Edmonton North

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Edmonton North was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 2004.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Mmembers of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001	103,893
Electors	83,259
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

[edit] Geography

The riding consisted of the northern part of the city of Edmonton, Alberta.

[edit] History

It was created in 1976 from parts of Edmonton Centre, Edmonton East, Edmonton West and Pembina ridings.

It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Edmonton East, Edmonton—Sherwood Park and Edmonton—St. Albert ridings.

[edit] Mmembers of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. 1979-1993: Steve Paproski - Progressive Conservative
2. 1993-1997: John Loney - Liberal
3. 1997-2004: Deborah Grey - Reform (1997-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2002), Independent (2002), Canadian Alliance (2002-2003), Conservative (2003-2004) - She previsouly represented Beaver River.

A fairly safe conservative riding, it was caught up in the Liberal swing in 1993, albeit barely. Popular MP Deborah Grey kept the riding easily as well.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Deborah Grey	22,063	51.21%		$61,317
	Liberal	Jim Jacuta	14,786	34.32%		$28,846
	New Democratic Party	Laurie Lang	3,216	7.46%		$815
	Progressive Conservative	Dean Sanduga	3,010	6.98%		$9,842
Total valid votes			43,075	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			174	0.40%
Turnout			43,249	57.20%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Deborah Grey	16,124	44.30%		$56,921
	Liberal	Jonathan Murphy	11,820	32.47%		$46,517
	New Democratic Party	Ray Martin	5,413	14.87%		$60,286
	Progressive Conservative	Mitch Panciuk	2,811	7.72%		$51,169
	Natural Law	Ric Johnsen	226	0.62%
Total valid votes			36,394	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			99	0.27%
Turnout			36,493	55.63%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	LONEY, John	19,433
	Reform	MIX, Ron	19,350
	Progressive Conservative	PANCIUK, Mitch	4,639
	New Democrat	HALL, Lori	3,399
	National	AGOTO, Ed	2,168
	Natural Law	KINZEL, Ria	262
	Canada Party	FORMOE, Tim	103
	Independent	VALLEE, Robert	77

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	PAPROSKI, Steve	19,045
	New Democrat	RISSLING, Nels	15,583
	Liberal	LONEY, John	9,270
	Reform	BIER, A. Erich	2,630
	Christian Heritage	WERKMAN, John	723
	Not affiliated	CLARK, Alan	139
	Commonwealth	BOHDAN, Bill	64
	Communist	BOODLE, Robin Leslie	62
	Confederation of Regions	KEHLERT, Sigmund	58

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	PAPROSKI, Steve	29,074
	New Democrat	STEVENSON, Garth	12,305
	Liberal	STEWART, Dave	8,311
	Confederation of Regions	DRAGINDA, Dave	520
	Social Credit	CERMINARA, Frank	345
	Communist	RANKIN, Naomi	194

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	PAPROSKI, Steven Eugene	21,442
	Liberal	YATES, Arthur	9,696
	New Democrat	YOUNIE, John	5,107
	Marxist-Leninist	NELSON, Dan	112

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	PAPROSKI, Steven E.	24,618
	Liberal	YANICK, Joe	10,259
	New Democrat	MILLER, John	5,673
	Marxist-Leninist	NELSON, Dan	122

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Elections Canada