# Edmonton North East (provincial electoral district)

Edmonton North East 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 East 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-Beverly and Edmonton-Belmont electoral districts in 1971.

### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton North East :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Edmonton electoral district from 1921-1959 |||||
| 14th | 1959–1963 | Lou Heard | Social Credit |
| 15th | 1963–1967 | Lou Heard | Social Credit |
| 16th | 1967–1971 | Lou Heard | Social Credit |
| See Edmonton-Beverly electoral district from 1971-1993 and Edmonton-Belmont electoral district from 1971-1993 |||||

## Election results
### 1959

vte1959 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Lou Heard | 4,960 | 49.82% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative | Allan Welsh | 2,389 | 24.00% | – |
| | Liberal | Louis Marchand | 1,325 | 13.31% | – |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Alex Goruk | 1,063 | 10.68% | – |
| | Labor–Progressive | W. Harasym | 218 | 2.19% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,955 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 62 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 17,868 | 56.06% | – |
| | 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 East Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1963

vte1963 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Lou Heard | 4,023 | 42.72% | -7.10% |
| | New Democratic | Neil Reimer | 2,589 | 27.49% | 16.81% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Allan Welsh | 1,510 | 16.03% | -7.96% |
| | Liberal | Ken McAuley | 1,295 | 13.75% | 0.44% |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,417 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 13 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 19,640 | 48.01% | – |
| | Social Credit hold | Social Credit hold | Swing | Swing | -5.30% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-North East Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1967

vte1967 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Lou Heard | 5,052 | 35.18% | -7.54% |
| | New Democratic | Ivor G. Dent | 4,276 | 29.77% | 2.28% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Alan T. Cooke | 3,616 | 25.18% | 9.14% |
| | Liberal | Peter Achtem | 1,418 | 9.87% | -3.88% |
| Total | Total | Total | 14,362 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 66 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 26,563 | 54.32% | – |
| | Social Credit hold | Social Credit hold | Swing | Swing | -4.91% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-North East Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||