Red Deer (federal electoral district)

Red Deer

Alberta electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1907
First contested	1908
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2021) [1]	115,044
Census division(s)	Division No. 8
Census subdivision(s)	Red Deer, Penhold, Delburne, Elnora, Alberta, Red Deer County

Red Deer is a future federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada. A riding of the same name was previously represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 2015.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census ^[2]

Languages: 85.7% English, 3.6% Tagalog, 1.7% Spanish, 1.6% French,

Religions: 50.7% Christian (20.0% Catholic, 4.8% United Church, 2.5% Anglican, 2.1% Lutheran, 1.0% Pentecostal, 20.2% Other), 45.0% No religion, 1.9% Muslim

Median income: $43,200 (2020)

Average income: $56,050 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Red Deer (2021)

Panethnic group	2021
	Pop.	%
European [lower-alpha 1]	85,360	76.36%
Southeast Asian [lower-alpha 2]	9,115	8.15%
Indigenous	7,295	6.53%
South Asian	2,405	2.15%
African	2,000	1.79%
Latin American	1,815	1.62%
East Asian [lower-alpha 3]	1,730	1.55%
Middle Eastern [lower-alpha 4]	1,140	1.02%
Other/multiracial [lower-alpha 5]	930	0.83%
Total responses	111,785	97.23%
Total population	114,975	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

This riding was created in 1907 from Calgary and Strathcona ridings. At the time this was a vast riding taking in much of Central Alberta between the two major cities of Calgary and Edmonton. The only major urban centre was Red Deer, then a small town of only 1,500 people.

Once an overwhelmingly rural constituency, it has been consistently reduced in geographic size over the years due to Red Deer's continued growth. In 2003, about 20% of the district was transferred to the Wetaskiwin riding.

The riding was represented by centre-right MPs from 1935 onward. Like most other Alberta ridings outside Calgary and Edmonton, the major right-wing party of the day usually won here by blowout margins. A centre-left candidate last cleared 20 percent of the vote in 1968, and from 1979 onward centre-left candidates were usually lucky to get 15 percent of the vote.

The riding was split almost in half for the 2015 election. The southern portion, including downtown, became Red Deer—Mountain View, while the northern portion was merged with Wetaskiwin to form Red Deer—Lacombe.

The riding was reinstated by the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, reuniting the City of Red Deer and combining it with rural areas to its southeast. ^{[3] [4]}

Historical boundaries

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  1905 representation order
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  1914 representation order
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  1924 representation order
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  1933 representation order
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  1952 representation order
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  1966 representation order
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  1976 representation order
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  1987 representation order
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  1996 representation order
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  2003 representation order

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Red Deer Riding created from Calgary and Strathcona
11th	1908–1911		Michael Clark	Liberal
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1920			Government (Unionist)
	1920–1921			Progressive
14th	1921–1925		Alfred Speakman	United Farmers
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940		Eric Joseph Poole	Social Credit
19th	1940–1945		Frederick Davis Shaw
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		Harris George Rogers	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963		Robert N. Thompson	Social Credit
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972			Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974		Gordon Towers
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993		Douglas Fee
35th	1993–1997		Bob Mills	Reform
36th	1997–2000
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Earl Dreeshen
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Red Deer—Lacombe and Red Deer—Mountain View
Riding re-created from Red Deer—Lacombe and Red Deer—Mountain View

Election results

2021 federal election redistributed results [5]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	32,606	60.51
	New Democratic	9,352	17.35
	People's	6,084	11.29
	Liberal	4,401	8.17
	Others	1,445	2.68

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Earl Dreeshen	37,959	75.93	+2.70	$63,247
	New Democratic	Stuart Somerville	7,566	15.13	+4.03	$1
	Green	Mason Sisson	2,551	5.10	-4.24
	Liberal	Andrew Lineker	1,918	3.84	-2.47	$3,784
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,994	100.00
Total rejected ballots			119	0.24	-0.02
Turnout			50,113	54.01	+4.14
Eligible voters			92,792	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Earl Dreeshen	33,226	73.23	-2.51	$53,804
	New Democratic	Stuart Somerville	5,040	11.10	+1.17	$1,774
	Green	Evan Bedford	4,239	9.34	+4.18
	Liberal	Garfield Marks	2,863	6.31	-2.84	$7,450
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,368	100.00	$92,848
Total rejected ballots			118	0.26	+0.04
Turnout			45,486	49.87	-14.86

