Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

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Innisfail-Sylvan Lake
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake 2017.svg
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake within Alberta, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Devin Dreeshen
United Conservative
District created1993
First contested 1993
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Census division(s) Division No. 8
Census subdivision(s) Birchcliff, Bowden, Delburne, Elnora, Half Moon Bay, Innisfail, Jarvis Bay, Lacombe County, Norglenwold, Penhold, Red Deer County, Sylvan Lake

Innisfail-Sylvan Lake is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

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The district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from the old Innisfail electoral district that had existed since the province was created in 1905. It is located in rural central Alberta just south of the city of Red Deer. Communities include Innisfail, Sylvan Lake, Penhold, Bowden, Delburne, Elnora, Springbrook, Spruce View, Markerville and Dickson.

In recent decades the district has elected Progressive Conservative candidates with strong majorities, but in the 2012 election the district elected Wildrose Candidate Kerry Towle. After crossing the floor to the Progressive Conservatives Towle was defeated in the 2015 election by Wildrose candidate Don MacIntyre.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution primarily from the old electoral district of Innisfail. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw a portion of the district west of Sylvan Lake transferred to Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre and portions of land that were outside of the city of Red Deer in the Red Deer-North transferred in. [1]

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake [3]
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Innisfail 1905-1993 and Rocky Mountain House 1940-1993
23rd 1993-1997 Gary Severtson Progressive Conservative
24th 1997-2001
25th 2001-2004 Luke Ouellette
26th 2004-2008
27th 2008-2012
28th 2012–2014 Kerry Towle Wildrose
2014–2015 Progressive Conservative [4]
29th 2015–2017 Don MacIntyre Wildrose
2017–2018 United Conservative
2018 Independent [5]
2018Vacant
2018–2019 Devin Dreeshen United Conservative
30th 2019–2023
31st 2023–

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from the old Innisfail riding. The first election held in 1993 saw incumbent Progressive Conservative Gary Severtson win the electoral district with over 50% of the popular vote. He was re-elected again in the 1997 general election, with an increase in his margin of victory nearly winning a landslide. Severtson retired at dissolution in 2001.

Luke Ouellette won his first election as a Progressive Conservative candidate in 2001. In that election he won nearly 75% of the popular vote to hold the seat. He was re-elected to a second term in the 2004 election. He fended off a strong challenge from Alberta Alliance leader Randy Thorsteinson.

Premier Ralph Klein appointed Ouelette to the cabinet after the 2004 election. He ran for a third term in the 2008 general election and won a larger vote share. However, he was defeated in 2012 by Wildrose candidate Kerry Towle.

Towle subsequently crossed the floor to the governing PCs in protest of Danielle Smith's leadership of the Wildrose Party, [6] and would be followed shortly thereafter by Smith herself and a majority of the Wildrose caucus. Although most of these floor-crossers were not able to stand in the 2015 election, Towle defended her seat as a Progressive Conservative, but was soundly defeated by Wildrose candidate Don MacIntyre. He changed affiliations when the two parties merged, sitting with the new United Conservative (UCP) caucus for one sitting of the Legislature.

However, allegations against MacIntyre in early 2018 prompted him to resign from caucus, and shortly thereafter as MLA. The resulting by-election was won easily by UCP candidate Devin Dreeshen, son of MP Earl Dreeshen.

Election results

Graphical summary

1993
5.2%21.7%53.6%13.8%4.9%
NDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeAllianceSC
1997
5.0%18.8%59.6%16.7%
NDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeSocial Credit
2001
5.0%20.4%74.7%
NDPLiberalProgressive Conservative
2004
5.2%16.2%55.4%20.0%3.2%
NDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeAllianceSC
2008
4.9%6.3%13.9%62.8%11.0%
GNDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeWA
2012
4.6%4.2%4.9%40.1%46.2%
NDPLiberalAlbertaProgressive ConservativeWildrose
2015
23.2%6.2%28.0%42.7%
NDPAlbertaProgressive ConservativeWildrose
2018
9.3%7.4%81.7%
NDPAlbertaUnited Conservative
2019
13.5%9.2%74.5%
NDPAlbertaUnited Conservative
2023
24.9%3.5%71.6%
NDPUnited Conservative

Elections in the 2020s

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Devin Dreeshen 16,38571.61-2.94
New Democratic Jason Heistad5,70024.91+11.38
Alberta Independence David Reid2761.21
Wildrose Independence Jeevan Mangat2401.05
Solidarity Movement Brandon Pringle1490.65
Reform Randy Thorsteinson 1320.58+0.27
Total22,88299.42
Rejected and declined1340.58
Turnout23,01661.38
Eligible voters37,497
United Conservative hold Swing -7.16
Source(s)

