| Edmonton-Avonmore | |
| Province: | Alberta |
| Prov-Status: | defunct |
| Prov-Created: | 1971 |
| Prov-Abolished: | 1997 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1971 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 1993 |
Edmonton-Avonmore 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 1971 to 1997.[1]
The Edmonton-Avonmore electoral district was created in the 1970 boundary redistribution from portions of Strathcona South.[2] [3]
The Edmonton-Avonmore electoral district was abolished in the 1996 boundary redistribution and was combined with a small portion of Edmonton-Gold Bar to form Edmonton-Mill Creek.[4]
| Edmonton-Avonmore 1970 boundaries | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Edmonton-Gold Bar, Edmonton-Strathcona | Edmonton-Ottewell | Wetaskiwin-Leduc | Edmonton-Parkallen, Edmonton-Whitemud | |
| Legal description from The Legislative Assembly Act. S.A.. 1970. 34. http://canlii.ca/t/53w6m. CanLii. | ||||
| "—The boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the centre line of 75th street with the centre line of 90th avenue; thence southerly along the centre line of 75th street to its intersection with the westerly production of the north boundary of section 11 in township 52, range 24, west of the 4th meridian; thence westerly along the said westerly production to the northeast corner of section 10 in said township; thence southerly along the east boundary of the north half of section 10 in said township to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence westerly along the north boundary of the said quarter section to the centre of section 10 in said township 52, range 24, west of the 4th meridian; thence southerly along the east boundary of the south-west quarter of said section to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of section 3 in said township; thence westerly along the north boundary of the said quarter section to the north-east corner of section 4 in said township ; thence southerly along the east boundary of section 4 in said township 52, range 24, west of the 4th meridian to the northerly limit of the registered R./W. plan 1225 K.S.; thence westerly along the said northerly limit to its intersection with the centre line of the Edmonton-Leduc Branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence in a general northerly direction along the said centre line to its intersection with the centre line of Whyte Avenue; thence easterly along the said centre line to the centre line of 83 street; thence northerly and north-westerly along the said centre line to its intersection with the centre line of 90th avenue; thence easterly along the said centre line to the point of commencement. " | ||||
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