# Edmonton-Manning (provincial electoral district)

Edmonton-Manning is a provincial electoral district in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is situated in the northeast quadrant of the city. It was created in 1993 and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly. The riding is named after former Social Credit Premier Ernest Manning, who held office from 1943 to 1968. The riding was last contested in the 2019 Alberta election.

## History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution when Edmonton-Belmont was merged with a portion of Edmonton-Beverly. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw some changes made on the south and west boundaries. The first was a minor revision that pushed the south boundary north to 144 Avenue to give some land to Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview. The second revision was made with Edmonton-Decore on the west side that moved a small portion of the west boundary from 59A Street to 66 Street to gain some land from that district. Manning also lost some land to Decore when it expanded the west to 66 Street from 82 Street and north from 137 Avenue to 144 Avenue.

### Boundary history

34 Edmonton-Manning 2003 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Athabasca-Redwater | Athabasca-Redwater, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville and Strathcona | Athabasca-Redwater and Edmonton-Decore | Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview |
| riding map goes here | riding map goes here | | |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
| Starting at the intersection of 66 Street with the north Edmonton city boundary; then 1. east, north, east and south along the city boundary to the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River near the easterly extension of 211 Avenue NE; 2. west along the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River to the easterly extension of 137 Avenue; 3. west along the extension and 137 Avenue to 36 Street; 4. north along 36 Street to 144 Avenue; 5. west along 144 Avenue to the Canadian National Railway (CNR) line; 6. southwest along the CNR line to 137 Avenue; 7. west along 137 Avenue to 82 Street; 8. north along 82 Street to 153 Avenue; 9. east along 153 Avenue to 59A Street; 10. north along 59A Street and its extension to 167 Avenue; 11. west along 167 Avenue to 66 Street; 12. north along 66 Street to the starting point. ||||
| Note: ||||
37 Edmonton-Manning 2010 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater | Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater and Edmonton-Decore | Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
| Note: ||||

### Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Manning :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Edmonton-Belmont 1971-1993 and Edmonton-Beverly 1971-1993 |||||
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Peter Sekulic | Liberal |
| 24th | 1997–2001 | Ed Gibbons | Liberal |
| 25th | 2001–2004 | Tony Vandermeer | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 2004–2006 | Dan Backs | Liberal |
| 26th | 2006-2008 | Dan Backs | Independent |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Peter Sandhu | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Peter Sandhu | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Heather Sweet | New Democrat |
| 30th | 2019-2023 | Heather Sweet | New Democrat |
| 31st | 2023-present | Heather Sweet | New Democrat |
The first election contested in the district occurred in 1993. That election saw incumbent Edmonton-Belmont NDP MLA Tom Sigurdson run for a third term in office. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Peter Sekulic, who won over half the popular vote.
Sekulic would not stand for a second term in office. The 1997 election was won by Liberal candidate Ed Gibbons, who defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Tony Vandermeer in a closely contested race. Both candidates ran against each-other again in 2001, during which Vandermeer was elected and Gibbons finished second in the popular vote.
Vandermeer ran for a second term in office in the 2004 election. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Dan Backs, who took the riding with just over 36% of the popular vote. Backs would be expelled from the Liberal caucus on November 20, 2006, and ran for re-election as an independent candidate. He was not re-elected as an independent.
The race in 2008 ended up being closely contested, between candidates from all four major political parties. Backs ended up finishing a close third place. He was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Peter Sandhu, who won just under 36% of the popular vote. The second, third and fourth place candidates all finished with just about 2,300 votes.
During the 2015 election, NDP challenger Heather Sweet was elected with 71.5% of the popular vote, defeating Progressive Conservative challenger Gurcharan Garcha who finished second in terms of the popular vote in the riding.

## Legislative election results
### Elections in the 1990s

1993 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Manning :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Peter Sekulic | 6,007 | 51.22 |
| | New Democratic | Tom Sigurdson | 2,904 | 24.76 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Tony Kallal | 2,521 | 21.50 |
| | Social Credit | George Grant | 296 | 2.52 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 11,728 |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 24 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 20,585 | 57.09 |
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| Source(s) "Edmonton-Manning results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 28, 2010. |||||||
1997 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Manning :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Ed Gibbons | 5,140 | 41.96 | -9.26 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Tony Vandermeer | 4,358 | 35.57 | +14.07 |
| | New Democratic | Hana Razga | 2,229 | 18.19 | -6.57 |
| | Social Credit | Jordan Harris | 524 | 4.28 | +1.76 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 12,251 |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 46 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 24,134 | 50.95 | -6.14 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -11.67 |
| Source(s) "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012. |||||||

### Elections in the 2000s

2001 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Manning :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Tony Vandermeer | 5,903 | 45.54 | +9.97 |
| | Liberal | Ed Gibbons | 5,523 | 42.60 | +0.64 |
| | New Democratic | Hana Razga | 1,538 | 11.86 | -6.33 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 12,964 |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 50 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 26,021 | 50.01 | -0.94 |
| | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +5.31% |
| Source(s) "Edmonton-Manning Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010. |||||||
2004 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Manning :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Dan Backs | 3,929 | 36.08 | -6.58 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Tony Vandermeer | 3,647 | 33.49 | -12.05 |
| | New Democratic | Laurie Lang | 2,383 | 21.89 | +10.03 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Mike Pietramala | 532 | 4.89 |
| | Greens | Ross Adshead | 240 | 2.20 |
| | Social Credit | Sean Tisdall | 158 | 1.45 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,889 |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 53 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 25,163 | 43.49 | -6.52 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +2.74 |
| Source(s) "Edmonton-Manning Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 13, 2012. |||||||
2008 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Manning :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Peter Sandhu | 4,107 | 35.79 | +2.30 |
| | New Democratic | Rick Murti | 2,307 | 20.11 | -1.78 |
| | Independent | Dan Backs | 2,275 | 19.83 |
| | Liberal | Sandeep Dhir | 2,260 | 19.70 | -13.79 |
| | Wildrose Alliance | Phil Gamache | 289 | 2.52 | -2.37 |
| | Greens | Odette Boily | 235 | 2.05 | -0.15 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 11,473 |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 51 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 31,367 | 36.74 | -6.75 |
| | Progressive Conservative gain from Independent | Progressive Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | Swing | +2.04 |
| Source(s) The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 306–311. |||||||

