Red Deer (federal electoral district)

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Red Deer
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1907
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.

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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 group2021
Pop. %
European [a] 85,360
Southeast Asian [b] 9,115
Indigenous 7,295
South Asian 2,405
African 2,000
Latin American 1,815
East Asian [c] 1,730
Middle Eastern [d] 1,140
Other/multiracial [e] 930
Total responses111,785
Total population114,975
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

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
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]
PartyVote %
  Conservative 32,60660.51
  New Democratic 9,35217.35
  People's 6,08411.29
  Liberal 4,4018.17
 Others1,4452.68
2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Earl Dreeshen 37,95975.93+2.70$63,247
New Democratic Stuart Somerville7,56615.13+4.03$1
Green Mason Sisson2,5515.10-4.24
Liberal Andrew Lineker1,9183.84-2.47$3,784
Total valid votes/Expense limit 49,994100.00
Total rejected ballots 119 0.24-0.02
Turnout 50,113 54.01+4.14
Eligible voters 92,792––
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Earl Dreeshen 33,22673.23-2.51$53,804
New Democratic Stuart Somerville5,04011.10+1.17$1,774
Green Evan Bedford4,2399.34+4.18
Liberal Garfield Marks2,8636.31-2.84$7,450
Total valid votes/Expense limit45,368100.00$92,848
Total rejected ballots 118 0.26+0.04
Turnout45,486 49.87 -14.86
2006 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Bob Mills 38,37575.74+0.9$58,967
New Democratic Kelly Bickford5,0349.93+2.1$3,014
Liberal Luke Kurata4,6369.15-2.6$11,215
Green Tanner Wade Waldo2,6185.16+0.4$116
Total valid votes50,663100.00
Total rejected ballots1130.22-0.1
Turnout50,77658.73+1.0
2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Bob Mills 33,51074.8-7.8$51,607
Liberal Luke Kurata5,29411.8-1.0$22,405
New Democratic Jeff Sloychuk3,5007.8+3.2$4,160
Green Garfield John Marks2,1424.8–$730
Canadian Action Teena Cormack3530.8–$6.75
Total valid votes44,799100.0
Total rejected ballots1170.3+0.1
Turnout44,91657.7-2.7

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

2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Alliance Bob Mills 36,94072.6+4.2$59,079
Liberal Walter Kubanek6,52212.8+1.4$16,550
Progressive Conservative Doug Wagstaff5,06410.0-5.7$5,125
New Democratic Linda Roth2,3464.6+0.7$1,773
Total valid votes50,872100.0
Total rejected ballots1130.20.0
Turnout50,98560.4+3.0

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

1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Reform Bob Mills 28,62268.4+4.0$66,815
Progressive Conservative Morris Flewwelling6,56615.7-0.6$44,412
Liberal Dobie To4,78511.4-2.5$13,071
New Democratic Janet Walter1,6604.0+1.5$3,066
Natural Law Kenneth Arnold2270.6-0.0
Total valid votes41,860100.0
Total rejected ballots690.2
Turnout41,92957.44
1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform Bob Mills 31,65264.3+43.3
Progressive Conservative Doug Fee 8,01116.3-37.0
Liberal Dobie To6,83813.9+3.8
New Democratic Karen McLaren1,3342.7-9.9
National Joan Hepburn1,063+2.2
Natural Law Ken Arnold297+0.6
Total valid votes49,195100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Doug Fee 24,18753.3-22.2
Reform Michael Roth9,56021.1
New Democratic Gail Garbutt5,71712.6+3.2
Liberal Edna C. Allwright4,59310.1+0.7
Christian Heritage Jim Swan1,2372.7
Confederation of Regions Wilfred M. Tricker1210.3-4.2
Total valid votes 45,415100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Towers 41,69575.4+0.7
New Democratic Clarence Lacombe5,2019.4+1.5
Liberal Dennis Moffat5,1959.4-5.1
Confederation of Regions Roger Langrick2,4944.5
Social Credit Jim Keegstra 6911.3-1.6
Total valid votes 55,276100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Towers 31,75874.7-0.1
Liberal Dennis Moffat6,18014.5+0.3
New Democratic Ethel Taylor3,3457.9+1.4
Social Credit Cecil J. Speirs1,2032.8-1.6
Total valid votes 42,486100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Towers 33,22674.8+8.1
Liberal Dennis Moffat6,33814.3-2.6
New Democratic John Younie2,8566.4-1.9
Social Credit Cec Speirs1,9744.4-3.6
Total valid votes 44,394100.0
1974 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Towers 22,25166.7+5.4
Liberal Dennis Moffat5,64516.9+0.1
New Democratic Ethel Taylor2,7918.4-2.9
Social Credit Jim Keegstra 2,6708.0-2.6
Total valid votes 33,357100.0
1972 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Towers 20,94361.3-1.0
Liberal Dennis Moffat5,76216.9-12.8
New Democratic Bill Finn3,85211.3+3.1
Social Credit Jim Keegstra 3,63110.6
Total valid votes 34,188100.0
1968 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Robert N. Thompson 17,93062.2+22.4
Liberal Douglas M. Irwin8,54129.6
New Democratic Peter G. Anderson2,3498.2+3.0
Total valid votes 28,820100.0
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Robert N. Thompson 12,38347.1+2.2
Progressive Conservative Gordon Towers 10,44839.8-1.3
Liberal Max DeHamel2,0938.0-2.0
New Democratic Hazel Eva Braithwaite1,3405.1+1.1
Total valid votes 26,264100.0
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Robert N. Thompson 12,18244.9-6.1
Progressive Conservative Gordon Towers 11,14941.1+3.4
Liberal Max DeHamel2,70210.0+3.5
New Democratic Paul A. Jenson1,0824.0-0.8
Total valid votes 27,115100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Robert N. Thompson 12,64551.0+17.6
Progressive Conservative Harris George Rogers 9,34337.7-16.8
Liberal Knut E. Magnusson1,6086.5-0.8
New Democratic Paul A. Jenson1,1814.8-0.1
Total valid votes 24,777100.0

