Edmonton Castle Downs

Infobox Canada electoral district
name =Edmonton-Castle Downs
province =Alberta


caption =2004 boundaries
prov-rep =Thomas Lukaszuk
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party =Progressive Conservative
prov-rep-party-link =Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
prov-status =active
prov-created =1997
prov-abolished =
prov-created2 =
prov-election-first =1997
prov-election-last =2008

Edmonton Castle Downs is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

The district was created in 1997 when Edmonton Roper merged with the north half of Edmonton Mayfield.

Edmonton Castle Downs is a traditional Edmonton area swing riding, the riding shifted to Progressive Conservative from Liberal in 2001, in 2004 the riding nearly experienced a tie, when Chris Kibermanis of the Liberal was ahead by five votes. On January 24, 2005 the courts ruled that Lukaszuk had won by three votes in a judicial recount. The judicial ruling established that ballots contested by the Liberals were in fact good ballots as the voter was clear who they voted for. It did not matter whether the mark on the ballot was a check mark rather than an "x".

The riding is bordered to the north by Athabasca-Redwater, to the east by Edmonton Decore, to the south by Edmonton Calder and to the west by St. Albert.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

2004 general election and judicial recount

The 2004 election saw a field of five candidates. Incumbent Thomas Lukaszuk was running for his second term in office after winning a close race in 2001. Chris Kibermannis was chosen as the Liberal candidate. He was a former draft pick for the Winnipeg Jets and a welder by trade. The NDP chose Peter Cross, who is a small business owner working as a graphics artist and long time Edmonton resident.cite web|url=http://www.albertandp.ca/PeterCross/biography.cfm|title=Peter Cross biography|publisher=Alberta NDP| accessdate=2008-03-08] "Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot"

2008 general election

Floor Crossing

#Pamela Paul resigns from the Liberal Party and sits as an Independent November 15, 1999

References

External links

* [http://www.canlii.org/ab/laws/sta/e-4.1/20050211/whole.html Electoral Divisions Act 2003]
* [http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/maps%5Cnb%5C27.pdf Current Riding Map for Edmonton Castle Downs]
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta]
* [http://www.studentvote.ca/alberta/index.php Student Vote Alberta 2004]
* [http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/ Alberta Heritage] Election results 1905 - 2001 and riding distribution data.
* [http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/ Elections Alberta] Election 2004, Senatorial Results and by-election data.
* [http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/2004GErpt.html#recount 2005 Judicial Recount]