St. Albert (provincial electoral district)
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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] Boundaries
The north and west boundaries follows the north municipal boundary west, It deviates from the municipal boundary and takes a south turn down St. Albert Road. It turns west once again and follows McKenney Ave until it reaches the municipal boundary. The west boundary follows the St. Albert municipal boundary south Athabasca-Redwater and Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert border to the north.
The south and east boundaries continue to follow the municipal limits in a north east direction until it comes full circle around the city. Edmonton Calder and Edmonton Castle Downs border to the south.
[edit] Demographics
Total Population
38,366
49.1% Male
50.9% Female
46.8% Married
21.4% Single
Population by Age
- 0-4 2,225 5.7%
- 5-19 9,220 23.7%
- 20-24 2,365 6.1%
- 25-44 11,405 29.4%
- 45-64 10,350 26.6%
- 65-74 2,125 5.5%
- 75+ 1,170 3.0%
Total Registered Voters
28,191
Source Alberta Government
[edit] Local Issues
- High Property Taxes
- Construction of the Western Regional Road
- Annexation problems into Sturgeon County
[edit] Riding Associations
4 Associations registered with Elections Alberta
- Alberta Alliance, President Michaela Meldrum
- Liberal, President ??
- NDP, President ??
- Progressive Conservative, President Robert Heron
[edit] Election Results 1905 - 2004
[edit] First Past The Post 1959 - 2004
[edit] 1986 - 2004
| Party | 2004 | 2001 | 1997 | 1993 | 1989 | 1986 |
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| Liberal | Jack Flaherty 6,474 |
Len Bracko 7,479 |
Len Bracko 6,680 |
Len Bracko 7,267 |
Len Bracko 4,278 |
Thomas Droege 745 |
| Progressive Conservative | Mary O'Neill 6,064 |
Mary O'Neill 9,537 |
Mary O'Neill 6,696 |
Dick Fowler 5,746 |
Dick Fowler 6,590 |
Myrna Fyfe 4,580 |
| Alberta Alliance | Michaela Meldrum 591 |
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| N. D. P. | Travis Thompson 1,652 |
Michelle Mungall 1,122 |
Chris Samuel 1,198 |
John Booth 1,031 |
Cheryl Wharton 3,552 |
Bryan Strong 4,700 |
| Green Party | Conrad Bitangcol 407 |
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| Social Credit | John Reil 781 |
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| Natural Law defunct |
Gordon Rever 199 |
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| Representative defunct |
William Jamison 1,215 |
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| Independent | Archie Baldwin 147 |
[edit] 1959 - 1982
| Party | 1982 | 1979 | 1975 | 1971 | 1967 | 1963 | 1959 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 defunct |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 W. Gariepy 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 |
|---|---|
| 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] See also
[edit] External links
- Riding Map for St. Albert
- Demographics for St. Albert
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
