Alberta electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
MLA |
New Democratic | ||
District created | 1993 | ||
First contested | 1993 | ||
Last contested | 2023 |
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.