Riding Profile:
This southwest Edmonton riding is bordered on the south and west by the city limits, on the east by the North Saskatchewan River, and on the north mainly by Whitemud Drive. The riding was unchanged in the 2004 redistribution.

Retail is the largest employer in Edmonton-McClung, followed by health care and social services. The average household income is $76,742, significantly above the provincial average. The number of low income homes is 12.5 per cent, slightly above the Alberta norm. More than 21 per cent of the residents here are immigrants, while 53 per cent were born in Alberta. Around seven per cent of the population is of Chinese origin, while about four per cent are Jewish.

Political History:
This riding, created in 1993, was held by the Liberals before it elected Conservative Mark Norris MLA in 2001. Norris chalked up a 1,000-vote win over incumbent Nancy MacBeth, the then-Liberal leader. MacBeth had won her seat in a 1998 byelection, having assumed the Liberal leadership and the riding from Grant Mitchell. Mitchell had been an MLA since 1986, first in Edmonton-Meadowlark and then, following the 1993 redistribution, in Edmonton-McClung. Tory Gerry Amerongen held Edmonton-Meadowlark from 1971-86.

In 2001, voter turnout was 56 per cent.