Red Deer-North

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Red Deer-North
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Red Deer-North 2017.svg
Red Deer-North within the City of Red Deer, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Adriana LaGrange
United Conservative
District created1986
First contested 1986
Last contested 2023

Red Deer North is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution. It was an all-urban district, until the 2004 boundary re-distribution. The constituency was expanded to include a small area outside the city limits, including the nearby town of Blackfalds. The constituency now only fits within the city limits of Red Deer.

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The district has historically tilted toward the right, like Red Deer as a whole. It had been a Progressive Conservative stronghold since it was created, however in the 2015 provincial election, the seat was won by NDP candidate Kim Schreiner. The riding returned to its conservative ways in 2019, when Adriana LaGrange won it for the United Conservative Party.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1985 boundary redistribution from the Red Deer provincial electoral district. The city of Red Deer had been contained in a single electoral district since 1888 when it first started returning members to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. The city was split into North and Red Deer-South.

By 1996, Red Deer-North had a population of 29,115. [1]

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw adjustments made to Red Deer-North to give portions of the constituency that were outside of the city of Red Deer to Innisfail-Sylvan Lake to match the city boundary. The border with Red Deer-South was also adjusted to equalize the population between the two constituencies. [2]

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Red Deer-North
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Red Deer 1905–1986
21st 1986–1989 Stockwell Day Progressive
Conservative
22nd 1989–1993
23rd 1993–1997
24th 1997–2000
2000Vacant
2000–2001 Mary Anne Jablonski Progressive
Conservative
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012
27th 2012–2015
29th 2015–2019 Kim Schreiner New Democratic
30th 2019–2023 Adriana LaGrange United Conservative
31st 2023–present

The electoral district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution. The first election held that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Stockwell Day win a tight race to pick up the new seat for his party. He was re-elected by a larger margin in the 1989 election.

Premier Ralph Klein appointed Day to the cabinet in 1992 as the Minister of Labour. He was re-elected less than a year later in the 1993 election with a landslide majority. In 1996 he was appointed as Minister of Family and Social Services. He won another term with a reduced majority in 1997. After that election Klein appointed him Provincial Treasurer. Day resigned on July 11, 2000 after being elected as federal leader of the Canadian Alliance.

A by-election was held on September 25, 2000. Day was replaced in the legislature by Progressive Conservative candidate Mary Anne Jablonski who won the hotly contested by-election. She won her second term less than a year later in the 2001 general election. She was re-elected again in 2004 and 2008. In 2008 Premier Ed Stelmach appointed Jablonski to the cabinet as Minister of Seniors and Community Supports.

Jablonski held the seat without serious difficulty until her retirement in 2015. That year, massive vote splitting resulted in Kim Schreiner taking the riding for the NDP, winning with just over 29 percent of the vote in a three-way race with the Tories and Wildrose. The riding reverted to form in 2019, with Adriana LaGrange of the newly merged United Conservative Party overwhelming Schreiner by a nearly 3-to-1 margin.

Legislative election results

1986

1986 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Stockwell Day 2,80841.55%
Liberal Donald Campbell2,37235.10%
New Democratic Bruce Beck1,27918.93%
Representative Elvin Janzen1532.26%
Independent Brian Flewwelling1462.16%
Total6,758
Rejected, spoiled and declined11
Eligible electors / turnout17,94937.71%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Red Deer-North Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

1989 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Stockwell Day 3,65248.24%6.69%
Liberal Bernie Fritze2,26029.85%-5.24%
New Democratic Gerry Clayton1,42718.85%-0.07%
Independent Cory Lanterman2313.05%
Total7,570
Rejected, spoiled and declined22
Eligible electors / turnout17,91642.38%4.66%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.97%
Source(s)
Source: "Red Deer-North Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993

1993 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Stockwell Day 5,40255.60%7.36%
Liberal Tony Connelly2,88829.73%-0.13%
New Democratic Linda Kaiser-Putzenberger7627.84%-11.01%
Social Credit Michael Roth5595.75%
Natural Law Katherine Fisher1041.07%
Total9,715
Rejected, spoiled and declined28
Eligible electors / turnout18,93751.45%9.07%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 3.74%
Source(s)
Source: "Red Deer-North Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

1997 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Stockwell Day 4,68355.45%-0.15%
Liberal Norm McDougall2,54730.16%0.43%
Social Credit E. Patricia "Patti" Argent6557.76%2.00%
New Democratic Linda Kaiser5606.63%-1.21%
Total8,445
Rejected, spoiled and declined13
Eligible electors / turnout19,02044.47%-6.98%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.29%
Source(s)
Source: "Red Deer-North Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2000 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, September 25, 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Mary Anne Jablonski 2,02648.82−6.63
Liberal Norm McDougall1,63439.379.21
Alberta First Patti Argent3388.150.39
New Democratic Linda Roth1523.66−2.97
Total4,150
Rejected, spoiled and declined7
Eligible electors / turnout20,40920.37
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −7.92
Source(s)
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2000). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Edmonton-Highlands By-election held June 12, 2000 and the Red Deer-North By-election held September 25, 2000 (PDF) (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

