Peace River (provincial electoral district)

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Location of Peace River in Alberta
Location of Peace River in Alberta

Peace River is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

The riding of Peace River is one of five ridings out of the original twenty five, that has existed since Alberta became a province in 1905. The other four surviving ridings are Medicine Hat, Strathcona, St. Albert and Stony Plain.

The riding occupies the extreme northwest corner of the province. During its 100 years the riding has only elected opposition members twice, this riding is one of the safest seats in the province for governments of the day, but will turn on a dime during government changes.

Major communities include Peace River, High Level and Rainbow Lake.

Nahendeh, Deh Cho districts in the Northwest Territories border to the North and Thebacha district in the Northwest Territories borders on the north east corner. Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo borders to the east. Lesser Slave Lake borders to the south. Dunvegan-Central Peace borders to the south and west. Peace River Northin British Columbia border to the west.

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[edit] Demographics

Total Population
30,712

51.6% Male
48.4% Female

36.1% Married
26.4% Single never married

Population by Age

  • 0-4 3,085 10.1%
  • 5-19 9,025 29.6%
  • 20-24 2,215 7.3%
  • 25-44 9,290 30.5%
  • 45-64 5,120 16.8%
  • 65-74 1,155 3.8%
  • 75+ 615 2.0%

Total Registered Voters
16,993

Source Alberta Government

[edit] Local issues

  • High cost of trucked in goods.
  • Area hit hard by BSE Crisis
  • Oil industry expansion and labour shortage

[edit] Riding associations

4 Associations Registered with Elections Alberta

[edit] Election results 1905 - 2004

[edit] 2004

2004 Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Frank Oberle 2,888 54.57%
     Liberal Adam Borque 1,101 20.81%
     N.D.P. Stephen Crocker 558 10.54%
     Alberta Alliance Garry Checknita 541 10.22%
     Social Credit Patsy Lindberg 204 3.86%

[edit] 1993 - 2001

2001 Results 1997 Results 1993 Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservatives Gary Friedel 3,782 64.43%     Progressive Conservatives Gary Friedel 3,745 61.72%     Progressive Conservatives Gary Friedel 3,156 43.38%
     Liberal Susan Callihoo 1,544 26.30% Liberal Bruce MacKeen 2,323 38.28% Liberal Elmer Cardinal 2,402 33.01%
     N.D.P. Stephen Crocker 338 6.61% N.D.P. Brian Dewar 1,192 16.38%
     Alberta First John Iftody 206 2.66% C.o.R. Ed Kary 526 7.23%

[edit] 1982 - 1989

1989 Results 1986 Results 1982 Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservatives Al Adair 3,749 66.32%     Progressive Conservatives Al Adair 3,775 53.78%     Progressive Conservatives Al Adair 4,688 56.68%
     N.D.P. Adele Boucher 1,613 28.53% N.D.P. Adele Boucher 2,057 29.30% Western Canada Concept Jim Kalman 1,657 20.03%
     Representative Joe Kessler 291 5.15% Social Credit Budd Dennis 897 12.78% N.D.P. Richard Collins 1,541 18.63%
Independent Anna Pidruchney 291 4.14% Liberal Laura Deedza 211 2.55%
Independent Joe Kessler 174 2.11%

[edit] 1971 - 1979

1979 Results 1975 Results 1971 Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservatives Al Adair 3,901 59.80%     Progressive Conservatives Al Adair 3,567 61.00%     Progressive Conservatives Al Adair 3,188 50.23%
     N.D.P. Richard Collins 1,604 24.59% N.D.P. John Hokanson 1,292 22.09% Social Credit Robert Wiebe 2,437 38.40%
     Social Credit Garry Gaudet 784 12.02% Social Credit Budd Dennis 897 15.34% N.D.P. Hans Jorgensen 722 11.37%
     Liberal Donald Freeland 234 3.59% Independent Liberal Vera Lane 92 1.57%

[edit] 1961 - 1967

1967 Results 1963 Results 1961 By-election Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Social Credit Robert Wiebe 2,860 53.49%     Social Credit Euell Montgomery 2,782 60.43%     Social Credit Euell Montgomery 2,561 63.22%
     N.D.P. Harry Reinders 1,338 25.02% Liberal Vic O'Reilly 980 21.29% Progressive Conservatives Harold Sissons 765 18.88%
     Independent Edward Whitney 1,149 21.49% Progressive Conservatives Harold Sissons 842 18.28% Liberal Donald Freeland 725 17.90%

