Total 13,016––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18––
Eligible electors / turnout 23,21656.14%–
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Mill Creek Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
"1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

2001 general election
2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGene Zwozdesky8,08555.67%27.40%
LiberalBharat Agnihotri4,22929.12%-22.80%
New DemocraticEdwin Villania1,89313.03%-0.83%
Alberta FirstKyle Harvey2201.51%–
GreensHarlan Light970.67%–
Total 14,524––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 41––
Eligible electors / turnout 26,30755.37%-0.78%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 1.45%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Mill Creek Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004 general election
2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGene Zwozdesky5,07042.08%-13.59%
LiberalAman Gill4,28935.60%6.48%
New DemocraticNathan Taylor1,70914.18%1.15%
Alberta AllianceRobert J. Alford5234.34%–
GreensEric Stieglitz3863.20%2.54%
IndependentCameron Johnson720.60%–
Total 12,049––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 50––
Eligible electors / turnout 24,41949.55%-5.82%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -10.03%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Mill Creek Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
"Edmonton-Mill Creek Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 28, 2020.

2008 general election
2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGene Zwozdesky6,85750.78%8.70%
LiberalAman Gill4,05830.05%-5.55%
New DemocraticStephen Anderson1,82213.49%-0.69%
GreenGlen Argan7265.38%–
CommunistNaomi Rankin410.30%–
Total 13,504––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 90––
Eligible electors / turnout 29,77345.66%-3.89%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 7.12%
Source(s)
Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. May 28, 2020. pp. 320–323.

2012 general election
2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGene Zwozdesky6,62355.06%4.28%
WildroseAdam Corsaut2,19318.23%–
LiberalMike Butler1,64013.63%-16.42%
New DemocraticEvelinne Teichgraber1,33611.11%-2.39%
Alberta PartyJudy Wilson1941.61%–
CommunistNaomi Rankin430.36%0.05%
Total 12,029––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 117––
Eligible electors / turnout 25,25048.10%2.44%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 8.05%
Source(s)
Source: "Elections Alberta 2012 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
"40 - Edmonton-Mill Creek". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 4, 2020.

2015 general election
2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDenise Woollard9,02555.94%44.83%
Progressive ConservativeGene Zwozdesky3,84823.85%-31.21%
LiberalHarpreet Gill1,89611.75%-1.88%
WildroseSaqib Raja1,3658.46%-9.77%
Total 16,134––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 59––
Eligible electors / turnout 32,52149.79%1.69%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -2.37%
Source(s)
Source: "Elections Alberta 2015 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
"40 - Edmonton-Mill Creek". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 4, 2020.

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results
2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Mill Creek[5] Turnout 49.67%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger4,22315.38%46.08%2
  Independent Link Byfield 3,423 12.47% 37.35% 4
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown3,06511.17%33.44%1
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz3,03011.04%33.06%3
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,540 9.25% 27.71% 9
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,500 9.11% 27.28% 7
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood2,3808.67%25.97%6
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,216 8.07% 24.18% 10
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,212 8.06% 24.14% 8
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye1,8616.78%20.31%5
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 4 candidates on the ballot.

Student vote results

2004 election
Participating schools[6]
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%
Progressive ConservativeGene Zwozdesky35132.32%
  Liberal Aman Gill 129 11.88%
  Independent Cameron Johnson 96 8.84%
Green Eric Stieglitz 92 8.47%
Alberta AllianceRobert Alford444.05%
Total 1,086 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 48

2012 election
2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeGene Zwozdesky
WildroseAdam Corsaut
  Liberal Mike Butler
Alberta PartyJudy Wilson
  NDP Evelinne Teichgrabber
CommunistNaomi Rankin
Total 12,044 100%

See also

References
  1. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  2. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 47. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
  4. "Alberta Election 2015: Former Speaker of the House Gene Zwozdesky loses Edmonton-Mill Creek seat to NDP". Globalnews.ca. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  5. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  6. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  7. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

Further reading

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