Edmonton-Decore

{{Short description|Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox Canada electoral district | name ='''Edmonton-Decore''' | province =Alberta | image =Edmonton-Decore 2017.svg | caption =Edmonton-Decore within the City of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries | prov-rep = Sharif Haji | prov-rep-link = | prov-rep-party = NDP | prov-rep-party-link = | prov-status =active | prov-created =2004 | prov-abolished = | prov-created2 = | prov-election-first =2004 | prov-election-last =2023 }} '''Edmonton-Decore''' is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was most recently contested in the general election of 2019. The riding is located in north central Edmonton. It was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution out of a small part of Edmonton-Manning and most of Edmonton-Glengarry. The riding is named after Laurence Decore, former Leader of the Opposition and Mayor of Edmonton.

Neighbourhoods in this riding include: Kildare, Killarney, Northmount, Evansdale, Belle Rive, Mayliewan, Delwood, Glengarry, and Balwin.

The riding has been held by representatives of the Progressive Conservative, Liberal, and New Democratic parties since it was created. The current representative is New Democratic Party MLA Sharif Haji, who was first elected in the 2023 general election.

==History== The electoral district was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Glengary and Edmonton-Manning, and was first contested in the general election of 2004. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the major changes made to the riding.

The western boundary with on 97 Street between the Edmonton city limits and 167 Avenue Edmonton-Castle Downs was moved east to cede land to that constituency. The south boundary with Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood was changed to move along 127 Street instead of the Canadian National Railway tracks. The east boundary saw significant changes as it was pushed eastward to 66 Street into Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning as far north as 144 Avenue from the railway tracks at 127 Street. The east boundary with Edmonton-Manning was also realigned to run on 66 Street north of 153 Avenue to give some land to Manning.

===Boundary history=== {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;" !colspan=4|29 Edmonton-Decore 2003 boundaries<ref name="2003bound">{{cite book|title=Statutes of the Province of Alberta|chapter=E‑4.1|url=http://www.qp.alberta.ca/574.cfm?page=E04P1.cfm&leg_type=Acts&isbncln=0779738748|publisher=Government of Alberta|year=2003|page=17}}</ref> |- !colspan=4|Bordering districts |- !North !East !West !South |- |Athabasca-Redwater |Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning |Edmonton-Castle Downs and Edmonton-Calder |Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood |- |colspan=2 align=center|''riding map goes here'' |colspan=2 align=center|File:Edmonton provincial ridings - Decore.svg |- !colspan=4|Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. |- |colspan=4|Starting at the intersection of 97 Street with the north Edmonton city boundary; then 1. east along the north city boundary to 66 Street; 2. south along 66 Street to 167 Avenue; 3. east along 167 Avenue to the extension of 59A Street; 4. south along the extension and 59A Street to 153 Avenue; 5. west along 153 Avenue to 82 Street; 6. south along 82 Street to the Canadian National Railway (CNR) line; 7. west along the CNR line to 97 Street; 8. north along 97 Street to the starting point. |- |colspan=4|'''Note:''' |} {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;" !colspan=4|32 Edmonton-Decore 2010 boundaries |- !colspan=4|Bordering districts |- !North !East !West !South |- |Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater |Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning |Edmonton-Calder and Edmonton-Castle Downs |Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood |- |colspan=2 align=center|200px |colspan=2 align=center|200px |- !colspan=4|Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. |- |colspan=4| |- |colspan=4|'''Note:''' |}

===Electoral history=== {{Align|right| {{AbMLA/top|Edmonton-Decore}} {{AbMLA/change|Riding created from Edmonton-Glengarry and Edmonton-Manning}} {{AbMLA/row | FromYr = 2004 | ToYr = 2008 | Assembly# = 26 | RepName = Bill Bonko | AbParty = Liberal }} {{AbMLA/row | FromYr = 2008 | ToYr = 2012 | Assembly# = 27 | RepName = Janice Sarich | AbParty = PC | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 2 }} {{AbMLA/row | FromYr = 2012 | ToYr = 2015 | Assembly# = 28 }} {{AbMLA/row | FromYr = 2015 | ToYr = 2019 | Assembly# = 29 | RepName = Chris Nielsen | RepLink = Chris Nielsen (politician) | AbParty = NDP | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 3 }} {{AbMLA/row | FromYr = 2019 | ToYr = 2023 | Assembly# = 30 }} {{AbMLA/row | FromYr = 2023 | ToYr = | RepName = Sharif Haji | Assembly# = 31 }} {{AbMLA/end}} }}

The first election held in the district was fought among Liberal candidate Bill Bonko Sr., a school trustee; incumbent Alberta Alliance MLA Gary Masyk whose old district had been abolished; and former Edmonton-Belmont Progressive Conservative MLA Walter Szwender. Bonko defeated the two incumbents and two other candidates.

In the 2008 general election Bonko was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Janice Sarich, who held the riding until 2015.

In the 2015 general election NDP Candidate Chris Nielsen was elected with 68% of the vote, in an election which saw every Edmonton riding return an NDP member.

