# Edmonton-Avonmore

Edmonton-Avonmore 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 1997.

## History

The Edmonton-Avonmore electoral district was created in the 1970 boundary redistribution from portions of Strathcona South.
The Edmonton-Avonmore electoral district was abolished in the 1996 boundary redistribution and was combined with a small portion of Edmonton-Gold Bar to form Edmonton-Mill Creek.
Edmonton-Avonmore 1970 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Edmonton-Gold Bar, Edmonton-Strathcona | Edmonton-Ottewell | Wetaskiwin-Leduc | Edmonton-Parkallen, Edmonton-Whitemud |
| Legal description from The Legislative Assembly Act, S.A. 1970, c. 34 ||||
| "—The boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the centre line of 75th street with the centre line of 90th avenue; thence southerly along the centre line of 75th street to its intersection with the westerly production of the north boundary of section 11 in township 52, range 24, west of the 4th meridian; thence westerly along the said westerly production to the northeast corner of section 10 in said township; thence southerly along the east boundary of the north half of section 10 in said township to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence westerly along the north boundary of the said quarter section to the centre of section 10 in said township 52, range 24, west of the 4th meridian; thence southerly along the east boundary of the south-west quarter of said section to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of section 3 in said township; thence westerly along the north boundary of the said quarter section to the north-east corner of section 4 in said township ; thence southerly along the east boundary of section 4 in said township 52, range 24, west of the 4th meridian to the northerly limit of the registered R./W. plan 1225 K.S.; thence westerly along the said northerly limit to its intersection with the centre line of the Edmonton-Leduc Branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence in a general northerly direction along the said centre line to its intersection with the centre line of Whyte Avenue; thence easterly along the said centre line to the centre line of 83 street; thence northerly and north-westerly along the said centre line to its intersection with the centre line of 90th avenue; thence easterly along the said centre line to the point of commencement. " ||||
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### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Avonmore :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Strathcona South electoral district from 1967-1971 |||||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | Horst Schmid | Progressive Conservative |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | Horst Schmid | Progressive Conservative |
| 19th | 1979–1982 | Horst Schmid | Progressive Conservative |
| 20th | 1982–1986 | Horst Schmid | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Marie Laing | New Democratic |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | Marie Laing | New Democratic |
| 23rd | 1993–1996 | Gene Zwozdesky | Liberal |
| See Edmonton-Mill Creek electoral district from 1996-2019 |||||

## Election results
### 1971

vte1971 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Horst Schmid | 3,913 | 42.75% | – |
| | Social Credit | Gerrit Joseph Radstaak | 3,681 | 40.21% | – |
| | New Democratic | Bill McLean | 1,303 | 14.23% | – |
| | Liberal | John Kloster | 257 | 2.81% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,154 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 78 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 13,490 | 68.44% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Avonmore Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1975

vte1975 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Horst Schmid | 4,596 | 60.97% | 18.22% |
| | Social Credit | Gerrit Joseph Radstaak | 1,341 | 17.79% | -22.42% |
| | New Democratic | Neil Larsen | 1,141 | 15.14% | 0.90% |
| | Liberal | Ann Mazur | 413 | 5.48% | 2.67% |
| | Constitutional Socialist Party | Mike Uhryn | 47 | 0.62% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,538 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 13 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 14,080 | 53.63% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 20.32% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Avonmore Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1979

vte1979 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Horst Schmid | 5,382 | 54.11% | -6.86% |
| | New Democratic | Olga Blondheim | 2,363 | 23.76% | 8.62% |
| | Social Credit | Walter Zucht | 1,691 | 17.00% | -0.79% |
| | Liberal | Betty Ann Dumbeck | 511 | 5.14% | -0.34% |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,947 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 18,456 | 53.90% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -6.42% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Avonmore Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1982

vte1982 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Horst Schmid | 6,606 | 53.14% | -0.97% |
| | New Democratic | Kathy Wright | 4,045 | 32.54% | 8.78% |
| | Western Canada Concept | Jake Johnson | 1,275 | 10.26% | – |
| | Social Credit | Leif Oddson | 466 | 3.75% | -13.25% |
| | Communist | Rona Drennan | 40 | 0.32% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,432 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 52 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 18,396 | 67.86% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -4.88% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Avonmore Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1986

vte1986 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Marie Laing | 4,234 | 42.14% | 9.60% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Horst Schmid | 4,141 | 41.21% | -11.92% |
| | Liberal | Michael Brings | 1,117 | 11.12% | – |
| | Representative | Karl R. Badke | 416 | 4.14% | – |
| | Western Canada Concept | Mike Walker | 140 | 1.39% | -8.86% |
| Total | Total | Total | 10,048 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 9 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 24,172 | 41.61% | – |
| | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | -9.84% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Avonmore Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1989

vte1989 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Marie Laing | 5,290 | 41.71% | -0.43% |
| | Progressive Conservative | James Albers | 3,831 | 30.21% | -11.01% |
| | Liberal | Don Massey | 3,562 | 28.08% | 16.97% |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,683 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 14 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 24,345 | 52.15% | – |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | 5.29% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Avonmore Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1993

vte1993 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Gene Zwozdesky | 6,728 | 52.67% | 24.59% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Ken Alyluia | 3,433 | 26.88% | -3.33% |
| | New Democratic | Marie Laing | 2,190 | 17.15% | -24.56% |
| | Social Credit | Leslie M. Jackson | 285 | 2.23% | – |
| | Greens | Dennis Clark | 97 | 0.76% | – |
| | Natural Law | Lucia Hoff | 40 | 0.31% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,773 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 28 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 22,055 | 58.04% | – |
| | Liberal gain from New Democratic | Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | Swing | 7.15% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Avonmore Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||