Edmonton-Parkallen

Edmonton-Parkallen 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 1993.[1]

Edmonton-Parkallen

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1971
District abolished	1993
First contested	1971
Last contested	1989

History

The Edmonton-Parkallen electoral district was formed in the 1970 boundary redistribution from Strathcona West and a small portion of Strathcona Centre.

The Edmonton-Kingsway electoral district was abolished in the 1993 boundary redistribution with portions going into the already existing Edmonton-Strathcona and Edmonton-Whitemud electoral districts, and a portion going to the newly formed Edmonton-Rutherford electoral district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Parkallen
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Strathcona West electoral district from 1959-1971 and Strathcona Centre electoral district from 1959-1971
17th	1971–1975		Neil Stanley Crawford	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975–1979
19th	1979–1982
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989
21st	1986–1989		Doug Main
See Edmonton-Strathcona electoral district from 1971-Present, Edmonton-Rutherford electoral district from 1993-Present and Edmonton-Whitemud electoral district from 1971-Present

Election results

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil Stanley Crawford	5,300	49.50%	–
	Social Credit	Gordon V. Rasmussen	3,875	36.19%	–
	New Democratic	Hart Horn	1,311	12.24%	–
	Liberal	Vic Yanda	221	2.06%	–
Total			10,707	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			104	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			14,815	72.97%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil Stanley Crawford	4,810	62.30%	12.80%
	New Democratic	Brian Fish	1,546	20.02%	7.78%
	Social Credit	Glen Carlson	904	11.71%	-24.48%
	Liberal	Brian Erickson	461	5.97%	3.91%
Total			7,721	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			15	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,583	39.50%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		14.48%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil Stanley Crawford	6,457	50.58%	-11.72%
	New Democratic	Jim Russell	4,102	32.13%	12.11%
	Social Credit	Morley MacCalder	1,483	11.62%	-0.09%
	Liberal	Phillip Lister	724	5.67%	-0.30%
Total			12,766	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,583	65.19%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-11.91%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil Stanley Crawford	8229	55.37%	4.79%
	New Democratic	Jim Russell	5,771	38.83%	6.70%
	Western Canada Concept	Merv Gray	823	5.54%	–
	Communist	Chris Frazer	39	0.26%	–
Total			14,862	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			19	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			20,154	73.84%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.95%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil Stanley Crawford	5,612	44.49%	-10.88%
	New Democratic	Jim Russell	5,310	42.09%	3.26%
	Liberal	Jerry Paschen	1,100	8.72%	–
	Representative	James Carson	593	4.70%	–
Total			12,615	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			16	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			23,675	53.35%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-7.07%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Main	6,169	40.19%	-4.30%
	New Democratic	Jim Selby	4,979	32.43%	-9.66%
	Liberal	Nadene Thomas	4,203	27.38%	18.66%
Total			15,351	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			48	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			24,312	63.34%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		2.68%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Also see

• Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Parkallen, Edmonton a community in Edmonton.

References

1. "Election results for Edmonton-Parkallen". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

Further reading

• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta