# Edmonton-Beverly

Edmonton-Beverly 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-Beverly electoral district was formed in the 1970 boundary redistribution from Edmonton North East.
The Edmonton-Beverly electoral district was abolished in the 1993 boundary redistribution, and formed Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont, with a small portion of the district was combined with Edmonton-Belmont to form Edmonton-Manning.

### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Beverly :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Edmonton North East electoral district from 1959-1971 |||||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | Bill Diachuk | Progressive Conservative |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | Bill Diachuk | Progressive Conservative |
| 19th | 1979–1982 | Bill Diachuk | Progressive Conservative |
| 20th | 1982–1986 | Bill Diachuk | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Ed Ewasiuk | New Democratic |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | Ed Ewasiuk | New Democratic |
| See Edmonton-Manning electoral district from 1993-Present and Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont electoral district from 1993-1997 |||||

## Election results
### 1971

vte1971 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bill Diachuk | 4,471 | 42.68% | – |
| | Social Credit | Lou Heard | 3,050 | 29.12% | – |
| | New Democratic | Barrie Chivers | 2,769 | 26.43% | – |
| | Liberal | John Lambert | 185 | 1.77% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 10,475 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 60 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 15,591 | 67.57% | – |
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| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1975

vte1975 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bill Diachuk | 5,046 | 61.94% | 19.26% |
| | New Democratic | Bill Kobluk | 1,902 | 23.35% | -3.09% |
| | Social Credit | Patrick Moore | 764 | 9.38% | -19.74% |
| | Liberal | Rudy Pisesky | 374 | 4.59% | 2.83% |
| | Communist | Paul Jarbeau | 60 | 0.74% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,146 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 16,882 | 48.25% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 12.51% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1979

vte1979 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bill Diachuk | 3,756 | 50.53% | -11.41% |
| | New Democratic | Gene Mitchell | 2,592 | 34.87% | 11.52% |
| | Social Credit | Pat G. A. O'Hara | 854 | 11.49% | 2.11% |
| | Liberal | Teresa McKerral | 231 | 3.11% | -1.48% |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,433 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 13,741 | 54.09% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -11.47% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1982

vte1982 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bill Diachuk | 6,894 | 50.62% | 0.09% |
| | New Democratic | Winston Gereluk | 5,638 | 41.40% | 6.53% |
| | Western Canada Concept | Dexter B. Dombro | 819 | 6.01% | – |
| | Social Credit | Steve Kostiuk | 268 | 1.97% | -9.52% |
| Total | Total | Total | 13,619 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 29 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 21,759 | 62.72% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -3.22% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1986

vte1986 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Ed Ewasiuk | 6,699 | 58.76% | 17.37% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bill Diachuk | 3,917 | 34.36% | -16.26% |
| | Liberal | Jim Shinkaruk | 784 | 6.88% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 11,400 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 20 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 24,854 | 45.95% | – |
| | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | 7.59% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1989

vte1989 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Ed Ewasiuk | 6,408 | 49.48% | -9.28% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gary Kump | 3,835 | 29.61% | -4.75% |
| | Liberal | Daryl Robb | 2,520 | 19.46% | 12.58% |
| | Independent | Bonny Royce | 188 | 1.45% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,951 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 17 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 25,874 | 50.12% | – |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | -2.27% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Beverly Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||