Edmonton-Meadowlark

For related uses of Meadowlark, see Meadowlark, Edmonton (disambiguation).

Edmonton-Meadowlark

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Raj Sherman Liberal
District created	1971
First contested	1971
Last contested	2012

Edmonton Meadowlark is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

The electoral district located on the western edge of Edmonton was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the old electoral districts of Edmonton Jasper Place and Edmonton West.

The district has switched support between Progressive Conservative and Liberal candidates with regular frequency since it was created. The current representative is Raj Sherman who was elected for the first time in the 2008 general election.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the old electoral districts of Edmonton Jasper Place and Edmonton West. The 1993 redistribution would see the district go through a significant redrawing as most of the riding which was south of Whitemud Drive would be moved into the new district of Edmonton-McClung. The riding remained a rectangle shape between Whitemud and Stony Plain road with little changes made in 1996 and 2003.

The 2010 boundary redistribution would see a significant change as the riding was extended well beyond Stony Plain road up to Yellowhead Trail into land that was once in Edmonton-Calder and Edmonton-Glenora.

Boundary history

36 Edmonton-Meadowlark 2003 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Calder and Edmonton-Glenora	Edmonton-Riverview	Stony Plain and Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert	Edmonton-McClung
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the west Edmonton city boundary with Stony Plain Road; then 1. east along Stony Plain Road to 156 Street; 2. south along 156 Street to 95 Avenue; 3. west along 95 Avenue to 163 Street; 4. south along 163 Street to 87 Avenue; 5. east along 87 Avenue to 159 Street; 6. south along 159 Street to Whitemud Drive; 7. west along Whitemud Drive to the west Edmonton city boundary; 8. west and north along the west city boundary to the starting point.
Note:

39 Edmonton-Meadowlark 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Calder	Edmonton-Glenora and Edmonton-Riverview	Spruce Grove-St. Albert and Stony Plain	Edmonton-McClung and Edmonton-South West
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Meadowlark
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See: Edmonton Jasper Place 1963-1971 and Edmonton West 1963-1971
17th	1971–1975		Gerard Amerongen	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975–1979
19th	1979–1982
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989		Grant Mitchell	Liberal
22nd	1989–1993
23rd	1993–1997		Karen Leibovici
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004		Bob Maskell	Progressive Conservative
26th	2004–2008		Maurice Tougas	Liberal
27th	2008–2010		Raj Sherman	Progressive Conservative
	2010–2011			Independent
	2011			Independent Liberal
	2011–2012			Liberal
28th	2012–present

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Gerard Amerongen pickup the new district for his party. He was successful after running as a candidate in various districts since the 1950s. Amerongen would be elected as Speaker of the Assembly when it met for its first session after the election in 1972.

Amerongen won re-election with increasing majorities three more times in the 1975, 1979 and 1982 general elections. He ran for a fifth term in the 1986 general election but was defeated in a shocking upset by Liberal candidate Grant Mitchell. This was only the second time in Alberta history that the Speaker of the Legislature had been defeated.

Mitchell was re-elected to his second term with a large majority in the 1989 general election. He ran for re-election in the Edmonton-McClung after redistricting created the new district out of most of the old land that covered Meadowlark. The new boundaries of Meadowlark returned Liberal candidate Karen Leibovici who won her first term with a substantial majority to hold the seat for her party.

Leibovici won her second term in closely contest race in the 1997 general election defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Laurie Pushor. Her voter popularity sank further in the 2001 general election, and she would be defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Bob Maskell who won by 600 votes to pick up the district.

Maskell would only last a single term in office as he would be defeated by Maurice Tougas in the 2004 general election. Tougas did not stand for re-election in 2008 and Progressive Conservative candidate Raj Sherman picked up the open district.

Sherman was removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus after making unsubstantiated allegations against the Alberta Government regarding abuses against staff working under Alberta Health Services. He at first sat as an Independent on November 22, 2010 than on March 15, 2011 he began caucusing with the Liberal caucus as an Independent. He was elected as leader of the provincial Liberals on September 10, 2011 and became a full member of the Liberal caucus two days later. He was re-elected in the 2012 provincial election.

Legislature results

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results			Turnout 70.70%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Gerard Amerongen	6,371	56.66%	*
	Social Credit	Alexander Romaniuk	3,839	34.14%	*
	NDP	Alan Idiens	1,035	9.20%	*
Total			11,245	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			28
15,944 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district				Swing N/A

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election results			Turnout 50.35%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Gerard Amerongen	6,715	67.75%	11.09%
	NDP	Harvey Tilden	1,406	14.18%	4.98%	*
	Social Credit	Russ Forsythe	1,093	11.03%	-23.11%	*
	Liberal	Vic Yanda	698	7.04%	*
Total			9,912	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			13
19,714 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 8.04%