[edit] 1952 - 1959

1959 Results 1955 Results 1952 Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Social Credit William Gilliland 2,864 60.88%     Social Credit William Gilliland 3,456 53.83%     Social Credit William Gilliland 3,352 58.37%
     Progressive Conservatives Harold Sissons 1,190 25.30% Liberal Donald Freeland 2,184 34.02% Liberal Peter Dechant 1,214 21.14%
     Liberal James Mann 650 13.82% Cooperative Commonwealth Samuel Simpson 780 7.61% Cooperative Commonwealth Samuel Simpson 1,177 20.49%

[edit] 1940 - 1948

1948 Results 1944 Results 1940 Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Social Credit William Gilliland 3,191 62.48%     Social Credit William Gilliland 2,503 54.01%     Independent E.J. Martin 2,253 51.59%
     Cooperative Commonwealth Albert Bossert 1,087 21.28% Cooperative Commonwealth J.W. Eastman 940 20.28% Social Credit W.J. Lampley 2,114 48.41%
     Liberal J.J. Rousseau 829 16.24% Independent E.J. Martin 806 17.39%
Labour Progressive Mts. E.M. Ashworth 385 8.32%

[edit] Single transferable vote 1935

Year Count Candidate Party Votes
1935 2nd W.J. Lampley Social Credit 2,269
2nd E.L. Lamont Liberal 1,898
1935 1st W.J. Lampley Social Credit 2,269
1st E.L. Lamont Liberal 1,389
1st W.H. Bailey United Farmers 994
1st G.W. Baldwin Conservative 308

[edit] 1926 - 1930

1930 Results 1926 Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     United Farmers W.H. Bailey 1,331 62.61%     United Farmers Hugh Allen 2,548 54.87%
     Independent C.W. Frederick 795 37.39% Liberal J.P. McIsaac 1,131 24.35%
    Conservative P.R. McMillan 965 20.78%

[edit] 1917 - 1921

1921 By-election Results 1921 Results 1917 Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     United Farmers Herbert Greenfield Acclaimed     United Farmers D.M. Kennedy 3,291 62.69%     Liberal William Rae 1,994 62.92%
Liberal William Rae 1,336 25.45% Conservative D.H. Minchin 712 22.47%
Liberal E.S. Farr 623 11.86% Independent L.H. Adair 463 14.61%

[edit] 1905 - 1913

1913 Results 1909 Results 1905 Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Conservative Alphaeus Patterson 475 49.53%     Liberal James Cornwall Acclaimed     Liberal Thomas Brick 125 84.18%
     Liberal William Rae 437 45.57% Liberal James Cornwall 33 15.82%
     Independent Liberal William Bredin 47 4.90%

[edit] By-election reasons

  • December 9, 1921—Resignation of Mr. D.M. Kennedy to provide seat for the Priemier.
  • October 26, 1961—Death of Mr. William Gilliland.

[edit] 2004 Senator in waiting district results

2004 Senator in Waiting Results: Peace River
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Rank
     Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,223 15% 3
     Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 2,123 14% 1
     Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 1,950 13% 2
     Independent Link Byfield 1,509 10% 4
     Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 1,466 10% 6
     Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 1,280 9% 5
     Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,195 8% 7
     Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,079 7% 10
     Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,075 7% 8
     Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,008 7% 9

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

[edit] 2004 student vote

On November 19th 2004 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools of all types, to parallel the 2004 Election results and to educate students about the electoral process. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 ridings.

[edit] Participating schools in Peace River

  • Blue Hills Community School
  • Good Shepherd School
  • Hill Crest Community School
  • Manning Elementary School
  • Rosary School
  • Spirit of the North School
  • T.A. Norris Jr. High

[edit] Student vote 2004 results

2004 Student Vote Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Frank Oberle 296 49.5%
     Liberal Adam Borque 86 14.4%
     N.D.P. Stephen Crocker 84 14.0%
     Social Credit Patsy Lindberg 69 11.5%
     Alberta Alliance Garry Checknita 63 10.5%

[edit] Plebiscite results

[edit] 1948 Electrification Plebiscite

District results from the first province wide plebiscite on electricity regulation.

Option A Option B
Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being continued by the Power Companies? Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being made a publicly owned utility administered by the Alberta Government Power Commission?
1,914     42.90% 2,547     57.10%
Province wide result: Option A passed.

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