St. Albert (provincial electoral district)
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| Provincial electoral district | ||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| MLA | Ken Allred Progressive Conservative |
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| District created | 1905 | |
| First contested | 1905 | |
| Last contested | 2008 | |
St. Albert is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.
The riding covers most of the city of St. Albert just north west of Edmonton.
The riding of St. Albert is one of five ridings out of the original twenty five, that has existed since Alberta became a province in 1905. The other four surviving ridings are Medicine Hat, Strathcona, Peace River and Stony Plain.
Since 1905 the riding has decreased in size, at one point stretching all the way to the British Columbia border, through vast tracts of rural area. Today the riding is now an urban one encompassing the small satellite city of St. Albert. This riding has a long and interesting electoral history, this is one of the few Alberta swing ridings, and only one of a handful that has elected members from six different parties.
Between 1926 and 1955 the riding switched between First Past the Post and Single Transferable Vote. In 1959 the Alberta government standardized all ridings to First Past the Post.
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[edit] Election results
[edit] 2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election results[1] | Turnout 52.79% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Liberal | Jack Flaherty | 6,476 | 42.64% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Mary O'Neill | 6,062 | 39.91% | |
| NDP | Travis Thompson | 1,652 | 10.88% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michaela Meldrum | 591 | 3.89% | |
| Green | Conrad Bitangcol | 407 | 2.68% | |
| Total | 15,188 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 54 | |||
[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: St. Albert[2] | Turnout 52.61% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank |
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| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 5,411 | 16.28% | 49.84% | 2 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 4,464 | 13.43% | 41.09% | 4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,823 | 11.50% | 35.19% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 3,655 | 11.00% | 33.65% | 3 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,912 | 8.76% | 26.81% | 9 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 2,864 | 8.62% | 26.37% | 7 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,737 | 8.23% | 25.20% | 6 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 2,571 | 7.73% | 23.67% | 10 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,500 | 7.52% | 23.01% | 8 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,304 | 6.93% | 21.21% | 5 | |
| Total Votes | 33,241 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 10,863 | 3.06 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 4,325 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
[edit] 1986 - 2008
| Party | 2008 | 2001 | 1997 | 1993 | 1989 | 1986 |
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| Liberal | Jack Flaherty 5,594 |
Len Bracko 7,479 |
Len Bracko 6,680 |
Len Bracko 7,267 |
Len Bracko 4,278 |
Thomas Droege 745 |
| Progressive Conservative | Ken Allred 8,409 |
Mary O'Neill 9,537 |
Mary O'Neill 6,696 |
Dick Fowler 5,746 |
Dick Fowler 6,590 |
Myrna Fyfe 4,580 |
| N. D. P. | Katy Campbell 959 |
Michelle Mungall 1,122 |
Chris Samuel 1,198 |
John Booth 1,031 |
Cheryl Wharton 3,552 |
Bryan Strong 4,700 |
| Green Party | Ross Vincent 576 |
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| Social Credit | John Reil 781 |
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| Natural Law | Gordon Rever 199 |
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| Representative | William Jamison 1,215 |
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| Independent | Archie Baldwin 147 |
[edit] 1959 - 1982
| Party | 1982 | 1979 | 1975 | 1971 | 1967 | 1963 | 1959 |
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| Liberal | Gerry Thibault 1,681 |
John Bakker 1,564 |
Robert Russell 1,660 |
Robert Russell 2,297 |
Louis Chalifoux 2,032 |
Arthur Soetaert 2,082 |
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| Progressive Conservative | Myrna Fyfe 12,982 |
Myrna Fyfe 9,361 |
William Jamison 6,450 |
William Jamison 4,632 |
Stanley Walker 1,469 |
Alan Lazerte 1,332 |
Stanley Walker 1,187 |
| N. D. P. / C.C.F. | Kurt Hoeberg 4,438 |
Robert Borreson 3,178 |
Earl Toane 1,591 |
Elsie McMillan 878 |
Norman Dolman 1,339 |
Alan Bevington 451 |
Earl Toane 473 |
| Social Credit | L.D. Callfas 434 |
Reginald Petch 1,686 |
Keith Everitt 2,221 |
Keith Everitt 3,592 |
Keith Everitt 2,824 |
Keith Everitt 2,540 |
Keith Everitt 2,157 |
