Edmonton-Mill Woods

For the Mill Woods area of Edmonton, see Mill Woods. For the federal electoral district, see Edmonton Mill Woods.

Edmonton-Mill Woods

Alberta electoral district

2010 boundaries

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

MLA

Christina Gray
New Democratic

District created

1979

First contested

1979

Last contested

2015

Edmonton-Mill Woods is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 current electoral districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

This urban district is located in south central Edmonton was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Avonmore. The electoral district since its creation has been a swing riding controlled by the Progressive Conservatives, New Democrats and Liberals. The current representative is New Democrat Christina Gray who was elected in 2015.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Avonmore.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw some changes made to the riding. The south boundary was pushed southward from 23 Avenue east of Mill Woods Drive to Anthony Henday Drive in land that used to be part of Edmonton-Ellerslie. The east boundary was changed to cede land south of Mill Creek to Edmonton-Mill Creek.

Boundary history

38 Edmonton-Mill Woods 2003 Boundaries^[1]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Mill Creek	Edmonton-Mill Creek	Edmonton-Strathcona and Edmonton-Rutherford	Edmonton-Ellerslie
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of Gateway Boulevard with Whitemud Drive; then 1. east along Whitemud Drive to 50 Street; 2. south along 50 Street to Mill Creek; 3. in a southeasterly direction along Mill Creek to 23 Avenue; 4. west along 23 Avenue to 50 Street; 5. north along 50 Street to 28 Avenue; 6. west along 28 Avenue to 91 Street; 7. north along 91 Street to 34 Avenue; 8. west along 34 Avenue to Gateway Boulevard; 9. north along Gateway Boulevard to the starting point.
Note:

41 Edmonton-Mill Woods 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Mill Creek	Edmonton-Mill Creek	Edmonton-Rutherford, Edmonton-South West and Edmonton-Strathcona	Edmonton-Ellerslie

Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.

Note:

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Mill Woods^[2]
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See: Edmonton-Avonmore 1971-1979
19th	1979–1982		Milt Pahl	Progressive Conservative
20th	1982–1986		Milt Pahl	Progressive Conservative
21st	1986–1989		Gerry Gibeault	NDP
22nd	1989–1993		Gerry Gibeault	NDP
23rd	1993–1997		Don Massey	Liberal
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004
26th	2004–2008	Weslyn Mather
27th	2008–2012		Carl Benito	Progressive Conservative
28th	2012–2015		Sohail Quadri	Progressive Conservative
29th	2015–present		Christina Gray	New Democratic

The electoral district was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Milt Pahl won a large majority to pick up the new seat for his party. He won a second term in the 1982 general election. He more than doubled his popular vote but faced a strong challenge from NDP candidate Gerry Gibeault and ended up decreasing his overall percentage.

Premier Peter Lougheed would appoint Pahl to the provincial cabinet as a Minister without Portfolio. He held that going into the 1986 general election while attempting to run for his third term in office. The election that year saw a rematch between Gibeault and Pahl.

The race in 1986 was very close with Gibeault winning by less than 100 votes to pick up the seat for the New Democrats. He won a higher popular vote running for a second term in the 1989 general election but his overall percent was reduced. He moved to the Edmonton-Ellerslie electoral district to run for election in 1993 and was defeated.

Liberal candidate Don Massey won the district in the 1993 election to pick it up for his party. He was re-elected with a smaller majority in the 1997 election and just barely held onto the district in the 2001 general election as he face a strong challenge from future Progressive Conservative MLA Carl Benito.

Massey briefly became leader of the provincial Liberals in 2004. He decided not to run again for office and retired at dissolution of the assembly later that year. His replacement in the legislature was Liberal candidate Weslyn Mather who won the district with just under half the popular vote in the 2004 election.

Mather was defeated by Carl Benito in the 2008 election who managed to win the seat for the Progressive Conservatives for the first time in 22 years.

Legislature results

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results^[3]			Turnout 55.34%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Milt Pahl	4,299	57.99%
	New Democratic	Les Owre	1,552	20.94%
	Liberal	Rose MacPherson	989	13.34%	*
	Social Credit	Rudy Rodriques	573	7.73%
Total			7,413
Rejected, spoiled and declined			242
Eligible electors / Turnout			13,834	%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results^[4]			Turnout 61.14%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Milt Pahl	10,095	55.87%	-2.12%
	New Democratic	Gerry Gibeault	5,159	28.56%	7.62%
	Western Canada Concept	Dave Fletcher	1,894	10.48%	*
	Liberal	Winston Mohabir	590	3.27%	-10.27%
	Social Credit	Terry Juba	329	1.82%	-5.91%
Total			18,067
Rejected, spoiled and declined			39
Eligible electors / Turnout			29,614	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.87%

1986 general election

Alberta general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Gerry Gibeault	4,103	42.99%	14.43%
	Progressive Conservative	Milt Pahl	4,004	41.95%	-13.92%
	Liberal	Phil Lister	861	9.02%	5.75%
	Representative	Dick Mather	445	4.66%
	Heritage	Mike Pawlus	132	1.38%
Total			9,545
Rejected, spoiled and declined			18
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,823	41.90%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		14.18%
Source: "Edmonton-Mill Woods results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2010.

