Alberta election: Edmonton-Meadows results

Global News projects NDP candidate Jasvir Singh Deol to win the seat in Edmonton-Meadows.

Below is a list of candidates in the riding of Edmonton-Meadows, an area covering the southeast part of the city.

Quick take

This is a renamed and redrawn riding in southeast Edmonton, encompassing the east side of Mill Woods, along with other neighbourhoods to the east, all the way to Anthony Henday Drive. It replaces the former Edmonton-Mill Creek riding. NDP MLA Denise Woollard represented the constituents of the area before the writ was dropped but lost the nomination to Jasvir Singh Deol.

Candidates

NDP: Jasvir Singh Deol
United Conservative Party: Leonard Rhodes
Alberta Liberal Party: Maria Omar
Alberta Party:  Amrit Matharu
Alberta Independence Party: Phil Batt
Alberta Advantage Party: Thomas Varghese

History

Due to electoral boundaries being redrawn, this is a new riding for the 2019 Alberta election.

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming Edmonton-Mill Creek, reflecting a change in boundaries that “leaves the part of Mill Creek most well-known to Edmontonians in the constituency of Edmonton-Gold Bar.” The northern boundary of the riding moved south to Whitemud Drive.

The naming committee initially considered the name “Edmonton-Mill Woods East,” as a reflection of its geographic location. However, the constituency contains only a small portion of the Mill Woods neighborhoods, but most or all the Meadows neighborhoods, the so the committee went with “Edmonton-Meadows” instead.