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		Bert Hohol
19th	1979–1982		William L. Mack
20th	1982–1986		Walter Richard Szwender
21st	1986–1989		Tom Sigurdson	New Democratic
22nd	1989–1993		Tom Sigurdson	New Democratic
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.

References

^ "Election results for Edmonton-Belmont". 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)
^ The Election Act, RSA 1970, c. 117

External links

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[1] "Election results for Edmonton-Belmont". 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)

[1970EleAct-2] The Election Act, RSA 1970, c. 117

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