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results^[5]			Turnout 53.95%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	New Democratic	Gerry Gibeault	5,824	41.52%	-1.47%
	Liberal	Murray Scambler	4,729	33.71%	24.69%
	Progressive Conservative	Bas Roopnarine	3,475	24.77%	-17.99%
Total			14,028
Rejected, spoiled and declined			26
Eligible electors / Turnout			26,048	%
	NDP hold				Swing -13.08%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results^[6]			Turnout 56.47%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Don Massey	5,330	56.11%	22.40%
	Progressive Conservative	William Pidruchney	2,556	26.91%	2.14%
	New Democratic	Laat Bhinder	1,007	10.60%	-30.92%
	Social Credit	Robert Alford	414	4.36%
	Independent	Ken Kozak	102	1.07%
	Green	Raymond Boyko	46	0.48%	*
	Natural Law	Mary Romach	44	0.47%	*
Total			9,499
Rejected, spoiled and declined			22
Eligible electors / Turnout			16,861	%
	Liberal pickup from NDP				Swing 12.27%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results^[7]			Turnout 55.77%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Don Massey	5,113	51.59%	-4.52%
	Progressive Conservative	Ziad Jaber	2,933	29.60%	2.69%
	New Democratic	Ricardo Acuna	1,266	12.78%	2.18%
	Social Credit	John Filp	546	5.51%	1.15%
	Green	Raymond Boyko	52	0.52%	0.05%
Total			9,910
Rejected, spoiled and declined			78
Eligible electors / Turnout			17,909	%
	Liberal hold				Swing -3.61%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results^[8]			Turnout 54.39%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Don Massey	4,920	48.97%	-2.62%
	Progressive Conservative	Carl Benito	4,402	43.81%	14.21%
	New Democratic	Mel Buffalo	725	7.22%	-5.56%
Total			10,047
Rejected, spoiled and declined			41
Eligible electors / Turnout			18,546	%
	Liberal hold				Swing -8.42%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results^[9]			Turnout 45.04%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Weslyn Mather	5,012	48.01%	-0.96%
	Progressive Conservative	Naresh Bhardwaj	2,992	28.66%	-15.15%
	New Democratic	Lloyd Nelson	1,565	14.99%	7.77%
	Alberta Alliance	Charles Relland	829	7.94%
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	42	0.40%	*
Total			10,440
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			62
Eligible electors / Turnout			23,319	%
	Liberal hold				Swing -8.06%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results^[10]			Turnout 37.10%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Carl Benito	4,752	43.87%	15.21%
	Liberal	Weslyn Mather	3,996	36.89%	-11.12%
	New Democratic	Christina Gray	1,474	13.61%	5.84%
	Wildrose Alliance	Robert Leddy	320	2.95%	-4.99%
	Green	David Hruska	290	2.68%	*
Total			10,832
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			36
Eligible electors / Turnout			29,297	%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		13.17%

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Sohail Quadri	4,113	34.20%
	Wildrose	Joanne Autio	2,873	23.89%
	Liberal	Weslyn Mather	2,569	21.36%
	New Democratic	Sandra Azocar	1,751	14.56%
	Independent	Carl Benito	480	3.99%
	Alberta Party	Robert Leddy	240	2.00%

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Christina Gray	9,927	64.8%
	Progressive Conservative	Sohail Quadri	2,931	19.1%
	Wildrose	Baljit Sall	1,436	9.4%
	Liberal	Roberto Maglalang	842	5.5%
	Independent	Aura Leddy	129	0.8%
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	43	0.3%

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Mill Woods^[11]					Turnout 45.00%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,764	13.91%	44.22%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,273	12.09%	38.45%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	3,061	11.31%	35.96%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,937	10.85%	34.50%	3
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,791	10.31%	32.79%	7
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,490	9.20%	29.25%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,447	9.04%	28.75%	10
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,400	8.87%	28.20%	8
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,119	7.83%	24.89%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,780	6.59%	20.91%	5
Total Votes			27,062	100%
Total Ballots			8,512	3.18 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,982

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

References

↑ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 20.
↑ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
↑ "Edmonton-Mill Woods results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
↑ "Edmonton-Mill Woods results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
↑ "Edmonton-Mill Woods results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
↑ "Edmonton-Mill Woods results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
↑ "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
↑ "2001 Statement of Official results Edmonton-Mill Woods" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
↑ "Edmonton-Mill Woods Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
↑ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 324–327.
↑ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Current Alberta provincial electoral districts

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