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Edmonton-Norwood
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1959
District abolished2004
First contested1959
Last contested2001

Edmonton-Norwood 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 1959 to 2004.[1]

History

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The Edmonton-Norwood electoral district was created from the Edmonton district in 1959 and was abolished in 2004 when it merged with Edmonton-Highlands to form Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood. The district was a swing riding and was held by every major party in Alberta. The district has seen a couple of floor crossings and was the only urban seat held by the Alberta Alliance Party.

In 2004, Gary Masyk ran a vigorous campaign to save the district from being abolished, and to reduce the effect of Edmonton losing seats to Calgary.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

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Assembly Years Member Party
See Edmonton 1921-1959
14th 1959-1963 William Tomyn Social Credit
15th 1963-1967
16th 1967-1971
17th 1971-1975 Catherine Chichak Progressive Conservative
18th 1975-1979
19th 1979-1982
20th 1982-1986 Ray Martin NDP
21st 1986-1989
22nd 1989-1993
23rd 1993-1995 Andrew Beniuk Liberal
1995-1996 Independent
1996-1997 Progressive Conservative
24th 1997-2000 Sue Olsen Liberal
2000-2001 Vacant
25th 2001-2004 Gary Masyk Progressive Conservative
2004 Alberta Alliance
See Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood 2004-present

Election results

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1959

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1959 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit William Tomyn 5,071 54.77% –
Liberal P. W. Bill Jones 1,522 16.44% –
Progressive Conservative Nestor Marchyshyn 1,482 16.01% –
Co-operative Commonwealth Frank G. McCoy 932 10.07% –
Labor–Progressive W. A. Tuomi 251 2.71% –
Total 9,258 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 48 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 16,659 55.86% –
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1963

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1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit William Tomyn 3,905 47.94% -6.84%
Liberal J. Laurier Picard 1,628 19.99% 3.55%
New Democratic Ronald W. Downey 1,330 16.33% 6.26%
Progressive Conservative J. Gordon Ozarko 1,190 14.61% -1.40%
Communist Walter Makowecki 93 1.14% –
Total 8,146 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 14 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 16,027 50.91% -4.95%
Social Credit hold Swing -5.19%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

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1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit William Tomyn 3,450 43.64% -4.30%
New Democratic Grant Notley 2,433 30.77% 14.44%
Progressive Conservative Ronald W. Downey 2,023 25.59% 10.98%
Total 7,906 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 116 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 15,082 53.19% 2.28%
Social Credit hold Swing -7.54%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1971

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1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Catherine Chichak 4,334 43.75% 18.16%
Social Credit Irene Domecki 3,618 36.52% -7.11%
New Democratic Sam Lee 1,954 19.73% -11.05%
Total 9,906 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 199 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 15,953 63.34% 10.15%
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing -2.82%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

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1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Catherine Chichak 4,298 59.36% 15.61%
New Democratic Howard Rubin 1,849 25.54% 5.81%
Social Credit Alfred Hooke 1,045 14.43% -22.09%
Communist Gary Hansen 48 0.66% –
Total 7,240 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 70 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 15,619 46.80% -16.54%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 13.30%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

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1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Catherine Chichak 3,950 47.15% -12.22%
New Democratic Ray Martin 3,194 38.12% 12.58%
Social Credit Mike Ekelund 703 8.39% -6.04%
Liberal Walter G. Coombs 486 5.80% –
Communist Kimball Cariou 45 0.54% -0.13%
Total 8,378 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 97 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 16,231 52.21% 5.41%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -12.40%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

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1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Ray Martin 4,857 46.22% 8.10%
Progressive Conservative Tony Falcone 4,782 45.51% -1.64%
Western Canada Concept John Hudson 569 5.41% –
Independent Georg J.P. Wowk 263 2.50% –
Communist David Wallis 37 0.35% -0.19%
Total 10,508 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 59 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 17,050 61.98% 9.85%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -4.15%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

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1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Ray Martin 5,272 69.62% 23.39%
Progressive Conservative Catherine Chichak 1,942 25.64% -19.86%
Liberal David R. Long 359 4.74% –
Total 7,573 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 26 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 15,632 48.61% -13.36%
New Democratic hold Swing 21.63%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

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1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Ray Martin 4,229 57.60% -12.02%
Liberal Luis C. Baptista 1,594 21.71% 16.97%
Progressive Conservative Dan Papirnik 1,519 20.69% -4.95%
Total 7,342 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 16 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 15,068 48.83% 0.22%
New Democratic hold Swing -4.04%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993

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1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Beniuk 4,944 42.76% 21.05%
New Democratic Ray Martin 3,749 32.43% -25.17%
Progressive Conservative Fay Orr 2,517 21.77% 1.08%
Social Credit Alan Cruikshank 264 2.28% –
Natural Law Maury Shapka 88 0.76% –
Total 11,562 – –
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 49 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 22,844 50.83% 2.00%
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing -12.78%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

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1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sue Olsen 3,357 36.52% -6.24%
New Democratic Sherry McKibben 2,767 30.10% -2.32%
Progressive Conservative Andrew Beniuk 2,583 28.10% 6.33%
Social Credit Ray Loyer 485 5.28% 2.99%
Total 9,192 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 41 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 18,068 51.10% 0.27%
Liberal hold Swing -1.96%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

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2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gary Masyk 3,304 38.13% 10.03%
Liberal Brian Bechtel 3,164 36.52% 0.00%
New Democratic Harvey Voogd 2,196 25.35% -4.76%
Total 8,664 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 16 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 19,343 44.87% -6.23%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -2.40%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Norwood Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Floor crossings

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  1. Andrew Beniuk removed from the Liberal Caucus and sits as an Independent June 23, 1995.
  2. Andrew Beniuk joins the Progressive Conservative Caucus 1996
  3. Gary Masyk crosses the floor to the Alberta Alliance Party June 29, 2004.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Election results for Edmonton-Norwood". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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