Edmonton-City Centre

Edmonton-City Centre is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district will be one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The current MLA is David Shepherd, first elected in the 2019 Alberta election.

For the shopping mall, see Edmonton City Centre.
Edmonton-City Centre
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-City Centre within the City of Edmonton (2017 boundaries)
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
David Shepherd
New Democratic
District created2017
First contested2019
Last contested2019
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]47,715
Area (km²)12.3
Pop. density (per km²)3,879.3

Geography

The district is located in central Edmonton, containing the city's downtown core as well as the neighbourhoods of Oliver, Rossdale, Queen Mary Park, Central McDougall, Spruce Avenue, and Westwood, also including the main campus of MacEwan University.

History
Members for Edmonton-City Centre
Assembly Years Member Party
See Edmonton-Centre 1959-2019 and
Edmonton-Calder 1997-2019
30th 2019– David Shepherd New Democrat

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming Edmonton-Centre (to reduce confusion with similarly-named federal districts).[2] The Commission also extended its border north to the Yellowhead Highway between 97 St NW and 109 St NW, adding the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology's main campus to the riding.

Electoral results
Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election
Party Votes %
New Democratic10,10856.17%
Liberal4,25623.65%
Progressive Conservative2,40613.37%
Wildrose8924.96%
Others3351.86%
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticDavid Shepherd13,59866.0%+11.59%
United ConservativeLily Le4,48521.8%+3.68%
Alberta PartyBob Philp1,9079.3%--
GreenChris Alders3421.7%--
 IndependenceJohn R. Morton1690.8%--
IndependentBlake N. Dickinson950.5%--
Total valid votes 20,596
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 1917622
Registered electors and turnout 38,88753.5%
New Democratic hold Swing %
Source(s)
"2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
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References
  1. Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (Oct 2017). "Final Report" (PDF). p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
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