Strathcona (provincial electoral district)

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Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
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2004 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1905
District abolished1913
District re-created2004
District re-abolished2012
First contested 1905
Last contested 2008

Strathcona 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 1905 to 1913 and again from 2004 to 2012. [1]

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It was renamed Edmonton South in 1917 and subsumed in a city-wide multiple-member district of Edmonton from 1921 to 1956. From 1959 to 1967 Strathcona Centre covered much of the old Strathcona district, with two or three other districts also bearing the Strathcona prefix.

Later it took on the name Edmonton-Strathcona. The name Strathcona is now applied to the Strathcona County area outside the Edmonton corporate electoral district.

History

The constituency of Strathcona existed on two occasions in Alberta's history. The Strathcona electoral district was one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the 1905 Alberta general election upon Alberta joining Confederation in September 1905. The district was carried over from the old Strathcona electoral district which returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1902 to 1905. [2] During this time, the constituency centred on the City of Strathcona which was amalgamated into the City of Edmonton in 1912. The constituency was abolished prior to the 1913 Alberta general election, and the territory was split between Vegreville, Camrose and Edmonton South. Alexander Rutherford the incumbent from the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly and first Premier of Alberta was elected as the representative for Strathcona in the 1905 Alberta general election and 1909 Alberta general election. [3]

The Edmonton-Strathcona constituency, of the 1971 to the present period, was re-created in roughly the same place as the 1905-1909 version, in what had formerly (1959-1967) been Strathcona Centre.

A constituency using just the name Strathcona was created in 2004 when it was carved out of the south portion of Redwater and a large chunk of north west Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan.

The riding is one of five that used a name from the original twenty five 1905 ridings. The other four are St. Albert, Peace River, Stony Plain and Medicine Hat.

The constituency of Strathcona was sometimes confused with Edmonton-Strathcona so was renamed Strathcona-Sherwood Park. The constituency of Strathcona (2004-2012) bordered the east of Edmonton and was mixed rural, semi-rural and suburban, covering Strathcona County.

Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville bordered the riding to the north and east. Leduc-Beaumont-Devon bordered the riding to the south. Sherwood Park, Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Mill Creek, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning bordered to the west.

Strathcona

Boundary history

Legislative election results

1905

1905 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alexander Cameron Rutherford 62567.13%
Conservative Frank W. Crang30632.87%
Total931
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnout931100.00%
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1909

1909 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alexander Cameron Rutherford 1,03485.92%
Conservative Rice Sheppard 17314.08%
Total1207
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnoutN/AN/AN/A
Liberal hold Swing 18.53%
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004

2004 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Rob Lougheed 6,87149.09%
Liberal Jon Friel4,11529.40%
New Democratic Thomas Elchuk1,1458.18%
Alberta Party Bruce Stubbs7735.52%
Alberta Alliance Ryan Seto4673.34%
Social Credit Brian Rembowski3292.35%
Separation Roberta McDonald2972.12%
Total13,997
Rejected, spoiled and declined71
Eligible electors / turnout27,98350.27%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008

2008 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dave Quest 9,95166.19%17.10%
Liberal Jon Friel2,99519.92%-9.48%
New Democratic Denny Holmwood9116.06%-2.12%
Green Kate Harrington7635.07%
Social Credit Gordon Barrett4152.76%0.41%
Total15,035
Rejected, spoiled and declined59
Eligible electors / turnout32,14046.96%-3.31%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 13.29%
Source(s)

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Strathcona [5] Turnout 44.17%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
  Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,87415.63%47.41%2
 Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 3,93312.61%38.26%1
 Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 3,88712.47%37.81%3
 Independent Link Byfield 3,76512.07%36.62%4
 Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood2,7898.94%27.13%6
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth2,6868.61%26.13%7
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough2,3547.55%22.90%8
 Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,3437.51%22.79%5
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan2,2857.33%22.23%10
 Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,2667.28%22.04%9
Total votes31,182100%
Total ballots10,2813.03 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined2,080

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2004 student vote results

Participating schools [6]
Ardossan Elementary
Ardrossan Junior Senior High School
Bev Facey Community High School
Ministik Elementary
St. Luke School
Strathcona Christian Academy

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 [7]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
  Progressive Conservative Rob Lougheed 47933.33%
  Liberal Jon Friel23816.56%
Separation Roberta Mcdonald20714.41%
Alberta Party Bruce Stubbs17111.90%
  NDP Tom Elchuck15710.93%
Alberta Alliance Ryan Ceto1198.28%
  Social Credit Brian Rembowski664.59%
Total1,437100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined144

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References

  1. "Election results for Strathcona". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2007.
  3. "Strathcona Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  4. Electoral Divisions Act , S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
  5. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  6. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  7. "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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