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results			Turnout 51.03%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Gerard Amerongen	7,075	60.36%	-7.39%
	NDP	Jim Bell	2,098	17.90%	3.72%	*
	Social Credit	Russ Forsythe	1,237	10.55%	-0.48%
	Liberal	Ron Charko	904	7.71%	0.67%	*
	Independent	Doug Ringrose	408	3.48%	*
Total			11,722	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			76
23,118 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -5.56%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results			Turnout 63.27%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Gerard Amerongen	10,817	58.59%	-1.77%
	NDP	Robert Henderson	4,590	24.86%	6.96%	*
	Western Canada Concept	Al Wilson	1,511	8.18%	-0.48%
	Liberal	Nidhi Chaudhary	776	4.20%	-3.51%	*
	Independent	William Dickson	423	2.29%	*
	Social Credit	Andy Groenink	345	1.88%	-8.67%	*
Total			18,462	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			76
29,252 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -4.37%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results			Turnout 49.18%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Grant Mitchell	4,913	41.93%	37.73%	*
	Progressive Conservative	Gerard Amerongen	4,222	36.04%	-22.55%
	NDP	Muriel Stanley-Venne	2,315	19.76%	-5.10%	*
	Representative	Robert Genis-Bell	176	1.50%	*
	Western Canada Concept	Norm Kyle	90	0.77%	-7.41%	*
Total			11,716	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			?
23,485 Eligible Electors
	Liberal pickup from Progressive Conservative				Swing 30.14%

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results			Turnout 56.05%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Grant Mitchell	7,877	56.56%	14.63%
	Progressive Conservative	Joan Majeski	4,221	30.31%	-5.73%	*
	NDP	William Mullen	1,829	13.13%	-6.63%	*
Total			13,927	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			225
25,251 Eligible Electors
	Liberal hold				Swing 10.18%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results			Turnout 57.90%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Karen Leibovici	7,215	56.51%	-0.05%	*
	Progressive Conservative	Laurie Pushor	3,978	31.16%	0.85%	*
	NDP	William Mullen	1,111	8.70%	-4.43%
	Social Credit	Norm Case	354	2.77%	*
	Natural Law	Margo Cochlan	110	0.86%	*
Total			12,768	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			25
22,094 Eligible Electors
	Liberal hold				Swing -0.45%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results			Turnout 56.16%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Karen Leibovici	6,047	50.22%	-6.29%
	Progressive Conservative	Laurie Pushor	4,672	38.80%	7.64%
	NDP	Terry McNally	831	6.90%	-1.80%	*
	Social Credit	Aaron Hinman	435	3.61%	0.84%	*
	Natural Law	Geoff Toane	55	0.46%	-0.40%	*
Total			12,040	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			27
21,488 Eligible Electors
	Liberal hold				Swing -6.97%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results			Turnout 56.15%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Maskell	6,108	48.62%	9.82%	*
	Liberal	Karen Leibovici	5,674	45.17%	-5.05%
	NDP	Mike Hudema	636	5.06%	-1.84%	*
	Independent	Peggy Morton	144	1.15%	*
Total			12,562	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			50
22,491 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative pickup from Liberal				Swing 7.44%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results			Turnout 45.46%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Maurice Tougas	4,435	41.26%	-3.91%	*
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Maskell	4,242	39.47%	-9.15%
	NDP	Lance Burns	1,306	12.15%	7.09%	*
	Alberta Alliance	Aaron Campbell	446	4.15%	*
	Greens	Amanda Doyle	243	2.26%	*
	Independent	Peggy Morton	76	0.71%	*	-0.44%
Total			10,748	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			91
23,845 Eligible Electors
	Liberal pickup from Progressive Conservative				Swing -6.53%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results			Turnout 36.03%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Raj Sherman	6,174	54.83%	15.36%	*
	Liberal	Debbie Cavaliere	3,423	30.40%	-10.86	*
	NDP	Pascal Ryffel	1,010	8.97%	-3.18	*
	Greens	Amanda Doyle	347	3.08%	0.82%
	Wildrose Alliance	Richard Guyon	306	2.72%	-1.43%	*
Total			11,260	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			54
31,552 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative pickup from Liberal				Swing 13.11%

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election			Turnout %		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Raj Sherman	5,150	35.5%	5.1%	-19.3%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Maskell	5,032	34.7%	-20.13%	*
	Wildrose	Rick Newcombe	2,978	20.5%	17.78%	*
	NDP	Bridget Stirling	1,091	7.5%	-1.47%	*
	Alberta Party	Neil Mather	262	1.8%	*
Total			14,513	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			'
Eligible Electors
	Liberal hold from floor crossing				Swing %

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Meadowlark					Turnout 45.36%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	4,528	17.12%	51.41%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,161	11.95%	35.89%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	3,100	11.72%	35.20%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,929	11.07%	33.25%	3
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,285	8.64%	25.94%	7
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,173	8.21%	24.67%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,114	7.99%	24.00%	10
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,107	7.96%	23.92%	8
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,104	7.95%	23.89%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,955	7.39%	22.20%	5
Total Votes			26,456	100%
Total Ballots			8,808	3.00 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			2,008

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2012 Senate nominee election district results

Student Vote

2004 election

Participating Schools
Aldergrove Elementary
Aurora Charter School
Centennial Elementary
St Thomas More School
H.E. Beriault School
St. Francis Xavier School

On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Maurice Tougas	363	33.24%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Maskell	330	30.22%
	NDP	Lance Burns	214	19.60%
	Greens	Amanda Doyle	131	12.00%
	Alberta Alliance	Aaron Campbell	38	3.48%
	Independent	Peggy Morton	16	1.46%
Total			1,092	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			31

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Maskell		%
	Wildrose	Rick Newcombe		%
	Liberal	Raj Sherman		%
	Alberta Party			%
	NDP	Bridget Stirling		%
Total			'	100%

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
• Vote YOUR Voice