Red Deer (electoral district)

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Profile
Red Deer in relation to the other Alberta ridings
Population, 2001	105,070
Electors	77,804
Area (km2)
Population density (people per km2)

Red Deer is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1908.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 1.2 Current Member of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

This riding was created in 1907 from Calgary and Strathcona ridings.

The constituency has been consistently reduced in geographic size over the years due to the continued growth of Red Deer, Alberta. In 2003, about 20% of the district was transferred to the Wetaskiwin riding.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

1. 1908-1921: Michael Clark - Liberal (1908-1917), Unionist (1917-1920), Progressive (1920-1921)
2. 1921-1935: Alfred Speakman - United Farmers of Alberta
3. 1935-1940: Eric Joseph Poole - Social Credit
4. 1940-1958: Frederick Davis Shaw - Social Credit
5. 1958-1962: Harris Rogers - Progressive Conservative
6. 1962-1972: Robert N. Thompson - Social Credit (1962-1968), Progressive Conservative (1968-1972)
7. 1972-1988: Gordon Towers - Progressive Conservative
8. 1988-1993: Doug Fee - Progressive Conservative
9. 1993-present: Bob Mills - Reform (1993-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Bob Mills, a former travel agent. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. He chair of the House of Commons' environment committee. In the last parliamentary session he served as a member on the 'Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development'.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Mills	38,375	75.7%		unknown
	New Democratic Party	Kelly Bickford	5,034	9.9%		unknown
	Liberal	Luke Kurata	4,636	9.2%		unknown
	Green	Tanner Wade Waldo	2,618	5.2%		unknown
Total valid votes			50,663	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			113	0.22%
Turnout			50,776	65.26%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Mills	33,510	74.80%		$51,607
	Liberal	Luke Kurata	5,294	11.81%		$22,405
	New Democratic Party	Jeff Sloychuk	3,500	7.81%		$4,160
	Green	Garfield John Marks	2,142	4.78%		$730
	Action	Teena Cormack	353	0.78%		$6.75
Total valid votes			44,799	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			117	0.26%
Turnout			44,916	57.73%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Bob Mills	36,940	72.61%		$59,079
	Liberal	Walter Kubanek	6,522	12.82%		$16,550
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Wagstaff	5,064	9.95%		$5,125
	New Democratic Party	Linda Roth	2,346	4.61%		$1,773
Total valid votes			50,872	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			113	0.22%
Turnout			50,985	60.40%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Bob Mills	28,622	68.37%		$66,815
	Progressive Conservative	Morris Flewwelling	6,566	15.68%		$44,412
	Liberal	Dobie To	4,785	11.43%		$13,071
	New Democratic Party	Janet Walter	1,660	3.96%		$3,066
	Natural Law	Kenneth Arnold	227	0.54%
Total valid votes			41,860	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			69	0.16%
Turnout			41,929	57.44%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform	Bob Mills	31,652
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Fee	8,011
	Liberal	Dobie To	6,838
	New Democrat	Karen McLaren	1,334
	National	Joan Hepburn	1,063
	Natural Law	Ken Arnold	297

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Fee	24,187
	Reform	Michael Roth	9,560
	New Democrat	Gail Garbutt	5,717
	Liberal	Edna C. Allwright	4,593
	Christian Heritage	Jim Swan	1,237
	Confederation of Regions	Wilfred M. Tricker	121

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	41,695
	New Democrat	Clarence Lacombe	5,201
	Liberal	Dennis Moffat	5,195
	Confederation of Regions	Roger Langrick	2,494
	Social Credit	Jim Keegstra	691

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	31,758
	Liberal	Dennis Moffat	6,180
	New Democrat	Ethel Taylor	3,345
	Social Credit	Cecil J. Speirs	1,203

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	33,226
	Liberal	Dennis Moffat	6,338
	New Democrat	John Younie	2,856
	Social Credit	Cec Speirs	1,974

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	22,251
	Liberal	Dennis Moffat	5,645
	New Democrat	Ethel Taylor	2,791
	Social Credit	Jim Keegstra	2,670

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	20,943
	Liberal	Dennis Moffat	5,762
	New Democrat	Bill Finn	3,852
	Social Credit	Jim Keegstra	3,631

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert N. Thompson	17,930
	Liberal	Douglas M. Irwin	8,541
	New Democrat	Peter G. Anderson	2,349

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Robert N. Thompson	12,383
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	10,448
	Liberal	Max DeHamel	2,093
	New Democrat	Hazel Eva Braithwaite	1,340

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Robert N. Thompson	12,182
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	11,149
	Liberal	Max DeHamel	2,702
	New Democrat	Paul A. Jenson	1,082

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Robert N. Thompson	12,645
	Progressive Conservative	Harris Rogers	9,343
	Liberal	Knut E. Magnusson	1,608
	New Democrat	Paul A. Jenson	1,181

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Harris Rogers	11,569
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	7,087
	Liberal	Sadie A. Shrader	1,537
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert H. Carlyle	1,029

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	9,519
	Progressive Conservative	Harris Rogers	5,918
	Liberal	Wilfred James Edgar	3,471
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alexander Sandy Manson	1,073

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	8,792
	Liberal	Archie Boyce	5,076
	Progressive Conservative	John A.R. Choate	1,474
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hubert M. Smith	1,136
	Labour-Progressive	Rose Sarman	306

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	10,549
	Liberal	Albert Bliss McGorman	3,604
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Lloyd Taggart	3,488
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Cyril M. Ironside	1,710

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	8,653
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Lloyd Taggart	3,636
	Co-operative Commonwealth	A.E. MacLellan	2,984
	Liberal	Claude J. Davidson	2,666
	Labour-Progressive	William Lund	677

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	5,583
	Liberal	Absalom Clark Bury	4,134
	Co-operative Commonwealth	P.N.R. Morrison	2,771
	National Government	Arthur A. Stonhouse	2,694

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Eric Joseph Poole	7,901
	Liberal	George Clark	1,861
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alfred Speakman	1,855
	Conservative	Arthur Hiram Stewart	1,648

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	United Farmers	Alfred Speakman	6,256
	Liberal	William John Botterill	4,571

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	United Farmers	Alfred Speakman	5,603
	Conservative	Joseph George La France	2,151

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	United Farmers	Alfred Speakman	3,851
	Liberal	Thomas McKercher	2,462
	Conservative	Joseph George La France	2,029

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	United Farmers	Alfred Speakman	10,849
	Conservative	John Frederick Day	2,644
	Liberal	William Wallace Burns McInnes	2,207

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Michael Clark	6,213
	Opposition	William Franklin Puffer	3,800
	Labour	Joseph Robert Knight	701

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Michael Clark	6,711
	Conservative	Alexander Andrew McGillivray	3,882

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Michael Clark	3,481
	Conservative	George F. Root	3,221

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Alberta federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Elections Canada
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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