Elections in the 2010s

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Devin Dreeshen 19,03074.55%-7.12%
New Democratic Robyn O'Brien3,45313.53%4.22%
Alberta Party Danielle Klooster2,3379.15%1.71%
Freedom Conservative Chad Miller3591.41%
Alberta Advantage Brian Vanderkley1640.64%
Independent Ed Wychopen1060.42%
Reform Lauren Thorsteinson790.31%
Total25,528
Rejected, spoiled and declined315710
Eligible electors / turnout34,87373.32%17.93%
United Conservative gain from Wildrose Swing 23.17%
Source(s)
Source: "66 - Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, 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. 302–308. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.
Alberta provincial by-election, July 12, 2018
upon the resignation of Don MacIntyre on February 2, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Devin Dreeshen 8,02981.67+10.99
New Democratic Nicole Mooney9159.31-13.83
Alberta Party Abigail Douglass7317.44+1.25
Liberal Nicolaas Jansen930.95
Independent David Inscho630.64
Total valid votes9,831
Rejected, spoiled, and declined37
Turnout9,86831.22-24.27
Eligible voters31,604
United Conservative notional hold Swing +12.41
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Election results" . Retrieved August 13, 2018.
2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Wildrose Don MacIntyre 7,82942.68-3.54
Progressive Conservative Kerry Towle 5,13628.00-12.06
New Democratic Patricia Norman4,24423.14+18.47
Alberta Party Danielle Klooster1,1356.19+1.31
Total18,34499.48
Rejected, spoiled, and declined950.52-0.26
Turnout18,43955.49+0.65
Eligible voters33,227
Wildrose hold Swing +4.26
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results, 64 - INNISFAIL-SYLVAN LAKE" . Retrieved February 6, 2018.
2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Wildrose Kerry Towle 7,08446.22+35.26
Progressive Conservative Luke Ouellette 6,14040.06-22.76
Alberta Party Danielle Klooster7474.87
New Democratic Patricia Norman7154.66-1.67
Liberal Les Vidok6424.19-9.69
Total15,32899.22
Rejected, spoiled, and declined1200.78
Turnout15,48854.84
Eligible voters28,167
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +29.01
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results, 64 - INNISFAIL-SYLVAN LAKE" . Retrieved February 6, 2018.

Elections in the 2000s

2008 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Luke Ouellette 6,96762.82+7.44
Liberal Garth Davis1,53913.88-2.33
Wildrose Alliance Wayne Edmundson1,21510.96-9.03
New Democratic Tophie Davis7026.33+1.11
Greens Lisa Grant5454.91
Independent Anthony Haggarty1221.10
Total11,090100.00
Rejected, spoiled, and declined51
Eligible electors / Turnout29,34837.96-8.78
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +4.86
2004 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Luke Ouellette 6,20855.38-19.27
Alberta Alliance Randy Thorsteinson 2,24119.99
Liberal Garth Davis1,81716.21-4.14
New Democratic Chris Janke5855.22+0.22
Social Credit Wilf Tricker3593.20
Total11,210100.00
Rejected, spoiled, and declined48
Eligible electors / Turnout24,08746.74-7.71
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -19.63
Source(s)
2001 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Luke Ouellette 9,72574.65+15.03
Liberal Garth Davis2,65220.35+1.59
New Democratic Eileen Teslenko6515.00+0.04
Total13,028100.00
Rejected, spoiled and declined55
Eligible electors / Turnout24,02854.45-2.34
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +8.31
Source(s)
"Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 9, 2010.

Elections in the 1990s

1997 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Gary Severtson 7,01259.62+6.03
Liberal Ray Reckseidler2,20618.76-2.96
Social Credit Carl Thorsteinson1,96016.66+11.74
New Democratic Linda Neilson5834.96-0.19
Total11,761100.00
Rejected, spoiled and declined18
Eligible electors / Turnout20,74156.79 -7.33
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +4.50
Source(s)
"1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
1993 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Gary Severtson 5,66053.59
Liberal Daryl Beck2,29421.72
Alliance George Flake1,38113.08
New Democratic Reg Stotz5445.15
Social Credit Norm Bjornson5204.92
Independent Len Scott1631.54
Total10,562100.00
Rejected, spoiled and declined22
Eligible electors / Turnout16,50764.12
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
"Innisfail-Sylvan Lake results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on November 3, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2017.

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Innisfail-Sylvan Lake [8] Turnout 46.50%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 4,89815.34%50.13%1
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,41813.83%45.22%2
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 3,46610.85%35.47%3
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth3,1759.94%32.49%7
 Independent Link Byfield 3,1169.76%31.89%4
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 3,0619.58%31.33%5
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood2,8879.04%29.55%6
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough2,7298.54%27.93%8
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan2,5247.90%25.83%10
 Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,6655.22%17.04%9
Total votes31,939100%
Total ballots9,7713.27 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined1,429

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools [9]
Bowden Grandview
Delburne School
Poplar Ridge School
Spruce View 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 [10]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Luke Ouellette 23355.48%
Alberta Alliance Randy Thorsteinson 6315.00%
  Liberal Garth Davis4310.24%
  Social Credit Wilf Tricker419.76%
  NDP Chris Janke409.52%
Total420100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined13

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Luke Ouellette %
Wildrose Kerry Towle
  Liberal Les Vidok%
Alberta Party Danielle Klooster
  NDP Patricia Norman%
Total100%

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