Edmonton (provincial electoral district)

The Edmonton provincial electoral district also known as Edmonton City from 1905 to 1909, was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1917 and again from 1921 to 1959.

The Edmonton, Alberta electoral district was created when Alberta became a province, replacing the territorial electoral district of the same name. With varying boundaries, it existed in two incarnations from 1905 to 1913 and again from 1921 to 1956. In 1917 and since 1956, the city (small as it was in former times) was broken up into separate single-member constituencies.

After Alberta became a province, the Edmonton provincial district was created in 1905 to encompass residents of the city of Edmonton, located solely on the northside of the North Saskatchewan River. The Edmonton district was created in 1921 to cover both sides of the river in 1921. By that time, the southside City of Strathcona and the northside City of Edmonton had merged into the City of Edmonton.

Except for 1917, the Edmonton provincial constituency elected multiple members from 1909 to 1956, using either block voting or single transferable voting.

From 1905 to 1926, each Edmonton voter could cast as many votes as the number of seats in the district. In 1909 and 1913, Edmonton voters could cast up to two votes each. (In 1917, Edmonton was divided into three single-member districts, under the names Edmonton East, West and South; each voter could cast just one vote.) In 1921 a city-wide district was created and Edmonton voters could cast up to five votes, the same number as seats. With its district magnitude set at five, six or seven, Edmonton used Single transferable voting in general elections held between 1926 and 1959, where each voter cast one transferable vote.