Sherwood Park (electoral district)

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Sherwood Park
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Sherwood Park 2017.svg
Sherwood Park within the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Kyle Kasawski
New Democratic
District created1986
First contested 1986
Last contested 2023

Sherwood Park is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

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History

The electoral district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution from the old electoral district of Edmonton-Sherwood Park. The 2010 boundary redistribution kept the district unchanged from its 2003 boundaries. [1]

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sherwood Park
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Edmonton-Sherwood Park 1979-1986
21st 1986-1989 Peter Elzinga Progressive
Conservative
22nd 1989-1993
23rd 1993-1997 Bruce Collingwood Liberal
24th 1997-2001 Iris Evans Progressive
Conservative
25th 2001-2004
26th 2004-2008
27th 2008–2012
28th 2012–2015 Cathy Olesen
29th 2015–2019 Annie McKitrick New Democrat
30th 2019–2023 Jordan Walker United Conservative
31st 2023– Kyle Kasawski New Democrat

Prior to the electoral district's creation in the 1986 boundary redistribution. The Sherwood Park area had been returning Progressive Conservative MLA's in its antecedent districts since 1971.

The 1986 election returned former Member of Parliament Peter Elzinga who resigned his federal seat to run in the Alberta provincial election. He was appointed to the provincial cabinet by Premier Don Getty to serve as Minister of Agriculture.

Elzinga was re-elected in the 1989 election in a hotly contested race taking half of the popular vote. He kept his ministerial portfolio and did not run for office again in 1993 instead being hired to manage the first of a number of Progressive Conservative provincial campaigns for Premier Ralph Klein.

The 1993 election chose Liberal candidate Bruce Collingwood. The Liberals had made significant gains in the constituency the past two elections rising from 13% in 1986 to winning in 1993 with just under half the popular vote. Collingwood ran for a second term in office in 1997 but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Iris Evans.

Evans was appointed to the provincial cabinet in 1999 as Minister of Children's Services. She was re-elected with a landslide majority to her second term in 2001. Her popularity dropped significantly in the 2004 election as she fell to just under half the popular vote. Evans kept her seat in cabinet and she became Minister of Health and Wellness until 2006.

After 2006 when Premier Ed Stelmach came to power Evans was appointed as Minister of Employment and Immigration which she held until the 2008 election where she was returned to her fourth term with another landslide majority. After the election she became Minister of Finance until 2010 and then Minister of Intergovernmental Relations until Stelmach retired. She was not invited back into cabinet when Premier Allison Redford came to power in the fall of 2011.

Legislative election results

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Kyle Kasawski 13,10850.27+10.27
United Conservative Jordan Walker 11,44743.90-1.47
Alberta Party Sue Timanson1,2934.96-8.18
Liberal Jacob Stacey2250.86
Total26,073
Rejected and declined1280.63
Turnout26,20170.32
Eligible voters37,259
New Democratic gain from United Conservative Swing +5.87
Source(s)

Elections in the 2010s

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Jordan Walker 12,11945.37-2.96
New Democratic Annie McKitrick 10,68540.00-11.65
Alberta Party Sue Timanson3,50913.14+13.12
Alberta Independence Brian Ilkuf2160.81
Alberta Advantage Party Chris Glassford1830.69
Total26,71299.34
Rejected, spoiled and declined1780.66
Turnout26,89076.69
Eligible voters35,061
United Conservative notional gain from New Democratic Swing +4.35
Source(s)
Source: "81 - Sherwood Park, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 394–398. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.
2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Annie McKitrick 11,36552.05+45.74
Progressive Conservative Cathy Olesen 5,65525.90-19.72
Wildrose Linda Osinchuk4,81522.05-8.97
Total valid votes21,835
Rejected, spoiled, and declined143
Registered electors / turnout33,04866.50+3.76
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +32.73
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Sherwood Park" . Retrieved July 9, 2018.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
PartyVotes%
New Democratic 11,49951.65
Progressive Conservative 5,86626.35
Wildrose 4,89321.98
Alberta Party 30.01
Liberal 10.00
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder
2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Cathy Olesen 8,74745.62-17.52
Wildrose Garnett Genuis 5,94831.02
Liberal Dave Anderson1,8379.58-16.48
New Democratic Sarah Michelin1,2106.31+0.18
Independent James Ford1,0645.55
Alberta Party Chris Kuchmak2301.20
Social Credit Gordon Barrett1370.71
Total valid votes19,173
Rejected, spoiled, and declined184
Registered electors / turnout30,85162.74+15.06
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -24.27
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Sherwood Park" . Retrieved July 9, 2012.