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

1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Harris George Rogers 11,56954.5+24.9
Social Credit Frederick Davis Shaw 7,08733.4-14.2
Liberal Sadie A. Shrader1,5377.2-10.1
Co-operative Commonwealth Robert H. Carlyle1,0294.8-0.5
Total valid votes 21,222100.0
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Frederick Davis Shaw 9,51947.6-4.7
Progressive Conservative Harris Rogers5,91829.6+20.8
Liberal Wilfred James Edgar3,47117.4-12.9
Co-operative Commonwealth Alexander Sandy Manson1,0735.4-1.4
Total valid votes 19,981100.0
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Frederick Davis Shaw 8,79252.4-2.1
Liberal Archie Boyce5,07630.2+11.6
Progressive Conservative John A.R. Choate1,4748.8-9.2
Co-operative Commonwealth Hubert M. Smith1,1366.8-2.1
Labor–Progressive Rose Sarman3061.8
Total valid votes 16,784100.0
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Frederick Davis Shaw 10,54954.5+8.0
Liberal Albert Bliss McGorman3,60418.6+4.3
Progressive Conservative Harry Lloyd Taggart3,48818.0-1.5
Co-operative Commonwealth Cyril M. Ironside1,710–
Total valid votes 19,351100.0
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Frederick Davis Shaw 8,65346.5+9.7
Progressive Conservative Harry Lloyd Taggart3,63619.5+1.8
Co-operative Commonwealth Alban MacLellan 2,98416.0-2.2
Liberal Claude J. Davidson2,66614.3-12.9
Labor–Progressive William Lund6776773.6
Total valid votes18,616100.0

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

1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Frederick Davis Shaw 5,58336.8-22.8
Liberal Absalom Clark Bury4,13427.2+13.2
Co-operative Commonwealth Peter Morrison2,77118.3+4.3
National Government Arthur A. Stonhouse2,69417.7+5.3
Total valid votes15,182100.0

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

1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Eric Joseph Poole 7,90159.6
Liberal George Clark1,86114.0-28.2
Co-operative Commonwealth Alfred Speakman 1,85514.0
Conservative Arthur Hiram Stewart1,64812.4
Total valid votes 13,265100.0
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Farmers of Alberta Alfred Speakman 6,25657.8-14.5
Liberal William John Botterill4,57142.2
Total valid votes 10,827100.0
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Farmers of Alberta Alfred Speakman 5,60372.3+26.1
Conservative Joseph George La France2,15127.7+3.4
Total valid votes 7,754100.0
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Farmers of Alberta Alfred Speakman 3,85146.2-22.9
Liberal Thomas McKercher2,46229.5+15.5
Conservative Joseph George La France2,02924.3+7.5
Total valid votes 8,342100.0
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Farmers of Alberta Alfred Speakman 10,84969.1
Conservative John Frederick Day2,64416.8-41.1
Liberal William Wallace Burns McInnes2,20714.1-21.4
Total valid votes 15,700100.0

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

1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Government (Unionist) Michael Clark 6,21358.021.3
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) William Puffer 3,80035.5-27.9
Labour Joseph Robert Knight7016.5
Total valid votes 10,714100.0

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

1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Michael Clark 6,71163.4+11.4
Conservative Alexander McGillivray 3,88236.6-11.4
Total valid votes 10,593100.0
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Michael Clark 3,48151.9
Conservative George F. Root3,22148.1
Total valid votes 6,702100.0

See also

References

Notes

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.

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