District created 2004 Last contested 2015 | First contested 2004 | |
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MLA Chris NielsenNew Democratic | ||
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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 Alberta general election, 2015.
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- History
- Electoral history
- 2004 Senate nominee election district results
- 2004 student election
- References
The riding is located in north central Edmonton. It was created in 2004 boundary redistribution out of a small part of Edmonton-Manning and most of Edmonton-Glengarry. The riding is named after former Leader of the Opposition and Mayor of Edmonton, Laurence Decore.
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.
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History
The electoral district was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Glengary and Edmonton-Manning, and was first contested in the Alberta general election, 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.
Electoral history
The first election held in the district saw a hotly contested race between Liberal candidate Bill Bonko Sr., who held prior office as an elected school trustee. He faced incumbent Alberta Alliance MLA Gary Masyk whose district was abolished and former Edmonton-Belmont Progressive Conservative MLA Walter Szwender. Bonko won the district, defeating the two former MLAs and two other candidates.
Bonko ran for a second term in the 2008 general election but was defeated in a hotly contested race by Progressive Conservative candidate Janice Sarich, who held the riding until 2015.
In the 2015 Alberta 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.
2004 Senate nominee election district results
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
2004 student election
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.