Edmonton-Kingsway

Edmonton-Kingsway

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-Kingsway 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-Kingsway electoral district was formed in the 1970 boundary redistribution from Edmonton North.

The Edmonton-Kingsway electoral district was abolished in the 1993 boundary redistribution and formed Edmonton-Mayfield.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Kingsway
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Edmonton North electoral district from 1959-1971
17th	1971–1975		Kenneth Paproski	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975–1979
19th	1979–1982
20th	1982–1986		Carl Paproski
21st	1986–1989		Alex McEachern	New Democratic
22nd	1989–1993
See Edmonton-Mayfield electoral district from 1993-1997

Election results

1971

1971 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Paproski	6,316	55.70%	–
	Social Credit	Ethel Sylvia Wilson	3,535	31.17%	–
	New Democratic	Paulette Atterbury	1,290	11.38%	–
	Liberal	Roderick Woodcock	199	1.75%	–
Total			11,340	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			92	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			16,597	68.88%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Kingsway Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

1975 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Paproski	4,897	66.23%	10.53%
	New Democratic	Jane Weaver	1,406	19.02%	7.64%
	Social Credit	Jake Johnson	619	8.37%	-22.80%
	Liberal	Roy Landreth	472	6.38%	4.63%
Total			7394	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			30	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			15851	46.84%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		11.35%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Kingsway Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

1979 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Paproski	4,387	50.66%	-15.57%
	New Democratic	Alex McEachern	2,563	29.60%	10.58%
	Social Credit	Martin Hattersley	975	11.26%	2.89%
	Liberal	Dorothy A. Richardson	684	7.90%	1.51%
	Independent	Eddie Keehn	51	0.59%	–
Total			8,660	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			16,847	51.40%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-13.08%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Kingsway Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

1982 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Carl Paproski	4,294	41.68%	-8.98%
	New Democratic	Alex McEachern	3,879	37.65%	8.06%
	Independent	Mark Byington	950	9.22%	8.63%
	Western Canada Concept	Curtis Long	669	6.49%	–
	Liberal	Bill Broad	318	3.09%	-4.81%
	Social Credit	George Klimiuk	192	1.86%	-9.39%
Total			10,302	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			16	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			16,375	63.01%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-8.52%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Kingsway Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

1986 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Alex McEachern	4,669	51.12%	13.46%
	Progressive Conservative	Allen Wasnea	3,491	38.22%	-3.46%
	Liberal	Patrick Reid	896	9.81%	6.72%
	Heritage Party	Bowden John Zachara	78	0.85%	–
Total			9,134	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			17	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			17,591	52.02%	–
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		4.43%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Kingsway Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

1989 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Alex McEachern	4,314	44.40%	-6.72%
	Progressive Conservative	Allen Wasnea	2,818	29.00%	-9.22%
	Liberal	Joan Cowling	2,585	26.60%	16.79%
Total			9,717	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			26	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			17,238	56.52%	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		1.25%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Kingsway Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Kingsway, Edmonton, a road and area 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