Edmonton East

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Edmonton East

Alberta electoral district
[[Image: Edmonton St. Albert Sherwood Park East Centre Spruce Grove Strathcona Leduc Mill Woods Beaumont |200px]] Edmonton East in relation to other federal electoral districts in Edmonton
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Peter Goldring Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	128,199
Electors (2006)	90,861
Area (km²)	50
Pop. density (per km²)	2,564
Census divisions	Division No. 11
Census subdivisions	Edmonton

Edmonton East (formerly known as Edmonton Centre-East) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1917.

The district includes a portion of the city of Edmonton.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 3.1 Current Member of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 Edmonton East, 2004-present 4.2 Edmonton Centre-East, 2000 4.3 Edmonton East, 1997 5 See also 6 External links 6.1 Election 2006 campaign websites

[edit] Geography

The district is an urban riding in the City of Edmonton.

[edit] History

This riding was originally created in 1914 as "Edmonton East" from Edmonton and Victoria ridings.

In 2000, it was re-named "Edmonton Centre-East".

In 2003 it was abolished, and redistribtued into Edmonton Centre, a new Edmonton East riding, and Edmonton—Sherwood Park

The new "Edmonton East" riding was created from parts of Edmonton Centre-East and Edmonton North.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

• 1984-1988: William Lesick - Progressive Conservative
• 1988-1993: Ross Harvey - New Democratic Party
• 1993-1997: Judy Bethel - Liberal
• 1997-present: Peter Goldring - Reform (1997-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

The Member of Parliament for Edmonton East is Peter Goldring, a former business manager. He was first elected in 1997. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session he served as a member of the 'Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament' and the 'Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Development of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade'.

[edit] Election results

[edit] Edmonton East, 2004-present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Peter Goldring	25,086	50.1%
	Liberal	Nicole Martel	13,088	26.2%
	New Democratic Party	Arlene Chapman	9,243	18.5%
	Green	Trey Capnerhurst	2,623	5.2%
Total valid votes			50,040	99.6%
Total rejected ballots			186	0.4%
Turnout			50,226	55.3%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Peter Goldring	20,224	46.0%		$54,935
	Liberal	John Bethel	14,250	32.4%
	New Democratic Party	Janina Strudwick	6,464	14.7%		$11,840
	Green	Harlan Light	2,471	5.6%
	Christian Heritage	Ed Spronk	538	1.2%		$14,998
Total valid votes			43,947	99.5%
Total rejected ballots			203	0.5%
Turnout			44,150	51.6%

[edit] Edmonton Centre-East, 2000

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Peter Goldring	17,768	42.43%		$58,345
	Liberal	Sue Olsen	14,323	34.20%		$57,858
	New Democratic Party	Ray Martin	7,304	17.44%		$56,287
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Mahfouz	2,252	5.37%		$1,688
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	222	0.53%		$238
Total valid votes			41,869	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			156	0.37%
Turnout			42,025	53.42%

[edit] Edmonton East, 1997

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Peter Goldring	15,475	44.57%		$53,263
	Liberal	Judy Bethel	12,005	34.58%		$32,152
	New Democratic Party	Hana Razga	4,096	11.79%		$14,574
	Progressive Conservative	Carla Barkley	2,535	7.30%		$8,948
	Christian Heritage	John Ludwig	287	0.82%		$5,063
	Green	Ed Schell	211	0.60%
	Natural Law	Geoff Toane	107	0.30%
Total valid votes			34,716	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			177	0.22%
Turnout			34,793	51.69%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Judy Bethel	11,949
	Reform	Linda Robertson	11,746
	New Democrat	Ross Harvey	7,994
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Kovacs	2,674
	National	Jim Musson	1,105
	Christian Heritage	Cor Labots	239
	Natural Law	Paula Johnsen	213
	Green	Ernst Eder	170
	Canada Party	Peter Kiriaka	80
	Independent	James Jacques	51

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Ross Harvey	15,051
	Progressive Conservative	William Lesick	14,394
	Liberal	Peggy Blair	7,167
	Reform	Elaine Sim	1,728
	Christian Heritage	Ron Romanow	798
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	123
	Not affiliated	Bernie Sawatzky	88
	Confederation of Regions	Robert J. Yanew	53

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William Lesick	16,119
	New Democrat	Muriel Stanley-Venne	7,668
	Liberal	Al Iafolla	6,002
	Independent	William Yurko	2,857
	Confederation of Regions	Clifford Major	241
	Green	Reg Silvester	233
	Communist	David Wallis	128

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William Yurko	14,840
	Liberal	Gerry Lorente	7,606
	New Democrat	Jo Evans	4,763
	Social Credit	John Tymchyshyn	187
	Communist	Kimball Cariou	84
	Marxist-Leninist	Peggy Morton	57

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William Yurko	18,699
	Liberal	Jerry Paschen	9,253
	New Democrat	Lynn Fogwill	5,154
	Communist	Kimball Cariou	168
	Marxist-Leninist	Peggy Morton	84

