Edmonton-Beverly
Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
Alberta electoral district | |
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
District created | 1971 |
District abolished | 1993 |
First contested | 1971 |
Last contested | 1989 |
Edmonton-Beverly was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1971 to 1993.[1]
History
The Edmonton-Beverly electoral district was formed in the 1970 boundary redistribution from Edmonton North East.
The Edmonton-Beverly electoral district was abolished in the 1993 boundary redistribution, and formed Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont, with a small portion of the district was combined with Edmonton-Belmont to form Edmonton-Manning.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Beverly | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
See Edmonton North East electoral district from 1959-1971 | ||||
17th | 1971–1975 | Bill Diachuk | Progressive Conservative | |
18th | 1975–1979 | |||
19th | 1979–1982 | |||
20th | 1982–1986 | |||
21st | 1986–1989 | Ed Ewasiuk | New Democratic | |
22nd | 1989–1993 | |||
See Edmonton-Manning electoral district from 1993-Present and Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont electoral district from 1993-1997 |
Election results
1971
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Diachuk | 4,471 | 42.68% | – | ||||
Social Credit | Lou Heard | 3,050 | 29.12% | – | ||||
New Democratic | Barrie Chivers | 2,769 | 26.43% | – | ||||
Liberal | John Lambert | 185 | 1.77% | – | ||||
Total | 10,475 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 60 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 15,591 | 67.57% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1975
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Diachuk | 5,046 | 61.94% | 19.26% | ||||
New Democratic | Bill Kobluk | 1,902 | 23.35% | -3.09% | ||||
Social Credit | Patrick Moore | 764 | 9.38% | -19.74% | ||||
Liberal | Rudy Pisesky | 374 | 4.59% | 2.83% | ||||
Communist | Paul Jarbeau | 60 | 0.74% | – | ||||
Total | 8,146 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 16,882 | 48.25% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 12.51% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1979
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Diachuk | 3,756 | 50.53% | -11.41% | ||||
New Democratic | Gene Mitchell | 2,592 | 34.87% | 11.52% | ||||
Social Credit | Pat G. A. O'Hara | 854 | 11.49% | 2.11% | ||||
Liberal | Teresa McKerral | 231 | 3.11% | -1.48% | ||||
Total | 7,433 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 13,741 | 54.09% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -11.47% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1982
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Diachuk | 6,894 | 50.62% | 0.09% | ||||
New Democratic | Winston Gereluk | 5,638 | 41.40% | 6.53% | ||||
Western Canada Concept | Dexter B. Dombro | 819 | 6.01% | – | ||||
Social Credit | Steve Kostiuk | 268 | 1.97% | -9.52% | ||||
Total | 13,619 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 29 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 21,759 | 62.72% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -3.22% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1986
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Ed Ewasiuk | 6,699 | 58.76% | 17.37% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Diachuk | 3,917 | 34.36% | -16.26% | ||||
Liberal | Jim Shinkaruk | 784 | 6.88% | – | ||||
Total | 11,400 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 20 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 24,854 | 45.95% | – | |||||
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 7.59% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1989
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Ed Ewasiuk | 6,408 | 49.48% | -9.28% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Gary Kump | 3,835 | 29.61% | -4.75% | ||||
Liberal | Daryl Robb | 2,520 | 19.46% | 12.58% | ||||
Independent | Bonny Royce | 188 | 1.45% | – | ||||
Total | 12,951 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 17 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 25,874 | 50.12% | – | |||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | -2.27% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
See also
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Beverly, Edmonton, a community and former town in Edmonton
References
- ^ "Election results for Edmonton-Beverly". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
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Further reading
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
External links
- Elections Alberta
- The Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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