==Election results==

=== 2004 === {{CANelec/top|AB|2004|Edmonton-Decore|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Bill Bonko Sr.|4,434|44.84%|–}} {{CANelec|AB|PC|Walter R. Szwender|3,007|30.41%|–}} {{CANelec|AB|NDP|Shirley Barg|1,525|15.42%|–}} {{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Gary Masyk|831|8.40%|–}} {{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|Geoffrey Chevrier|91|0.92%|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total|9,888|–|–}} {{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|48|30|0}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|24,735|40.17%|–}} {{CANelec/pickup|AB|Liberal}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://officialresults.elections.ab.ca/orResultsED.cfm?EventId=&ED=00| title=00 - Edmonton-Decore, 2004 Alberta general election | publisher=Elections Alberta | accessdate=May 21, 2020 | website=officialresults.elections.ab.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |author1=Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer |title=Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Enumeration and General Election of the Twenty-sixth Legislative Assembly |date=2005 |publisher=Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |location=Edmonton |url=https://archive.org/details/reportofchiefele2220albe |pages=}}}} {{end}}

=== 2008 === {{CANelec/top|AB|2008|Edmonton-Decore|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|AB|PC|Janice Sarich|4,577|45.71%|15.30%}} {{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Bill Bonko Sr.|3,895|38.90%|-5.95%}} {{CANelec|AB|NDP|Sid Sadik|1,301|12.99%|-2.43%}} {{CANelec|AB|Green|Trey Capnerhust|241|2.41%|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total|10,014|–|–}} {{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|24|39|3}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|29,184|34.41%|-5.76%}} {{CANelec/gain|AB|PC|Liberal|-3.81%}} {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=https://officialresults.elections.ab.ca/orResultsED.cfm?EventId=12&ED=29| title=29 - Edmonton-Decore, 2008 Alberta general election | publisher=Elections Alberta | accessdate=May 21, 2020 | website=officialresults.elections.ab.ca}}<br/>{{cite report |author1=Chief Electoral Officer |title=The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly |date=2008 |publisher=Elections Alberta |location=Edmonton, Alta. |url=https://archive.org/details/reportofchiefele00albe_10 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |pages=}}}} {{end}}

=== 2012 === {{2012 Alberta general election/Edmonton-Decore}}

=== 2015 === {{2015 Alberta general election/Edmonton-Decore}}

{|class=wikitable !colspan=4|2015 Alberta general election redistributed results |- !colspan=2|Party !Votes !% {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row-name}} |align=right|11,536 |align=right|68.71 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row-name}} |align=right|2,975 |align=right|17.12 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|row-name}} |align=right|1,387 |align=right|8.26 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row-name}} |align=right|750 |align=right|4.47 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Green|row-name}} |align=right|142 |align=right|0.85 {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: [https://election-atlas.ca/ridingbuilder/rb.php?prov=48 Ridingbuilder]}} |}

=== 2019 === {{2019 Alberta general election/Edmonton-Decore}}

===2023=== {{2023 Alberta general election/Edmonton-Decore}}

==Senate nominee election results==

===2004=== {| class="wikitable" | colspan="5" align=center|'''2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Decore'''<ref name="senresults2004">{{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 }}</ref> | colspan="2"|'''Turnout 40.28%''' |- | colspan="2"| '''Affiliation''' |'''Candidate''' |'''Votes''' |'''% votes''' |'''% ballots''' |'''Rank''' {{CANelec|AB|PC|Betty Unger|3,839|14.86%|46.39%|2}} {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent |Link Byfield |2,923 |11.32% |35.32% |4 {{CANelec|AB|PC|Bert Brown|2,816|10.90%|34.03%|1}} {{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}} |Michael Roth |2,664 |10.31% |32.19% |7 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}} |Gary Horan |2,510 |9.72% |30.33% |10 {{CANelec|AB|PC|Cliff Breitkreuz|2,502|9.69%|30.23%|3}} {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent |Tom Sindlinger |2,485 |9.62% |30.03% |9 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}} |Vance Gough |2,400 |9.29% |29.00% |8 {{CANelec|AB|PC|David Usherwood|1,961|7.59%|23.70%|6}} {{CANelec|AB|PC|Jim Silye|1,728|6.70%|20.88%|5}} |- |colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total votes''' |'''25,828''' |colspan="3"|'''100%''' |- |colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total ballots''' |'''8,276''' |colspan="3"|'''3.12 votes per ballot''' |- |colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, spoiled and declined''' |colspan="4"|'''1,688''' |} ''Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot''

==Student vote results==

===2004=== {| class="wikitable" align=right !Participating schools<ref name="school">{{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 }}</ref> |- |Archbishop O'Leary High School |- |Mee-Yah-Noh School |- |St. Cecilia 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.

{| class="wikitable" |colspan="5" align="center"|'''2004 Alberta student vote results'''<ref name="stu2004">{{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 }}</ref> |- |colspan="2"| '''Affiliation''' |'''Candidate''' |'''Votes''' |'''%''' {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |Bill Bonko Sr. |447 |58.97% {{CANelec|AB|PC|Walter Szwender|106|13.98%}} {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Social Credit |Geoffrey Chevrier |80 |10.55% {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}} |NDP |Shirly Barg |71 |9.37% {{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Gary Masyk|54|7.13%}} |- |colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total''' |'''758''' |'''100%''' |- |colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, spoiled and declined''' |colspan="2"|'''19''' |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta] {{Geographic Location | Center = Edmonton-Decore | North = Edmonton-Castle Downs | Northeast = Edmonton-Manning | East = Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | Southeast = | South = Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood | Southwest = Edmonton-City Centre | West = Edmonton-North West | Northwest = }}

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