Edmonton Manning (Alberta) 92/338

 Edmonton Manning (Alberta)

Today we're in northeast Edmonton with Edmonton Manning!

Edmonton Manning has existed as a riding since the 2012 redistribution, created from Edmonton East, Edmonton—Sherwood Park, and Edmonton—St. Albert. The population of the riding was 121,048 in 2016. The riding contains the neighbourhoods of McConachie, Belvedere, and Lake District. The riding has grown 14% between censuses, which is actually behind the Edmonton city growth of 14.8%.

Politically, this seat isn't as safe as it once was. Back in the 2000's, this seat would get upwards of 55% to vote Conservative. It changed a little in 2008 and 2011 when Independent James Ford ran and got around 30%, but that was an anomaly, the rest of the city was still reliably Conservative. However, in 2015 and 2021, the Conservatives have won with a plurality, with the Liberals 18 points behind in 2015 and the NDP 10 points behind in 2021. The seat is currently represented by Conservative MP Ziad Aboultaif.

While the riding is named for Manning Drive that runs through it, by extension it is named after Ernest Manning. Ernest Manning was the eighth Premier of Alberta and was the second and longest serving Premier of the Social Credit Era. His seat for most of his years in the legislature was in Edmonton (at large for 19 years), and then he served in modern day Edmonton Strathcona. In 2019, this seat was 7/34 in Alberta and 273/338 in Canada by margin.

Rating:

Name: 8.2/10 - Not generally a fan of politician named ridings, but this one also has a road, so I guess its forgivable.

Shape: 6.4/10 - Not awful, it follows the municipal lines, but still its gross.

Individuality: 6.1/10 - Cool swings, but still a pretty typical Edmonton riding.

Total: 20.7/30 (69%)

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