# Edmonton North (provincial electoral district)

Edmonton North was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1959 to 1971.

## History

The Edmonton North electoral district was in the 1959 redistribution which broke up the mega-ridings of Edmonton and Calgary, creating a number of single-member districts in their place. The district was redistributed into Edmonton-Calder and Edmonton-Kingsway electoral districts in 1971.

### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton North :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Edmonton electoral district from 1921-1959 |||||
| 14th | 1959–1963 | Ethel Sylvia Wilson | Social Credit |
| 15th | 1963–1967 | Ethel Sylvia Wilson | Social Credit |
| 16th | 1967–1971 | Ethel Sylvia Wilson | Social Credit |
| See Edmonton-Kingsway electoral district from 1971-1993 and Edmonton-Calder electoral district from 1971-1993 |||||

## Election results
### 1959

vte1959 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Ethel Sylvia Wilson | 4,831 | 53.28% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dr. John Verchomin | 3,356 | 37.01% | – |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Peter Gomuwka | 881 | 9.72% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,068 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 61 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 16,256 | 56.16% | – |
| | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton North Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1963

vte1963 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Ethel Sylvia Wilson | 4,655 | 52.38% | -0.90% |
| | Liberal | Thomas O'Dwyer | 2,489 | 28.01% | – |
| | New Democratic | William H. Nash | 1,743 | 19.61% | 9.89% |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,887 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 35 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 19,022 | 46.90% | – |
| | Social Credit hold | Social Credit hold | Swing | Swing | 4.05% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton North Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1967

vte1967 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Ethel Sylvia Wilson | 4,698 | 38.43% | -13.95% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Tony Thibaudeau | 3,461 | 28.31% | – |
| | New Democratic | Gordon Wright | 2,763 | 22.60% | 2.99% |
| | Liberal | L. John Corbiere | 1,303 | 10.66% | -17.35% |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,225 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 69 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 21,381 | 57.50% | – |
| | Social Credit hold | Social Credit hold | Swing | Swing | -7.13% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton North Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||