Grande Prairie Smoky
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 Alberta electoral district |
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| Provincial electoral district | ||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| MLA | Mel Knight Progressive Conservative |
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| District created | 1993 | |
| First contested | 1993 | |
| Last contested | 2008 | |
Grande Prairie Smoky is an Alberta provincial electoral district, located in northwestern Alberta.
The riding was created in 1993 when the old Grande Prairie riding was split in this riding and Grande Prairie Wapiti. Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency includes the northern half of the city of Grande Prairie and the surrounding areas to the east of the city. Its border with Grande Prairie-Wapiti within the city is Richmond Avenue and the Canadian National Railway. Clockwise from Grande Prairie Wapiti, the constituency also borders Dunvegan-Central Peace, Lesser Slave Lake, Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne and West Yellowhead. Other major towns include Fox Creek, Sexsmith and Valleyview.
The current MLA for this district is Progressive Conservative Mel Knight. He won re-election in the district in the 26th Alberta general election.
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[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Name | Party | Elected | Left Office | |
| Walter Paszkowski | Progressive Conservative | 1993 | 2001 | |
| Mel Knight | Progressive Conservative | 2001 | present |
[edit] Election results
| 2008 Alberta general election results | Turnout 30.5% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Mel Knight | 4,769 | 59.4% | |
| Liberal | John Croken | 1,089 | 13.6% | |
| Wildrose Alliance | Todd Loewen | 1,049 | 13.1% | |
| NDP | Neil Peacock | 832 | 10.4% | |
| Green | Rebecca Villebrun | 285 | 3.6% | |
| 2004 Alberta general election results | Turnout 35.3% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Mel Knight | 4,369 | 56.4% | |
| Liberal | Neil Peacock | 1,965 | 25.4% | |
| NDP | Georgina Szoke | 724 | 9.4% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Hank Rahn | 685 | 8.8% | |
| 2001 Alberta general election results | Turnout 43.9% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Mel Knight | 6,241 | 67.5% | |
| Liberal | Barry Robinson | 1,777 | 19.2% | |
| NDP | Leon Pendleton | 842 | 9.1% | |
| Independent | Dennis Young | 380 | 4.1% | |
[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Grande Prairie Smoky[1] | Turnout 35.30% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank |
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| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 3,304 | 16.08% | 50.85% | 3 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,831 | 13.77% | 43.57% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 2,779 | 13.52% | 42.77% | 1 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 2,124 | 10.34% | 32.69% | 4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,872 | 9.11% | 28.81% | 6 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 1,775 | 8.64% | 27.32% | 5 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,645 | 8.01% | 25.32% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,492 | 7.26% | 22.96% | 10 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,477 | 7.19% | 22.73% | 8 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,251 | 6.08% | 19.26% | 9 | |
| Total Votes | 20,550 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 6,497 | 3.16 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 1,299 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
[edit] 2004 Student Vote
| Participating Schools[2] |
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| Grande Prairie Composite HS |
| Harry Balfour School |
| Harry Gray Elementary School |
| Hillside Jr-Sr High School |
| Peace Wapiti Academy |
| Sexsmith Secondary School |
| St. Marys School |
| St. Stephens |
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[3] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Mel Knight | 609 | 44.88% | |
| Liberal | Neil Peacock | 386 | 28.45% | |
| NDP | Georgina Szoke | 252 | 18.57% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Hank Rahn | 110 | 8.10% | |
| Total | 1,357 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 54 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ School by School results. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
- ^ Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
