Whitecourt-Ste. Anne

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Whitecourt-Ste. Anne
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2010 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1993
District abolished2019
First contested 1993
Last contested 2015

Whitecourt-Ste. Anne 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 2019. [1]

Contents

Communities within the boundaries of the Whitecourt-Ste. Anne electoral district include Mayerthorpe, Onoway and Whitecourt.

History

The district was created in 1993 from the previous Whitecourt, Stony Plain and a portion of Barrhead electoral districts.

The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution saw land north of Alberta Highway 16 from within Stony Plain transferred to this district. [2]

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Whitecourt-Ste. Anne [5]
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Stony Plain 1905–1993 and Whitecourt 1971–1993
23rd 1993–1997 Peter Trynchy Progressive
Conservative
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004 George VanderBurg
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012
28th 2012–2015
29th 2015–2019 Oneil Carlier New Democrat
See Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland and West Yellowhead 2019–

The electoral district was created in 1993 primarily from the districts of Whitecourt and Stony Plain. Long-time Progressive Conservative incumbent Peter Trynchy, who had been in the legislature since 1971 and held numerous cabinet portfolios, ran for re-election that year. Trynchy faced a tough fight to keep his seat from Liberal candidate Jurgen Preugschas. Trynchy ran for his final term in office in the 1997 election. He won a large majority to easily retain his seat. [6]

The second member to represent the riding is George VanderBurg. He was elected to his first term with a landslide majority in the 2001 general election. He won a second term with a greatly reduced margin in the 2004 general election. VanderBurg was appointed to a cabinet portfolio in the Alberta government for the first time in 2006. He won his third term in office with a larger margin against Senator-in-waiting Link Byfield in the 2008 general election. In the 2012 general election, he retained his seat for a fourth term in office by a narrow margin over the Wildrose candidate, Maryann Chichak.

VanderBurg lost the seat in the 2015 general election to Oneil Carlier of the NDP, falling to third place behind Wildrose candidate John Bos. Following his election victory, Carlier was named Minister of Agriculture and Forestry in the new government.

Legislative election results

1993

1993 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Peter Trynchy 5,60048.23%
Liberal Jurgen Preugschas4,31037.12%
New Democratic Connie Oskoboiny9127.86%
Social Credit Earle Cunningham5704.91%
Independent Walter Bllznicenko2181.88%
Total11,610
Rejected, spoiled and declined30
Eligible electors / turnout18,28563.66%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

1997 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Peter Trynchy 5,75954.33%6.10%
Liberal Sara Lynn Burrough2,95427.87%-9.26%
Social Credit Earle Cunningham1,18311.16%6.25%
New Democratic Chauncey Featherstone7046.64%-1.21%
Total10,600
Rejected, spoiled and declined42
Eligible electors / turnout18,97056.10%-7.56%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 7.68%
Source(s)
Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

2001 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative George Vanderburg 7,57968.66%14.33%
Liberal Derril Butler2,89026.18%-1.69%
New Democratic Wade Franko5705.16%-1.48%
Total11,039
Rejected, spoiled and declined39
Eligible electors / turnout20,46254.14%-1.96%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 8.01%
Source(s)
Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004

2004 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative George Vanderburg 5,07352.74%-15.92%
Alberta Alliance David Dow2,33124.23%
Liberal George Higgerty1,21912.67%-13.51%
New Democratic Leah Redmond99610.35%5.19%
Total9,619
Rejected, spoiled and declined51
Eligible electors / turnout20,68146.76%-7.38%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.99%
Source(s)
Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008

2008 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative George Vanderburg 6,01960.60%7.86%
Wildrose Link Byfield 2,14621.61%
Liberal Mike Gray1,10611.14%-1.54%
New Democratic Leah Redmond6616.66%-3.70%
Total9,932
Rejected, spoiled and declined45
Eligible electors / turnout22,39644.55%-2.21%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.24%

2012

2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative George Vanderburg 6,37145.92%-14.68%
Wildrose Maryann Chichak6,00343.26%21.66%
New Democratic Blue Knox7575.46%-1.20%
Liberal Vern Hardman7445.36%-5.77%
Total13,875
Rejected, spoiled, and declined67
Eligible electors / turnout25,71254.22%9.68%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -18.17%

2015

2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Oneil Carlier 5,44235.90%30.44%
Wildrose John Bos4,99632.96%-10.31%
Progressive Conservative George Vanderburg 4,72131.14%-14.77%
Total15,159
Rejected, spoiled and declined79
Eligible electors / turnout28,34553.76%-0.46%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 0.14%

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Whitecourt-Ste. Anne [7] Turnout 46.84%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 5,61022.39%64.36%3
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 3,25412.98%37.33%2
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 2,64910.57%30.39%1
 Independent Link Byfield 2,3739.47%27.23%4
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth2,2218.87%25.48%7
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough2,0818.31%23.88%8
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan2,0268.09%23.24%10
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood1,9077.62%21.88%6
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 1,6466.57%18.89%5
 Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,2865.13%14.76%9
Total votes25,053100%
Total ballots8,7162.87 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined970

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools [8]
Evansview Elementary School
Grasmere School
Mayerthorpe Junior Senior High School
Onoway High School
Percy Baxter School
Sangudo Jr/Sr High School
St. Josephs 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 [9]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative George VanderBurg 43746.15%
  NDP Leah Redmond21222.39%
Alberta Alliance David Dow21022.17%
  Liberal George Higgerty889.29%
Total947100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined48

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative George VanderBurg %
Wildrose Maryann Chichak
  Liberal Vern Hardman%
  NDP %
Total100%

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References

  1. "Election results for Whitecourt-Ste. Anne". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. Electoral Divisions Act , S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
  4. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  5. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  6. "Tories choose replacement for veteran MLA". CBC News. November 6, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  7. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  8. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  9. "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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