# Edmonton-Parkallen

Edmonton-Parkallen 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 1971 to 1993.

## History

The Edmonton-Parkallen electoral district was formed in the 1970 boundary redistribution from Strathcona West and a small portion of Strathcona Centre.
The Edmonton-Kingsway electoral district was abolished in the 1993 boundary redistribution with portions going into the already existing Edmonton-Strathcona and Edmonton-Whitemud electoral districts, and a portion going to the newly formed Edmonton-Rutherford electoral district.

### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Parkallen :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Strathcona West electoral district from 1959-1971 and Strathcona Centre electoral district from 1959-1971 |||||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | Neil Stanley Crawford | Progressive Conservative |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | Neil Stanley Crawford | Progressive Conservative |
| 19th | 1979–1982 | Neil Stanley Crawford | Progressive Conservative |
| 20th | 1982–1986 | Neil Stanley Crawford | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Neil Stanley Crawford | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Doug Main | Progressive Conservative |
| See Edmonton-Strathcona electoral district from 1971-Present, Edmonton-Rutherford electoral district from 1993-Present and Edmonton-Whitemud electoral district from 1971-Present |||||

## Election results
### 1971

vte1971 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Neil Stanley Crawford | 5,300 | 49.50% | – |
| | Social Credit | Gordon V. Rasmussen | 3,875 | 36.19% | – |
| | New Democratic | Hart Horn | 1,311 | 12.24% | – |
| | Liberal | Vic Yanda | 221 | 2.06% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 10,707 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 104 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 14,815 | 72.97% | – |
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| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1975

vte1975 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Neil Stanley Crawford | 4,810 | 62.30% | 12.80% |
| | New Democratic | Brian Fish | 1,546 | 20.02% | 7.78% |
| | Social Credit | Glen Carlson | 904 | 11.71% | -24.48% |
| | Liberal | Brian Erickson | 461 | 5.97% | 3.91% |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,721 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 15 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 19,583 | 39.50% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 14.48% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1979

vte1979 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Neil Stanley Crawford | 6,457 | 50.58% | -11.72% |
| | New Democratic | Jim Russell | 4,102 | 32.13% | 12.11% |
| | Social Credit | Morley MacCalder | 1,483 | 11.62% | -0.09% |
| | Liberal | Phillip Lister | 724 | 5.67% | -0.30% |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,766 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 19,583 | 65.19% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -11.91% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1982

vte1982 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Neil Stanley Crawford | 8229 | 55.37% | 4.79% |
| | New Democratic | Jim Russell | 5,771 | 38.83% | 6.70% |
| | Western Canada Concept | Merv Gray | 823 | 5.54% | – |
| | Communist | Chris Frazer | 39 | 0.26% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 14,862 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 19 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 20,154 | 73.84% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -0.95% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1986

vte1986 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Neil Stanley Crawford | 5,612 | 44.49% | -10.88% |
| | New Democratic | Jim Russell | 5,310 | 42.09% | 3.26% |
| | Liberal | Jerry Paschen | 1,100 | 8.72% | – |
| | Representative | James Carson | 593 | 4.70% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,615 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 16 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 23,675 | 53.35% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -7.07% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1989

vte1989 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Doug Main | 6,169 | 40.19% | -4.30% |
| | New Democratic | Jim Selby | 4,979 | 32.43% | -9.66% |
| | Liberal | Nadene Thomas | 4,203 | 27.38% | 18.66% |
| Total | Total | Total | 15,351 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 48 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 24,312 | 63.34% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 2.68% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Parkallen Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||