Grande Prairie Wapiti
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 Alberta electoral district |
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| Provincial electoral district | ||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| MLA | Wayne Drysdale Progressive Conservative |
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| District created | 1993 | |
| First contested | 1993 | |
| Last contested | 2008 | |
Grande Prairie Wapiti is an Albertan provincial electoral district, located in northwestern Alberta.
The riding was created in 1993 when the old Grande Prairie riding was split in this riding and Grande Prairie Smoky. Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency includes the southern half of the city of Grande Prairie and the surrounding areas to the west of the city. Its border with Grande Prairie Smoky within the city is Richmond Avenue and the Canadian National Railway. The constituency borders British Columbia to the west. Clockwise from the provincial border, the district also borders Dunvegan, Grande Prairie Smoky and West Yellowhead. Other major towns include Beaverlodge and Wembley.
The current MLA for this district is Progressive Conservative Wayne Drysdale. He won election in the district in the 2008 provincial election.
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[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Name | Party | Elected | Left Office | |
| Wayne Jacques | Progressive Conservative | 1993 | 2001 | |
| Gordon Graydon | Progressive Conservative | 2001 | 2008 | |
| Wayne Drysdale | Progressive Conservative | 2008 | present |
[edit] Election results
[edit] 2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election results[1] | Turnout 36.58% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Graydon | 4,346 | 55.07% | |
| Liberal | Cibylla Rakestraw | 1,681 | 21.30% | |
| NDP | Jerry MacDonald | 971 | 12.30% | |
| Alberta Alliance | John Hilton-O'Brien | 546 | 6.92% | |
| Green | Allan Webber | 348 | 4.41% | |
| Total | 7,892 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 34 | |||
[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Grande Prairie Wapiti[2] | Turnout 43.52% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank |
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| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 3,122 | 16.26% | 50.36% | 3 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,750 | 14.32% | 44.36% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 2,488 | 12.96% | 40.13% | 1 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 2,127 | 11.08% | 34.31% | 4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,727 | 9.00% | 27.86% | 6 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 1,525 | 7.94% | 24.60% | 5 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,476 | 7.69% | 23.81% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,346 | 7.01% | 21.71% | 8 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,331 | 6.93% | 21.47% | 9 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,306 | 6.81% | 21.07% | 10 | |
| Total Votes | 19,198 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 6,200 | 3.10 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 1,619 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
[edit] 2004 Student Vote
| Participating Schools[3] |
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| Beaverlodge Elementary School |
| Helleny Taylor School |
| Kateri Mission Catholic School |
| Saint Joseph Catholic High School |
| St. Gerrard School |
On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.
| 2004 Alberta Student Vote results[4] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Graydon | 458 | 43.25% | |
| Green | Allan Webber | 193 | 18.22% | |
| NDP | Jerry MacDonald | 190 | 17.94% | |
| Liberal | Cibylla Rakestraw | 182 | 17.19% | |
| Alberta Alliance | John Hilton-O'Brien | 36 | 3.40% | |
| Total | 1,059 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 36 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Grande Prairie-Wapiti Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ School by School results. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
- ^ Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