Elections in the 2000s

2008 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Iris Evans 9,31263.14+15.16
Liberal Louise Rogers3,84326.06-10.83
New Democratic Katharine Hay9046.13-0.45
Greens Rick Hoines6894.67+2.28
Total14,748
Rejected, spoiled, and declined41
Eligible electors / Turnout31,01547.68
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +13.00
2004 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Iris Evans 7,28148.08-16.09
Liberal Louise Rogers5,58736.89+8.85
New Democratic Tim Sloan9966.58-1.21
Social Credit Gordon Barrett4743.13
Alberta Alliance Cora Labonte4442.93
Greens Lynn Lau3622.39
Total15,144
Rejected, spoiled, and declined49
Eligible electors / Turnout26,50157.33
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -12.47%
Source(s)
"Sherwood Park Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
2001 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Iris Evans 13,24364.17+16.28
Liberal Louise Rogers5,78728.04-18.15
New Democratic Chris Harwood1,6067.79+1.87
Total20,636
Rejected, spoiled and declined56
Eligible electors / Turnout31,83764.99
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +17.22
Source(s)
"2001 Statement of Official results Sherwood Park" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 7, 2010.

Elections in the 1990s

1997 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Iris Evans 8,61047.89+7.51
Liberal Bruce Collingwood 8,30546.19-0.77
New Democratic Vaughn Dyrland1,0645.92-5.85
Total17,979
Rejected, spoiled and declined32
Eligible electors / Turnout27,81564.75
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.14
Source(s)
"1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
1993 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bruce Collingwood 7,79846.96+15.92
Progressive Conservative Doug Fulford6,70440.38-6.28
New Democratic Jim Gurnett 1,95511.77-10.53
Natural Law Lorne Hoff1470.89
Total16,604
Rejected, spoiled and declined17
Eligible electors / Turnout24,95266.65
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +11.10%
Source(s)
"Sherwood Park results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Peter Elzinga 6,46246.66-9.79
Liberal John Convey4,29931.04+17.40
New Democratic Ted Paszek3,08822.30-5.28
Total13,849
Rejected, spoiled and declined17
Eligible electors / Turnout23,23359.68
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -13.60
Source(s)
"Sherwood Park results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
1986 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Peter Elzinga 6,37756.45
New Democratic Ted Paszek3,18328.18
Liberal Steven Lindop1,54113.64
Representative Ernie Townsend1961.73
Total11,297
Rejected, spoiled and declined8
Eligible electors / Turnout20,71354.58
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
"Sherwood Park results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Sherwood Park [4] Turnout 57.30%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 6,04416.68%50.82%2
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 4,38312.10%36.85%1
 Independent Link Byfield 4,32011.92%36.32%4
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 4,21411.63%35.43%3
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood3,2899.08%27.65%6
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth3,1548.71%26.52%7
 Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,9048.02%24.42%9
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough2,7127.49%22.80%8
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,6177.22%22.00%5
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan2,5947.15%21.81%10
Total votes36,231100%
Total ballots11,8943.05 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined3,291

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools [5]
Clover Bar Junior High School
F. R. Haythorne
Glen Allan Elementary
Holy Spirit Catholic School
Jean Vanier Catholic School
New Horizons School
Sherwood Heights Jr. High
St. Theresa Catholic 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 [6]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Iris Evans 86248.76%
  Liberal Louise Rogers25014.14%
Green Lynn Lau24914.08%
  NDP Tim Sloan19310.92%
Alberta Alliance Cora Labonte1347.58%
Social Credit Gordon Barrett804.52%
Total1,768100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined67

See also

References

  1. 1 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.
  2. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 66.
  3. "81 - Sherwood Park". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  4. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  5. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  6. "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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