Edmonton-City Centre Explained

Edmonton-City Centre
Province:Alberta
Prov-Rep:David Shepherd
Prov-Rep-Party:NDP
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:2017
Prov-Election-First:2019
Prov-Election-Last:2023
Demo-Pop:47715
Demo-Census-Date:2016
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area:12.3

Edmonton-City Centre is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The current MLA is David Shepherd, first elected in the 2019 Alberta election.

Geography

The district is located in central Edmonton, containing the city's downtown core as well as the neighbourhoods of Oliver, Rossdale, Queen Mary Park, Central McDougall, Spruce Avenue, and Westwood, also including the main campus of MacEwan University.

History

Members for Edmonton-City Centre
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Edmonton-Centre 1959-2019 and
Edmonton-Calder 1997-2019
30th2019–2023David ShepherdNew Democrat
31st2023
The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming Edmonton-Centre (to reduce confusion with similarly-named federal districts).[2] The Commission also extended its border north to the Yellowhead Highway between 97 St NW and 109 St NW, adding the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology's main campus to the riding.

Notes and References

  1. [Statistics Canada]
  2. Web site: Final Report. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. Oct 2017. 5. https://web.archive.org/web/20180124071255/http://abebc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/EBC%20Final%20Report%202017%20NoMaps.pdf. 2018-01-24. dead. 2018-01-30.