The district was abolished in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming Edmonton-Mill Creek to Edmonton-Meadows, reflecting a change in boundaries that "leaves the part of Mill Creek most well-known to Edmontonians in the constituency of Edmonton-Gold Bar".[2]
Starting at the intersection of Gateway Boulevard with Whyte Avenue (82 Avenue); then 1. east along Whyte Avenue (82 Avenue) to 75 Street; 2. north along 75 Street to 90 Avenue; 3. east along 90 Avenue to 50 Street; 4. north along 50 Street to 92 Avenue; 5. east along 92 Avenue to the east Edmonton city boundary; 6. south, east and south along the east city boundary to 23 Avenue; 7. west along 23 Avenue to Mill Creek; 8. in a northwesterly direction along Mill Creek to 50 Street; 9. north along 50 Street to Whitemud Drive; 10. west along Whitemud Drive to Gateway Boulevard; 11. north along Gateway Boulevard to the starting point.
The electoral district was created in 1997 largely from the old electoral district of Edmonton-Avonmore. That district had become a swing riding through the 1980s and 90s being won by candidates from three different parties. The incumbent Gene Zwozdesky had previously represented Avonmore winning his first term in office in 1993.
Zwozdesky won his first term representing Mill Creek as a Liberal candidate. A year later in 1998 he had a high-profile falling out with the Liberal party and left the caucus to sit as an Independent. He joined the Progressive Conservative caucus a short time later and was re-elected under that banner in 2001.
Starting in 1999 Zwozdesky was appointed to his first portfolio as a junior minister. In total he has held six different ministerial portfolios in the governments of Ralph Klein and Ed Stelmach with his last portfolio ending in 2011. Zwozdesky was defeated in the 2015 Alberta general election by Alberta NDP candidate Denise Woollard.[4]
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 had 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 than where they were physically located.
