# Edmonton-Belmont

Edmonton-Belmont 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-Belmont electoral district was created prior to the 1971 Alberta general election from the Edmonton North East electoral district.
The Edmonton-Belmont electoral district was abolished in the 1993 boundary redistribution and was combined with a small portion of Edmonton-Beverly to form Edmonton-Manning electoral district.

### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Belmont :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Edmonton North East electoral district from 1959-1971 |||||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | Bert Hohol | Progressive Conservative |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | Bert Hohol | Progressive Conservative |
| 19th | 1979–1982 | William L. Mack | Progressive Conservative |
| 20th | 1982–1986 | Walter Richard Szwender | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Tom Sigurdson | New Democratic |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | Tom Sigurdson | 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 | Bert Hohol | 6,018 | 50.02% | – |
| | Social Credit | Werner Schmidt | 4,052 | 33.68% | – |
| | New Democratic | Gordon Wright | 1,960 | 16.29% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,030 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 96 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 16,749 | 72.40% | – |
| | 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-Belmont Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1975

vte1975 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bert Hohol | 6,662 | 64.85% | 14.82% |
| | New Democratic | Ashley Pachal | 1,759 | 17.12% | 0.83% |
| | Social Credit | Victor Nakonechny | 1,164 | 11.33% | -22.35% |
| | Liberal | John Day | 661 | 6.43% | – |
| | Communist | Chris Hansen | 27 | 0.26% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 10,273 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 21 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 22,559 | 45.63% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 15.69% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1979

vte1979 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | William L. Mack | 4,923 | 55.48% | -9.37% |
| | Social Credit | Ron Mix | 1,813 | 20.43% | 9.10% |
| | New Democratic | Haddie Jahner | 1,769 | 19.93% | 2.81% |
| | Liberal | Charalee Graydon | 369 | 4.16% | -2.28% |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,874 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 18,736 | 47.36% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -6.34% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1982

vte1982 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Walter Richard Szwender | 6,579 | 54.79% | -0.68% |
| | New Democratic | John Younie | 3,893 | 32.42% | 12.49% |
| | Western Canada Concept | Dennis Peter | 986 | 8.21% | – |
| | Independent | Elmer Knutson | 512 | 4.26% | – |
| | Communist | Joan Jenkins | 37 | 0.31% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,007 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 63 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 20,341 | 59.34% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -6.34% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1986

vte1986 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Tom Sigurdson | 4,491 | 43.01% | 10.59% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Walter Richard Szwender | 3,160 | 30.27% | -24.53% |
| | Liberal | Pat Sembaliuk | 2,486 | 23.81% | – |
| | Representative | Bette Davies | 198 | 1.90% | – |
| | Heritage Party | Joe Kovacs | 67 | 0.64% | – |
| | Communist | David Wallis | 39 | 0.37% | 0.07% |
| Total | Total | Total | 10,441 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 25 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 21,669 | 48.30% | – |
| | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | -4.81% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1989

vte1989 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Tom Sigurdson | 5,319 | 40.74% | -2.27% |
| | Liberal | Cathy Greco | 4,644 | 35.57% | 11.76% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Walter Richard Szwender | 3,093 | 23.69% | -6.58% |
| Total | Total | Total | 13,056 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 23 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 22,860 | 57.21% | – |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | -3.79% |
| Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Belmont Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||