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.

Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood

Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Janis Irwin New Democratic
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2019

This inner-city northeast Edmonton riding has the second lowest average income in Alberta, as well as being one of the most ethnically diverse. This riding and its predecessor ridings have voted NDP in six of the last seven elections.

Neighborhoods in this riding include: Highlands, Bellevue, Montrose, Newton, Virginia Park, Cromdale, Parkdale, Alberta Avenue, Boyle Street, McCauley, Eastwood & Riverdale.

The riding is currently held by the Alberta NDP's Janis Irwin.

History

The electoral district was created in the 2003 boundary redistribution after the electoral districts of Edmonton-Highlands and Edmonton-Norwood were merged.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw significant boundary changes as all land west of 50 street was ceded to Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview. A portion of the west boundary that moved along 97 Street between 105 and 111 Avenue was pushed west to 104 Street that was formerly part of Edmonton-Centre and minor alterations were made with the north border of Edmonton-Decore.

Boundary history

33 Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood 2003 Boundaries[1]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Decore	Sherwood Park	Edmonton-Calder	Edmonton-Centre and Edmonton-Gold Bar
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of 97 Street with the Canadian National Railway (CNR) line; then 1. east along the CNR line to 66 Street; 2. south along 66 Street to Yellowhead Trail; 3. east along Yellowhead Trail to 50 Street; 4. south along 50 Street to 118 Avenue; 5. east along 118 Avenue to Victoria Trail; 6. northeast along Victoria Trail to the eastbound lanes of Yellowhead Trail; 7. east along the eastbound lanes of Yellowhead Trail to the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River; 8. generally southwest and west along the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River to the southerly extension of 82 Street; 9. north along the extension of 82 Street to Jasper Avenue; 10. southwest along Jasper Avenue to 84 Street; 11. north along 84 Street to the Light Rail Transit (LRT) line; 12. northeast along the LRT line to 112 Avenue; 13. west along 112 Avenue and Norwood Boulevard to 97 Street; 14. north along 97 Street to the starting point.
Note: New district

36 Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood 2010 Boundaries[2]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Decore	Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview	Edmonton-Calder and Edmonton-Centre	Edmonton-Gold Bar and Edmontons-Strathcona
Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Representation history

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Edmonton-Highlands 1997–2004 and Edmonton-Norwood 1959–2004
26th	2004–2008		Brian Mason	New Democratic
27th	2008–2012
28th	2012–2015
29th	2015–2019
30th	2019–present		Janis Irwin

The electoral district was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution by combining the old Edmonton-Highlands and Edmonton-Norwood electoral districts. The first election in the district was won by NDP leader Brian Mason who won a landslide with over 60% of the popular vote.

Mason was re-elected in the 2008 general election against former MLA Andrew Beniuk. He won a slightly reduced majority but still won over half the popular vote. In the 2015 election, Mason was re-elected in a landslide, becoming the longest-serving MLA in the NDP government.

Election results

2019 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Janis Irwin	10,008	63.7	-14.37%
	United Conservative	Leila Houle	3,953	25.2	+6.68%
	Alberta Party	Tish Prouse	1,048	6.7
	Green	Taz Bouchier	243	1.5
	Independence	Joe Hankins	227	1.4
	Alberta Advantage	Chris Poplatek	123	0.8
	Communist	Alex S. Boykowich	103	0.7
Total valid votes			15,758
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			70	88	8
Registered electors			33,063
Turnout			47.9%
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-14.37%

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Brian Mason	11,558	78.07
	Progressive Conservative	Jonathan Dai	1,778	12.01
	Wildrose	Joshua Loeppky	964	6.51
	Liberal	Matthew Smith	504	3.41
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+23.94%

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Brian Mason	6,824	54.16	+3.21
	Progressive Conservative	Cris Basualdo	2,778	22.05	-9.87
	Wildrose	Wayde Lever	2,022	16.05	+13.42
	Liberal	Keegan Wynychuk	587	4.66	-7.47
	Alberta Party	Cam McCormick	200	2.59	–
	Evergreen	Dari Lynn	188	1.49	-0.88
Total valid votes			12,599	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			184	–	–
Turnout			12,783	45.25	+12.71
Eligible voters			28,251	–	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+3.21%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Brian Mason	4,754	50.95	-11.67
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Beniuk	2,978	31.92	+9.08
	Liberal	Brad Smith	1,132	12.13	+1.42
	Wildrose Alliance	Travis Loewen	245	2.63	-0.52
	Green	Mohamad Maie	221	2.37	–
Total valid votes			9,330	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			39	–	–
Turnout			9,369	32.54	-10.20
Eligible voters			28,795	–	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-10.38%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Brian Mason	6,054	62.62
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Martinuk	2,208	22.84
	Liberal	Jason Manzevich	1,035	10.71
	Alberta Alliance	Ray Loyer	305	3.15
	Independent	Dale Ferris	66	0.68
Total valid votes			9,668	100.00
Total rejected ballots			91	–
Turnout			9,759	42.74
Eligible voters			20,681	–

Senate nominee results

2012 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood[3]					Turnout 43.09%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,235	14.22%	43.20%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,105	13.65%	41.47%	4
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,386	10.49%	31.86%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,347	10.31%	31.34%	7
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	2,230	9.80%	29.78%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,194	9.64%	29.30%	3
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,101	9.23%	28.06%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,089	9.18%	27.90%	10
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	1,603	7.04%	21.41%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,466	6.44%	19.58%	5
Total Votes			22,756	100%
Total Ballots			7,488	3.04 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			2,350

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[4]
Delton School
Eastglen High School
Norwood School
R. J. Scott School
St. Nicholas School
St. Alphonsus 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	%
	NDP	Brian Mason	403	58.66%
	Liberal	Jason Manzevich	117	17.03%
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Martinuk	93	13.54%
	Independent	Dale Ferris	42	6.11%
	Alberta Alliance	Ray Loyer	32	4.66%
Total			687	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			92

References

• "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
• "Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
• The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 302–305.

1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 18–19.
2. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 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

• Electoral Divisions Act 2003
• Riding Map for Edmonton Highlands-Norwood
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta
• Student Vote Alberta