The capital has some of the most unpredictable ridings in the province, with some featuring three, four or even five candidates with a legitimate shot at winning.
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Edmonton-Castle Downs:
Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk has been elected in Edmonton-Castle Downs.
A number of education-related issues arose during the campaign, including the government’s failure to pass Bill 2 and overcrowding in new schools on Edmonton’s outer neighbourhoods.
Edmonton-Centre:
Liberal Laurie Blakeman has held onto her riding of Edmonton-Centre.
She was the Opposition House Leader at dissolution and has won her fourth term in the legislature. She received the YWCA Woman of Distinction award in 1999. Edmonton-Glenora:
Culture and Community Services minister Heather Klimchuk has won the riding of Edmonton-Glenora.
This west-central riding, which was held by the Liberals in 1993, 1997 and 2004, then swung back to the Progressive Conservatives in 2008. Incumbent Klimchuk faced Liberal Bruce Miller, who represented the area in 2004; former NDP leader Ray Martin; one-time mayoral candidate Don Koziak for Wildrose; and Sue Huff, one of the Alberta Party’s strongest hopes.
Edmonton-Gold Bar:
Another Liberal stronghold in Edmonton, longtime Liberal MLA Hugh MacDonald is not running this election. There are six candidates running to replace him, and while Liberal Calgarian Josipa Petrunic is running an organized campaign, it’s hard to say whether her party will hang onto this riding.
Edmonton-Meadowlark:
Liberal Leader Raj Sherman is in danger of losing his riding of Edmonton-Meadowlark.
Historically, this riding has swung to different parties at different times – even Sherman was elected as a Conservative in 2008 before being kicked out of the caucus and eventually winning the Liberal leadership. If Sherman doesn’t win his own riding, this spells disaster for the Liberals.
Edmonton-Riverview:
PC candidate Steve Young has been elected in Edmonton-Riverview. Young is a police officer and teacher of criminal law.
A longtime Liberal riding, Edmonton-Riverview was up for grabs since former Liberal leader Kevin Taft decided not to seek re-election.
Edmonton-Rutherford:
PC Health Minister Fred Horne has been elected in Edmonton-Rutherford.
Edmonton-Rutherford is one of the province’s few true swing ridings, regularly electing MLAs by the thinnest of margins and rarely keeping them on for more than one term. Horne defeated former MLA Liberal Rick Miller by only 58 votes in 2008.
Edmonton-South West:
PC candidate Matt Jeneroux has won the riding of Edmonton-South West. Jeneroux works as a federal government advisor with Health Canada. He has also worked for other levels of government and for several non-profit organizations.
At the age of 30, Jeneroux is one of the youngest Conservative candidates. He created a minor controversy in January when he noted two of the other candidates for the riding nomination were “old enough to be my parents”.
Edmonton-South West is a new riding created from parts of Edmonton-Whitemud and Edmonton-McClung, which have a history of switching between Conservative and Liberal candidates. Allan Hunsperger, the Wildrose candidate, got into trouble this campaign over a blog post of his condemning the Edmonton Public School Board’s policy to protect gay and lesbian students.
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