Edmonton Centre (provincial electoral district)

**Edmonton-Centre**
Alberta electoral district
2004 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA		Laurie Blakeman Liberal
District created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2008

Location of Edmonton-Centre in the city of Edmonton

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1 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
2 Election results
- 2.1 2004 general election results
- 2.2 2004 Senate nominee election district results
3 2004 Student Vote
4 References
5 External links

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Name	Party	Elected	Left Office
Ambrose A. Holowach	Social Credit	1959	1971
Gordon Miniely	Progressive Conservative	1971	1979
Mary LeMessurier	Progressive Conservative	1979	1986
William Roberts	NDP	1986	1993
Michael Henry	Liberal	1993	1997
Laurie Blakeman	Liberal	1997	present

Election results

2008 Alberta general election results			Turnout ?%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Laurie Blakeman	4,918	44. Ambrose A Holowach (born July 22, 1914, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - died February 27, 1993) was a businessman The Social Credit Party of Alberta is a provincial Political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the Social credit monetary policy Gordon Miniely was a politician from Alberta, Canada. Gordon was elected to represent the electoral district of Edmonton Centre for the Progressive The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. William Roberts is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a Social democratic Political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded as the Michael Henry is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. The Alberta Liberal Party is a political party in Alberta, Canada. Laurie Blakeman is a Canadian politician who currently represents the electoral district of Edmonton Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Alberta Liberal Party is a political party in Alberta, Canada. Alberta's 27th general election was held on March 3 2008. It was expected to be called early because the governing Progressive Conservatives held a The Alberta Liberal Party is a political party in Alberta, Canada. Laurie Blakeman is a Canadian politician who currently represents the electoral district of Edmonton Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 0%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Donahue	3,285	29. The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. 4%
	NDP	Deron Bilous	2,244	20. The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a Social democratic Political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded as the 1%
	Green	David Parker	476	4. The Green Party of Alberta, also known as the Alberta Greens, is a provincial Political party in the province of Alberta, Canada. David J Parker is a politician from Alberta, Canada. He is the former leader of the Green Party of Alberta from 1996 to 2001 3%
	Wildrose Alliance	James Iverson	205	1. The Wildrose Alliance Party of Alberta is a small right-wing provincial Political party in Alberta, Canada. 8%
	Alberta Party	Margaret Saunter	51	0. The Alberta Party Political Association, known in its short form as the Alberta Party, began as an alliance of the Alberta Social Credit Party, Western Canada 5%
2001 Alberta general election results			Turnout 51. The Alberta general election of 2001 was the twenty-fifth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. 4%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Laurie Blakeman	5,095	44. The Alberta Liberal Party is a political party in Alberta, Canada. Laurie Blakeman is a Canadian politician who currently represents the electoral district of Edmonton Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 0%
	Progressive Conservative	Don Weideman	4,446	38. The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. 4%
	NDP	David Eggen	1,959	16. The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a Social democratic Political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded as the David Eggen is a Canadian politician He is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the riding of Edmonton Calder. 9%
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	76	0. Communist Party of Alberta is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Naomi Rankin is the current leader of the Communist Party of Alberta in Alberta, Canada. 7%
1997 Alberta general election results			Turnout 51. The Alberta general election of 1997 was the twenty-fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. 9%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Laurie Blakeman	4,769	43. The Alberta Liberal Party is a political party in Alberta, Canada. Laurie Blakeman is a Canadian politician who currently represents the electoral district of Edmonton Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 9%
	Progressive Conservative	Don Weideman	3,634	33. The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. 5%
	NDP	Jenn Smith	1,845	17. The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a Social democratic Political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded as the 0%
	Social Credit	Alan Cruikshank	420	3. The Social Credit Party of Alberta is a provincial Political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the Social credit monetary policy 9%
	Forum	Emil van der Poorten	98	0. The Forum Party of Alberta was a political party in the Province of Alberta, Canada. 9%
	Natural Law	Richard Johnsen	83	0. The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators business leaders and 8%

