Edmonton-Jasper Place

Edmonton-Jasper Place

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1963
District abolished	1992
First contested	1963
Last contested	1989

Edmonton-Jasper Place 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 1963 to 1989.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Jasper Place
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Edmonton electoral district from 1921-1959
15th	1963–1967		John William Horan	Social Credit
16th	1967–1971
17th	1971–1975		Leslie Gordon Young	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975–1979
19th	1979–1982
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989
22nd	1989–1993		John McInnis	New Democratic

Election results

1963

1963 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	John William Horan	3,639	45.29%	–
	Liberal	Keith C. Campbell	2,234	27.80%	–
	New Democratic	Patrick J. Ryan	1,128	14.04%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Clarence Edgar Sage	1,034	12.87%	–
Total			8,035	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			26	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			16,721	48.21%	–
	Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Jasper Place Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

1967 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	John William Horan	4,206	36.76%	-8.53%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerard Joseph Amerongen	3,000	26.22%	13.35%
	New Democratic	Tom Hennessey	2,210	19.31%	5.27%
	Liberal	Barry Vogel	1,851	16.18%	-11.63%
	Independent Social Credit	Albert V. Bourcier	176	1.54%	–
Total			11,443	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			131	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,537	59.24%	11.03%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-3.47%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Jasper Place Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1971

1971 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Leslie Gordon Young	5,758	51.46%	25.24%
	Social Credit	John B. Ludwig	3,789	33.86%	-2.90%
	New Democratic	Kenneth Joseph Kerr	1,402	12.53%	-6.78%
	Liberal	Edwin Robert Daniels	241	2.15%	-14.02%
Total			11,190	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			45	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			15,794	71.13%	11.89%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit		Swing		3.53%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Jasper Place Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

1975 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Leslie Gordon Young	5,436	66.67%	15.21%
	New Democratic	Carol Berry	1,192	14.62%	2.09%
	Social Credit	Don Eastcott	1,035	12.69%	-21.17%
	Liberal	Philip Lister	491	6.02%	3.87%
Total			8,154	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			80	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			16,399	50.21%	-20.92%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		17.23%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Jasper Place Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

1979 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Leslie Gordon Young	5,049	60.29%	-6.38%
	New Democratic	Charlie Wood	1,735	20.72%	6.10%
	Social Credit	Ralph Frank Watzke	1,037	12.38%	-0.31%
	Liberal	Gerald F. Paschen	554	6.61%	0.59%
Total			8,375	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			17	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			16,919	49.60%	-0.61%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.24%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Jasper Place Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

1982 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Leslie Gordon Young	6,723	57.82%	-2.47%
	New Democratic	Don Aitken	3,498	30.08%	9.37%
	Western Canada Concept	John B. Ludwig	987	8.49%	–
	Social Credit	Peter A. Keohan	241	2.07%	-10.31%
	Reform	G. Crofton	179	1.54%	–
Total			11,628	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			58	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			18,734	62.38%	12.78%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.92%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Jasper Place Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

1986 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Leslie Gordon Young	4,357	40.09%	-17.73%
	New Democratic	Vair Clendenning	4,286	39.43%	9.35%
	Liberal	Karen Leibovici	1,947	17.91%	–
	Representative	Michael P. Astle	157	1.44%	–
	Western Canada Concept	Curtis Long	122	1.12%	-7.37%
Total			10,869	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			21	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			25,169	43.27%	-19.11%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-13.54%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Jasper Place Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

1989 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	John McInnis	4,966	34.93%	-4.50%
	Liberal	Karen Leibovici	4,747	33.39%	15.48%
	Progressive Conservative	Leslie Gordon Young	4,503	31.68%	-8.41%
Total			14,216	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			15	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			26,706	53.29%	10.02%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		0.44%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Jasper Place Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts

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