Edmonton-McClung explained

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.

History

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.

Boundary history

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-McClung
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Edmonton-Meadowlark 1971-1993
23rd1993–1997Grant MitchellLiberal
24th1997–1998
1998Vacant
1998–2001Nancy MacBethLiberal
25th2001–2004Mark NorrisProgressive Conservative
26th2004–2008Mo ElsalhyLiberal
27th2008–2012David XiaoProgressive Conservative
28th2012–2015
29th2015–2019Lorne DachNew Democratic
30th2019–2023
31st2023–
Edmonton-McClung was created in 1993. The first election held in the constituency was won by Incumbent Liberal candidate Grant Mitchell. Mitchell had previously served as Edmonton-Meadowlark MLA from 1986 to 1993. He became leader of the Liberals and of the official opposition after Laurence Decore stepped down in 1994. The 1997 election saw Mitchell re-elected with a smaller share of the vote and his provincial campaign dropped the Liberals seat count. He resigned as leader and later as an elected representative on May 11, 1998.

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.

Legislative election results

2023

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results

Edmonton-McClung[2]

Turnout 44.33%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank'IndependentLink Byfield3,58712.28%37.43%4Michael Roth2,4938.54%26.01%7IndependentTom Sindlinger2,4098.25%25.14%9Gary Horan2,0316.96%21.91%10Vance Gough1,9736.75%20.59%8
Total votes29,203100%
Total ballots9,5843.05 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined3,552
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

2012

Student vote results

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
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 had 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 than where they were physically located.
2004 Alberta student vote results[4]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%LiberalMo Elsalhy33534.82%NDPLorne Dach17618.30%
Total962100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined80

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
AffiliationCandidateVotes%LiberalMo Elsalhy%NDPLorne Dach%
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. 19.
  2. Web site: Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results . Elections Alberta . February 28, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090704143923/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf . July 4, 2009 .
  3. 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 .
  4. Web site: Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates . Student Vote Canada . 2008-04-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071006095842/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm . October 6, 2007 .