Edmonton-Rutherford is a
provincial electoral district
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in
Alberta
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, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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using the
first past the post
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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.
History
The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution out of
Edmonton-Whitemud. It saw minor changes in the 2010 redistribution. The district 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.
Boundary history
Electoral history
The electoral district was created in the boundary redistribution in 1993 from
Edmonton-Whitemud riding. The first election in 1993 saw Edmonton-Whitemud incumbent
Percy Wickman pickup the new district for the Liberal party with a very large majority. Wickman was re-elected in a tight race in the 1997 general election. He retired at the end of his third term in 2001 due to health issues.
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.
Legislative election results
1993
1997
2001
2004
2008
2012
2015
2019
2023
Graphical representation
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 have 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 then where they were physically located.
2012
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 ...
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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
The Legislative Assembly of AlbertaRiding map from Elections Alberta
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Alberta provincial electoral districts
Politics of Edmonton