title: Edmonton-Ottewell
text: # Edmonton-Ottewell
  
  Edmonton-Ottewell 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 1979.
  
  ## History
  
  ### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
  
  Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Ottewell :
  
  | Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | See Clover Bar electoral district from 1930-1971, Strathcona East electoral district from 1959-1971 and Strathcona South electoral district from 1967-1971 |||||
  | 17th | 1971–1975 | John G. Ashton | Progressive Conservative |
  | 18th | 1975–1979 | John G. Ashton | Progressive Conservative |
  | See Edmonton-Sherwood Park electoral district from 1979-1986 and Edmonton-Mill Woods electoral district from 1979-Present |||||
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 1971 general election
  
  vte1971 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Progressive Conservative | John G. Ashton | 7,009 | 56.02% | – |
  | | Social Credit | Ronald Penner | 4,188 | 33.47% | – |
  | | New Democratic | Donald Haythorne | 1,314 | 10.50% | – |
  | Total | Total | Total | 12,511 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 285 | – | – |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 16,407 | 77.99% | – |
  | | 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-Ottewell Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
  
  ### 1975 general election
  
  vte1975 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Progressive Conservative | John G. Ashton | 8,807 | 71.20% | 15.18% |
  | | New Democratic | Jim Denholm | 2,003 | 16.19% | 5.69% |
  | | Social Credit | Irvine Zemrau | 1,559 | 12.60% | -20.87% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 12,369 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 62 | – | – |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 22,468 | 55.33% | – |
  | | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 16.23% |
  | Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Ottewell Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
  