Edmonton-Beverly

Edmonton-Beverly

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

Edmonton-Beverly 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.

History

The Edmonton-Beverly electoral district was formed in the 1970 boundary redistribution from Edmonton North East.

The Edmonton-Beverly electoral district was abolished in the 1993 boundary redistribution, and formed Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont, with a small portion of the district was combined with Edmonton-Belmont to form Edmonton-Manning.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Beverly
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Edmonton North East electoral district from 1959-1971
17th	1971–1975		Bill Diachuk	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975–1979
19th	1979–1982
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989		Ed Ewasiuk	New Democratic
22nd	1989–1993
See Edmonton-Manning electoral district from 1993-Present and Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont electoral district from 1993-1997

Election results

1971

1971 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Diachuk	4,471	42.68%	–
	Social Credit	Lou Heard	3,050	29.12%	–
	New Democratic	Barrie Chivers	2,769	26.43%	–
	Liberal	John Lambert	185	1.77%	–
Total			10,475	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			60	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			15,591	67.57%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

1975 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Diachuk	5,046	61.94%	19.26%
	New Democratic	Bill Kobluk	1,902	23.35%	-3.09%
	Social Credit	Patrick Moore	764	9.38%	-19.74%
	Liberal	Rudy Pisesky	374	4.59%	2.83%
	Communist	Paul Jarbeau	60	0.74%	–
Total			8,146	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			16,882	48.25%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		12.51%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

1979 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Diachuk	3,756	50.53%	-11.41%
	New Democratic	Gene Mitchell	2,592	34.87%	11.52%
	Social Credit	Pat G. A. O'Hara	854	11.49%	2.11%
	Liberal	Teresa McKerral	231	3.11%	-1.48%
Total			7,433	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			13,741	54.09%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-11.47%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

1982 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Diachuk	6,894	50.62%	0.09%
	New Democratic	Winston Gereluk	5,638	41.40%	6.53%
	Western Canada Concept	Dexter B. Dombro	819	6.01%	–
	Social Credit	Steve Kostiuk	268	1.97%	-9.52%
Total			13,619	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			29	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			21,759	62.72%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.22%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

1986 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Ed Ewasiuk	6,699	58.76%	17.37%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Diachuk	3,917	34.36%	-16.26%
	Liberal	Jim Shinkaruk	784	6.88%	–
Total			11,400	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			20	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			24,854	45.95%	–
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		7.59%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

1989 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Ed Ewasiuk	6,408	49.48%	-9.28%
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Kump	3,835	29.61%	-4.75%
	Liberal	Daryl Robb	2,520	19.46%	12.58%
	Independent	Bonny Royce	188	1.45%	–
Total			12,951	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			17	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			25,874	50.12%	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-2.27%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Beverly, Edmonton, a community and former town in Edmonton

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 May 25, 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta