Edmonton-Belmont

Edmonton-Belmont

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1971
District abolished	1993
First contested	1971
Last contested	1989

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

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)

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

1971

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Belmont, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in north east Edmonton

References

1. "Election results for Edmonton-Belmont". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
2. The Election Act, RSA 1970, c. 117

Further reading

• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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