| Western Canada Concept | Murray Sillito 2,465 |
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| Independent | William Jamison 3,406 |
[edit] Single Transferable Vote 1926, 1935 - 1944, 1952 - 1955
First Names in the old election records are rare. Most of the results are given with first and middle initials
[edit] 1952-1955
| Year | Count | Candidate | Party | Votes | Year | Count | Candidate | Party | Votes |
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| 1955 | 2nd | Arthur Soetaert | Liberal | 3,029 | 1952 | 2nd | Lucien Maynard | Social Credit | 2,420 |
| 2nd | Lucien Maynard | Social Credit | 2,610 | 2nd | Arthur Soetaert | Liberal | 2,019 | ||
| 1955 | 1st | Arthur Soetaert | Liberal | 2,618 | 1952 | 1st | Lucien Maynard | Social Credit | 2,218 |
| 1st | Lucien Maynard | Social Credit | 2,509 | 1st | Arthur Soetaert | Liberal | 1,469 | ||
| 1st | Joseph Dusseault | Independent | 575 | 1st | Joseph Dusseault | Cooperative Commonwealth | 1,292 | ||
| 1st | J.J. Zubick | Conservative | 159 | ||||||
| 1st | Aubrey Smith | Independent | 71 |
[edit] 1940 - 1944
| Year | Count | Candidate | Party | Votes | Year | Count | Candidate | Party | Votes |
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| 1944 | 2nd | Charles Holder | Social Credit | 2,491 | 1940 | 2nd | L.R. Tellier | Independent | 2,304 |
| 2nd | Earl Toane | Cooperative Commonwealth | 1,375 | 2nd | Charles Holder | Social Credit | 2,018 | ||
| 1944 | 1st | Charles Holder | Social Credit | 2,097 | 1940 | 1st | Charles Holder | Social Credit | 1,692 |
| 1st | Earl Toane | Cooperative Commonwealth | 1,222 | 1st | L.R. Tellier | Independent | 1,383 | ||
| 1st | Joseph Nadeau | Independent | 918 | 1st | J.H. Perras | Liberal | 1,008 | ||
| 1st | W.R. Rigney | Cooperative Commonwealth | 552 |
[edit] 1926, 1935
| Year | Count | Candidate | Party | Votes | Year | Count | Candidate | Party | Votes |
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| 1935 | 2nd | Charles Holder | Social Credit | 1,619 | 1926 | 2nd | Lucien Boudreau | Liberal | 2,420 |
| 2nd | Lucien Boudreau | Independent Liberal | 1,445 | 2nd | Michael Hogan | Independent Liberal | 883 | ||
| 1935 | 1st | Charles Holder | Social Credit | 1,431 | 1926 | 1st | Lucien Boudreau | Liberal | 1,058 |
| 1st | Lucien Boudreau | Independent Liberal | 955 | 1st | Michael Hogan | Independent Liberal | 683 | ||
| 1st | Omer St. Germain | Liberal | 446 | 1st | Louis Normandeau | United Farmers | 628 | ||
| 1st | A.S. McRae | Independent Conservative | 258 | 1st | J.A. Loiseau | Conservative | 85 | ||
| 1st | J.P. Morissey | United Farmers | 116 |
[edit] First Past The Post 1905 - 1921, 1930, 1948
| Party | 1948 | 1930 | 1921 | 1917 | 1913 | 1909 | 1905 |
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| Liberal | Omer St. Germain 774 |
Lucien Boudreau 1,161 |
Lucien Boudreau 1,000 |
Lucien Boudreau 1,095 |
Lucien Boudreau 620 |
Lucien Boudreau 528 Wilfrid Gariépy 393 |
Henry William McKenney 407 Lucien Boudreau 391 |
| Conservative | H.L. Landry 742 |
H.L. Landry 404 |
Omer St. Germain 115 |
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| United Farmers | Omer St. Germain 1,427 |
Telesphore St. Arnaud 1,234 |
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| Social Credit | Lucien Maynard 2,702 |
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| Cooperative Commonwealth | Joseph Dusseault 1,047 |
[edit] Plebiscite results
[edit] 1948 Electrification Plebiscite
District results from the first province wide plebiscite on electricity regulation.
| Option A | Option B |
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| Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being continued by the Power Companies? | Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being made a publicly owned utility administered by the Alberta Government Power Commission? |
| 1,897 44.84% | 2,333 55.16% |
| Province wide result: Option A passed. | |
[edit] 2004 Student Vote
| Participating Schools[3] |
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| Neil M. Ross Elementary School |
| Paul Kane High School |
| Richard Fowler Junior High School |
| St. Albert Catholic High School |
| VJ Maloney Catholic Junior High 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 | % | |
| Liberal | Jack Flaherty | 303 | 32.13% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Mary O'Neill | 254 | 26.94% | |
| NDP | Travis Thompson | 232 | 24.60% | |
| Green | Conrad Bitangcol | 124 | 13.15% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michaela Meldrum | 30 | 3.18% | |
| Total | 943 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 35 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ St. Albert Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
- ^ 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.
[edit] External links
- Riding Map for St. Albert
- Demographics for St. Albert
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

