title: Edmonton-Rutherford
text: # Edmonton-Rutherford
  
  Edmonton-Rutherford is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.
  
  The district was created in the boundary redistribution of 1993 from the Edmonton-Whitemud riding in South Edmonton. The district is a swing riding and has regularly changed between Liberal and Progressive Conservative control. It was named after former Premier Alexander Rutherford who represented the Strathcona constituency after the province was formed in 1905. the old Strathcona district included what is now Edmonton Rutherford.
  
  ## History
  
  The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution out of Edmonton-Whitemud.
  
  The district saw minor changes in the 2010 redistribution. It gained some land that was part of Edmonton-Whitemud on its western boundary when the boundary was moved west from 119 Street to Whitemud Creek.
  
  ### Boundary history
  
  40 Edmonton-Rutherford 2003 Boundaries :
  
  | Bordering Districts ||||
  | - | - | - | - |
  | North | East | West | South |
  | Edmonton-Riverview, Edmonton-Strathcona and Edmonton-Mill Creek | Edmonton-Ellerslie and Edmonton-Mill Woods | Edmonton-Whitemud | Edmonton-Whitemud |
  | riding map goes here | riding map goes here | | |
  | Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
  | Starting at the intersection of 122 Street with Whitemud Drive; then 1. east along Whitemud Drive to Gateway Boulevard; 2. south along Gateway Boulevard to the north boundary of Sec. 28, Twp. 51, Rge. 24 W4; 3. west along the north boundary of Secs. 28 and 29, Twp. 51, Rge. 24 W4 to Blackmud Creek; 4. in a northwesterly direction along Blackmud Creek to the power line right of way as shown in Plan 1225 KS; 5. east along the power line right of way to 119 Street; 6. north along 119/122 Street to the starting point. ||||
  | Note: ||||
  
  43 Edmonton-Rutherford 2010 Boundaries :
  
  | Bordering Districts ||||
  | - | - | - | - |
  | North | East | West | South |
  | Edmonton-Riverview and Edmonton-Strathcona | Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Mill Creek and Edmonton-Mill Woods | Edmonton-Whitemud | Edmonton-South West |
  | Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
  | Note: ||||
  
  ### Electoral history
  
  Members of the Legislative Assembly for Edmonton-Rutherford :
  
  | Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Riding created from Edmonton-Whitemud and Edmonton-Parkallen |||||
  | 23rd | 1993-1997 | Percy Wickman | Liberal |
  | 24th | 1997-2001 | Percy Wickman | Liberal |
  | 25th | 2001-2004 | Ian McClelland | PC |
  | 26th | 2004-2008 | Rick Miller | Liberal |
  | 27th | 2008–2012 | Fred Horne | PC |
  | 28th | 2012-2015 | Fred Horne | PC |
  | 29th | 2015–2019 | Richard Feehan | NDP |
  | 30th | 2019–2023 | Richard Feehan | NDP |
  | 31st | 2023–present | Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse | NDP |
  
  The electoral district was created in the boundary redistribution in 1993 from Edmonton-Whitemud riding. The first election in 1993 saw Edmonton-Whitemud incumbent Percy Wickman pickup the new district for the Liberal party with a very large majority. Wickman was re-elected in a tight race in the 1997 general election. He retired at the end of his third term in 2001 due to health issues.
  
  The 2001 general election saw former Member of Parliament Ian McClelland pickup the district for the first time for the Progressive Conservatives. He defeated Liberal candidate Rick Miller in a hotly contested race.
  
  McClelland and Miller would face each other for the second time in the 2004 general election. This time Miller would gain significant share of the popular vote to defeat McClelland.
  
  Miller would only last a single term in office, he ran for re-election in 2008 but was defeated in a very close race by Progressive Conservative candidate Fred Horne.
  
  ## Legislature results
  
  ### 1993 general election
  
  1993 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Percy Wickman | 8,583 | 59.76% | – |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Brenda Platzer | 4,283 | 29.82% | – |
  | | New Democratic | Olive Dickason | 969 | 6.75% | – |
  | | Social Credit | David Wozney | 398 | 2.77% | – |
  | | Natural Law | Wade McKinley | 66 | 0.46% | – |
  | | Greens | Myles Evely | 64 | 0.45% | – |
  | Total | Total | Total | 14,363 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 25 | – | – |
  | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 23,309 | 61.73% | – |
  | | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. |
  | Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Rutherford Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
  
