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Edmonton-Whitemud
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-Whitemud within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Rakhi Pancholi
New Democratic
District created1971
First contested1971
Last contested2023

Edmonton-Whitemud is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. In 1989, its constituents unseated the Premier of the day, Donald Getty, by voting for Liberal candidate Percy Wickman.

The district was represented by Dave Hancock who was in his fourth term as the Member of the Legislative Assembly. Hancock has also served as Minister of Justice twice, Attorney General and prior to that as Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs.

On December 15, 2006, Hancock was made Minister of Health and Wellness in Premier Ed Stelmach's cabinet. He later served as Deputy Premier under Stelmach's successor Alison Redford. Following Redford's resignation as Premier, Hancock was named as her replacement and sworn into office on March 23, 2014, meaning the Edmonton-Whitemud district was the seat of the Premier of Alberta for the second time.

Since 2015, the riding has been represented by a succession of NDP MLA's, currently Rakhi Pancholi.

History

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The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the electoral districts of Strathcona Centre and Strathcona West.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the riding significantly altered. It lost all land south of Anthony Henday Drive to the new electoral district of Edmonton-South West. It also lost land along the east boundary with Edmonton-Rutherford. The old line established in 2003 ran along 119 Street. It was pushed west to run continuously along Whitemud Creek.

Boundary history

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Representation history

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Edmonton-Whitemud
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Strathcona Centre and Strathcona West
17th  1971–1975     Don Getty Progressive Conservative
18th  1975–1979
19th  1979–1982 Peter Knaak
20th  1982–1985 Robert Alexander
 1985–1986 Don Getty
21st  1986–1989
22nd  1989–1993     Percy Wickman Liberal
23rd  1993–1997 Mike Percy
24th  1997–2001     Dave Hancock Progressive Conservative
25th  2001–2004
26th  2004–2008
27th  2008–2012
28th  2012–2014
 2014–2015 Stephen Mandel
29th  2015–2019     Bob Turner New Democratic
30th  2019–2023 Rakhi Pancholi
31st  2023–Present

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution. The first representative was former Canadian Football League player Don Getty. Getty had previously represented the electoral district of Strathcona West. The 1971 election saw Getty easily win the new district to pick it up for the Progressive Conservatives.

Getty won a larger majority in 1975 and he retired for the first time from the legislature in 1979. His replacement was Progressive Conservative Peter Knaak, who easily held the district for a single term before leaving in 1982. Robert Alexander took over as the Progressive Conservative in 1982.

Alexander resigned November 5, 1985, so that Getty, who had just been elected as leader of the Progressive Conservatives and premier of the province, could have his seat back. Getty easily won the by-election held on December 11, 1985. Less than a year later Getty called his first election as premier. He easily won the district back along with a majority government across the province.

The 1989 general election would turn out to be one of the most memorable in Alberta political history.text[according to whom?] Getty was defeated in a closely contested race by Liberal candidate Percy Wickman. The result was a surprise as Getty's party had won a majority across the province. The trouble for Getty's campaign started when he skipped an all-candidates forum which Wickman had put a rubber chicken in his place. He was also criticized heavily even by his own party members for running a billion dollars in spending announcements.[citation needed]

Wickman held the seat for one term before running in the Edmonton-Rutherford electoral district in 1993. His replacement was Liberal candidate Mike Percy, who won a comfortable margin over Dave Hancock. Percy only held the district for one term.

Hancock ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the second time in the 1997 general election. He was re-elected three more times. Hancock became interim Premier of Alberta in March 2015. The end of his tenure came in September of that year when Jim Prentice was elected as leader of the PCs and subsequently sworn in as premier. Hancock resigned from the legislature around the same time. A by-election was held in October, and the successful candidate was Stephen Mandel, whom Prentice had named as Minister for Health, despite not holding a seat in the assembly. Mandel was defeated in May 2015 by Bob Turner of the NDP.

Legislative election results

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1971

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1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Don Getty 8,201 58.32%
Social Credit Donald Hamilton 4,690 33.35%
New Democratic Joseph Mercredi 936 6.66%
Liberal Jim Tanner 235 1.67%
Total 14,062
Rejected, spoiled and declined 125
Eligible electors / turnout 17,279 82.11%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.

1975

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1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Don Getty 9,614 67.75% 9.43%
New Democratic Lila Fahlman 2,645 18.64% 11.98%
Social Credit Phil Dickson 1,101 7.76% -25.59%
Liberal Dilys Andersen 830 5.85% 4.18%
Total 14,190
Rejected, spoiled and declined 20
Eligible electors / turnout 23,949 59.33%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 10.71%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 19, 2010.

