Edmonton-Decore

Edmonton-Decore is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was most recently contested in the general election of 2019.

Edmonton-Decore

Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-Decore within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Chris Nielsen New Democratic
District created	2004
First contested	2004
Last contested	2019

The riding is located in north central Edmonton. It was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution out of a small part of Edmonton-Manning and most of Edmonton-Glengarry. The riding is named after Laurence Decore, former Leader of the Opposition and Mayor of Edmonton.

Neighborhoods in this riding include: Kildare, Killarney, Northmount, Evansdale, Belle Rive, Mayliewan, Delwood, Glengarry & Balwin.

The riding has been held by representatives of the Progressive Conservative, Liberal, and New Democratic parties since it was created. The current representative is New Democratic Party MLA Chris Nielsen, who was first elected in the 2015 general election.

History

The electoral district was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Glengary and Edmonton-Manning, and was first contested in the general election of 2004. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the major changes made to the riding.

The western boundary with on 97 Street between the Edmonton city limits and 167 Avenue Edmonton-Castle Downs was moved east to cede land to that constituency. The south boundary with Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood was changed to move along 127 Street instead of the Canadian National Railway tracks. The east boundary saw significant changes as it was pushed eastward to 66 Street into Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning as far north as 144 Avenue from the railway tracks at 127 Street. The east boundary with Edmonton-Manning was also realigned to run on 66 Street north of 153 Avenue to give some land to Manning.

Boundary history

29 Edmonton-Decore 2003 Boundaries[1]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Athabasca-Redwater	Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning	Edmonton-Castle Downs and Edmonton-Calder	Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of 97 Street with the north Edmonton city boundary; then 1. east along the north city boundary to 66 Street; 2. south along 66 Street to 167 Avenue; 3. east along 167 Avenue to the extension of 59A Street; 4. south along the extension and 59A Street to 153 Avenue; 5. west along 153 Avenue to 82 Street; 6. south along 82 Street to the Canadian National Railway (CNR) line; 7. west along the CNR line to 97 Street; 8. north along 97 Street to the starting point.
Note:

32 Edmonton-Decore 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater	Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning	Edmonton-Calder and Edmonton-Castle Downs	Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Decore[2]
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Edmonton-Glengary 1979-2004 and Edmonton-Manning 1993-2004
26th	2004–2008		Bill Bonko Sr.	Liberal
27th	2008–2012		Janice Sarich	Progressive Conservative
28th	2012–2015
29th	2015–2019		Chris Nielsen	New Democrat
30th	2019-

The first election held in the district was fought among Liberal candidate Bill Bonko Sr., a school trustee; incumbent Alberta Alliance MLA Gary Masyk whose old district had been abolished; and former Edmonton-Belmont Progressive Conservative MLA Walter Szwender. Bonko defeated the two incumbents and two other candidates.

In the 2008 general election Bonko was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Janice Sarich, who held the riding until 2015.

In the 2015 general election NDP Candidate Chris Nielsen was elected with 68% of the vote, in an election which saw every Edmonton riding return an NDP member.

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2004 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bill Bonko Sr.	4,434	44.84
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Szwender	3,007	30.41
	New Democratic	Shirley Barg	1,525	15.42
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Masyk	831	8.40
	Social Credit	Geoffrey Chevrier	91	0.93
Total valid votes			9,888
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			78
Eligible electors / Turnout			24,735	40.29
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s) "Edmonton-Decore Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 30, 2010.

2008 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Janice Sarich	4,577	45.71	+15.30
	Liberal	Bill Bonko Sr.	3,895	38.89	-5.95
	New Democratic	Sidney Sadik	1,301	12.99	-2.43
	Greens	Trey Capenhurst	241	2.41
Total valid votes			10,014
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			66
Eligible electors / Turnout			30,584	32.96	-7.33
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		10.63
Source(s) The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 286–289.

Elections in the 2010s

2012 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Janice Sarich	5,722	42.36	-3.35
	Wildrose	Chris Bataluk	2,911	21.55
	New Democratic	Ali Haymour	2,721	20.15	+7.16
	Liberal	Ed Ammar	2,153	15.94	-22.95
Total valid votes			13,507
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			165
Eligible electors / Turnout			28,766	47.53	+14.57
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-12.45
Source(s) Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Edmonton-Decore". Retrieved July 16, 2018.

2015 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Chris Nielsen	10,531	67.91	+47.76
	Progressive Conservative	Janice Sarich	2,847	18.36	-24.00
	Wildrose	Dean Miller	1,289	8.31	-13.24
	Liberal	Bradley Whalen	691	4.46	-11.48
	Green	Trey Capnerhurst	150	0.97
Total valid votes			15,508
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			105
Eligible electors / Turnout			32,518	48.01	+0.48
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+35.88
Source(s) Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Edmonton-Decore". Retrieved July 16, 2018.

2019 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Chris Nielsen	8,789	47.5%	-20.41%
	United Conservative	Karen Principe	7,371	39.9%	+13.23%
	Alberta Party	Ali Haymour	2,027	11.0%	--
	Independence	Virginia Bruneau	301	1.6%	--
Total valid votes			18,488
Rejected, spoiled and declined			108	92	27
Registered electors			33,398
Turnout			55.8%
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-20.41%
Source(s) "2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2019-05-06.

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Decore[3]					Turnout 40.28%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,839	14.86%	46.39%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	2,923	11.32%	35.32%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	2,816	10.90%	34.03%	1
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,664	10.31%	32.19%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,510	9.72%	30.33%	10
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,502	9.69%	30.23%	3
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,485	9.62%	30.03%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,400	9.29%	29.00%	8
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	1,961	7.59%	23.70%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,728	6.70%	20.88%	5
Total Votes			25,828	100%
Total Ballots			8,276	3.12 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,688

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2012 Senate nominee election district results

Student Vote results

2004 student election

Participating Schools[4]
Archbishop O'Leary High School
Mee-Yah-Noh School
St. Cecilia School

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.

2004 Alberta Student Vote results[5]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bill Bonko Sr.	447	58.97%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Szwender	106	13.98%
	Social Credit	Geoffrey Chevrier	80	10.55%
	NDP	Shirly Barg	71	9.37%
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Masyk	54	7.13%
Total			758	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			19

2012 student election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Janice Sarich		%
	Wildrose	Don Martin
	Liberal	Ed Ammar		%
	NDP	Ali Haymour		%
Total				100%

References

1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 17.
2. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
3. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
4. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
5. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta