| Edmonton-Mill Woods | |
| Province: | Alberta |
| Prov-Rep: | Christina Gray |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | NDP |
| Prov-Rep-Party-Link: | Alberta New Democratic Party |
| Prov-Status: | active |
| Prov-Created: | 1979 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1979 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2023 |
Edmonton-Mill Woods is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 current electoral districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.
This urban district is located in south central Edmonton was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Avonmore. The electoral district since its creation has been a swing riding controlled by the Progressive Conservatives, New Democrats and Liberals. The current representative is New Democrat Christina Gray who was first elected in 2015, and re-elected in 2019.
The electoral district was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Avonmore.
The 2010 boundary redistribution saw some changes made to the riding. The south boundary was pushed southward from 23 Avenue east of Mill Woods Drive to Anthony Henday Drive in land that used to be part of Edmonton-Ellerslie. The east boundary was changed to cede land south of Mill Creek to Edmonton-Mill Creek.
| 38 Edmonton-Mill Woods 2003 boundaries[1] | ||||
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| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Edmonton-Mill Creek | Edmonton-Mill Creek | Edmonton-Strathcona and Edmonton-Rutherford | Edmonton-Ellerslie | |
| riding map goes here | ||||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | ||||
| Starting at the intersection of Gateway Boulevard with Whitemud Drive; then 1. east along Whitemud Drive to 50 Street; 2. south along 50 Street to Mill Creek; 3. in a southeasterly direction along Mill Creek to 23 Avenue; 4. west along 23 Avenue to 50 Street; 5. north along 50 Street to 28 Avenue; 6. west along 28 Avenue to 91 Street; 7. north along 91 Street to 34 Avenue; 8. west along 34 Avenue to Gateway Boulevard; 9. north along Gateway Boulevard to the starting point. | ||||
| Note: | ||||
| 41 Edmonton-Mill Woods 2010 boundaries | ||||
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| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Edmonton-Mill Creek | Edmonton-Mill Creek | Edmonton-Rutherford, Edmonton-South West and Edmonton-Strathcona | Edmonton-Ellerslie | |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | ||||
| Note: | ||||
The electoral district was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Milt Pahl won a large majority to pick up the new seat for his party. He won a second term in the 1982 general election. He more than doubled his popular vote but faced a strong challenge from NDP candidate Gerry Gibeault and ended up decreasing his overall percentage.
Premier Peter Lougheed would appoint Pahl to the provincial cabinet as a Minister without Portfolio. He held that going into the 1986 general election while attempting to run for his third term in office. The election that year saw a rematch between Gibeault and Pahl.
The race in 1986 was very close with Gibeault winning by less than 100 votes to pick up the seat for the New Democrats. He won a higher popular vote running for a second term in the 1989 general election but his overall percent was reduced. He moved to the Edmonton-Ellerslie electoral district to run for election in 1993 and was defeated.
Liberal candidate Don Massey won the district in the 1993 election to pick it up for his party. He was re-elected with a smaller majority in the 1997 election and just barely held onto the district in the 2001 general election as he face a strong challenge from future Progressive Conservative MLA Carl Benito.
Massey briefly became leader of the provincial Liberals in 2004. He decided not to run again for office and retired at dissolution of the assembly later that year. His replacement in the legislature was Liberal candidate Weslyn Mather who won the district with just under half the popular vote in the 2004 election.
Mather was defeated by Carl Benito in the 2008 election who managed to win the seat for the Progressive Conservatives for the first time in 22 years.
| 2004 Senate nominee election results Edmonton-Mill Woods[2] | Turnout 45.00% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | Independent | Link Byfield | 3,273 | 12.09% | 38.45% | 4 | Michael Roth | 2,791 | 10.31% | 32.79% | 7 | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,490 | 9.20% | 29.25% | 9 | Gary Horan | 2,447 | 9.04% | 28.75% | 10 | Vance Gough | 2,400 | 8.87% | 28.20% | 8 | |
| Total votes | 27,062 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total ballots | 8,512 | 3.18 votes per ballot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||