Edmonton-South

Edmonton-South (previously styled Edmonton South) is a provincial electoral district in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The first iteration was used for the 1913 and 1917 provincial elections. The district was re-created again for the 30th Alberta general election.

Edmonton-South
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-South within the City of Edmonton (2017 boundaries).
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Thomas Dang
New Democratic
District created1913
District abolished1921
District re-created2017
First contested1913
Last contested2019
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]45,801
Area (km²)72.7
Pop. density (per km²)630

Geography

The first iteration of Edmonton South included the part of Edmonton south of the North Saskatchewan River, which had recently been amalgamated into Edmonton.

The re-created Edmonton-South has the Whitemud Creek and Rabbit Hill Road as its western boundary, the Henday as its northern boundary (except the area between Rabbit Hill Road and the Whitemud Creek south of 23rd Ave NW), 91st St SW and 88 St SW as its eastern boundary, and extends South to Highway 19 on the west side of the QEII according to the City of Edmonton's plan to annex a portion of Leduc County.[2]

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Edmonton-South
Assembly Years Member Party
See Strathcona 1905-1913
3rd 1913-1917 Herbert Crawford Conservative
4th 1917-1921
See Edmonton 1921-1955
See Edmonton-South West 2012-2019
30th 2019- Thomas Dang New Democrat

Edmonton South was created when the district of Strathcona, centering on the old City of Strathcona, was renamed due to the city's merger with Edmonton.

The incumbent in 1913 was Alexander Rutherford, who had resigned as Premier of Alberta in 1910 but remained a Liberal MLA. He ran for re-election as a private member in the renamed Edmonton South, but was defeated by Conservative Herbert Crawford, a Whyte Avenue merchant. A similar surprise occurred in southside Edmonton in 1989, when sitting premier Don Getty (MLA for Edmonton-Whitemud) was unseated by a Liberal challenger.

Crawford was re-elected in 1917, and served a second term as an opposition MLA. Edmonton South merged with Edmonton West and Edmonton East to form the multi-member Edmonton constituency in 1921, where Crawford was not re-elected, placing ninth.

In 2017, the Electoral Boundaries Commission decided to re-use the name Edmonton-South for a new district, carving it mostly from Edmonton-South West and smaller parts of Edmonton-Whitemud, Edmonton-Ellerslie and Leduc-Beaumont.

Election Results

1910s

1913 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeHerbert Crawford1,52354.43%+40.35%
LiberalAlexander Rutherford1,27545.57%-40.35%
Total valid votes 2,798
Conservative notional gain Swing +40.35%
Source(s)
Alberta Heritage Foundation. "Election Results, Edmonton South". Archived from the original on 2010-12-08.
1917 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeHerbert Crawford2,76155.90%+1.47%
LiberalRobert Douglas2,17844.10%-1.47%
Total valid votes 4,939
Registered voters / Turnout 6,92371.34%
Conservative hold Swing +1.47%
Source(s)
Alberta Heritage Foundation. "Election Results, Edmonton South". Archived from the original on 2010-12-08.

2010s

Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election
New Democratic6,85753.91%
Progressive Conservative3,82630.08%
Wildrose1,2359.71%
Others8036.31%
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticThomas Dang10,67346.6%-7.31%
United ConservativeOlatunde Obasan9,88143.2%+4.2%
Alberta PartyPramod Kumar2,1569.4%+6.8%
GreenBen Roach1800.8%--
Total valid votes 22,890
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 1465111
Registered electors 34,524
Turnout 66.8%
New Democratic hold Swing %
Source: Elections Alberta[3]
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References

  1. Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. "Final Report Maps: Edmonton-South" (PDF). abebc.ca.
  3. "2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
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