  ### 1997 general election
  
  1997 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Percy Wickman | 6,007 | 46.44% | -13.31% |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Brenda Platzer | 5,078 | 39.26% | 9.44% |
  | | New Democratic | Will Hodgson | 1,156 | 8.94% | 2.19% |
  | | Social Credit | David Lincoln | 674 | 5.21% | 2.44% |
  | | Independent | Ian Zaharko | 19 | 0.15% | – |
  | Total | Total | Total | 12,934 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 22 | 18 | 4 |
  | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 22,002 | 58.90% | -2.82% |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -11.38% |
  | Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Rutherford Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (1997). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, November, 1996 general enumeration and Tuesday, March 11, 1997 general election Twenty-fourth Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. |||||||
  
  ### 2001 general election
  
  2001 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Ian McClelland | 6,173 | 48.22% | 8.96% |
  | | Liberal | Rick Miller | 5,558 | 43.42% | -3.03% |
  | | New Democratic | Shane MacDonald | 1,071 | 8.37% | -0.57% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 12,802 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 33 | 24 | 3 |
  | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 22,762 | 56.40% | -2.50% |
  | | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | -1.19% |
  | Source(s) Source: "Edmonton-Rutherford Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2001). The report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2000 provincial confirmation process and Monday, March 12, 2001, Provincial General Election of the twenty-fifth Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. |||||||
  
  ### 2004 general election
  
  vte2004 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Rick Miller | 7,221 | 55.06% | 11.64% |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Ian McClelland | 4,173 | 31.82% | −16.40% |
  | | New Democratic | George A. Slade | 995 | 7.59% | −0.78% |
  | | Alberta Alliance | R. J. (Bob) Ewart | 516 | 3.93% | – |
  | | Social Credit | Anita Ashmore | 210 | 1.60% | – |
  | Total | Total | Total | 13,115 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 49 | 31 | 0 |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 24,096 | 54.63% | -1.77% |
  | | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | 9.22% |
  | Source(s) Source: "00 - Edmonton-Rutherford, 2004 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2005). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Enumeration and General Election of the Twenty-sixth Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. |||||||
  
  ### 2008 general election
  
  vte2008 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Fred Horne | 5,225 | 42.49% | 10.67% |
  | | Liberal | Rick Miller | 5,167 | 42.02% | -13.04% |
  | | New Democratic | Mike Butler | 1,178 | 9.58% | 1.99% |
  | | Wildrose Alliance | John Baloun | 379 | 3.08% | -0.85% |
  | | Green | Katherine Wyrostok | 348 | 2.83% | – |
  | Total | Total | Total | 12,297 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 18 | 37 | 23 |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 26,939 | 45.80% | -8.83% |
  | | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | 11.38% |
  | Source(s) Source: "40 - Edmonton-Rutherford, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2008). The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 332–335. Retrieved April 7, 2021. |||||||
  
  ### 2012 general election
  
  vte2012 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Fred Horne | 6,942 | 42.20% | -0.29% |
  | | Liberal | Rick Miller | 3,619 | 22.00% | -20.02% |
  | | Wildrose Alliance | Kyle McLeod | 2,765 | 16.81% | 13.73% |
  | | Alberta Party | Michael Walters | 1,672 | 10.16% | – |
  | | New Democratic | Melanie Samaroden | 1,368 | 8.32% | -1.26% |
  | | Evergreen | David Tonner | 85 | 0.52% | -2.31% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 16,451 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 64 | 57 | 17 |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 27,115 | 60.97% | 15.17% |
  | | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 9.86% |
  | Source(s) Source: "43 - Edmonton-Rutherford, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021. |||||||
  
  ### 2015 Alberta general election
  
  vte2015 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | New Democratic | Richard Feehan | 11,214 | 63.94% | 55.62% |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Chris Labossiere | 3,940 | 22.46% | -19.73% |
  | | Wildrose | Josef Pisa | 1,644 | 9.37% | -7.44% |
  | | Liberal | Michael Chan | 741 | 4.22% | -17.77% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 17,539 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 23 | 37 | 41 |
  | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 29,253 | 60.18% | -0.79% |
  | | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | 10.64% |
  | Source(s) Source: "43 - Edmonton-Rutherford, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. |||||||
  
  2015 Alberta general election redistributed results :
  
  | Party | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | New Democratic | 12,896 | 62.33 |
  | | Progressive Conservative | 4,950 | 23.76 |
  | | Wildrose | 1,938 | 9.30 |
  | | Liberal | 920 | 4.42 |
  | | Alberta Party | 39 | 0.19 |
  | Source(s) Source: Ridingbuilder ||||
  
