Edmonton-Decore

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Edmonton-Decore
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-Decore within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Sharif Haji
New Democratic
District created2004
First contested2004
Last contested2023

Edmonton-Decore is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was most recently contested in the general election of 2019.

The riding is located in north central Edmonton. It was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution out of a small part of Edmonton-Manning and most of Edmonton-Glengarry. The riding is named after Laurence Decore, former Leader of the Opposition and Mayor of Edmonton.

Neighborhoods in this riding include: Kildare, Killarney, Northmount, Evansdale, Belle Rive, Mayliewan, Delwood, Glengarry & Balwin.

The riding has been held by representatives of the Progressive Conservative, Liberal, and New Democratic parties since it was created. The current representative is New Democratic Party MLA Sharif Haji, who was first elected in the 2023 general election.

History[edit]

The electoral district was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Glengary and Edmonton-Manning, and was first contested in the general election of 2004. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the major changes made to the riding.

The western boundary with on 97 Street between the Edmonton city limits and 167 Avenue Edmonton-Castle Downs was moved east to cede land to that constituency. The south boundary with Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood was changed to move along 127 Street instead of the Canadian National Railway tracks. The east boundary saw significant changes as it was pushed eastward to 66 Street into Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning as far north as 144 Avenue from the railway tracks at 127 Street. The east boundary with Edmonton-Manning was also realigned to run on 66 Street north of 153 Avenue to give some land to Manning.

Boundary history[edit]

Electoral history[edit]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Decore[2]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Edmonton-Glengary 1979-2004 and Edmonton-Manning 1993-2004
26th 2004–2008 Bill Bonko Sr. Liberal
27th 2008–2012 Janice Sarich Progressive
Conservative
28th 2012–2015
29th 2015–2019 Chris Nielsen New Democrat
30th 2019–2023
30th 2023– Sharif Haji

The first election held in the district was fought among Liberal candidate Bill Bonko Sr., a school trustee; incumbent Alberta Alliance MLA Gary Masyk whose old district had been abolished; and former Edmonton-Belmont Progressive Conservative MLA Walter Szwender. Bonko defeated the two incumbents and two other candidates.

In the 2008 general election Bonko was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Janice Sarich, who held the riding until 2015.

In the 2015 general election NDP Candidate Chris Nielsen was elected with 68% of the vote, in an election which saw every Edmonton riding return an NDP member.

Election results[edit]

2004[edit]

2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Bonko Sr. 4,434 44.84% –
Progressive Conservative Walter R. Szwender 3,007 30.41% –
New Democratic Shirley Barg 1,525 15.42% –
Alberta Alliance Gary Masyk 831 8.40% –
Social Credit Geoffrey Chevrier 91 0.92% –
Total 9,888 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 48 30 0
Eligible electors / Turnout 24,735 40.17% –
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "00 - Edmonton-Decore, 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[edit]

2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Janice Sarich 4,577 45.71% 15.30%
Liberal Bill Bonko Sr. 3,895 38.90% -5.95%
New Democratic Sid Sadik 1,301 12.99% -2.43%
Green Trey Capnerhust 241 2.41% –
Total 10,014 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 24 39 3
Eligible electors / Turnout 29,184 34.41% -5.76%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -3.81%
Source(s)
Source: "29 - Edmonton-Decore, 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. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2012[edit]

2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Janice Sarich 5,722 42.36% -3.34%
Wildrose Alliance Chris Bataluk 2,911 21.55% –
New Democratic Ali Haymour 2,721 20.15% 7.15%
Liberal Ed Ammar 2,153 15.94% -22.96%
Total 13,507 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 99 62 4
Eligible electors / turnout 28,766 47.31% 12.91%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 7.00%
Source(s)
Source: "32 - Edmonton-Decore, 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[edit]

2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Chris Nielsen 10,531 67.91% 47.76%
Progressive Conservative Janice Sarich 2,847 18.36% -24.00%
Wildrose Dean Miller 1,289 8.31% -13.24%
Liberal Bradley Whalen 691 4.46% -11.48%
Green Trey Capnerhurst 150 0.97% –
Total 15,508 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 47 37 21
Eligible electors / turnout 32,518 47.90% 0.59%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 14.37%
Source(s)
Source: "32 - Edmonton-Decore, 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 11,536 68.71
Progressive Conservative 2,975 17.12
Wildrose 1,387 8.26
Liberal 750 4.47
Green 142 0.85
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2019[edit]

2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Chris Nielsen 8,789 47.54 -21.17
United Conservative Karen Principe 7,371 39.87 +13.89
Alberta Party Ali Haymour 2,027 10.96 –
Alberta Independence Virginia Bruneau 301 1.63 –
Total 18,488 98.79 –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 227 1.21
Turnout 18,715 56.68
Eligible electors 33,017
New Democratic hold Swing -17.53
Source(s)
Source: "30 - Edmonton-Decore, 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. 116–119. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2023[edit]

2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Sharif Haji 8,109 52.79 +5.25
United Conservative Sayid Ahmed 6,326 41.18 +1.31
Alberta Party Brent Tyson 631 4.11 -6.86
Liberal Donald Slater 295 1.92 –
Total 15,361 99.26 –
Rejected and declined 114 0.74
Turnout 15,475 47.04
Eligible voters 32,898
New Democratic hold Swing +1.97
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[3]

Senate nominee election results[edit]

2004[edit]

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Decore[4] Turnout 40.28%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 3,839 14.86% 46.39% 2
  Independent Link Byfield 2,923 11.32% 35.32% 4
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 2,816 10.90% 34.03% 1
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,664 10.31% 32.19% 7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,510 9.72% 30.33% 10
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,502 9.69% 30.23% 3
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,485 9.62% 30.03% 9
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,400 9.29% 29.00% 8
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 1,961 7.59% 23.70% 6
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 1,728 6.70% 20.88% 5
Total votes 25,828 100%
Total ballots 8,276 3.12 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,688

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012[edit]

Student vote results[edit]

2004[edit]

Participating schools[5]
Archbishop O'Leary High School
Mee-Yah-Noh School
St. Cecilia 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 Bill Bonko Sr. 447 58.97%
Progressive Conservative Walter Szwender 106 13.98%
  Social Credit Geoffrey Chevrier 80 10.55%
  NDP Shirly Barg 71 9.37%
Alberta Alliance Gary Masyk 54 7.13%
Total 758 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 19

References[edit]

  1. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  3. ^ "30 - Edmonton-Decore". 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 October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

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