Edmonton-City Centre
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-City Centre within the City of Edmonton (2017 boundaries)
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
David Shepherd
New Democratic
District created2017
First contested2019
Last contested2023
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]47,715
Area (km²)12.3
Pop. density (per km²)3,879.3

Edmonton-City Centre is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The current MLA is David Shepherd, first elected in the 2019 Alberta election.

Geography

The district is located in central Edmonton, containing the city's downtown core as well as the neighbourhoods of Oliver, Rossdale, Queen Mary Park, Central McDougall, Spruce Avenue, and Westwood, also including the main campus of MacEwan University.

History

Members for Edmonton-City Centre
Assembly Years Member Party
See Edmonton-Centre 1959-2019 and
Edmonton-Calder 1997-2019
30th 2019–2023 David Shepherd New Democrat
31st 2023–

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming Edmonton-Centre (to reduce confusion with similarly-named federal districts).[2] The Commission also extended its border north to the Yellowhead Highway between 97 St NW and 109 St NW, adding the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology's main campus to the riding.

Electoral results

Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election
Party Votes %
New Democratic 10,108 56.17%
Liberal 4,256 23.65%
Progressive Conservative 2,406 13.37%
Wildrose 892 4.96%
Others 335 1.86%


2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic David Shepherd 13,598 66.0% +11.59%
United Conservative Lily Le 4,485 21.8% +3.68%
Alberta Party Bob Philp 1,907 9.3% --
Green Chris Alders 342 1.7% --
  Independence John R. Morton 169 0.8% --
Independent Blake N. Dickinson 95 0.5% --
Total valid votes 20,596
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 191 76 22
Registered electors and turnout 38,887 53.5%
New Democratic hold Swing %
Source(s)
"2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 30, 2019.


2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic David Shepherd 12,431 74.89 +8.87
United Conservative Richard Wong 3,691 22.24 +0.46
Green David Clark 476 2.87 +1.21
Total 16,598 98.84 –
Rejected and declined 195 1.16
Turnout 16,793 51.00
Eligible voters 32,928
New Democratic hold Swing +4.21
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[3]

References

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Final Report" (PDF). p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "29 - Edmonton-City Centre". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
Categories