Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert

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Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
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2004 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1993
District abolished2012
First contested 1993
Last contested 2008

Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1993 to 2012.

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Electoral district history

The Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert electoral district was created prior to the 1993 Alberta general election from the north-west corner of St. Albert and the Westlock-Sturgeon electoral district. The district was abolished during the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution, with the southern portion becoming Spruce Grove-St. Albert and the northern portion becoming Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock. [1]

Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See St. Albert electoral district from 1905-1993
and Westlock-Sturgeon electoral district from 1986-1993
23rd  1993–1997   Colleen Soetaert Liberal
24th  1997–2001
25th  2001–2004   Doug Horner Progressive Conservative
26th  2004–2008
27th  2008–2012
See Spruce Grove-St. Albert electoral district from 2012-2019
and Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock electoral district from 2012-2019

Legislative election results

1993

1993 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Colleen Soetaert 5,81151.96%
Progressive Conservative Norm Kluthe4,42839.59%
New Democratic Steve Jacobs8137.27%
Natural Law Randy T. Fritz1321.18%
Total11,184
Rejected, spoiled and declined19
Eligible electors / turnout19,35457.88%
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

1997 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Colleen Soetaert 6,27549.68%-2.27%
Progressive Conservative Gary Swinamer5,38842.66%3.07%
Social Credit Clinton Day4913.89%
New Democratic Tom Elchuk4763.77%-3.50%
Total12,630
Rejected, spoiled and declined43
Eligible electors / turnout21,11060.03%2.15%
Liberal hold Swing -2.67%
Source(s)
Source: "Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

2001 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Doug Horner 8,01055.40%12.74%
Liberal Colleen Soetaert 5,83240.34%-9.35%
New Democratic Dale Apostal6164.26%0.49%
Total14,458
Rejected, spoiled and declined44
Eligible electors / turnout23,85560.79%0.76%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 4.02%
Source(s)
Source: "Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004

2004 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Doug Horner 6,13945.11%-10.30%
Liberal Ray Boudreau5,54040.71%0.37%
New Democratic Dale Apostal1,0207.49%3.23%
Alberta Alliance Tim Friesen7415.44%
Social Credit Glen Blaylock1701.25%
Total13,610
Rejected, spoiled and declined51
Eligible electors / turnout27,70949.30%-11.49%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.33%
Source(s)
Source: "Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008

2008 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Doug Horner 9,36960.83%15.72%
Liberal Ray Boudreau4,52829.40%-11.31%
New Democratic Peter Cross9606.23%-1.26%
Green Allen West5453.54%
Total15,402
Rejected, spoiled and declined70
Eligible electors / turnout33,09246.75%-2.55%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 13.51%

2004 Senate nominee election results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert [3] Turnout 49.35%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
  Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 5,34415.79%48.59%2
 Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 4,46613.20%40.60%3
 Independent Link Byfield 4,28212.65%38.93%4
 Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 3,91411.57%35.59%1
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth3,0078.89%27.34%7
 Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood2,9608.75%26.91%6
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan2,5387.50%23.08%10
 Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,5267.46%22.97%9
 Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,4557.25%22.32%5
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough2,3516.94%21.38%8
Total votes33,843100%
Total ballots10,9993.08 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined2,674

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2004 student vote results

Participating schools [4]
BrookWood School
Camilla School
Parkland Village School
Ronald Harvey Elementary
Sturgeon Composite High School
Sturgeon Heights School
St. Thomas Aquinas CHS

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 [5]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
  Progressive Conservative Doug Horner 32238.61%
  Liberal Ray Boudreau22426.86%
  NDP Dale Apostal18121.70%
Alberta Alliance Tim Friesen586.95%
  Social Credit Glen Blaylock495.88%
Total834100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined11

See also

References

  1. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta . Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  2. Electoral Divisions Act , S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
  3. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  4. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  5. "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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