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in
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, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the
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using the
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method of voting from 1997 to 2019.


History

Edmonton-Mill Creek electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution from the old electoral district of
Edmonton-Avonmore Edmonton-Avonmore 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 1997. History The Edmonton-Avonmore ...
and a small part of
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electoral districts, and named for the
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which runs through Edmonton. The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution saw the riding boundaries shift southwards. The
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south boundaries which ended at 23 Avenue were moved further south into
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and
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to end at
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. The northern boundaries of the riding were also pushed south from 92 Avenue to the
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at its most northern point. The district was abolished in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming Edmonton-Mill Creek to
Edmonton-Meadows Edmonton-Meadows is a Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was one of List of Alberta provincial electoral districts, 87 districts mandated to return a s ...
, reflecting a change in boundaries that "leaves the part of Mill Creek most well-known to Edmontonians in the constituency of
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".


Boundary history


Electoral history

The electoral district was created in 1997 largely from the old electoral district of Edmonton-Avonmore. That district had become a swing riding through the 1980s and 90s being won by candidates from three different parties. The incumbent Gene Zwozdesky had previously represented Avonmore winning his first term in office in 1993. Zwozdesky won his first term representing Mill Creek as a Liberal candidate. A year later in 1998 he had a high-profile falling out with the Liberal party and left the caucus to sit as an Independent. He joined the Progressive Conservative caucus a short time later and was re-elected under that banner in 2001. Starting in 1999 Zwozdesky was appointed to his first portfolio as a junior minister. In total he has held six different ministerial portfolios in the governments of
Ralph Klein Ralph Philip Klein (November 1, 1942 – March 29, 2013) was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the 12th premier of Alberta and leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta from 1992 until his retirement in 2 ...
and
Ed Stelmach Edward Michael Stelmach (; born May 11, 1951) is a Canadian politician who served as the 13th premier of Alberta, from 2006 to 2011. The grandson of Ukrainian immigrants, Stelmach was born and raised on a farm near Lamont and fluently spea ...
with his last portfolio ending in 2011. Zwozdesky was defeated in the
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by
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candidate Denise Woollard.


Legislative election results


1997


2001


2004


2008


2012


2015


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 reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than 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


Further reading

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External links


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