Edmonton-Ottewell

Edmonton-Ottewell

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1971
District abolished	1979
First contested	1971
Last contested	1975

Edmonton-Ottewell 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 1979.^[1]

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Ottewell
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Clover Bar electoral district from 1930-1971, Strathcona East electoral district from 1959-1971 and Strathcona South electoral district from 1967-1971
17th	1971–1975		John G. Ashton	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975–1979
See Edmonton-Sherwood Park electoral district from 1979-1986 and Edmonton-Mill Woods electoral district from 1979-Present

Election results

1971

v t e 1971 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John G. Ashton	7,009	56.02%	–
	Social Credit	Ronald Penner	4,188	33.47%	–
	New Democratic	Donald Haythorne	1,314	10.50%	–
Total			12,511	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			285	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			16,407	77.99%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Ottewell 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	John G. Ashton	8,807	71.20%	15.18%
	New Democratic	Jim Denholm	2,003	16.19%	5.69%
	Social Credit	Irvine Zemrau	1,559	12.60%	-20.87%
Total			12,369	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			62	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			22,468	55.33%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		16.23%
Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Ottewell Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Ottewell, Edmonton, a community in Edmonton

References

1. "Election results for Edmonton-Ottewell. Year: 1905 - 2001". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

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