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Mills	38,375	75.74	+0.9	$58,967
	New Democratic	Kelly Bickford	5,034	9.93	+2.1	$3,014
	Liberal	Luke Kurata	4,636	9.15	-2.6	$11,215
	Green	Tanner Wade Waldo	2,618	5.16	+0.4	$116
Total valid votes			50,663	100.00
Total rejected ballots			113	0.22	-0.1
Turnout			50,776	58.73	+1.0

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Mills	33,510	74.8	-7.8	$51,607
	Liberal	Luke Kurata	5,294	11.8	-1.0	$22,405
	New Democratic	Jeff Sloychuk	3,500	7.8	+3.2	$4,160
	Green	Garfield John Marks	2,142	4.8	–	$730
	Canadian Action	Teena Cormack	353	0.8	–	$6.75
Total valid votes			44,799	100.0
Total rejected ballots			117	0.3	+0.1
Turnout			44,916	57.7	-2.7

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote in 2000.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Bob Mills	36,940	72.6	+4.2	$59,079
	Liberal	Walter Kubanek	6,522	12.8	+1.4	$16,550
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Wagstaff	5,064	10.0	-5.7	$5,125
	New Democratic	Linda Roth	2,346	4.6	+0.7	$1,773
Total valid votes			50,872	100.0
Total rejected ballots			113	0.2	0.0
Turnout			50,985	60.4	+3.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Bob Mills	28,622	68.4	+4.0	$66,815
	Progressive Conservative	Morris Flewwelling	6,566	15.7	-0.6	$44,412
	Liberal	Dobie To	4,785	11.4	-2.5	$13,071
	New Democratic	Janet Walter	1,660	4.0	+1.5	$3,066
	Natural Law	Kenneth Arnold	227	0.6	-0.0
Total valid votes			41,860	100.0
Total rejected ballots			69	0.2
Turnout			41,929	57.44

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Bob Mills	31,652	64.3	+43.3
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Fee	8,011	16.3	-37.0
	Liberal	Dobie To	6,838	13.9	+3.8
	New Democratic	Karen McLaren	1,334	2.7	-9.9
	National	Joan Hepburn	1,063	+2.2
	Natural Law	Ken Arnold	297	+0.6
Total valid votes			49,195	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Fee	24,187	53.3	-22.2
	Reform	Michael Roth	9,560	21.1
	New Democratic	Gail Garbutt	5,717	12.6	+3.2
	Liberal	Edna C. Allwright	4,593	10.1	+0.7
	Christian Heritage	Jim Swan	1,237	2.7
	Confederation of Regions	Wilfred M. Tricker	121	0.3	-4.2
Total valid votes			45,415	100.0

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	41,695	75.4	+0.7
	New Democratic	Clarence Lacombe	5,201	9.4	+1.5
	Liberal	Dennis Moffat	5,195	9.4	-5.1
	Confederation of Regions	Roger Langrick	2,494	4.5
	Social Credit	Jim Keegstra	691	1.3	-1.6
Total valid votes			55,276	100.0

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	31,758	74.7	-0.1
	Liberal	Dennis Moffat	6,180	14.5	+0.3
	New Democratic	Ethel Taylor	3,345	7.9	+1.4
	Social Credit	Cecil J. Speirs	1,203	2.8	-1.6
Total valid votes			42,486	100.0

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	33,226	74.8	+8.1
	Liberal	Dennis Moffat	6,338	14.3	-2.6
	New Democratic	John Younie	2,856	6.4	-1.9
	Social Credit	Cec Speirs	1,974	4.4	-3.6
Total valid votes			44,394	100.0

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	22,251	66.7	+5.4
	Liberal	Dennis Moffat	5,645	16.9	+0.1
	New Democratic	Ethel Taylor	2,791	8.4	-2.9
	Social Credit	Jim Keegstra	2,670	8.0	-2.6
Total valid votes			33,357	100.0

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	20,943	61.3	-1.0
	Liberal	Dennis Moffat	5,762	16.9	-12.8
	New Democratic	Bill Finn	3,852	11.3	+3.1
	Social Credit	Jim Keegstra	3,631	10.6
Total valid votes			34,188	100.0

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert N. Thompson	17,930	62.2	+22.4
	Liberal	Douglas M. Irwin	8,541	29.6
	New Democratic	Peter G. Anderson	2,349	8.2	+3.0
Total valid votes			28,820	100.0

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Robert N. Thompson	12,383	47.1	+2.2
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	10,448	39.8	-1.3
	Liberal	Max DeHamel	2,093	8.0	-2.0
	New Democratic	Hazel Eva Braithwaite	1,340	5.1	+1.1
Total valid votes			26,264	100.0

