Edmonton-Rutherford
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-Rutherford within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse
New Democratic
District created1993
First contested1993
Last contested2023

Edmonton-Rutherford 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.

The district was created in the boundary redistribution of 1993 from the Edmonton-Whitemud riding in South Edmonton. The district is a swing riding and has regularly changed between Liberal and Progressive Conservative control. It was named after former Premier Alexander Rutherford who represented the Strathcona constituency after the province was formed in 1905. the old Strathcona district included what is now Edmonton Rutherford.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution out of Edmonton-Whitemud.

The district saw minor changes in the 2010 redistribution. It gained some land that was part of Edmonton-Whitemud on its western boundary when the boundary was moved west from 119 Street to Whitemud Creek.

Boundary history

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly
for Edmonton-Rutherford[2]
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Edmonton-Whitemud and Edmonton-Parkallen
23rd 1993-1997 Percy Wickman Liberal
24th 1997-2001
25th 2001-2004 Ian McClelland PC
26th 2004-2008 Rick Miller Liberal
27th 2008–2012 Fred Horne PC
28th 2012-2015
29th 2015–2019 Richard Feehan NDP
30th 2019–2023
31st 2023–present Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse

The electoral district was created in the boundary redistribution in 1993 from Edmonton-Whitemud riding. The first election in 1993 saw Edmonton-Whitemud incumbent Percy Wickman pickup the new district for the Liberal party with a very large majority. Wickman was re-elected in a tight race in the 1997 general election. He retired at the end of his third term in 2001 due to health issues.

The 2001 general election saw former Member of Parliament Ian McClelland pickup the district for the first time for the Progressive Conservatives. He defeated Liberal candidate Rick Miller in a hotly contested race.

McClelland and Miller would face each other for the second time in the 2004 general election. This time Miller would gain significant share of the popular vote to defeat McClelland.

Miller would only last a single term in office, he ran for re-election in 2008 but was defeated in a very close race by Progressive Conservative candidate Fred Horne.

Legislative election results

1993

1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Wickman 8,583 59.76% –
Progressive Conservative Brenda Platzer 4,283 29.82% –
New Democratic Olive Dickason 969 6.75% –
Social Credit David Wozney 398 2.77% –
Natural Law Wade McKinley 66 0.46% –
Greens Myles Evely 64 0.45% –
Total 14,363 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 25 – –
Eligible electors / Turnout 23,309 61.73% –
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Rutherford Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Wickman 6,007 46.44% -13.31%
Progressive Conservative Brenda Platzer 5,078 39.26% 9.44%
New Democratic Will Hodgson 1,156 8.94% 2.19%
Social Credit David Lincoln 674 5.21% 2.44%
Independent Ian Zaharko 19 0.15% –
Total 12,934 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 22 18 4
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,002 58.90% -2.82%
Liberal hold Swing -11.38%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Rutherford 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.

2001

2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ian McClelland 6,173 48.22% 8.96%
Liberal Rick Miller 5,558 43.42% -3.03%
New Democratic Shane MacDonald 1,071 8.37% -0.57%
Total 12,802 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 33 24 3
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,762 56.40% -2.50%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -1.19%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Rutherford 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.

2004

2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rick Miller 7,221 55.06% 11.64%
Progressive Conservative Ian McClelland 4,173 31.82% −16.40%
New Democratic George A. Slade 995 7.59% −0.78%
Alberta Alliance R. J. (Bob) Ewart 516 3.93% –
Social Credit Anita Ashmore 210 1.60% –
Total 13,115 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 49 31 0
Eligible electors / turnout 24,096 54.63% -1.77%
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 9.22%
Source(s)
Source: "00 - Edmonton-Rutherford, 2004 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2005). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Enumeration and General Election of the Twenty-sixth Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.

