Edmonton-McClung

Albertaelectoral district
Edmonton-McClung within theCity of Edmonton, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Lorne Dach New Democratic
District created	1993
First contested	1993
Last contested	2023

Edmonton-McClung is aprovincialelectoral district inEdmonton, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1993 and is named afterNellie McClung. The current MLA isLorne Dach of theNDP, who was first elected in2015.

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution out of the southern portion ofEdmonton-Meadowlark. The district underwent minor changes in 1997 and 2004 and changed significantly in the 2010 boundary redistribution when the portions of the district to the south and east ofAnthony Henday drive were put in the new electoral district ofEdmonton-South West.

35 Edmonton-McClung 2003 boundaries[1]
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Meadowlark	Edmonton-Whitemud	Stony Plain	Stony Plain
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Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act
Starting at the intersection of the west Edmonton city boundary with Whitemud Drive; then 1. east along Whitemud Drive to the left bank of the North Saskatchewan River; 2. generally southwest along the left bank of the North Saskatchewan River to the south Edmonton city boundary; 3. west and north along the Edmonton city boundary to the starting point.
Note:

38 Edmonton-McClung 2010 boundaries
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Edmonton-Meadowlark andEdmonton-Riverview	Edmonton-South West	Edmonton-Whitemud	Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act
Note:

Edmonton-McClung was created in 1993. The first election held in the constituency was won by Incumbent Liberal candidateGrant Mitchell. Mitchell had previously served asEdmonton-Meadowlark MLA from 1986 to 1993. He became leader of the Liberals and of the official opposition afterLaurence Decore stepped down in 1994. The 1997 election saw Mitchell re-elected with a smaller share of the vote and his provincial campaign dropped the Liberals seat count. He resigned as leader and later as an elected representative on May 11, 1998.

The 1998 by-election was held on June 17, 1998, very shortly after Mitchell vacated his seat. The constituency returned new Alberta Liberal leaderNancy MacBeth with over half the popular vote in the constituency. Macbeth had served in the legislature as a Progressive Conservative MLA inEdmonton-Glenora. She was defeated byRalph Klein in the 1992 leadership vote for the Progressive Conservative party and quit the party completely after her term expired in 1993.

The 2001 election saw a bitter and personal provincial campaign launched by MacBeth against Klein. She was defeated in McClung by Progressive Conservative candidateMark Norris and her party suffered significant losses in other districts in the province.

After the election Norris was rewarded for defeating MacBeth with an appointment to the provincial cabinet. He served from 2001 to 2004 as the Minister of Economic Development under Premier Ralph Klein. Norris ran for a second term in the 2004 election. He was defeated as the constituency returned to the Liberal column electing candidateMo Elsalhy in a tight race. Norris was the only cabinet minister to lose his seat in that election.

The 2008 election saw the riding change hands again electing its fifth representative. The riding returned Progressive Conservative candidateDavid Xiao in another closely fought election over incumbent Elsalhy. The two were re-offering for a rematch in the 2012 election.

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

On November 19, 2004, a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who had not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.

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