2001

2001 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Mary Anne Jablonski 5,02557.10%8.28%
Liberal Norm McDougall3,11035.34%−4.03%
Alberta First E. Patricia "Patti" Argent3564.05%−4.10%
New Democratic Jim Guthrie3093.51%−0.15%
Total8,800
Rejected, spoiled and declined20
Eligible electors / turnout21,65140.73%20.36%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.16%

2004

2004 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Mary Anne Jablonski 3,73342.84%-14.26%
Liberal Norm McDougall2,64730.38%-4.96%
Alberta Alliance Rand Sisson1,65719.02%
New Democratic Steven Bedford4324.96%1.45%
Green Colin Fisher2442.80%
Total8,713
Rejected, spoiled and declined85
Eligible electors / turnout22,41939.24%-1.45%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.65%

2008

2008 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Mary Anne Jablonski 4,71557.94%15.09%
Liberal Richard Farrand1,77021.75%-8.63%
Wildrose Urs Lehner6307.74%-11.28%
New Democratic Shawn Nielsen5606.88%1.92%
Green Rueben Tschetter4635.69%2.89%
Total8,138
Rejected, spoiled and declined95
Eligible electors / turnout27,66129.76%-9.48%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 11.86%
Source(s)

2012

2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Mary Anne Jablonski 5,13038.71%-19.22%
Wildrose Randy Weins4,56734.47%26.72%
Liberal Michael Dawe2,33217.60%-4.15%
New Democratic Derrek Seelinger9737.34%0.46%
Alberta Party Brent Chalmers2491.88%
Total13,251
Rejected, spoiled, and declined76
Eligible electors / turnout29,41445.31%15.55%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -15.97%
Source(s)
Source: "75 - Red Deer-North, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015

2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Kim Schreiner 4,96929.36%22.02%
Wildrose S.H. (Buck) Buchanan4,17324.66%-9.81%
Progressive Conservative Christine Moore3,83622.67%-16.05%
Liberal Michael Dawe3,26219.28%1.68%
Alberta Party Krystal Kromm6834.04%2.16%
Total16,923
Rejected, spoiled and declined102
Eligible electors / turnout35,00148.64%3.33%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 0.23%
Source(s)
Source: "75 - Red Deer-North, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2019

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Adriana LaGrange 12,73960.61%13.28%
New Democratic Kim Schreiner 4,87323.18%-6.18%
Alberta Party Paul Hardy2,76913.17%9.14%
Freedom Conservative Matt Chapin3891.85%
Alberta Independence Michael Neufeld2481.18%
Total21,018
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined149
Eligible electors / Turnout31,97566.20%17.56%
United Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing 16.36%
Source(s)
Source: "78 - Red Deer-North, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Adriana LaGrange 10,62957.47-3.14
New Democratic Jaelene Tweedle7,14438.63+15.44
Alberta Independence Vicky Bayford2811.52+0.34
Green Heather Morigeau2571.39
Solidarity Movement Kallie Dyck1830.98
Total18,49499.30
Rejected and declined1300.70
Turnout18,62455.48
Eligible voters33,568
United Conservative hold Swing -9.29
Source(s)

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-North [6] Turnout 39.16%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth2,77512.96%40.01%7
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 2,76012.90%39.80%2
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 2,52011.78%36.34%1
 Independent Link Byfield 2,23810.46%32.27%4
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough2,1299.95%30.70%8
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan2,0489.57%29.53%10
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 1,9869.28%28.64%3
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 1,7278.07%24.90%5
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood1,7208.03%24.80%6
 Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,4987.00%21.60%9
Total votes21,401100%
Total ballots6,9353.09 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined1,844

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

2012 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-South [7] Turnout %
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
Progressive Conservative Doug Black00%0%0
 Independent Len Bracko 00%0%0
 IndependentPerry Chahal00%0%0
 IndependentWilliam Exelby00%0%0
 IndependentDavid Fletcher00%0%0
 IndependentPaul Frank00%0%0
Wildrose Raymond Germain
Wildrose Rob Gregory
Evergreen Elizabeth Johannson00%0%0
Wildrose Victor Marciano
Progressive Conservative Mike Shaikh00%0%0
Progressive Conservative Scott Tannas00%0%0
 IndependentIan Urquhart00%0%0
Total votes0100%
Total ballots00 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined0

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools [8]
Central Middle School
Eastview Middle School
Glendale Middle School
Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive 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 [9]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Mary Anne Jablonski 43032.07%
  Liberal Norm McDougall36327.07%
Green Colin Fisher25018.64%
Alberta Alliance Rand Sisson15411.48%
  NDP Steven Bedford14410.74%
Total1,341100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined28

2012

Participating schools [8]
École Camille J. Lerouge School
2012 Alberta student vote results
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Mary Anne Jablonski %
Wildrose Randy Weins
  Liberal Michael Dawe%
  NDP Derrek Seelinger%
Alberta Party Brent Chalmers%
Total100%

See also

References

  1. Alberta Treasury (1996). Alberta provincial electoral division profile : Red Deer -- North. Edmonton: Government of Alberta. ISBN   978-0-7732-1641-9.
  2. "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  3. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 63–64.
  4. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  5. "78 - Red Deer-North". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  6. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  7. "Senate Nominee Election 2012 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  8. 1 2 "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  9. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

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