St. Albert (federal electoral district)

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St. Albert
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Location of St. Albert riding in Alberta (1997 and 2000 boundaries).png
St. Albert in relation to other federal electoral districts in Alberta (1996 redistribution)
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1987
District abolished2003
First contested 1988
Last contested 2000
Demographics
Population (2001)123,877
Electors (2000)83,800
Census division(s) Division No. 11, Division No. 13

St. Albert was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2004. It contained Edmonton's western and northwestern suburbs, including the city of St. Albert.

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Demographics

Population, 2001123,877
Population, 1996105,853
Population, 199195,605
Population, 198682,993

Geography

This was a rural riding in Alberta.

History

It was created in 1987 from Pembina and Yellowhead ridings.

It was abolished in 2003 and transferred mostly into Edmonton—St. Albert and Edmonton—Spruce Grove. Smaller parts were transferred into Westlock—St. Paul and Yellowhead ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
St. Albert
Riding created from Pembina and Yellowhead
34th  1988–1993   Walter van de Walle Progressive Conservative
35th  1993–1997   John G. Williams Reform
36th  1997–2000 [nb 1]
 2000–2000   Alliance
37th  2000–2003 [nb 2]
 2003–2004   Conservative
Riding dissolved into Edmonton—St. Albert, Edmonton—Spruce Grove,
Westlock—St. Paul and Yellowhead

Election results

2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Alliance John G. Williams 32,74559.50+4.31$52,437
Liberal Bob Russell 13,63724.78-3.73$27,450
Progressive Conservative Andy Jones5,68710.33-0.23$2,797
New Democratic John Williams2,9655.39+0.45$1,382
Total valid votes/Expense limit 55,03499.68
Total rejected ballots 176 0.32+0.19
Turnout 55,210 65.88+4.02
Eligible voters83,800
Alliance hold Swing +4.02

^ Canadian Alliance change is from Reform.

1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Reform John G. Williams 24,26955.19+4.21$39,524
Liberal Doug Kennedy12,53728.51+0.21$45,461
Progressive Conservative Mike Partington4,64510.56-1.39$20,713
New Democratic Jim Connelly2,1724.94+2.01$6,710
Independent Steven Powers3540.80$3,673
Total valid votes/Expense limit 43,97799.87
Total rejected ballots 58 0.13
Turnout 44,03561.86
Eligible voters71,184
Reform hold Swing +2.00

^ Change is from redistributed results

1993 federal election redistributed results [1]
PartyVote %
  Reform 24,63250.97
  Liberal 13,67428.30
  Progressive Conservative 5,77811.96
 Others2,8275.85
  New Democratic 1,4132.92
1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform John G. Williams 24,96450.94+37.00
Liberal Jack Jeffery13,86028.28+11.56
Progressive Conservative Jerry Manegre5,88412.01-34.71
National Steven Powers2,2194.53
New Democratic Zahid Makhdoom1,4352.93-16.68
Christian Heritage Rudy Penner2940.60-1.52
Natural Law Richard Day2570.52
Not affiliatedJennifer Vallee900.18
Total valid votes49,003
Reform gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +35.85
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Walter van de Walle 19,94546.72
New Democratic Dennis Pawlowski8,37019.60
Liberal Kent Davidson7,14016.72
Reform Ken Allred 5,95513.95
Christian Heritage Dwayne O'Coin9042.12
Rhinoceros Hermann S. Kleen1970.46
Not affiliatedEdward Goodliffe1270.30
Confederation of Regions Curtis L. Schoepp570.13

See also

Notes and References

Notes

  1. The Reform Party merged with the Canadian Alliance on 27 March 2000.
  2. The Canadian Alliance merged with the Progressive Conservatives to form the Conservative Party on 8 December 2003.

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