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Edmonton-Ottewell

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Edmonton-Ottewell
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1971
District abolished1979
First contested1971
Last contested1975

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

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Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

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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

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1971

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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

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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

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References

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  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Further reading

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