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Edmonton-Riverview
Alberta electoral district
	; 2008 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1997
First contested	1997
Last contested	2008

Edmonton Riverview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

Edmonton Riverview was created prior to the 1997 election and was includes re-distributed areas of the Edmonton-Glenora, Edmonton-Strathcona, and Edmonton-Whitemud ridings. The riding boundaries follow the North Saskatchewan River and Stony Plain Road along the northern border, 109th, 111th and 112th Streets to the east, Whitemud Drive to the south, and Blackmud Creek and 158th, 159th and 163rd Streets to the west. The riding also includes the University of Alberta and the Grant MacEwan University Centre for Arts.

In the 1997 election, Edmonton Riverview elected Liberal Linda Sloan as its first MLA. Sloan defeated Progressive Conservative Gwen Harris by over 900 votes. Sloan declined to seek re-election in 2001.

The 2001 election saw Liberal candidate and best-selling author Kevin Taft run against Progressive Conservative candidate and former Edmonton City Councillor Wendy Kinsella. Though many pundits believed this would be a close race, Taft was elected taking 49% of the popular vote.

In the 2004 election, Taft, then the Leader of the Alberta Liberals faced Progressive Conservative Fred Horne and NDP candidate Donna Martyn. On election night, Taft was easily re-elected taking 65% of the popular vote.

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Name	Party	Elected	Left Office
Linda Sloan	Liberal	1997	2001
Kevin Taft	Liberal	2001	present

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results^[1]			Turnout 63.01%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Kevin Taft	10,280	65.48%
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Horne	3,575	22.77%
	NDP	Donna Martyn	1,058	6.74%
	Green	John Lackey	357	2.27%
	Alberta Alliance	David Edgar	313	1.99%
	Social Credit	David Power	116	0.75%
Total			15,699	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			91

[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton Riverview^[2]					Turnout 63.24%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	4,789	16.78%	47.54%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	4,390	15.38%	43.58%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	3,304	11.58%	32.80%	1
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,987	10.47%	29.65%	9
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,960	10.37%	29.39%	3
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,236	7.84%	22.20%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,111	7.40%	20.96%	10
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,067	7.24%	20.52%	6
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,882	6.59%	18.68%	8
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,814	6.35%	18.01%	5
Total Votes			28,540	100%
Total Ballots			10,073	2.83 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			5,776

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

[edit] 2008 general election

2008 Election Results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Kevin Taft	7,466	50.60%
	Progressive Conservative	Wendy Andrews	5,170	35.04%
	NDP	Erica Bullwinkle	1,283	8.70%
	Green	Cameron Wakefield	506	3.43%
	Wildrose Alliance	Kyle Van Hauwaert	330	2.24%

[edit] 2004 Student Vote

Participating Schools^[3]
Avalon Junior High School
Crestwood Junior High
Laurier Heights School
Meadowlark Elementary School
St Paul School
St Rose 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	%
	Liberal	Kevin Taft	721	52.63%
	NDP	Donna Martyn	204	14.89%
	Green	John Lackey	186	13.58%
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Horne	169	12.33%
	Social Credit	David Power	53	3.87%
	Alberta Alliance	David Edgar	37	2.70%
Total			1,370	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			25

[edit] References

^ "Edmonton-Riverview Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/39.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-Riverview Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/39.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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