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Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
Alberta electoral district
	; 2008 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	2004
First contested	2004
Last contested	2008

Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 2004 when it was merged with Edmonton-Highlands and Edmonton-Norwood.

This inner-city northeast Edmonton riding has the second lowest average income in Alberta, as well as being one of the most ethnically diverse. This riding and its predecessor ridings have voted NDP in six of the last seven contests.

The riding is currently held by Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason.

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

	Name	Party	Elected	Left Office
	Brian Mason	NDP	2004	present

[edit] Election Results

[edit] 2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results^[1]			Turnout 42.74%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	NDP	Brian Mason	6,054	62.62%
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Martinuk	2,208	22.84%
	Liberal	Jason Manzevich	1,035	10.71%
	Alberta Alliance	Ray Loyer	305	3.15%
	Independent	Dale Ferris	66	0.68%
Total			9,668	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			91

[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood^[2]					Turnout 43.09%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,235	14.22%	43.20%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,105	13.65%	41.47%	4
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,386	10.49%	31.86%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,347	10.31%	31.34%	7
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	2,230	9.80%	29.78%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,194	9.64%	29.30%	3
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,101	9.23%	28.06%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,089	9.18%	27.90%	10
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	1,603	7.04%	21.41%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,466	6.44%	19.58%	5
Total Votes			22,756	100%
Total Ballots			7,488	3.04 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			2,350

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

[edit] 2008 general election

2008 Election Results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	NDP	Brian Mason	4,753	50.91%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Beniuk	2,984	31.96%
	Liberal	Brad Smith	1,133	12.13%
	Wildrose Alliance	Travis Loewen	246	2.63%
	Green	Mohamad Maie	221	2.37%

[edit] 2004 Student Vote

Participating Schools^[3]
Delton School
Eastglen High School
Norwood School
R. J. Scott School
St. Nicholas School
St. Alphonsus School

On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. 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	Brian Mason	403	58.66%
	Liberal	Jason Manzevich	117	17.03%
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Martinuk	93	13.54%
	Independent	Dale Ferris	42	6.11%
	Alberta Alliance	Ray Loyer	32	4.66%
Total			687	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			92

[edit] References

^ "Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/33.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

[edit] External links

[2004_official-0] "Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/33.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08.

[senresults2004-1] "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08.

[school-2] "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-18.

[stu2004-3] "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

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