Edmonton Centre

In geographic terms, Edmonton Centre is bound by the North Saskatchewan River and Whitemud Drive to the south, 97th Street to the east, the Alberta Highway 16 and CN Rail line to the north, and by 170th Street to the west.

History

The electoral district was originally created in 1966 from Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.

It was abolished in 1976 with parts of it being transferred to Edmonton North, Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.

In was re-created in 2003 from Edmonton West, Edmonton Southwest and a small part of Edmonton Centre-East.

Edmonton Centre lost territory to Edmonton West and gained territory from Edmonton—Spruce Grove during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Edmonton Centre Riding created from Edmonton East and Edmonton West
28th	1968–1972	Steve Paproski	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Edmonton North, Edmonton East and Edmonton West
Riding re-created from Edmonton West, Edmonton Southwest and Edmonton Centre-East
38th	2004–2006	Anne McLellan	Liberal
39th	2006–2008	Laurie Hawn	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present	Randy Boissonnault	Liberal

In the 42nd general federal election of October 19, 2015, Randy Boissonnault of the Liberal Party was elected to represent the riding in Parliament.

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Randy Boissonnault	19,902	37.19	+13.46	–
	Conservative	James Cumming	18,703	34.95	-11.25	–
	New Democratic	Gil McGowan	13,084	24.45	-1.37	–
	Green	David Parker	1,403	2.62	-0.94	–
	Rhinoceros	Steven Stauffer	257	0.48	–	–
	Independent	Kat Yaki	163	0.30	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,512	100.00		$210,254.07
Total rejected ballots			234	0.44	–
Turnout			53,746	68.79	–
Eligible voters			78,131
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+12.35
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	19,908	46.20
	New Democratic	11,127	25.82
	Liberal	10,226	23.73
	Green	1,534	3.56
	Others	296	0.69

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	23,625	48.03	−1.00	$78,297
	New Democratic	Lewis Cardinal	12,480	25.37	+10.70	$71,055
	Liberal	Mary Macdonald	11,037	22.44	−4.99	$73,942
	Green	David Parker	1,676	3.41	−4.70	$1,779
	Pirate	Mikkel Paulson	289	0.59	*
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	81	0.16	−0.27
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,188	100.00
Total rejected ballots			201	0.41	+0.09
Turnout			49,389	58.06	+6.49
Eligible voters			84,725	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	22,634	49.03	+4.21	$86,008
	Liberal	Jim Wachowich	12,661	27.43	−11.14	$88,061
	New Democratic	Donna Martyn	6,912	14.97	+4.20	$36,132
	Green	David Parker	3,746	8.11	+2.86	$2,244
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	203	0.43	+0.23	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,156	100.00		$90,809
Total rejected ballots			146	0.32	–
Turnout			46,302	51.57	−12.1

Federal ridings in Calgary and Edmonton

Conservative	Calgary Confederation Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary Heritage Calgary Midnapore Calgary Nose Hill Calgary Rocky Ridge Calgary Shepard Calgary Signal Hill Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton West St. Albert—Edmonton

Liberal	Calgary Centre Calgary Skyview Edmonton Centre Edmonton Mill Woods

New Democratic	Edmonton Strathcona

Federal ridings in the Canadian Prairies

Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Portage—Lisgar Provencher Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman

Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley Elmwood—Transcona Kildonan—St. Paul Saint Boniface—Saint Vital Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre

Saskatchewan (South, North)	Battlefords—Lloydminster Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek Cypress Hills—Grasslands Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Prince Albert Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan Regina—Lewvan Regina—Qu'Appelle Regina—Wascana Saskatoon—Grasswood Saskatoon—University Saskatoon West Souris—Moose Mountain Yorkton—Melville

Rural Alberta	Banff—Airdrie Battle River—Crowfoot Bow River Foothills Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Grande Prairie—Mackenzie Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Lacombe Red Deer—Mountain View Sturgeon River—Parkland Yellowhead

Edmonton and environs	Edmonton Centre Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton Mill Woods Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton Strathcona Edmonton West Edmonton—Wetaskiwin St. Albert—Edmonton Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan

Calgary	Calgary Centre Calgary Confederation Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary Heritage Calgary Midnapore Calgary Nose Hill Calgary Rocky Ridge Calgary Shepard Calgary Signal Hill Calgary Skyview

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