1979

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1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Peter Knaak 6,833 57.62% -10.13%
New Democratic Ted Paszek 2,122 17.90% -0.74%
Liberal Don Milliken 1,964 16.56% 10.71%
Social Credit Larry Heth 939 7.92% 0.16%
Total 11,858
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18
Eligible electors / turnout 19,899 59.81%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.44%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 19, 2010.

1982

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1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Robert Alexander 10,696 59.05% 1.43%
New Democratic Leslie Bella 4,884 26.97% 9.07%
Western Canada Concept Erika Guidera 1,209 6.67%
Liberal Phil Lister 791 4.37% -12.19%
Independent Joe Trenchy 291 1.61%
Social Credit Keith Schultz 241 1.33% -6.59%
Total 18,112
Rejected, spoiled and declined 24
Eligible electors / turnout 27,925 64.95%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.25%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 19, 2010.

1985 by-election

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Alberta provincial by-election, December 11, 1985
following the resignation of Robert Keith Alexander on November 5, 1985 (1985-11-05)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Don Getty 5,955 60.15 1.10
New Democratic Tony Higgins 2,100 21.21 −5.76
Representative Dick Mather 800 8.08
Liberal Eric Wolfman 637 6.43 2.06
Independent Lucien Maynard 355 3.59
Heritage Mike Pawlus 53 0.54
Total 9,900
Rejected, spoiled and declined 10
Eligible electors / turnout 30,082 32.94
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 3.43
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official By-election Results". Elections Alberta. December 11, 1985. Retrieved March 19, 2010.

1986

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1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Don Getty 7,436 57.76% −2.39%
New Democratic Tony Higgins 3,875 30.10% 8.89%
Liberal Eric Wolfman 1,135 8.82% 2.39%
Representative Bert Beinert 336 2.61% −5.61%
Western Canada Concept Walter Stack 92 0.71%
Total 12,874
Rejected, spoiled and declined 40
Eligible electors / turnout 23,348 55.31%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −5.64%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 19, 2010.

1989

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1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Wickman 8,350 45.25% 36.43%
Progressive Conservative Don Getty 8,005 43.38% -14.38%
New Democratic Nao Fernando 2,099 11.37% -18.73%
Total 18,454
Rejected, spoiled and declined 42
Eligible electors / turnout 31,536 58.65%
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 25.41%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 19, 2010.

1993

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1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mike Percy 8,628 58.44% 13.20%
Progressive Conservative David Hancock 5,351 36.25% -7.13%
New Democratic Daniel Aitken 648 4.39% -6.98%
Greens Robert Wilde 73 0.49%
Natural Law Richard Shelford 63 0.43%
Total 14,763
Rejected, spoiled and declined 27
Eligible electors / Turnout 21,125 70.01% 11.36%
Liberal hold Swing 10.16%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud 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 % ±%
Progressive Conservative David Hancock 7,973 51.00% 14.76%
Liberal Corky Meyer 5,953 38.08% -20.36%
New Democratic Charan Khehra 1,012 6.47% 2.08%
Social Credit Kevin Bialobzyski 635 4.06%
Natural Law Randy T. Fritz 59 0.38% -0.05%
Total 15,632
Rejected, spoiled and declined 64 67 3
Eligible electors / Turnout 25,555 61.43% -8.58%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -4.64%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (1997). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, November, 1996 general enumeration and Tuesday, March 11, 1997 general election Twenty-fourth Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. pp. 222–225.

2001

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2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative David Hancock 10,884 58.63% 7.62%
Liberal Bruce King 6,503 35.03% -3.05%
New Democratic Katie Oppen Benschop 1,178 6.35% -0.13%
Total 18,565
Rejected, spoiled and declined 51 26 5
Eligible electors / Turnout 30,853 60.35% -1.08%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.34%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Whitemud Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2001). The report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2000 provincial confirmation process and Monday, March 12, 2001, Provincial General Election of the twenty-fifth Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. pp. 194–197.

2004

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2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Dave Hancock 7,494 46.13% −12.15
Liberal Donna Smith 6,568 40.43% +5.40
New Democratic Brian Fleck 1,639 10.09% +3.75
Alberta Alliance Kathy Rayner 471 2.90%
Independent John Andrews 74 0.45%
Total 16,246
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 89
Eligible electors / turnout 30,949 52.77%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −8.78
"Edmonton-Whitemud Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 19, 2010.