2008

2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Fred Horne 5,225 42.49% 10.67%
Liberal Rick Miller 5,167 42.02% -13.04%
New Democratic Mike Butler 1,178 9.58% 1.99%
Wildrose Alliance John Baloun 379 3.08% -0.85%
Green Katherine Wyrostok 348 2.83% –
Total 12,297 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18 37 23
Eligible electors / turnout 26,939 45.80% -8.83%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 11.38%
Source(s)
Source: "40 - Edmonton-Rutherford, 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. 332–335. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2012

2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Fred Horne 6,942 42.20% -0.29%
Liberal Rick Miller 3,619 22.00% -20.02%
Wildrose Alliance Kyle McLeod 2,765 16.81% 13.73%
Alberta Party Michael Walters 1,672 10.16% –
New Democratic Melanie Samaroden 1,368 8.32% -1.26%
Evergreen David Tonner 85 0.52% -2.31%
Total 16,451 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 64 57 17
Eligible electors / turnout 27,115 60.97% 15.17%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 9.86%
Source(s)
Source: "43 - Edmonton-Rutherford, 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2015

2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Richard Feehan 11,214 63.94% 55.62%
Progressive Conservative Chris Labossiere 3,940 22.46% -19.73%
Wildrose Josef Pisa 1,644 9.37% -7.44%
Liberal Michael Chan 741 4.22% -17.77%
Total 17,539 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 23 37 41
Eligible electors / turnout 29,253 60.18% -0.79%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 10.64%
Source(s)
Source: "43 - Edmonton-Rutherford, 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.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
Party Votes %
New Democratic 12,896 62.33
Progressive Conservative 4,950 23.76
Wildrose 1,938 9.30
Liberal 920 4.42
Alberta Party 39 0.19
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2019

2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Richard Feehan 12,154 54.81 -7.52
United Conservative Hannah Presakarchuk 7,737 34.89 +1.83
Alberta Party Aisha Rauf 1,600 7.22 +7.03
Liberal Claire Wilde 375 1.69 -2.72
Green Valerie Kennedy 191 0.86 –
Alberta Independence Lionel Levoir 117 0.53 –
Total 22,174 99.50 –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 111 0.50
Turnout 22,285 69.47
Eligible electors 32,077
New Democratic hold Swing -4.68
Source(s)
Source: "41 - Edmonton-Rutherford, 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. 160–163. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2023

2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse 13,012 65.05 +10.24
United Conservative Laine Larson 6,366 31.83 -3.07
Green Jordan Wilkie 624 3.12 +2.26
Total 20,002 99.26 –
Rejected and declined 150 0.74
Turnout 20,152 63.52
Eligible voters 31,726
New Democratic hold Swing +6.65
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[3]

Graphical representation

1993
6.8% 59.8% 29.8% 2.8%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative SC
1997
8.9% 46.4% 39.2% 5.2%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative SC
2001
8.4% 43.4% 48.2%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative
2004
7.6% 55.1% 31.8% 3.9%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative AA
2008
2.8% 9.6% 42.0% 42.5% 3.1%
G NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative WA
2012
8.3% 21.9% 10.2% 42.1% 16.9%
NDP Liberal Alberta Progressive Conservative Wildrose
2015
63.9% 4.2% 22.5% 9.4%
New Democrat Liberal Progressive Conservative Wildrose
2019
54.8% 7.2% 34.9%
New Democrat L Alberta United Conservative
2023
3.1% 65.1% 31.8%
Green New Democrat United Conservative

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Rutherford[4] Turnout 63.24%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,171 15.68% 46.40% 2
  Independent Link Byfield 3,706 13.94% 41.22% 4
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 3,116 11.72% 34.66% 1
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,984 11.22% 33.19% 3
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,554 9.60% 28.41% 9
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,364 8.89% 26.30% 7
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 1,987 7.47% 22.10% 6
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,976 7.43% 21.98% 10
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,955 7.35% 21.75% 8
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 1,782 6.70% 19.82% 5
Total votes 26,595 100%
Total ballots 8,990 2.96 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 3,990

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools[5]
Louis St Laurent School
St. Augustine 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[6]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
  Liberal Rick Miller 199 34.91%
Progressive Conservative Ian McClelland 159 27.89%
  NDP George Slade 136 23.86%
Alberta Alliance Robert Ewart 64 11.23%
Social Credit Anita Ashmore 12 2.11%
Total 570 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 0

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Fred Horne 6,853
Liberal Rick Miller 3,562
Wildrose Kyle McLeod 2,742
Alberta Party Michael Walters 1,662
New Democratic Melanie Samaroden 1,357
Evergreen David Tonner 86

References

  1. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 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. ^ "41 - Edmonton-Rutherford". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 9, 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 October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

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