| Edmonton-Rutherford | |
| Province: | Alberta |
| Prov-Rep: | Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse |
| 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-Rutherford is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.
The district was created in the boundary redistribution of 1993 from the Edmonton-Whitemud riding in South Edmonton. The district is a swing riding and has regularly changed between Liberal and Progressive Conservative control. It was named after former Premier Alexander Rutherford who represented the Strathcona constituency after the province was formed in 1905. the old Strathcona district included what is now Edmonton Rutherford.
The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution out of Edmonton-Whitemud.
The district saw minor changes in the 2010 redistribution. It gained some land that was part of Edmonton-Whitemud on its western boundary when the boundary was moved west from 119 Street to Whitemud Creek.
| 40 Edmonton-Rutherford 2003 boundaries[1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Edmonton-Riverview, Edmonton-Strathcona and Edmonton-Mill Creek | Edmonton-Ellerslie and Edmonton-Mill Woods | Edmonton-Whitemud | Edmonton-Whitemud | |
| riding map goes here | ||||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | ||||
| Starting at the intersection of 122 Street with Whitemud Drive; then 1. east along Whitemud Drive to Gateway Boulevard; 2. south along Gateway Boulevard to the north boundary of Sec. 28, Twp. 51, Rge. 24 W4; 3. west along the north boundary of Secs. 28 and 29, Twp. 51, Rge. 24 W4 to Blackmud Creek; 4. in a northwesterly direction along Blackmud Creek to the power line right of way as shown in Plan 1225 KS; 5. east along the power line right of way to 119 Street; 6. north along 119/122 Street to the starting point. | ||||
| Note: | ||||
| 43 Edmonton-Rutherford 2010 boundaries | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Edmonton-Riverview and Edmonton-Strathcona | Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Mill Creek and Edmonton-Mill Woods | Edmonton-Whitemud | Edmonton-South West | |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | ||||
| Note: | ||||
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Rutherford[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | ||
| Riding created from Edmonton-Whitemud and Edmonton-Parkallen | |||||
| 23rd | 1993-1997 | Percy Wickman | Liberal | ||
| 24th | 1997-2001 | ||||
| 25th | 2001-2004 | Ian McClelland | PC | ||
| 26th | 2004-2008 | Rick Miller | Liberal | ||
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Fred Horne | PC | ||
| 28th | 2012-2015 | ||||
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Richard Feehan | NDP | ||
| 30th | 2019–2023 | ||||
| 31st | 2023–present | Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse | |||
The 2001 general election saw former Member of Parliament Ian McClelland pickup the district for the first time for the Progressive Conservatives. He defeated Liberal candidate Rick Miller in a hotly contested race.
McClelland and Miller would face each other for the second time in the 2004 general election. This time Miller would gain significant share of the popular vote to defeat McClelland.
Miller would only last a single term in office, he ran for re-election in 2008 but was defeated in a very close race by Progressive Conservative candidate Fred Horne.
| 2004 Senate nominee election results Edmonton-Rutherford[3] | Turnout 63.24% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | Independent | Link Byfield | 3,706 | 13.94% | 41.22% | 4 | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,554 | 9.60% | 28.41% | 9 | Michael Roth | 2,364 | 8.89% | 26.30% | 7 | Gary Horan | 1,976 | 7.43% | 21.98% | 10 | Vance Gough | 1,955 | 7.35% | 21.75% | 8 | |
| Total votes | 26,595 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total ballots | 8,990 | 2.96 votes per ballot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 3,990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Participating schools[4] | |
|---|---|
| Louis St Laurent School | |
| St. Augustine School |
| 2004 Alberta student vote results[5] | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Liberal | Rick Miller | 199 | 34.91% | NDP | George Slade | 136 | 23.86% | |
| Total | 570 | 100% | ||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2012 Alberta student vote results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | ||