# Edmonton-Calder
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{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name = Edmonton-Calder
| province = Alberta
| image = EdmontonCalder in Edmonton.jpg
| caption = 2010 boundaries
| prov-rep =
| prov-rep-link =
| prov-rep-party =
| prov-rep-party-link =
| prov-status =
| prov-created = 1971
| prov-abolished = 1993
| prov-created2 = 1996
| prov-abolished2 = 2019
| prov-election-first = 1971
| prov-election-last = 2015
}}
'''Edmonton-Calder''' was a [provincial](/source/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada) [electoral district](/source/electoral_district_(Canada)) in [Alberta](/source/Alberta), Canada, mandated to return a single member to the [Legislative Assembly of Alberta](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Alberta) using the [first past the post](/source/first_past_the_post) method of voting from 1971 to 1993 and again from 1996 to 2019.[{{cite web |title=Election results for Edmonton-Calder. |url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Edmonton-Calder |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208183724/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Edmonton-Calder |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2010 |website=abheritage.ca |publisher=Heritage Community Foundation |access-date=22 May 2020}}]
==History==
The first Edmonton-Calder electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the electoral districts of [Edmonton North West](/source/Edmonton-North_West_(provincial_electoral_district)) and [Edmonton North](/source/Edmonton_North_(provincial_electoral_district)). It was abolished in 1993 to create parts [Edmonton-Mayfield](/source/Edmonton-Mayfield) and [Edmonton-Roper](/source/Edmonton-Roper).
Calder was re-created in the same general area out of Mayfield and Roper in the 1996 boundary redistribution. The [2010 electoral boundary re-distribution](/source/2010_Alberta_electoral_redistribution) lead to significant changes to the district, the northern boundaries were pushed from 137 Avenue to the Edmonton city limits between 127 Street and 184 Street into land that used to be part of [Edmonton-Castle Downs](/source/Edmonton-Castle_Downs). The south boundary which used to run along Stony Plain Road was pushed north to Yellowhead Trail ceding land to [Edmonton-Meadowlark](/source/Edmonton-Meadowlark) and [Edmonton-Glenora](/source/Edmonton-Glenora).[{{cite web|title=Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/egovdocs/2010/alch/9780986536717.pdf |date=June 2010 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |author=Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission |publisher=[Legislative Assembly of Alberta](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Alberta)}}]
Edmonton-Calder was dissolved prior to the [2019 Alberta general election](/source/2019_Alberta_general_election) and re-distributed into [Edmonton-City Centre](/source/Edmonton-City_Centre), [Edmonton-West Henday](/source/Edmonton-West_Henday), and [Edmonton-North West](/source/Edmonton-North_West_(provincial_electoral_district)) electoral districts.
===Boundary history===
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!colspan=4|Bordering districts
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|[Edmonton-Castle Downs](/source/Edmonton-Castle_Downs), [St. Albert](/source/St._Albert_(provincial_electoral_district))
|[Edmonton-Decore](/source/Edmonton-Decore), [Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood](/source/Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood)
|[Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert](/source/Spruce_Grove-Sturgeon-St._Albert)
|[Edmonton-Centre](/source/Edmonton-Centre), [Edmonton-Glenora](/source/Edmonton-Glenora), [Edmonton-Meadowlark](/source/Edmonton-Meadowlark)
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|colspan=2 align=center|''riding map goes here''
|colspan=2 align=center|File:Edmonton provincial ridings - Calder.svg
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!colspan=4|Legal description from {{Cite canlaw
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|colspan=4|Starting at the intersection of the west Edmonton city boundary with the south shore of Big Lake; then 1. northeast along the city boundary to the intersection with 137 Avenue; 2. east along 137 Avenue to 113A Street (Castle Downs Road); 3. north along 113A Street to 153 Avenue; 4. east along 153 Avenue to 97 Street; 5. south along 97 Street to 111 Avenue; 6. west along 111 Avenue to 121 Street; 7. north along 121 Street and its northerly extension to 118 Avenue; 8. west along 118 Avenue to the northbound lanes of 170 Street; 9. south along the northbound lanes of 170 Street to Stony Plain Road; 10. west along Stony Plain Road to the west Edmonton city boundary; 11. north along the west city boundary to the starting point.
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|colspan=4|'''Note:'''
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!colspan=4|29 Edmonton-Calder 2010 boundaries
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!colspan=4|Bordering districts
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!North
!East
!West
!South
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|[Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater](/source/Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater), [Edmonton-Castle Downs](/source/Edmonton-Castle_Downs) and [St. Albert](/source/St._Albert_(provincial_electoral_district))
|[Edmonton-Decore](/source/Edmonton-Decore) and [Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood](/source/Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood)
|[Spruce Grove-St. Albert](/source/Spruce_Grove-St._Albert)
|[Edmonton-Centre](/source/Edmonton-Centre), [Edmonton-Glenora](/source/Edmonton-Glenora) and [Edmonton-Meadowlark](/source/Edmonton-Meadowlark)
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!colspan=4|Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
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|colspan=4|'''Note:'''
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===Electoral history===
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{{AbMLA/top|Edmonton-Calder}}
{{AbMLA/change|Riding created from [Edmonton North West](/source/Edmonton_North_West) and [Edmonton West](/source/Edmonton_West_(provincial_electoral_district))}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 1971
| ToYr = 1975
| Assembly# = 17
| AbParty = PC
| RepName = Tom Chambers
| RepLink = Tom Chambers (politician)
| RepTerms# = 4
| PartyTerms# = 4
}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 1975
| ToYr = 1979
| Assembly# = 18
}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 1979
| ToYr = 1982
| Assembly# = 19
}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 1982
| ToYr = 1985
| Assembly# = 20
}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 1986
| ToYr = 1989
| Assembly# = 21
| RepName = Christie Mjolsness
| AbParty = NDP
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 1989
| ToYr = 1993
| Assembly# = 22
}}
{{AbMLA/change|Riding dissolved into [Edmonton-Mayfield](/source/Edmonton-Mayfield) and [Edmonton-Roper](/source/Edmonton-Roper)}}
{{AbMLA/change|Riding re-created from [Edmonton-Mayfield](/source/Edmonton-Mayfield) and [Edmonton-Roper](/source/Edmonton-Roper)}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 1997
| ToYr = 2001
| Assembly# = 24
| RepName = Lance White
| AbParty = Liberal
}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 2001
| ToYr = 2004
| Assembly# = 25
| RepName = Brent Rathgeber
| AbParty = PC
}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 2004
| ToYr = 2008
| Assembly# = 26
| RepName = David Eggen
| AbParty = NDP
}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 2008
| ToYr = 2012
| Assembly# = 27
| RepName = Doug Elniski
| AbParty = PC
}}
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| FromYr = 2012
| ToYr = 2014
| Assembly# = 28
| RepName = David Eggen
| AbParty = NDP
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 2015
| ToYr = 2019
| Assembly# = 29
}}
{{AbMLA/change|Riding dissolved into [Edmonton-City Centre](/source/Edmonton-City_Centre), [Edmonton-North West](/source/Edmonton-North_West) and [Edmonton-West Henday](/source/Edmonton-West_Henday)}}
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The electoral district has existed twice since it was first created in 1971. The election held that year saw a hotly contested race between Social Credit incumbent Edgar Gerhart who had been MLA for the old electoral district of Edmonton Northwest and Progressive Conservative candidate Tom Chambers. On election night Chambers defeated Gerhart with just over 50% of the popular vote. His party went on to form its first government that election .
Chambers won his second term in 1975 with a landslide majority of almost 75% of the popular vote. He would be appointed to a cabinet portfolio in the government of [Peter Lougheed](/source/Peter_Lougheed) in 1979. Chambers was re-elected twice more in 1979 and 1982 with shrinking majorities. He retired from office at dissolution in 1986.
The 1986 election was won by NDP candidate Christie Mjolsness. She had previously run against Chambers in the 1982 election and increased the percentage of her popular vote and won on the collapse of the Progressive Conservative vote despite losing raw popular vote. She was re-elected in 1989 in a hotly contested battle with Liberal candidate Lance White.
The riding was abolished in 1993 and redistricted to make [Edmonton-Mayfield](/source/Edmonton-Mayfield) and [Edmonton-Roper](/source/Edmonton-Roper). Mjolsness would run for re-election in Roper and be defeated while White would run in Mayfield and be elected defeating incumbent [Alex McEachern](/source/Alex_McEachern).
Calder would be re-created out of the two ridings in the 1996 boundary redistribution. White and McEachern would face each other for the second time with White coming out the victor. White would win just over 40% of the popular vote while McEachern finished in third place.
The riding would change hands in 2001 in a very closely contested election as Progressive Conservative candidate [Brent Rathgeber](/source/Brent_Rathgeber) defeated White with just over 40% of the popular vote. The NDP would return to office in the next election as NDP candidate [David Eggen](/source/David_Eggen) defeated Rathgeber by a close margin with just over 36% of the popular vote.
The 2008 election would see Eggen defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate [Doug Elniski](/source/Doug_Elniski) in another close race, with Elniski picking up 41% of the popular vote to Eggen's 40%. Elinski announced his retirement, and did not run again in the 2012 election.[{{cite news |last1=Parrish |first1=Julia |title=Edmonton-Calder MLA will not seek re-election |url=https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/edmonton-calder-mla-will-not-seek-re-election-1.755497 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603232743/https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/edmonton-calder-mla-will-not-seek-re-election-1.755497 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |work=CTV Edmonton |publisher=CTV News |date=January 18, 2012}}]
David Eggen was returned to office in the 2012 general election and in the 2015 general election. The 2012 election was another close race, with under 4% difference between Eggen and PC Bev Esslinger. During the 2015 election, Eggen was re-elected with over 70% of the popular vote, marking one of the best results for the provincial NDP in the province.
==Legislative election results==
===1971===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1971/Edmonton-Calder}}
===1975===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1975/Edmonton-Calder}}
===1979===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1979/Edmonton-Calder}}
===1982===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1982/Edmonton-Calder}}
===1986===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1986/Edmonton-Calder}}
===1989===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1989/Edmonton-Calder}}
===1997===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1997/Edmonton-Calder}}
===2001===
{{Alberta provincial election, 2001/Edmonton-Calder}}
===2004===
{{Alberta provincial election, 2004/Edmonton-Calder}}
===2008===
{{Alberta provincial election, 2008/Edmonton-Calder}}
===2012===
{{Alberta provincial election, 2012/Edmonton-Calder}}
===2015===
{{Alberta provincial election, 2015/Edmonton-Calder}}
==Senate nominee election results==
===2004===
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan=5 align=center|'''[2004 Senate nominee election results](/source/2004_Alberta_Senate_nominee_election): Edmonton-Calder'''[{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf |title=Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results |publisher=Elections Alberta |access-date=February 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704143923/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf |archive-date=July 4, 2009 }}]
| colspan=2|'''Turnout 49.21%'''
|-
| colspan=2| '''Affiliation'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''% votes'''
|'''% ballots'''
|'''Rank'''
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[Betty Unger](/source/Betty_Unger)|4,272|15.41%|46.54%|2}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|[Link Byfield](/source/Link_Byfield)
|3,553
|12.81%
|38.71%
|4
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[Bert Brown](/source/Bert_Brown)|3,126|11.28%|34.06%|1}}
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[Cliff Breitkreuz](/source/Cliff_Breitkreuz)|2,867|10.34%|32.23%|3}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|[Tom Sindlinger](/source/Tom_Sindlinger)
|2,662
|9.60%
|29.00%
|9
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}}
|Michael Roth
|2,608
|9.41%
|28.41%
|7
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}}
|Gary Horan
|2,292
|8.27%
|24.97%
|10
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}}
|Vance Gough
|2,283
|8.24%
|24.87%
|8
{{CANelec|AB|PC|David Usherwood|2,210|7.97%|24.08%|6}}
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[Jim Silye](/source/Jim_Silye)|1,847|6.67%|20.12%|5}}
|-
|colspan=3 align="right"|'''Total votes'''
|'''27,720'''
|colspan=3|'''100%'''
|-
|colspan=3 align="right"|'''Total ballots'''
|'''9,179'''
|colspan=3|'''3.02 votes per ballot'''
|-
|colspan=3 align="right"|'''Rejected, spoiled and declined'''
|colspan=4|'''2,215'''
|}
''Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.''
==Student vote results==
===2004===
{| class="wikitable" align=right
!Participating schools[{{cite web|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm |title=School by School results |publisher=Student Vote Canada |access-date=2008-04-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005211819/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm |archive-date=October 5, 2007 }}]
|-
|Major General Griesbach School
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|Sir John Thompson Junior High School
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|St. Edmund School
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|Winterburn 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 had 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 than where they were physically located.
{| class="wikitable"
|colspan=5 align="center"|'''2004 Alberta student vote results'''[{{cite web|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm |title=Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates |publisher=Student Vote Canada |access-date=2008-04-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006095842/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm |archive-date=October 6, 2007 }}]
|-
|colspan=2| '''Affiliation'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}
|[Liberal](/source/Alberta_Liberal_Party)
|Brad Smith
|241
|40.30%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}}
|[NDP](/source/Alberta_New_Democratic_Party)
|[David Eggen](/source/David_Eggen)
|170
|28.43%
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[Brent Rathgeber](/source/Brent_Rathgeber)|114|19.06%}}
{{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Vicki Kramer|73|12.21%}}
|-
|colspan=3 align="right"|'''Total'''
|'''598'''
|'''100%'''
|-
|colspan=3 align="right"|'''Rejected, spoiled and declined'''
|colspan=2|'''19'''
|}
===2012===
{| class="wikitable"
|colspan=5 align=center|'''2012 Alberta student vote results'''
|-
|colspan=2| '''Affiliation'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
{{CANelec|AB|PC|Bev Esslinger||%}}
{{CANelec|AB|Wildrose|Don Martin}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}
|[Liberal](/source/Alberta_Liberal_Party)
|Alex V Bosse
|
|%
{{CANelec|AB|Alberta|David Clark}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}}
|[NDP](/source/Alberta_New_Democratic_Party)
|[David Eggen](/source/David_Eggen)
|
|%
|-
|colspan=3 align="right"|'''Total'''
|
|'''100%'''
|}
== See also ==
* [List of Alberta provincial electoral districts](/source/List_of_Alberta_provincial_electoral_districts)
* [Canadian provincial electoral districts](/source/Canadian_provincial_electoral_districts)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Further reading==
*{{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author2-link=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |author-link1=Elections Alberta |title=A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |series=The Centennial Series |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-8-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up |access-date=25 May 2020}}
==External links==
*[http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/ Elections Alberta]
*[http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ The Legislative Assembly of Alberta]
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