  ### 2019 Alberta general election
  
  vte2019 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | New Democratic | Richard Feehan | 12,154 | 54.81 | -7.52 |
  | | United Conservative | Hannah Presakarchuk | 7,737 | 34.89 | +1.83 |
  | | Alberta Party | Aisha Rauf | 1,600 | 7.22 | +7.03 |
  | | Liberal | Claire Wilde | 375 | 1.69 | -2.72 |
  | | Green | Valerie Kennedy | 191 | 0.86 | – |
  | | Alberta Independence | Lionel Levoir | 117 | 0.53 | – |
  | Total | Total | Total | 22,174 | 99.50 | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 111 | 0.50 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,285 | 69.47 |
  | Eligible electors | Eligible electors | Eligible electors | 32,077 |
  | | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | -4.68 |
  | Source(s) Source: "41 - Edmonton-Rutherford, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 160–163. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021. |||||||
  
  ### 2023 Alberta general election
  
  vte2023 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | New Democratic | Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse | 13,012 | 65.05 | +10.24 |
  | | United Conservative | Laine Larson | 6,366 | 31.83 | -3.07 |
  | | Green | Jordan Wilkie | 624 | 3.12 | +2.26 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 20,002 | 99.26 | – |
  | Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | 150 | 0.74 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,152 | 63.52 |
  | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 31,726 |
  | | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | +6.65 |
  | Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta |||||||
  
  ## Graphical representation
  
  1993 :
  
  | 6.8% | 59.8% | 29.8% | 2.8% |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | NDP | Liberal | Progressive Conservative | SC |
  
  1997 :
  
  | 8.9% | 46.4% | 39.2% | 5.2% |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | NDP | Liberal | Progressive Conservative | SC |
  
  2001 :
  
  | 8.4% | 43.4% | 48.2% |
  | - | - | - |
  | NDP | Liberal | Progressive Conservative |
  
  2004 :
  
  | 7.6% | 55.1% | 31.8% | 3.9% |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | NDP | Liberal | Progressive Conservative | AA |
  
  2008 :
  
  | 2.8% | 9.6% | 42.0% | 42.5% | 3.1% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | G | NDP | Liberal | Progressive Conservative | WA |
  
  2012 :
  
  | 8.3% | 21.9% | 10.2% | 42.1% | 16.9% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | NDP | Liberal | Alberta | Progressive Conservative | Wildrose |
  
  2015 :
  
  | 63.9% | 4.2% | 22.5% | 9.4% |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | New Democrat | Liberal | Progressive Conservative | Wildrose |
  
  2019 :
  
  | 54.8% | | 7.2% | 34.9% |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | New Democrat | L | Alberta | United Conservative |
  
  2023 :
  
  | 3.1% | 65.1% | 31.8% |
  | - | - | - |
  | Green | New Democrat | United Conservative |
  
  ## Senate nominee results
  
  ### 2004 Senate nominee election district results
  
  | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Rutherford | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Rutherford | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Rutherford | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Rutherford | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Edmonton-Rutherford | Turnout 63.24% | Turnout 63.24% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 4,171 | 15.68% | 46.40% | 2 |
  | | Independent | Link Byfield | 3,706 | 13.94% | 41.22% | 4 |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,116 | 11.72% | 34.66% | 1 |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,984 | 11.22% | 33.19% | 3 |
  | | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,554 | 9.60% | 28.41% | 9 |
  | | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 2,364 | 8.89% | 26.30% | 7 |
  | | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,987 | 7.47% | 22.10% | 6 |
  | | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,976 | 7.43% | 21.98% | 10 |
  | | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,955 | 7.35% | 21.75% | 8 |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 1,782 | 6.70% | 19.82% | 5 |
  | Total Votes | Total Votes | Total Votes | 26,595 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
  | Total Ballots | Total Ballots | Total Ballots | 8,990 | 2.96 Votes Per Ballot | 2.96 Votes Per Ballot | 2.96 Votes Per Ballot |
  | Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 3,990 | 3,990 | 3,990 | 3,990 |
  
  Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
  
  ## Student Vote results
  
  ### 2004 election
  
  * Participating Schools
  * Louis St Laurent School
  * St. Augustine School
  
  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 have 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 then where they were physically located.
  
  2004 Alberta Student Vote results :
  
  | Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Rick Miller | 199 | 34.91% |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Ian McClelland | 159 | 27.89% |
  | | NDP | George Slade | 136 | 23.86% |
  | | Alberta Alliance | Robert Ewart | 64 | 11.23% |
  | | Social Credit | Anita Ashmore | 12 | 2.11% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 570 | 100% |
  | Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 0 | 0 |
  
  ### 2012 election
  
  2012 Alberta Student Vote results :
  
  | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - |
  | Progressive Conservative | Fred Horne | 6,853 |
  | Liberal | Rick Miller | 3,562 |
  | Wildrose | Kyle McLeod | 2,742 |
  | Alberta Party | Michael Walters | 1,662 |
  | New Democratic | Melanie Samaroden | 1,357 |
  | Evergreen | David Tonner | 86 |
  