2004 general election results

2004 Alberta general election results^[1]			Turnout 49. The Alberta general election of 2004 was the twenty-sixth general election for the province of Alberta, Canada. 20%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Laurie Blakeman	6,203	57. The Alberta Liberal Party is a political party in Alberta, Canada. Laurie Blakeman is a Canadian politician who currently represents the electoral district of Edmonton Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 07%
	Progressive Conservative	Don Weideman	2,622	24. The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. 12%
	NDP	Mary Elizabeth Archer	1,319	12. The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a Social democratic Political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded as the 14%
	Green	David Parker	333	3. The Green Party of Alberta, also known as the Alberta Greens, is a provincial Political party in the province of Alberta, Canada. David J Parker is a politician from Alberta, Canada. He is the former leader of the Green Party of Alberta from 1996 to 2001 06%
	Alberta Alliance	Tony Caterina	280	2. The Alberta Alliance was a right wing Political party in Alberta, Canada. Tony Caterina is a municipal politician from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 58%
	Social Credit	Linda Clements	112	1. 03%
Total			10,869	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			133

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Centre^[2]					Turnout 48. The 3rd Alberta Senate nominee election was held on November 22, 2004 in conjunction with the Alberta general election 2004. 64%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,325	15. The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. Betty E Unger (born) is a Canadian politician and a Progressive Conservative Senator in waiting from Alberta, Canada. 69%	44. 45%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,211	15. Link Byfield is a news columnist author and politician Columnist and Writer Byfield was editor and publisher for the now defunct Alberta Report 15%	42. 92%	4
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,520	11. Tom Sindlinger is a politician in Alberta, Canada, and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 89%	33. 69%	9
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	2,304	10. The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. Bert Brown (born March 22, 1938) is a current Canadian Senator and retired farmer and development consultant currently residing in 87%	30. 80%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,004	9. The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. Clifford N Breitkreuz (born July 30, 1940 near Onoway, Alberta, Canada) 46%	26. 79%	3
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,759	8. The Alberta Alliance was a right wing Political party in Alberta, Canada. 30%	23. 51%	7
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	1,646	7. The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. 77%	22. 00%	6
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,515	7. The Alberta Alliance was a right wing Political party in Alberta, Canada. 15%	20. 25%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,502	7. The Alberta Alliance was a right wing Political party in Alberta, Canada. Gary Horan is a long time politician and small business man from Edmonton Alberta. 09%	20. 08%	10
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,406	6. The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. Jim Silye (born April 28, 1946) is a Canadian politician businessman and former professional football player for the Canadian Football League 63%	18. 79%	5
Total Votes			21,192	100%
Total Ballots			7,481	2. 83 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			3,395

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2004 Student Vote

Participating Schools^[3]
Centre High School
Oliver School
Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts

On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts is a public school in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada operated by Edmonton Public Schools, offering students Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have 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 then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta Student Vote results^[4]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	NDP	Mary Elizabeth Archer	218	37. Alberta Student Vote 2004 was conducted by Student Vote Canada in conjunction with the Alberta general election 2004. The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a Social democratic Political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded as the 65%
	Liberal	Laurie Blakeman	152	26. The Alberta Liberal Party is a political party in Alberta, Canada. Laurie Blakeman is a Canadian politician who currently represents the electoral district of Edmonton Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 25%
	Green	David Parker	103	17. The Green Party of Alberta, also known as the Alberta Greens, is a provincial Political party in the province of Alberta, Canada. David J Parker is a politician from Alberta, Canada. He is the former leader of the Green Party of Alberta from 1996 to 2001 79%
	Progressive Conservative	Don Weideman	66	11. The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial right-of-centre party in the Canadian province of Alberta. 40%
	Alberta Alliance	Tony Caterina	22	3. The Alberta Alliance was a right wing Political party in Alberta, Canada. Tony Caterina is a municipal politician from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 80%
	Social Credit	Linda Clements	18	3. 11%
Total			579	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			10

References

^ Edmonton-Centre Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
^ Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
^ School by School results. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
^ Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-19. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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