Edmonton-Ottewell 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 1979.[1]
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
District created | 1971 |
District abolished | 1979 |
First contested | 1971 |
Last contested | 1975 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Ottewell | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
See Clover Bar electoral district from 1930-1971, Strathcona East electoral district from 1959-1971 and Strathcona South electoral district from 1967-1971 |
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17th | 1971–1975 | John G. Ashton | Progressive Conservative | |
18th | 1975–1979 | |||
See Edmonton-Sherwood Park electoral district from 1979-1986 and Edmonton-Mill Woods electoral district from 1979-Present |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John G. Ashton | 7,009 | 56.02% | – | ||||
Social Credit | Ronald Penner | 4,188 | 33.47% | – | ||||
New Democratic | Donald Haythorne | 1,314 | 10.50% | – | ||||
Total | 12,511 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 285 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 16,407 | 77.99% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Ottewell Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John G. Ashton | 8,807 | 71.20% | 15.18% | ||||
New Democratic | Jim Denholm | 2,003 | 16.19% | 5.69% | ||||
Social Credit | Irvine Zemrau | 1,559 | 12.60% | -20.87% | ||||
Total | 12,369 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 62 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 22,468 | 55.33% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 16.23% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Ottewell Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
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See also: Elections in Canada |