Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert

Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada

Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert
Alberta electoral district
2004 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1993
District abolished2012
First contested1993
Last contested2008

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.

Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert 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

75 Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert 2003 boundaries[2]
Bordering districts
North East West South
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock Athabasca-Redwater, Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock, St. Albert, Edmonton-Calder Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Edmonton-Meadowlark, Stony Plain
riding map goes here map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here
Legal description from Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
Starting at the east boundary of Sec. 15 and the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 14 in Twp. 57, Rge. 1 W5; 1. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 14 and 13 in Rge. 1 W5 and Sec. 18 in Rge. 27 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 18 in Twp. 57, Rge. 27 W4; 2. south along the east boundary of Secs. 18 and 7 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 8 in Twp. 57, Rge. 27 W4; 3. east along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 8 in Twp. 57, Rge. 27 W4 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 8; 4. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 57, Rge. 27 W4; 5. east along the north boundary of Secs. 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 to the east boundary of Rge. 27 W4; 6. north along the east boundary of Rge. 27 to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in Twp. 57, Rge. 26 W4; 7. east along the north boundary of Secs. 7, 8 and 9 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 16; 8. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 16, 21 and 28 to the north boundary of Sec. 28 in Twp. 57, Rge 26 W4; 9. east along the north boundary of Secs. 28 and 27 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 34, Twp. 57, Rge 26 W4; 10. north along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 34 in Twp. 57 and Sec. 3 in Twp. 58 to the north boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 58, Rge. 26 W4; 11. east along the north boundary of Secs. 3, 2 and 1 in Rge. 26 W4 and Secs. 6 and 5 in Rge. 25 W4 to its intersection with the centre line of Highway 2; 12. south along the centre line of Highway 2 to the centre line of McKenney Avenue in the City of St. Albert; 13. westerly along the centre line of McKenney Avenue to the east boundary of river lot 20 as shown on plan 5126 T.R.; 14. southerly along the east boundary to the centre line of the Canadian National Railway; 15. westerly along the centre line of the railway to the St. Albert city boundary; 16. in a generally southerly direction along the St. Albert city boundary to the Edmonton city boundary; 17. in a westerly and southerly direction along the Edmonton city boundary to Highway 16A; 18. west along Highway 16A to the east Spruce Grove city boundary; 19. south, west, north and east along the Spruce Grove city boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 9 in Twp. 53, Rge. 27 W4; 20. north along the east boundary of Secs. 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 4 and 9 in Twp. 54, Rge. 27 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 9 in the Twp. (Highway 633); 21. west along Highway 633 to the east boundary of Sec. 14 in Twp. 54, Rge. 1 W5; 22. north along the east boundary of Secs. 14, 23, 26 and 35 in Twp. 54 and Secs. 2, 11, 14, 23, 26 and 35 in Twp. 55 to the intersection with the north shore of Sandy Lake and the west boundary of the Alexander Indian Reserve No. 134; 23. north along the west boundary of Indian Reserve No. 134 to the north boundary of Sec. 14, Twp. 56, Rge. 1 W5; 24. west along the north boundary of Sec. 14 to the east boundary of Sec. 22; 25. north along the east boundary of Secs. 22, 27 and 34 in Twp. 56 and Secs. 3, 10 and 15 in Twp. 57 to the starting point.
Note:

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert
Assembly Years Member Party
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

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1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Colleen Soetaert 5,811 51.96% –
Progressive Conservative Norm Kluthe 4,428 39.59% –
New Democratic Steve Jacobs 813 7.27% –
Natural Law Randy T. Fritz 132 1.18% –
Total 11,184 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 19 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 19,354 57.88% –
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

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1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Colleen Soetaert 6,275 49.68% -2.27%
Progressive Conservative Gary Swinamer 5,388 42.66% 3.07%
Social Credit Clinton Day 491 3.89% –
New Democratic Tom Elchuk 476 3.77% -3.50%
Total 12,630 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 43 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 21,110 60.03% 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

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2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Doug Horner 8,010 55.40% 12.74%
Liberal Colleen Soetaert 5,832 40.34% -9.35%
New Democratic Dale Apostal 616 4.26% 0.49%
Total 14,458 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 44 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 23,855 60.79% 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

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2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Doug Horner 6,139 45.11% -10.30%
Liberal Ray Boudreau 5,540 40.71% 0.37%
New Democratic Dale Apostal 1,020 7.49% 3.23%
Alberta Alliance Tim Friesen 741 5.44% –
Social Credit Glen Blaylock 170 1.25% –
Total 13,610 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 51 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 27,709 49.30% -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

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2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Doug Horner 9,369 60.83% 15.72%
Liberal Ray Boudreau 4,528 29.40% -11.31%
New Democratic Peter Cross 960 6.23% -1.26%
Green Allen West 545 3.54% –
Total 15,402 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 70 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 33,092 46.75% -2.55%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 13.51%
Source(s)
Source: "75 - Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert Official Results 2008 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004 Senate nominee election results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert[3] Turnout 49.35%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
  Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 5,344 15.79% 48.59% 2
  Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 4,466 13.20% 40.60% 3
  Independent Link Byfield 4,282 12.65% 38.93% 4
  Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 3,914 11.57% 35.59% 1
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 3,007 8.89% 27.34% 7
  Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,960 8.75% 26.91% 6
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,538 7.50% 23.08% 10
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,526 7.46% 22.97% 9
  Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,455 7.25% 22.32% 5
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,351 6.94% 21.38% 8
Total votes 33,843 100%
Total ballots 10,999 3.08 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 2,674

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]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
  Progressive Conservative Doug Horner 322 38.61%
  Liberal Ray Boudreau 224 26.86%
  NDP Dale Apostal 181 21.70%
Alberta Alliance Tim Friesen 58 6.95%
  Social Credit Glen Blaylock 49 5.88%
Total 834 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 11

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.

Further reading

External links

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