Edmonton-Ellerslie is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly.
History The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the riding shrink on its north boundary to Anthony Henday Drive from roughly 34 Avenue, losing some land to Edmonton-Mill Woods and Edmonton-Mill Creek.
Boundary history 33 Edmonton-Ellerslie 2003 boundariesBordering districtsNorthEastWestSouthEdmonton-Mill Creek and Edmonton-Mill WoodsStrathconaEdmonton-Rutherford and Edmonton-WhitemudLeduc-Beaumont-Devonriding map goes hereLegal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions ActStarting at the intersection of Gateway Boulevard with 34 Avenue; then 1. east along 34 Avenue to 91 Street; 2. south along 91 Street to 28 Avenue; 3. east along 28 Avenue to 50 Street; 4. south along 50 Street to 23 Avenue; 5. east along 23 Avenue to the east Edmonton city boundary; 6. south and west along the east city boundary to Gateway Boulevard; 7. northeast along Gateway Boulevard to the starting point. 33 Edmonton-Ellerslie 2010 boundariesBordering districtsNorthEastWestSouthEdmonton-Mill Creek and Edmonton-Mill WoodsStrathcona-Sherwood ParkEdmonton-Rutherford and Edmonton-South WestLeduc-BeaumontLegal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act
Electoral history Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-EllerslieAssemblyYearsMemberPartySee Edmonton-Mill Woods 1979-199323rd1993–1997Debby CarlsonLiberal24th1997–200125th2001–20042004Vacant26th2004–2008Bharat AgnihotriLiberal27th2008–2012Naresh BhardwajProgressiveConservative28th2012–201529th2015–2019 Rod Loyola New Democratic30th2019–202331st2023–20252025Vacant2025–PresentGurtej Singh BrarNew Democratic
The electoral district was created in 1993 from Edmonton-Mill Woods. The first election held that year saw incumbent NDP MLA Gerry Gibeault switch from that district to run in Ellerslie. A wave of support for the Alberta Liberals rolled across Edmonton causing Liberal candidate Debby Carlson to win the riding with over half the popular vote. Gibeault was defeated, finishing a distant second place.
Carlson ran for a second term in 1997. She increased her popular support to take the district easily with almost 57% of the popular vote. The 2001 election was a very tight race. Carlson barely hung on to win her third term in office. She defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Sukhi Randhawa by less than 300 votes and won the seat with 45 percent of the vote.
On May 28, 2004, Carlson vacated her seat to run in the 2004 federal election in the Edmonton—Strathcona district. Her replacement elected in the provincial election that year was Liberal candidate Bharat Agnihotri. He took just under 34% of the popular vote and won by a razor thin plurality of 200 votes over his Progressive Conservative opponent, and just 1200 votesl over his NDP opponent.
The Progressive Conservatives won the riding in the 2008 election when its candidate Naresh Bhardwaj defeated the incumbent MLA trying for re-election and won the set with 42% of the popular vote. The 2012 result was about the same with the P-C candidate winning with a minority of the vote.
NDP candidate Rod Loyola won the seat three consecutive times — 2015, 2019, and 2023.
Legislative election results 2025
2023
2019
2015 Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta electionPartyVotes%
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1993
Senate nominee election results
2004 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-EllerslieTurnout 43.51% AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRankIndependentLink Byfield3,31411.82%38.33%4Michael Roth2,90110.35%33.55%7Vance Gough2,5749.18%29.77%8IndependentTom Sindlinger2,5319.03%29.27%9Gary Horan2,5249.00%29.19%10Total votes28,044100%Total ballots8,6473.24 votes per ballotRejected, spoiled and declined1,688 Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.
Student vote results
2004 Participating schoolsHoly Trinity Catholic High SchoolJ. Percy Page High 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 who reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.
2004 Alberta student vote results AffiliationCandidateVotes%LiberalBharat Agnihotri32135.99%NDPMarilyn Assheton-Smith14215.92%Total892100%Rejected, spoiled and declined24
2012 2012 Alberta student vote results AffiliationCandidateVotes%LiberalJennifer Ketsa%NDPRod Loyola%Total 100%
See also List of Alberta provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta