Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview Explained

Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
Province:Alberta
Prov-Rep:Peggy Wright
Prov-Rep-Link:Deron Bilous
Prov-Rep-Party:NDP
Prov-Rep-Party-Link:Alberta New Democratic Party
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:1996
Prov-Election-First:1997
Prov-Election-Last:2023

Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. The electoral district covers the neighbourhoods of Beverly, Belmont Park and Clareview Town Centre. It was created in 1996, and was first contested in the 1997 election. It was last contested in the 2019 election, and has been held by Deron Bilous of the NDP since 2012.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution from the old electoral district of Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont. In the 2010 boundary redistribution the riding boundaries were extended north into Edmonton-Manning from 137 Avenue to 144 Avenue while the south boundaries were extended to take a large portion from Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood.

Boundary history

Electoral history overview

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview[2]
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont 1993-1997
24th1997-2001Julius YankowskyProgressive Conservative
25th2001-2004
26th2004-2008Ray MartinNew Democrat
27th2008-2012Tony VandermeerProgressive Conservative
28th2012–2015Deron BilousNew Democrat
29th2015–2019
30th2019-2023
31st2023-Peggy WrightNew Democrat

The electoral district of Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview was created in the 1997 general election from most of the electoral district of Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont. The district has been somewhat of a swing riding since its creation with the Liberals, New Democrats and Progressive Conservatives all holding a sizable base in the district. While the Liberals have received high numbers of votes, only the Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats have returned MLAs from the riding.

The first Member for the riding was incumbent Julius Yankowsky, who had crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservatives from the Liberals. He won the new district in a close three-way race. He won his third term in the 2001 election with a higher margin of victory.

Despite having three terms of incumbency, Yankowsky was unable to win a third term in office. He faced former New Democratic Party leader Ray Martin, who defeated him taking just over half the popular vote in the district.

Martin held until the 2008 election, after which Edmonton-Manning MLA Tony Vandermeer defeated Martin in a closely contested race. Vandermeer was defeated by New Democrat Deron Bilous in the 2012 provincial election, who was re-elected in the 2015 provincial election with a majority of 9,525 and 73.8% of the popular vote.

Legislative election results

2023

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results

Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview[3]

Turnout 44.20%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRankIndependentLink Byfield3,20012.23%36.79%4Michael Roth2,69510.30%30.98%7IndependentTom Sindlinger2,5589.78%29.41%9Gary Horan2,4509.37%28.16%10Vance Gough2,3889.13%27.45%8
Total votes26,158100%
Total ballots8,6993.01 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined1,719
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools[4]
Balwin Jr High School
Beacon Heights Elementary
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[5]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%NDPRay Martin9435.47%Benoit Couture6725.28%LiberalSam Parmar166.04%
Total265100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined9

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
AffiliationCandidateVotes%LiberalChris Heward%NDPDeron Bilous%
Total100%

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Statutes of the Province of Alberta. E‑4.1. Government of Alberta. 2003. 15–16.
  2. Web site: Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006 . Legislative Assembly of Alberta . February 24, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf . September 30, 2007 .
  3. Web site: Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results . Elections Alberta . February 24, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090704143923/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf . July 4, 2009 .
  4. Web site: School by School results . Student Vote Canada . 2008-04-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071005211819/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm . October 5, 2007 .
  5. Web site: Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates . Student Vote Canada . 2008-04-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213075623/http://studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm/ . February 13, 2012 .