Edmonton-Belmont

Coordinates: 53°35′42″N 113°23′42″W / 53.595°N 113.395°W / 53.595; -113.395
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Edmonton-Belmont
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1971
District abolished1993
First contested1971
Last contested1989

Edmonton-Belmont 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 1993.[1]

History[edit]

The Edmonton-Belmont electoral district was created prior to the 1971 Alberta general election from the Edmonton North East electoral district.[2]

The Edmonton-Belmont electoral district was abolished in the 1993 boundary redistribution and was combined with a small portion of Edmonton-Beverly to form Edmonton-Manning electoral district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)[edit]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Belmont
Assembly Years Member Party
See Edmonton North East electoral district from 1959-1971
17th  1971–1975     Bert Hohol Progressive Conservative
18th  1975–1979
19th  1979–1982 William L. Mack
20th  1982–1986 Walter Richard Szwender
21st  1986–1989     Tom Sigurdson New Democratic
22nd  1989–1993
See Edmonton-Manning electoral district from 1993-Present
and Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont electoral district from 1993-1997

Election results[edit]

1971[edit]

1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Bert Hohol 6,018 50.02%
Social Credit Werner Schmidt 4,052 33.68%
New Democratic Gordon Wright 1,960 16.29%
Total 12,030
Rejected, spoiled and declined 96
Eligible electors / turnout 16,749 72.40%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975[edit]

1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Bert Hohol 6,662 64.85% 14.82%
New Democratic Ashley Pachal 1,759 17.12% 0.83%
Social Credit Victor Nakonechny 1,164 11.33% -22.35%
Liberal John Day 661 6.43%
Communist Chris Hansen 27 0.26%
Total 10,273
Rejected, spoiled and declined 21
Eligible electors / turnout 22,559 45.63%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 15.69%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979[edit]

1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative William L. Mack 4,923 55.48% -9.37%
Social Credit Ron Mix 1,813 20.43% 9.10%
New Democratic Haddie Jahner 1,769 19.93% 2.81%
Liberal Charalee Graydon 369 4.16% -2.28%
Total 8,874
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 18,736 47.36%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.34%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982[edit]

1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Walter Richard Szwender 6,579 54.79% -0.68%
New Democratic John Younie 3,893 32.42% 12.49%
Western Canada Concept Dennis Peter 986 8.21%
Independent Elmer Knutson 512 4.26%
Communist Joan Jenkins 37 0.31%
Total 12,007
Rejected, spoiled and declined 63
Eligible electors / turnout 20,341 59.34%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.34%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986[edit]

1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Tom Sigurdson 4,491 43.01% 10.59%
Progressive Conservative Walter Richard Szwender 3,160 30.27% -24.53%
Liberal Pat Sembaliuk 2,486 23.81%
Representative Bette Davies 198 1.90%
Heritage Party Joe Kovacs 67 0.64%
Communist David Wallis 39 0.37% 0.07%
Total 10,441
Rejected, spoiled and declined 25
Eligible electors / turnout 21,669 48.30%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -4.81%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989[edit]

1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Tom Sigurdson 5,319 40.74% -2.27%
Liberal Cathy Greco 4,644 35.57% 11.76%
Progressive Conservative Walter Richard Szwender 3,093 23.69% -6.58%
Total 13,056
Rejected, spoiled and declined 23
Eligible electors / turnout 22,860 57.21%
New Democratic hold Swing -3.79%
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Election results for Edmonton-Belmont". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ The Election Act, RSA 1970, c. 117

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