# Edmonton-Decore

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.
Neighborhoods in this riding include: Kildare, Killarney, Northmount, Evansdale, Belle Rive, Mayliewan, Delwood, Glengarry & 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

29 Edmonton-Decore 2003 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Athabasca-Redwater | Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning | Edmonton-Castle Downs and Edmonton-Calder | Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
| 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. ||||
| Note: ||||
32 Edmonton-Decore 2010 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater | Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning | Edmonton-Calder and Edmonton-Castle Downs | Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
| Note: ||||

### Electoral history

Edmonton-Decore :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Edmonton-Glengarry and Edmonton-Manning |||||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | Bill Bonko | Liberal |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Janice Sarich | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Janice Sarich | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Chris Nielsen | New Democratic |
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Chris Nielsen | New Democratic |
| 31st | 2023–Present | Sharif Haji | New Democratic |
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

2004 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Bill Bonko Sr. | 4,434 | 44.84% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative | Walter R. Szwender | 3,007 | 30.41% | – |
| | New Democratic | Shirley Barg | 1,525 | 15.42% | – |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Masyk | 831 | 8.40% | – |
| | Social Credit | Geoffrey Chevrier | 91 | 0.92% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,888 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 48 | 30 | 0 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 24,735 | 40.17% | – |
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| Source(s) Source: "00 - Edmonton-Decore, 2004 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2005). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Enumeration and General Election of the Twenty-sixth Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. |||||||

### 2008

2008 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Janice Sarich | 4,577 | 45.71% | 15.30% |
| | Liberal | Bill Bonko Sr. | 3,895 | 38.90% | -5.95% |
| | New Democratic | Sid Sadik | 1,301 | 12.99% | -2.43% |
| | Green | Trey Capnerhust | 241 | 2.41% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 10,014 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 24 | 39 | 3 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 29,184 | 34.41% | -5.76% |
| | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | -3.81% |
| Source(s) Source: "29 - Edmonton-Decore, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2008). The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 7, 2021. |||||||

### 2012

vte2012 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Janice Sarich | 5,722 | 42.36% | -3.34% |
| | Wildrose Alliance | Chris Bataluk | 2,911 | 21.55% | – |
| | New Democratic | Ali Haymour | 2,721 | 20.15% | 7.15% |
| | Liberal | Ed Ammar | 2,153 | 15.94% | -22.96% |
| Total | Total | Total | 13,507 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 99 | 62 | 4 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 28,766 | 47.31% | 12.91% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 7.00% |
| Source(s) Source: "32 - Edmonton-Decore, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021. |||||||

### 2015

vte2015 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Chris Nielsen | 10,531 | 67.91% | 47.76% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Janice Sarich | 2,847 | 18.36% | -24.00% |
| | Wildrose | Dean Miller | 1,289 | 8.31% | -13.24% |
| | Liberal | Bradley Whalen | 691 | 4.46% | -11.48% |
| | Green | Trey Capnerhurst | 150 | 0.97% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 15,508 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 47 | 37 | 21 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 32,518 | 47.90% | 0.59% |
| | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | 14.37% |
| Source(s) Source: "32 - Edmonton-Decore, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. |||||||
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results :
| Party | Party | Votes | % |
| | New Democratic | 11,536 | 68.71 |
| | Progressive Conservative | 2,975 | 17.12 |
| | Wildrose | 1,387 | 8.26 |
| | Liberal | 750 | 4.47 |
| | Green | 142 | 0.85 |
| Source(s) Source: Ridingbuilder ||||

### 2019

vte2019 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Chris Nielsen | 8,789 | 47.54 | -21.17 |
| | United Conservative | Karen Principe | 7,371 | 39.87 | +13.89 |
| | Alberta Party | Ali Haymour | 2,027 | 10.96 | – |
| | Alberta Independence | Virginia Bruneau | 301 | 1.63 | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 18,488 | 98.79 | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 227 | 1.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,715 | 56.68 |
| Eligible electors | Eligible electors | Eligible electors | 33,017 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | -17.53 |
| Source(s) Source: "30 - Edmonton-Decore, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 116–119. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021. |||||||

### 2023

vte2023 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Sharif Haji | 8,109 | 52.79 | +5.25 |
| | United Conservative | Sayid Ahmed | 6,326 | 41.18 | +1.31 |
| | Alberta Party | Brent Tyson | 631 | 4.11 | -6.86 |
| | Liberal | Donald Slater | 295 | 1.92 | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 15,361 | 99.26 | – |
| Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | 114 | 0.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,475 | 47.04 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 32,898 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | +1.97 |
| Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta |||||||

## Senate nominee election results
### 2004

| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Decore | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Decore | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Decore | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Decore | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Decore | Turnout 40.28% | Turnout 40.28% |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank |
| | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 3,839 | 14.86% | 46.39% | 2 |
| | Independent | Link Byfield | 2,923 | 11.32% | 35.32% | 4 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 2,816 | 10.90% | 34.03% | 1 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 2,664 | 10.31% | 32.19% | 7 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 2,510 | 9.72% | 30.33% | 10 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,502 | 9.69% | 30.23% | 3 |
| | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,485 | 9.62% | 30.03% | 9 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,400 | 9.29% | 29.00% | 8 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,961 | 7.59% | 23.70% | 6 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 1,728 | 6.70% | 20.88% | 5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 25,828 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Total ballots | Total ballots | Total ballots | 8,276 | 3.12 votes per ballot | 3.12 votes per ballot | 3.12 votes per ballot |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,688 | 1,688 | 1,688 | 1,688 |
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

### 2012
## Student vote results
### 2004

* Participating schools
* 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.
2004 Alberta student vote results :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Bill Bonko Sr. | 447 | 58.97% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Walter Szwender | 106 | 13.98% |
| | Social Credit | Geoffrey Chevrier | 80 | 10.55% |
| | NDP | Shirly Barg | 71 | 9.37% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Masyk | 54 | 7.13% |
| Total | Total | Total | 758 | 100% |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 19 | 19 |