### Elections in the 2010s

2012 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Manning :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Peter Sandhu | 5,454 | 39.73 | +3.94 |
| | Wildrose | Peter Rodd | 3,412 | 24.85 | +22.33 |
| | New Democratic | Cindy Olsen | 3,383 | 24.64 | +4.53 |
| | Liberal | Jonathan Huckabay | 1,089 | 7.93 | -11.77 |
| | Alberta Party | Mark Wall | 188 | 1.37 |
| | Independent | Sam Hachem | 103 | 0.75 |
| | Evergreen | Chris Vallee | 100 | 0.73 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 13,729 |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 161 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 28,953 | 47.97 | +11.23 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -9.20 |
| Source(s) Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Edmonton-Manning". Retrieved July 16, 2018. |||||||
vte2015 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Manning :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Heather Sweet | 12,376 | 71.84 | +47.20 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gurcharan Garcha | 2,599 | 15.09 | -24.64 |
| | Wildrose | Atiq Rehman | 1,475 | 8.56 | -16.29 |
| | Liberal | Adam Mounzer | 776 | 4.50 | -3.43 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 17,226 |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 670 |
| Registered electors / turnout | Registered electors / turnout | Registered electors / turnout | 34,664 | 51.63 | +3.66 |
| | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | +35.92 |
| Source(s) Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Edmonton-Manning". Retrieved July 16, 2018. |||||||
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results :
| Party | Party | Votes | % |
| | New Democratic | 10,854 | 71.62 |
| | Progressive Conservative | 2,297 | 15.16 |
| | Wildrose | 1,324 | 8.74 |
| | Liberal | 679 | 4.48 |
| Source(s) Source: Ridingbuilder ||||
vte2019 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Manning :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Heather Sweet | 9,782 | 50.08 | -21.55 |
| | United Conservative | Harry Grewal | 7,468 | 38.23 | +14.34 |
| | Alberta Party | Manwar Khan | 1,692 | 8.66 | |
| | Alberta Advantage | Adam Cory | 212 | 1.09 | |
| | Green | Chris Vallee | 204 | 1.04 | |
| | Independence | Terris Kolybaba | 176 | 0.90 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,534 | 99.44 |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 110 | 0.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,644 | 59.86 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 32,815 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | -17.94 |
| Source(s) Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Edmonton-Manning". Retrieved May 1, 2019. |||||||

### 2023

vte2023 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Manning :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Heather Sweet | 10,547 | 59.76 | +9.68 |
| | United Conservative | Albert Mazzocca | 6,769 | 38.35 | +0.12 |
| | Green | Derek Thompson | 333 | 1.89 | +0.84 |
| Total | Total | Total | 17,649 | 99.26 | – |
| Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | 131 | 0.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,780 | 50.94 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 34,902 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | +4.78 |
| Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta |||||||

## Senate nominee election results
### 2004

| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Manning | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Manning | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Manning | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Manning | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Manning | Turnout 44.33% | Turnout 44.33% |
| | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank |
| | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 4,269 | 14.88% | 46.73% | 2 |
| | Independent | Link Byfield | 3,357 | 11.70% | 36.75% | 4 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,124 | 10.89% | 34.20% | 1 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 2,955 | 10.30% | 32.49% | 7 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,892 | 10.08% | 31.66% | 3 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,664 | 9.28% | 29.16% | 8 |
| | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,639 | 9.20% | 28.89% | 9 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 2,617 | 9.12% | 28.65% | 10 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,245 | 7.82% | 24.58% | 6 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 1,932 | 6.73% | 21.15% | 5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 28,694 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Total ballots | Total ballots | Total ballots | 9,135 | 3.14 votes per ballot | 3.14 votes per ballot | 3.14 votes per ballot |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 2,019 | 2,019 | 2,019 | 2,019 |
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

## Student vote results
### 2004

* Participating schools
* J.J. Bowlen Catholic Junior High School
* John D. Bracco School
* McLeod School
* York Academic 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 | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Dan Backs | 177 | 29.16% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Tony Vandermeer | 170 | 28.01% |
| | NDP | Laurie Lang | 146 | 24.05% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Mike Pietramala | 56 | 9.23% |
| | Green | Ross Adshead | 44 | 7.25% |
| | Social Credit | Sean Tisdall | 14 | 2.31% |
| Total | Total | Total | 607 | 100% |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 10 | 10 |

### 2012

| | Affiliation | Candidate | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Peter Sandhu | % |
| | Wildrose | Peter Rodd |
| | Liberal | Jonathan Huckabay | % |
| | Alberta Party | Mark Wall |
| | NDP | Cindy Olsen | % |
| Total | Total | Total | 100% |