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

Edmonton-Riverview
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-Riverview within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Lori Sigurdson
New Democratic
District created1996
First contested1997
Last contested2023

Created in the 1997 boundary redistribution, the district includes re-distributed areas of the Edmonton-Glenora, Edmonton-Strathcona, and Edmonton-Whitemud.

Neighborhoods in this riding include: Windsor Park, Belgravia, Parkallen, Crestwood, Laurier Heights & Parkview.

Edmonton-Riverview remains one of the more affluent ridings in Edmonton, featuring some of the city's most expensive real estate.

The riding is currently represented by New Democrat Lori Sigurdson.

History

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The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution out of parts of Edmonton-Glenora and Edmonton-Strathcona.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the riding change on its western boundary with the boundary between Whitemud Drive and 87 Avenue moving west to run along 170 Street, in land that was part of Edmonton-Meadowlark. The northeast corner of the riding was also revised to have the boundary move along the right bank instead of the left bank of the North Saskatchewan River.

Boundary history

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Electoral history

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Edmonton-Riverview[2]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Edmonton-Glenora 1971-1997 and Edmonton-Strathcona 1971-1997
24th 1997-2001 Linda Sloan Liberal
25th 2001-2004 Kevin Taft
26th 2004-2008
27th 2008–2012
28th 2012–2015 Steve Young Progressive Conservative
29th 2015–2019 Lori Sigurdson New Democratic
30th 2019–2023
31st 2023–

The first election held in 1997 saw Liberal candidate Linda Sloan elected as the first representative. Sloan defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Gwen Harris by over 900 votes. Sloan declined to seek a second term.

The 2001 election saw Liberal candidate and best-selling author Kevin Taft run against Progressive Conservative candidate and former Edmonton City Councilor Wendy Kinsella. Taft won almost half the popular vote earning 49% in the race.

Taft would later become leader of the Alberta Liberals he stood for a second term in office in the 2004 election. Taft easily defeated Progressive Conservative candidate and future MLA Fred Horne taking almost 65% of the vote.

He was re-elected again in 2008 and resigned his leadership position after the Progressive Conservatives made big gains at the Liberals expense throughout the province.

Legislative election results

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Elections in the 1990s

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1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Linda Sloan 6,066 42.12
Progressive Conservative Gwen Harris 5,122 35.57
New Democratic Donna Fong 2,261 15.70
Social Credit David Prenoslo 805 5.59
Communist Naomi Rankin 61 0.42
Total valid votes 14,402
Rejected, spoiled and declined 56
Registered electors 23,040
Turnout 14,458 62.75
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
"1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.

Elections in the 2000s

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2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kevin Taft 7,420 49.68 +7.56
Progressive Conservative Wendy Kinsella 5,883 39.39 +3.82
New Democratic Doug McLachlan 1,469 9.83 -5.87
Greens Jerry Paschen 165 1.10
Total valid votes 14,937
Rejected, spoiled and declined 56
Registered electors 23,208
Turnout 14,993 64.20 +1.45
Liberal hold Swing +1.87
Source(s)
"2001 Statement of Official results Edmonton-Riverview" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kevin Taft 10,280 65.48 +15.80
Progressive Conservative Fred Horne 3,575 22.77 -16.62
New Democratic Donna Martyn 1,058 6.74 -3.09
Greens John Lackey 357 2.27 +1.17
Alberta Alliance David Edgar 313 1.99
Social Credit David Power 116 0.75
Total valid votes 15,699
Rejected, spoiled and declined 91
Registered electors 25,060
Turnout 15,790 63.01 -1.19
Liberal hold Swing +16.21
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2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kevin Taft 7,471 50.61 −14.87
Progressive Conservative Wendy Andrews 5,171 35.03 +12.26
New Democratic Erica Bullwinkle 1,284 8.70 +1.96
Greens Cameron Wakefield 506 3.43 +1.16
Wildrose Alliance Kyle Van Hauwaert 329 2.23 +0.24
Total 14,761
Rejected, spoiled and declined 36
Eligible electors 31,130
Turnout 14,797 47.53 -15.48
Liberal hold Swing −13.57
Source(s)
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 328–331.

Elections in the 2010s

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2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Steve Young 7,288 39.59 +4.56
Liberal Arif Khan 4,202 22.83 -27.78
New Democratic Lori Sigurdson 3,892 21.14 +12.44
Wildrose John Corie 2,721 14.78 +12.55
Alberta Party Timothy Wong 306 1.66
Total valid votes 18,409
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 203
Registered electors 28,975
Turnout 18,612 64.23 +16.70
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +16.17
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Edmonton-Riverview". Retrieved September 14, 2018.


2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Lori Sigurdson 12,108 62.78 +41.64
Progressive Conservative Steve Young 3,732 19.35 -20.24
Liberal Donna Wilson 1,416 7.34 -15.49
Wildrose Ian Crawford 1,350 7.00 -7.78
Alberta Party Brandon Beringer 487 2.53 +0.87
Green Sandra Lange 135 0.70
Independent Glenn Miller 59 0.31
Total valid votes 19,287
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 128
Registered electors 31,416
Turnout 19,415 61.80 -2.43
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +30.94
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Edmonton-Riverview". Retrieved September 14, 2018.


2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Lori Sigurdson 12,234 55.9% -6.88%
United Conservative Kara Barker 6,508 29.8% +3.45%
Alberta Party Katherine O'Neill 2,503 11.4% +8.87%
Liberal Indy Randhawa 299 1.4% -5.94%
  Independence Corey MacFadden 190 0.9% --
Independent Rob Bernshaw 135 0.6% --
Total valid votes 21,869
Rejected, spoiled and declined 58 70 11
Registered electors and turnout 33,012 66.5%
New Democratic hold Swing
Source(s)
"2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 30, 2019.

2023

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2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Lori Sigurdson 12,875 67.06 +11.12
United Conservative Terry Vankka 5,564 28.98 -0.78
Liberal Eric Champagne 413 2.15 +0.78
Green Robin George 347 1.81
Total 19,199 99.05
Rejected and declined 185 0.95
Turnout 19,384 63.34
Eligible voters 30,603
New Democratic hold Swing +5.95
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Senate nominee election results

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2004

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2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Riverview[4] Turnout 63.24%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,789 16.78% 47.54% 2
  Independent Link Byfield 4,390 15.38% 43.58% 4
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 3,304 11.58% 32.80% 1
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,987 10.47% 29.65% 9
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,960 10.37% 29.39% 3
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,236 7.84% 22.20% 7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,111 7.40% 20.96% 10
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,067 7.24% 20.52% 6
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,882 6.59% 18.68% 8
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 1,814 6.35% 18.01% 5
Total votes 28,540 100%
Total ballots 10,073 2.83 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 5,776

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

2012

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Student vote results

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2004

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Participating schools[5]
Avalon Junior High School
Crestwood Junior High
Laurier Heights School
Meadowlark Elementary School
St Paul School
St Rose 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 had 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 resided in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta student vote results[6]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
  Liberal Kevin Taft 721 52.63%
  NDP Donna Martyn 204 14.89%
Green John Lackey 186 13.58%
Progressive Conservative Fred Horne 169 12.33%
  Social Credit David Power 53 3.87%
Alberta Alliance David Edgar 37 2.70%
Total 1,370 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 25

References

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  1. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 20–21.
  2. ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  3. ^ "40 - Edmonton-Riverview". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  4. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  5. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  6. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
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