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William Skoreyko	18,321
	Liberal	Una Maclean	11,122
	New Democrat	Bill Kobluk	4,413
	Social Credit	Martin Hattersley	1,119
	Communist	Bill Tuomi	176
	Independent	Dick Nimmons	128
	Marxist-Leninist	Peggy Morton	49

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William Skoreyko	21,137
	Liberal	Una MacLean-Evans	11,997
	New Democrat	Ashley Pachal	6,493
	Social Credit	Nick D. Senyk	1,139
	Not affiliated	Bill Tuomi	217

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William Skoreyko	15,764
	Liberal	Pat Shewchuk	12,739
	New Democrat	Roy H. Jamha	5,292
	Communist	William R. Askin	410

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William Skoreyko	13,596
	Social Credit	Preston Manning	6,752
	Liberal	Nick Mosychuk	6,228
	New Democrat	Robert William Douglas	3,222
	Communist	William Tuomi	385

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William Skoreyko	13,582
	Liberal	Donald Brinton	7,950
	Social Credit	Lucien Maynard	7,057
	New Democrat	Ivor G. Dent	3,645
	Communist	William Tuomi	340

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William Skoreyko	9,291
	Social Credit	Lucien Maynard	7,657
	Liberal	John Decore	6,771
	New Democrat	Douglas Tomlinson	4,023

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William Skoreyko	15,236
	Social Credit	Ambrose A. Holowach	6,441
	Liberal	John David Bracco	4,413
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Peter Uganecz	1,220
	Labour-Progressive	William Tuomi	473
	Ind. Progressive Conservative	Aubrey Allen Smith	253

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Ambrose A. Holowach	10,967
	Liberal	William Hawrelak	10,683
	Progressive Conservative	John Bowie-Reed	3,927
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Atkin	1,797

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Ambrose A. Holowach	8,802
	Liberal	Albert Frederick Macdonald	7,574
	Progressive Conservative	Albert John Hidson	2,651
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Atkin	1,805
	Labour-Progressive	William Tuomi	637
	Independent	Maurice Dudley McArthur	275

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert Frederick Macdonald	10,964
	Social Credit	Ambrose A. Holowach	7,972
	Progressive Conservative	John Hector Thorogood	3,816
	Ind. Social Credit	Patrick Harvey Ashby	3,400
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hugh John McKim Ross	2,961
	Labour-Progressive	Bernard Rudolf Swankey	1,232

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Patrick Harvey Ashby	8,214
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harry Dean Ainlay	5,833
	Liberal	Cora Taylor Casselman	5,313
	Progressive Conservative	Henry B. Jamieson	4,115
	Labour-Progressive	Jan Lakeman	1,223

By-election on 2 June 1941 On Mr. Casselman's death, 20 March 1941
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Cora Taylor Casselman	7,306
	Social Credit	Orvis A. Kennedy	4,199
	Conservative	A. Albert MacLeod	2,605

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick Clayton Casselman	8,948
	New Democracy	Orvis A. Kennedy	7,279
	National Government	Sidney J. Gee	2,302
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Clifford E. Lee	1,962

By-election on 21 March 1938 On Mr. Hall's death, 26 January 1938
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Orvis A. Kennedy	9,904
	Liberal	Robert Colin Marshall	7,920
	Unknown	Walter Clevely	2,466

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	William Samuel Hall	5,721
	Liberal	George Brown McLeod	4,889
	Conservative	Peter Edwin Bowen	2,827
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Elmer Ernest Roper	1,726
	Communist	Oliver C. Doolan	671
	Social Credit	Raymond Charles Ghostley	378

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ambrose Bury	6,662
	Liberal	Kenneth Alexander Blatchford	4,921
	Farmer-Labour	George Latham	2,767
	Farmer-Labour	Jan Lakeman	509

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Kenneth Alexander Blatchford	5,090
	Conservative	Ambrose Bury	4,925
	Farmer-Labour	Jan Lakeman	1,441

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ambrose Bury	3,927
	Liberal	Andrew Robert McLennan	3,440
	Farmer-Labour	George Latham	2,767

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Donald Ferdinand Kellner	6,094
	Liberal	Joseph Clarke	4,147
	Conservative	Henry Arthur Mackie	3,139

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Henry Arthur Mackie	6,775
	Opposition	Alexander Esson May	4,122

[edit] See also

• Edmonton East provincial electoral district
• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Alberta federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003 - present) - (2000 - 2003) - (1914 - 2000)
• Expenditures (2004) - (2000) - (1997)
• Elections Canada
• Elections Canada Edmonton East Riding Information
• CBC Edmonton East Riding Profile
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

[edit] Election 2006 campaign websites

• Trey Capnerhurst Green
• Arlene Chapman New Democratic Party
• Peter Goldring Conservative
• Nicole Martel Liberal

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