St. Albert (electoral district)

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St. Albert was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2004.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Demographics

Population, 2001	123,877
Electors	80,705
Area (km2)
Population density (people per km2)

[edit] Geography

This was a rural riding in Alberta.

[edit] History

It was created in 1987 from Pembina riding.

It was abolished in 2003 and transferred mostly into Edmonton—St. Albert and Edmonton—Spruce Grove. Smaller parts were transferred into Westlock—St. Paul and Yellowhead ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. 1988-1993: Walter Van de Walle - Progressive Conservative
2. 1993-2003: John G. Williams - Reform (1993-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-2004)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	John G. Williams	32,745	59.49%		$52,437
	Liberal	Bob Russell	13,637	24.77%		$27,450
	Progressive Conservative	Andy Jones	5,687	10.33%		$2,797
	New Democratic Party	John Williams	2,965	5.38%		$1,382
Total valid votes			55,034	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			176	0.32%
Turnout			55,210	65.88%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	John G. Williams	24,269	55.18%		$39,524
	Liberal	Doug Kennedy	12,537	28.50%		$45,461
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Partington	4,645	10.56%		$20,713
	New Democratic Party	Jim Connelly	2,172	4.93%		$6,710
	Independent	Steven Powers	354	0.80%		$3,673
Total valid votes			43,977	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			58	0.13%
Turnout			44,035	61.86%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform	WILLIAMS, John	24,964
	Liberal	JEFFERY, Jack	13,861
	Progressive Conservative	MANEGRE, Jerry	5,874
	National	POWERS, Steven	2,219
	New Democrat	MAKHDOOM, Zahid	1,430
	Christian Heritage	PENNER, Rudy	294
	Natural Law	DAY, Richard	257
	Not affiliated	VALLEE, Jennifer	90

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	VAN DE WALLE, Walter	19,945
	New Democrat	PAWLOWSKI, Dennis	8,370
	Liberal	DAVIDSON, Kent	7,140
	Reform	ALLRED, Ken	5,955
	Christian Heritage	O'COIN, Dwayne	904
	New Democrat	KLEEN, Hermann S.	197
	Not affiliated	GOODLIFFE, Edward	127
	Confederation of Regions	SCHOEPP, Curtis L.	57

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

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