| Edmonton-McClung | |
| Province: | Alberta |
| Prov-Rep: | Lorne Dach |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | NDP |
| Prov-Rep-Party-Link: | Alberta New Democratic Party |
| Prov-Status: | active |
| Prov-Created: | 1993 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1993 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2023 |
Edmonton-McClung is a provincial electoral district in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1993 and is named after Nellie McClung. The current MLA is Lorne Dach of the NDP, who was first elected in 2015.
The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution out of the southern portion of Edmonton-Meadowlark. The district underwent minor changes in 1997 and 2004 and changed significantly in the 2010 boundary redistribution when the portions of the district to the south and east of Anthony Henday drive were put in the new electoral district of Edmonton-South West.
| 35 Edmonton-McClung 2003 boundaries[1] | ||||
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| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Edmonton-Meadowlark | Edmonton-Whitemud | Stony Plain | Stony Plain | |
| riding map goes here | ||||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act | ||||
| Starting at the intersection of the west Edmonton city boundary with Whitemud Drive; then 1. east along Whitemud Drive to the left bank of the North Saskatchewan River; 2. generally southwest along the left bank of the North Saskatchewan River to the south Edmonton city boundary; 3. west and north along the Edmonton city boundary to the starting point. | ||||
| Note: | ||||
| 38 Edmonton-McClung 2010 boundaries | ||||
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| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Edmonton-Meadowlark and Edmonton-Riverview | Edmonton-South West | Edmonton-Whitemud | Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act | ||||
| Note: | ||||
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-McClung | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | ||
| See Edmonton-Meadowlark 1971-1993 | |||||
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Grant Mitchell | Liberal | ||
| 24th | 1997–1998 | ||||
| 1998 | Vacant | ||||
| 1998–2001 | Nancy MacBeth | Liberal | |||
| 25th | 2001–2004 | Mark Norris | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | Mo Elsalhy | Liberal | ||
| 27th | 2008–2012 | David Xiao | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | ||||
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Lorne Dach | New Democratic | ||
| 30th | 2019–2023 | ||||
| 31st | 2023– | ||||
The 1998 by-election was held on June 17, 1998, very shortly after Mitchell vacated his seat. The constituency returned new Alberta Liberal leader Nancy MacBeth with over half the popular vote in the constituency. Macbeth had served in the legislature as a Progressive Conservative MLA in Edmonton-Glenora. She was defeated by Ralph Klein in the 1992 leadership vote for the Progressive Conservative party and quit the party completely after her term expired in 1993.
The 2001 election saw a bitter and personal provincial campaign launched by MacBeth against Klein. She was defeated in McClung by Progressive Conservative candidate Mark Norris and her party suffered significant losses in other districts in the province.
After the election Norris was rewarded for defeating MacBeth with an appointment to the provincial cabinet. He served from 2001 to 2004 as the Minister of Economic Development under Premier Ralph Klein. Norris ran for a second term in the 2004 election. He was defeated as the constituency returned to the Liberal column electing candidate Mo Elsalhy in a tight race. Norris was the only cabinet minister to lose his seat in that election.
The 2008 election saw the riding change hands again electing its fifth representative. The riding returned Progressive Conservative candidate David Xiao in another closely fought election over incumbent Elsalhy. The two were re-offering for a rematch in the 2012 election.
| 2004 Senate nominee election results Edmonton-McClung[2] | Turnout 44.33% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank' | Independent | Link Byfield | 3,587 | 12.28% | 37.43% | 4 | Michael Roth | 2,493 | 8.54% | 26.01% | 7 | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,409 | 8.25% | 25.14% | 9 | Gary Horan | 2,031 | 6.96% | 21.91% | 10 | Vance Gough | 1,973 | 6.75% | 20.59% | 8 | |
| Total votes | 29,203 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total ballots | 9,584 | 3.05 votes per ballot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 3,552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Participating schools[3] | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop Oscar Romero High School | |
| Callingwood School | |
| Centennial Elementary | |
| Ormsby School | |
| Rio Terrace School | |
| S. Bruce Smith Junior High | |
| Talmud Torah School |
| 2004 Alberta student vote results[4] | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Liberal | Mo Elsalhy | 335 | 34.82% | NDP | Lorne Dach | 176 | 18.30% | |
| Total | 962 | 100% | ||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 80 | |||||||||||
| 2012 Alberta student vote results | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Liberal | Mo Elsalhy | % | NDP | Lorne Dach | % | |||
| Total | 100% | |||||||||||