Strathcona (provincial electoral district)
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
 2004 boundaries | |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1905 |
| District abolished | 1913 |
| District re-created | 2004 |
| District re-abolished | 2012 |
| First contested | 1905 |
| Last contested | 2008 |
Strathcona was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is not to be confused with Edmonton-Strathcona, a different provincial electoral district within the city of Edmonton created in 1971. or with the federal electoral district Edmonton—Strathcona.
The constituency of Strathcona existed on two occasions in Alberta's history. The first time, the constituency, centred on the City of Strathcona in what is now Edmonton, was carried over from the Strathcona North-West territorial constituency from before Alberta became a province. The constituency disappeared in 1913 when it was split between Vegreville, Camrose and Edmonton South. Strathcona was the home constitiuency of Alberta's first premier, Alexander Rutherford.
The Edmonton-Strathcona constituency, of the 1971 to the present period, was re-created in roughly the same place as the 1905-1909 version, in what had formerly (1959-1967) been Strathcona Centre.
A constituency using just the name Strathcona was created in 2004 when it was carved out of the south portion of Redwater and a large chunk of north west Cloverbar-Fort Saskatchewan.
The riding is one of five that used a name from the original twenty five 1905 ridings. The other four are St. Albert, Peace River, Stony Plain and Medicine Hat.
The constituency of Strathcona was sometimes confused with Edmonton-Strathcona so was renamed Strathcona-Sherwood Park.
The constituency of Strathcona (2004-2012) bordered the east of Edmonton and was mixed rural, semi-rural and suburban, covering Strathcona County.
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville bordered the riding to the north and east. Leduc-Beaumont-Devon bordered the riding to the south. Sherwood Park, Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Mill Creek, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning bordered to the west.
Strathcona
Boundary history
| 78 Strathcona 2003 Boundaries[1] | |||
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| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Mill Creek, Edmonton-Mill Woods, Leduc-Beaumont-Devon, Sherwood Park | Leduc-Beaumont-Devon |
| riding map goes here | map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here | ||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Starting at the intersection of the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River and the south city boundary of Fort Saskatchewan; then 1. generally in a north easterly direction along the east city boundary of Fort Saskatchewan to the intersection with Highway 15; 2. in an easterly direction along Highway 15 to the east boundary of Sec. 20, Twp. 55, Rge. 20 W4; 3. south along the east boundary of Secs. 20, 17, 8 and 5 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 54, Rge. 20 W4; 4. east along the north boundary to the west boundary of Elk Island National Park; 5. in a southwesterly direction along the west boundary of Elk Island National Park to the northeast boundary of Sec. 25, Twp. 52, Rge. 21 W4; 6. south along the east boundary of Secs. 25, 24 and 13 to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in Twp. 52, Rge. 20 W4; 7. east along the north boundary of Secs. 7 and 8 to the east boundary of Sec. 8; 8. south along the east boundary of Sec. 8 to the north boundary of Sec. 4; 9. east along the north boundary of Sec. 4 to the east boundary of Sec. 4; 10. south along the east boundary of Sec. 4 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 3; 11. east along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 3 to the east boundary of Sec. 3; 12. south along the east boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 34, 27 and 22 in Twp. 51, Rge. 20 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 14; 13. east along the north boundary of Sec. 14 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 14; 14. south along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 14, 11 and 2 to the north boundary of Twp. 50; 15. west along the north boundary of Twp. 50 to the east boundary of Sec. 34 in Twp. 50, Rge. 21 W4; 16. south along the east boundary of Sec. 34 to the north shore of Ministik Lake; 17. in a westerly direction along the north shore of Ministik Lake to the east boundary of Sec. 31 in Twp. 50, Rge. 21 W4; 18. north along the east boundary of Sec. 31 to the north boundary of Twp. 50, Rge. 21 W4; 19. west along the north boundary of Twp. 50 to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 51, Rge. 23 W4; 20. north along the east boundary of Secs. 5 and 8 to the east Edmonton city boundary; 21. north along the east city boundary to Wye Road (Highway 630); 22. east along Wye Road to Clover Bar Road; 23. north along Clover Bar Road to Highway 16; 24. west along Highway 16 to the east Edmonton city boundary; 25. north along the east city boundary and the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River to the starting point. | |||
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Election results
1905 general election
| Returning Officer[2] |
|---|
| Leslie L. Fuller |
| 1905 Alberta general election results[3] | Turnout Unknown | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Liberal | Alexander Rutherford | 625 | 67.13% | |
| Conservative | Frank W. Crang | 306 | 32.87% | |
| Total | 931 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | Unknown | |||
1909 general election
| 1909 Results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Liberal | Alexander Rutherford | 1,034 | 85.92% | |
| Conservative | Rice Sheppard | 173 | 14.08% | |
2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election results[4] | Turnout 50.51% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Rob Lougheed | 6,871 | 49.09% | |
| Liberal | Jon Friel | 4,115 | 29.40% | |
| NDP | Tom Elchuck | 1,145 | 8.18% | |
| Alberta Party | Bruce Stubbs | 773 | 5.52% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Ryan Ceto | 467 | 3.34% | |
| Social Credit | Brian Rembowski | 329 | 2.35% | |
| Separation | Roberta Mcdonald | 297 | 2.12% | |
| Total | 13,997 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 138 | |||
2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Strathcona[5] | Turnout 44.17% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 4,874 | 15.63% | 47.41% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,933 | 12.61% | 38.26% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 3,887 | 12.47% | 37.81% | 3 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 3,765 | 12.07% | 36.62% | 4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,789 | 8.94% | 27.13% | 6 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 2,686 | 8.61% | 26.13% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,354 | 7.55% | 22.90% | 8 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,343 | 7.51% | 22.79% | 5 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 2,285 | 7.33% | 22.23% | 10 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,266 | 7.28% | 22.04% | 9 | |
| Total Votes | 31,182 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 10,281 | 3.03 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 2,080 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
2008 general election
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Dave Quest | 9,951 | 66.2 | |
| Liberal | Jon Friel | 2,995 | 19.9 | |
| N.D.P. | Denny Holmwood | 911 | 6.1 | |
| Greens | Kate Harrington | 763 | 5.1 | |
| Social Credit | Gordon Barrett | 415 | 2.8 | |
2004 Student Vote
| Participating Schools[6] |
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| Ardossan Elementary |
| Ardrossan Junior Senior High School |
| Bev Facey Community High School |
| Ministik Elementary |
| St. Luke School |
| Strathcona Christian Academy |
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[7] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Rob Lougheed | 479 | 33.33% | |
| Liberal | Jon Friel | 238 | 16.56% | |
| Separation | Roberta Mcdonald | 207 | 14.41% | |
| Alberta Party | Bruce Stubbs | 171 | 11.90% | |
| NDP | Tom Elchuck | 157 | 10.93% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Ryan Ceto | 119 | 8.28% | |
| Social Credit | Brian Rembowski | 66 | 4.59% | |
| Total | 1,437 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 144 | |||
See also
- Strathcona Federal electoral district
- Strathcona Northwest Territories territorial electoral district
References
- ↑ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 69–70.
- ↑ "Territories Elections Ordinance; Province of Alberta". Vol VI No. 12 (The Rocky Mountain Echo). October 30, 1905. p. 4.
- ↑ "Strathcona Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
- ↑ "Strathcona Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ↑ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
- ↑ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ↑ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
External links
- Electoral Divisions Act 2003
- Demographics for Strathcona
- Riding Map for Strathcona
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
- Student Vote Alberta
- Strathcona County home page