Edmonton-Norwood


Edmonton-Norwood 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 1959 to 2004.

History

The Edmonton-Norwood electoral district was created from the Edmonton district in 1959 and was abolished in 2004 when it merged with Edmonton-Highlands to form Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood. The district was a swing riding and was held by every major party in Alberta. The district has seen a couple of floor crossings and was the only urban seat held by the Alberta Alliance Party.
In 2004, Gary Masyk ran a campaign to save the district from being abolished, and to reduce the effect of Edmonton losing seats to Calgary.

Election results

1986

Floor crossings

  1. Andrew Beniuk removed from the Liberal Caucus and sits as an Independent June 23, 1995.
  2. Andrew Beniuk joins the Progressive Conservative Caucus 1996
  3. Gary Masyk crosses the floor to the Alberta Alliance Party June 29, 2004.