Edmonton Riverview is a
provincial electoral district
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. Since 2012 the Legislative Assembly has had 87 members, elected first past the post f ...
using the
first past the post
First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...
method of voting. Created in the 1997 boundary redistribution, the district includes re-distributed areas of the
Edmonton-Glenora
Edmonton-Glenora is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is located north of the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton. The electoral district, as defined by the ''Electoral Divisions Act, 2003,'' ...
,
Edmonton-Strathcona, and
Edmonton-Whitemud.
Neighbourhoods in this riding include: Windsor Park, Belgravia, Parkallen, Crestwood, Laurier Heights, and Parkview. Edmonton-Riverview remains one of the more affluent ridings in
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...
, featuring some of the city's most expensive real estate.
The riding is currently represented by New Democrat
Lori Sigurdson.
History
The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution out of parts of Edmonton-Glenora and Edmonton-Strathcona. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the riding change on its western boundary with the boundary between Whitemud Drive and 87 Avenue moving west to run along 170 Street, in land that was part of
Edmonton-Meadowlark. The northeast corner of the riding was also revised to have the boundary move along the right bank instead of the left bank of the
North Saskatchewan River
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.
Boundary history
Electoral history
The first election held in 1997 saw
Liberal candidate
Linda Sloan elected as the first representative. Sloan defeated
Progressive Conservative candidate Gwen Harris by over 900 votes. Sloan declined to seek a second term.
The
2001 election saw Liberal candidate and best-selling author
Kevin Taft
Kevin Taft (born 9 September 1955) is an author, consultant, speaker, and former provincial politician in Alberta, Canada. Prior to his election, he worked in various public policy roles (1973–2000) in the Government of Alberta, private and n ...
run against
Progressive Conservative candidate and former
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...
City Councilor
Wendy Kinsella
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In Britain during the English Civil War in the mid-1600s, a male Captain Wendy Oxford was identified by the Leveller John Lilburne as a spy reporting on his activitie ...
. Taft won almost half the popular vote earning 49% in the race.
Taft would later become leader of the Alberta Liberals he stood for a second term in office in the
2004 election. Taft easily defeated Progressive Conservative candidate and future MLA
Fred Horne taking almost 65% of the vote.
He was re-elected again in 2008 and resigned his leadership position after the Progressive Conservatives made big gains at the Liberals expense throughout the province.
Legislative election results
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 2010s
2023
Senate nominee election results
2004
''Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.''
Student vote results
2004
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 resided in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.
See also
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List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
Alberta provincial electoral districts are currently single member ridings that each elect one member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. There are 87 districts fixed in law in Alberta, Canada.
History
The original 25 districts were drawn u ...
*
Canadian provincial electoral districts
Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of Ontario, where districts in the Southern Ontario region are coterminous wh ...
References
External links
Website of the Legislative Assembly of AlbertaWebsite of the Edmonton Riverview PC Association
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Alberta provincial electoral districts
Politics of Edmonton