2008

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2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative David Hancock 12,054 58.47% 12.34%
Liberal Nancy A. Cavanaugh 6,997 33.94% -6.49%
New Democratic Hana Razga 1,023 4.96% -5.13%
Green Valerie Kennedy 543 2.63%
Total 20,617
Rejected, spoiled and declined 85 28 7
Eligible electors / Turnout 42,793 48.39% -4.25%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 9.41%
Source(s)
Source: "42 - Edmonton-Whitemud, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2008). The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 340–345. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2012

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2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative David Hancock 12,123 60.74% 2.27%
Wildrose Alliance Ian Crawford 3,307 16.57%
Liberal Rick Szostak 2,356 11.80% -22.13%
New Democratic Jim Graves 1,728 8.66% 3.70%
Alberta Party Julia Necheff 446 2.23%
Total 19,960
Rejected, spoiled and declined 109 61 10
Eligible electors / Turnout 34,015 59.03% 10.64%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 9.82%
Source(s)
Source: "46 - Edmonton-Whitemud, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 272–275. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2014 by-election

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Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014
Resignation of Dave Hancock on September 25, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Stephen Mandel 6,003 42.39 -17.85
New Democratic Bob Turner 3,150 22.24 13.24
Wildrose Tim Grover 2,680 18.92 2.72
Liberal Donna Wilson 2,033 14.35 2.39
Alberta Party Will Munsey 202 1.43 -0.92
Green René Malenfant 95 0.67
Total 14,163
Rejected, spoiled and declined 14 11 17
Eligible electors / turnout 35,795 39.36 -19.67
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -15.54
Source(s)
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2015). Report on the October 27, 2014 By-elections in: Calgary-Elbow, Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-West, Edmonton-Whitemud (PDF) (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer. ISBN 978-098653678-6. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

2015

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2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Bob Turner 12,805 57.45% 35.21%
Progressive Conservative Stephen Mandel 7,177 32.20% -10.19%
Wildrose Chad Peters 1,423 6.38% -12.94%
Liberal Steven Townsend 629 2.82% -11.53%
Green Kathryn Jackson 182 0.82% 0.15%
Independent John Baloun 73 0.33%
Total 22,289
Rejected, spoiled and declined 57 45 11
Eligible electors / turnout 37,018 60.39% 21.03%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 22.70%
Source(s)
Source: "46 - Edmonton-Whitemud, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 254–258.

2019

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2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Rakhi Pancholi 11,373 49.18% -8.27%
United Conservative Elisabeth Hughes 9,120 39.44% 0.86%
Alberta Party Jonathan Dai 2,335 10.10%
Freedom Conservative Jason Norris 297 1.28%
Total 23,125
Rejected, spoiled and declined 63 76 18
Eligible electors / turnout 32,810 70.73% 10.33%
New Democratic hold Swing -7.75%
Source(s)
Source: "46 - Edmonton-Whitemud, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 180–183. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2023

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2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Rakhi Pancholi 12,797 60.40 +11.22
United Conservative Raj Sherman 7,799 36.81 -2.63
Liberal Donna Wilson 370 1.75
Green Cheri Hawley 221 1.04
Total 21,187 99.29
Rejected and declined 152 0.71
Turnout 21,339 64.65
Eligible voters 33,005
New Democratic hold Swing +6.92
Source(s)

Senate nominee election results

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2004

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2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Whitemud[3] Turnout 52.60%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 6,147 17.17% 51.83% 2
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 4,750 13.27% 40.05% 1
  Independent Link Byfield 4,438 12.40% 37.42% 4
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 4,396 12.28% 37.07% 3
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 3,275 9.15% 27.61% 6
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,873 8.03% 24.22% 5
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,724 7.61% 22.97% 7
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,712 7.58% 22.87% 9
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,294 6.41% 18.96% 10
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,189 6.10% 18.46% 8
Total votes 35,798 100%
Total ballots 11,860 3.02 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 4,418

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[4]
Earl Buxton School
George P. Nicholson School
Riverbend Junior High
St.Mary Elementary
Vernon Barford Junior High 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[5]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Dave Hancock 404 37.79%
  Liberal Donna Smith 364 34.05%
  NDP Brian Fleck 218 20.39%
Alberta Alliance Kathy Rayner 45 4.21%
  Independent John Andrews 38 3.56%
Total 1,069 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 14

2012

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2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Dave Hancock %
Wildrose Ian Crawford
  Liberal Rick Szostak %
Alberta Party Julia Necheff
  NDP Jim Graves %
Total 100%

References

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  1. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 22.
  2. ^ "46 - Edmonton-Whitemud". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  4. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  5. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
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