Edmonton—St. Albert

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Edmonton—St. Albert

Alberta electoral district
[[Image: Edmonton St. Albert Sherwood Park East Centre Spruce Grove Strathcona Leduc Mill Woods Beaumont |200px]] Edmonton—St. Albert in relation to other federal electoral districts in Edmonton
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		John G. Williams Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	126,447
Electors (2006)	92,394
Area (km²)	105
Pop. density (per km²)	1,204.3
Census divisions	Division No. 11
Census subdivisions	Edmonton, St. Albert

Edmonton—St. Albert is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Member of Parliament 4 Current Member of Parliament 5 Elections results 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Geography

The riding includes the city of St. Albert and the neighbourhoods of Elsinore, Baturyn, Canossa, Lorelei, Beaumaris, Dunluce, Oxford, Griesbach, Carlisle, Caernarvon, Baranow, Cumberland, The Palisades, Pembina, Mooncrest Park, Wellington, Athlone, Kensington, Calder, Rosslyn and Lauderdale in the City of Edmonton.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from Edmonton North, St. Albert , and a small part of Edmonton West ridings.

[edit] Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

• 2004-present: John G. Williams - Conservative - He previously represented St. Albert riding.

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is John G. Williams, a former accountant. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 election. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session he served as the chair of the 'Standing Committee on Public Accounts' and vice-chair of the 'Subcommittee on Committee Budgets of the Liaison Committee'. He has announced that he will not be running in the next election.[1].

[edit] Elections results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John G. Williams	34,997
	Liberal	Stanley Haroun	11,893
	New Democrat	Mike Melymick	8,218
	Green	Peter Johnston	3,520

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John G. Williams	29,508	57.65%		$45,165
	Liberal	Moe Saeed	12,359	24.14%		$80,480
	New Democratic Party	Mike Melymick	5,927	11.58%		$2,082
	Green	Conrad Bitangcol	3,387	6.61%		$25
Total valid votes			51,181	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			136	0.27%
Turnout			51,317	60.04%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Alberta federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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