The electoral district was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution from Edmonton-Glengary and Edmonton-Manning, and was first contested in the
general election of 2004. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the major changes made to the riding. The western boundary with on 97 Street between the Edmonton city limits and 167 Avenue
Edmonton-Castle Downs was moved east to cede land to that constituency. The south boundary with
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood was changed to move along 127 Street instead of the
Canadian National Railway tracks. The east boundary saw significant changes as it was pushed eastward to 66 Street into
Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and
Edmonton-Manning as far north as 144 Avenue from the railway tracks at 127 Street. The east boundary with Edmonton-Manning was also realigned to run on 66 Street north of 153 Avenue to give some land to Manning.
Boundary history Electoral history The first election held in the district was fought among Liberal candidate
Bill Bonko Sr., a school trustee; incumbent Alberta Alliance MLA
Gary Masyk whose old district had been abolished; and former
Edmonton-Belmont Progressive Conservative MLA
Walter Szwender. Bonko defeated the two incumbents and two other candidates. In the 2008 general election Bonko was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate
Janice Sarich, who held the riding until 2015. In the 2015 general election NDP Candidate Chris Nielsen was elected with 68% of the vote, in an election which saw every Edmonton riding return an NDP member. ==Election results==