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Robert N. Thompson	12,182	44.9	-6.1
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	11,149	41.1	+3.4
	Liberal	Max DeHamel	2,702	10.0	+3.5
	New Democratic	Paul A. Jenson	1,082	4.0	-0.8
Total valid votes			27,115	100.0

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Robert N. Thompson	12,645	51.0	+17.6
	Progressive Conservative	Harris George Rogers	9,343	37.7	-16.8
	Liberal	Knut E. Magnusson	1,608	6.5	-0.8
	New Democratic	Paul A. Jenson	1,181	4.8	-0.1
Total valid votes			24,777	100.0

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harris George Rogers	11,569	54.5	+24.9
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	7,087	33.4	-14.2
	Liberal	Sadie A. Shrader	1,537	7.2	-10.1
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert H. Carlyle	1,029	4.8	-0.5
Total valid votes			21,222	100.0

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	9,519	47.6	-4.7
	Progressive Conservative	Harris Rogers	5,918	29.6	+20.8
	Liberal	Wilfred James Edgar	3,471	17.4	-12.9
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alexander Sandy Manson	1,073	5.4	-1.4
Total valid votes			19,981	100.0

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	8,792	52.4	-2.1
	Liberal	Archie Boyce	5,076	30.2	+11.6
	Progressive Conservative	John A.R. Choate	1,474	8.8	-9.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hubert M. Smith	1,136	6.8	-2.1
	Labor–Progressive	Rose Sarman	306	1.8
Total valid votes			16,784	100.0

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	10,549	54.5	+8.0
	Liberal	Albert Bliss McGorman	3,604	18.6	+4.3
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Lloyd Taggart	3,488	18.0	-1.5
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Cyril M. Ironside	1,710	–
Total valid votes			19,351	100.0

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	8,653	46.5	+9.7
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Lloyd Taggart	3,636	19.5	+1.8
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alban MacLellan	2,984	16.0	-2.2
	Liberal	Claude J. Davidson	2,666	14.3	-12.9
	Labor–Progressive	William Lund	677	677	3.6
Total valid votes			18,616	100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	5,583	36.8	-22.8
	Liberal	Absalom Clark Bury	4,134	27.2	+13.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Peter Morrison	2,771	18.3	+4.3
	National Government	Arthur A. Stonhouse	2,694	17.7	+5.3
Total valid votes			15,182	100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Eric Joseph Poole	7,901	59.6
	Liberal	George Clark	1,861	14.0	-28.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alfred Speakman	1,855	14.0
	Conservative	Arthur Hiram Stewart	1,648	12.4
Total valid votes			13,265	100.0

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers of Alberta	Alfred Speakman	6,256	57.8	-14.5
	Liberal	William John Botterill	4,571	42.2
Total valid votes			10,827	100.0

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers of Alberta	Alfred Speakman	5,603	72.3	+26.1
	Conservative	Joseph George La France	2,151	27.7	+3.4
Total valid votes			7,754	100.0

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers of Alberta	Alfred Speakman	3,851	46.2	-22.9
	Liberal	Thomas McKercher	2,462	29.5	+15.5
	Conservative	Joseph George La France	2,029	24.3	+7.5
Total valid votes			8,342	100.0

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers of Alberta	Alfred Speakman	10,849	69.1
	Conservative	John Frederick Day	2,644	16.8	-41.1
	Liberal	William Wallace Burns McInnes	2,207	14.1	-21.4
Total valid votes			15,700	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election.

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Government (Unionist)	Michael Clark	6,213	58.0	21.3
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	William Puffer	3,800	35.5	-27.9
	Labour	Joseph Robert Knight	701	6.5
Total valid votes			10,714	100.0

Note: Unionist vote is compared to Liberal-Conservative vote in 1911 election.

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Clark	6,711	63.4	+11.4
	Conservative	Alexander McGillivray	3,882	36.6	-11.4
Total valid votes			10,593	100.0

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Michael Clark	3,481	51.9
	Conservative	George F. Root	3,221	48.1
Total valid votes			6,702	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Red Deer (federal electoral district) (Code 48023) Census Profile". 2011 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved 2011-03-06.

Notes

1. "Red Deer – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution . Retrieved 2 May 2024.
2. "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Red Deer [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Alberta". Statistics Canada . Retrieved 2 May 2024.
3. "Proposal of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta" (PDF). Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta. 10 June 2022. p. 13.
4. "Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta" (PDF). Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta. 16 June 2023. pp. 24–25.
5. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . Retrieved 9 April 2024.

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

External links

• Riding history for Red Deer from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Elections Canada
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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