Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview 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 ...
for the
Legislative Assembly of
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 electoral district covers the neighbourhoods of
Beverly, Belmont Park and
Clareview Town Centre. It was created in 1996, and was first contested in the
1997 election. It was last contested in the
2023 election, and is currently held by
Peggy Wright
Peggy Wright is a Canadian politician from the Alberta New Democratic Party who was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview in the 2023 Alberta general election. As of June 21, 2024, she serves ...
of the
NDP.
History
The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution from the old electoral district of
Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont. In the 2010 boundary redistribution the riding boundaries were extended north into
Edmonton-Manning
Edmonton-Manning is a provincial electoral district in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is situated in the northeast quadrant of the city. It was created in 1993 and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly. The riding i ...
from 137 Avenue to 144 Avenue while the south boundaries were extended to take a large portion from
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 2004 when it was merged with Edmonton-Highlands and Edmonton-Norwood. This inner-city northeast Edmonto ...
.
Boundary history
Electoral history overview
The electoral district of Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview was created in the 1997 general election from most of the electoral district of Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont. The district has been somewhat of a swing riding since its creation with the Liberals, New Democrats and Progressive Conservatives all holding a sizable base in the district. While the Liberals have received high numbers of votes, only the Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats have returned MLAs from the riding.
The first Member for the riding was incumbent
Julius Yankowsky
Julius Edward Yankowsky (born August 8, 1938) is a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2004.
Political career
Yankowsky first ran for the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 general ...
, who had crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservatives from the
Liberals. He won the new district in a close three-way race. He won his third term in the
2001 election with a higher margin of victory.
Despite having three terms of incumbency, Yankowsky was unable to win a third term in office. He faced former New Democratic Party leader
Ray Martin, who defeated him taking just over half the popular vote in the district.
Martin held until the
2008 election, after which
Edmonton-Manning
Edmonton-Manning is a provincial electoral district in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is situated in the northeast quadrant of the city. It was created in 1993 and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly. The riding i ...
MLA
Tony Vandermeer defeated Martin in a closely contested race. Vandermeer was defeated by New Democrat
Deron Bilous
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Deron Michael Bilous (born October 7, 1975) is a Canadians, Canadian politician, who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the riding of Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, between 2012 Alberta general elect ...
in the
2012 provincial election, who was re-elected in the
2015 provincial election with a majority of 9,525 and 73.8% of the popular vote.
Legislative election results
1997
2001
2004
2008
2012
2015
2019
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 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 ...
*
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 AlbertaMap of electoral district
{{Authority control
Alberta provincial electoral districts
Politics of Edmonton