Edmonton-West Henday

Edmonton-West Henday
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton-West Henday within the city of Edmonton (2017 boundaries)
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Brooks Arcand-Paul
New Democratic
District created2017
First contested2019
Last contested2023
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]43,046
Area (km²)76.5
Pop. density (per km²)562.7

Edmonton-West Henday is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election.

Geography

The district is located in western Edmonton, consisting of two residential areas separated by a large, mostly un-populated industrial area. In the northeast corner of the riding are the neighbourhoods of Wellington, Athlone and Calder, and in the south of the riding are the neighbourhoods of Terra Losa, La Perle, Belmead, Stewart Greens, Webber Greens, Suder Greens, Potter Greens, Breckenridge Greens, Rosenthal and Secord.

History

Edmonton-West Henday
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Edmonton-Calder and Edmonton-Meadowlark
30th  2019–2023     Jon Carson New Democratic
31st  2023–Present Brooks Arcand-Paul

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming Edmonton-Meadowlark, alongside a change in boundaries that saw the Meadowlark Park neighbourhood (among others) moved out of the riding. The Commission decided to name the district after Anthony Henday Drive which bisects the riding, rather than simply "Edmonton-West" to avoid confusion with the federal district of that name.[2]

Electoral results

2023

2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Brooks Arcand-Paul 11,495 56.84 +12.76
United Conservative Slava Cravcenko 7,956 39.34 -2.15
Liberal Dan Bildhauer 391 1.93 +0.38
Green Kristina Howard 382 1.89
Total 20,224 99.42
Rejected and declined 118 0.58
Turnout 20,342 57.66
Eligible voters 35,281
New Democratic hold Swing +7.46
Source(s)

2019

2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Jon Carson 8,820 44.08 -16.16
United Conservative Nicole Williams 8,302 41.49 +8.53
Alberta Party Winston Leung 2,337 11.68
Liberal Leah Mcrorie 311 1.55 -5.25
Alberta Independence Dave Bjorkman 239 1.19
Total 20,009 99.28
Rejected, spoiled and declined 146 0.72
Turnout 20,155 66.00
Eligible electors 30,538
New Democratic hold Swing -12.35
Source(s)
Source: "45 - Edmonton-West Henday, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 176–179. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2015

Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta election
Party Votes %
New Democratic 8,956 60.24
Progressive Conservative 3,281 22.07
Wildrose 1,619 10.89
Liberal 1,011 6.80
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

References

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Final Report" (PDF). p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "45 - Edmonton-West Henday". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 9, 2023.