RED DEER (ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

Profile
''Red Deer'' in relation to the other Alberta ridings''
Population, 2001	105,070
Electors	77,804
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

'Red Deer' is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1908.

Contents

History

Members of Parliament

Current Member of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

History

This riding was created in 1907 from Calgary and Strathcona ridings.
The constituency has been consistently reduced in geographic size over the years due to the continued growth of Red Deer, Alberta. In 2003, about 20% of the district was transferred to the Wetaskiwin riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:
#1908-1921: Michael Clark - Liberal (1908-1917), Unionist (1917-1920), Progressive (1920-1921)
#1921-1935: Alfred Speakman - United Farmers of Alberta
#1935-1940: Eric Joseph Poole - Social Credit
#1940-1958: Frederick Davis Shaw - Social Credit
#1958-1962: Harris George Rogers - Progressive Conservative
#1962-1972: Robert N. Thompson - Social Credit (1962-1968), Progressive Conservative (1968-1972)
#1972-1988: Gordon Towers - Progressive Conservative
#1988-1993: Doug Fee - Progressive Conservative
#1993-present: Bob Mills - Reform (1993-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Bob Mills, a former travel agent. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. He chair of the House of Commons' environment committee. In the last parliamentary session he served as a member on the 'Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development'.

Election results

|-
|Conservative
|Bob Mills
|align="right"|38,375
|align="right"|75.7%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|New Democratic Party
|Kelly Bickford
|align="right"|5,034
|align="right"|9.9%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Liberal
|Luke Kurata
|align="right"|4,636
|align="right"|9.2%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|Green
|Tanner Wade Waldo
|align="right"|2,618
|align="right"|5.2%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|50,663
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|113
!align="right"|0.22%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|50,776
!align="right"|65.26%
!align="right"|
|-
|Conservative
|Bob Mills
|align="right"|33,510
|align="right"|74.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$51,607
|Liberal
|Luke Kurata
|align="right"|5,294
|align="right"|11.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$22,405
|New Democratic Party
|Jeff Sloychuk
|align="right"|3,500
|align="right"|7.81%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$4,160
|Green
|Garfield John Marks
|align="right"|2,142
|align="right"|4.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$730
|Action
|Teena Cormack
|align="right"|353
|align="right"|0.78%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$6.75
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|44,799
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|117
!align="right"|0.26%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|44,916
!align="right"|57.73%
!align="right"|
|-
|Canadian Alliance
|Bob Mills
|align="right"|36,940
|align="right"|72.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$59,079
|Liberal
|Walter Kubanek
|align="right"|6,522
|align="right"|12.82%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$16,550
|Progressive Conservative
|Doug Wagstaff
|align="right"|5,064
|align="right"|9.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$5,125
|New Democratic Party
|Linda Roth
|align="right"|2,346
|align="right"|4.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,773
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|50,872
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|113
!align="right"|0.22%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|50,985
!align="right"|60.40%
!align="right"|
|-
|Reform
|Bob Mills
|align="right"|28,622
|align="right"|68.37%
|
|align="right"|$66,815
|Progressive Conservative
|Morris Flewwelling
|align="right"|6,566
|align="right"|15.68%
|
|align="right"|$44,412
|Liberal
|Dobie To
|align="right"|4,785
|align="right"|11.43%
|
|align="right"|$13,071
|New Democratic Party
|Janet Walter
|align="right"|1,660
|align="right"|3.96%
|
|align="right"|$3,066
|Natural Law
|Kenneth Arnold
|align="right"|227
|align="right"|0.54%
|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|41,860
!align="right"|100.00%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|69
!align="right"|0.16%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|41,929
!align="right"|57.44%
!
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See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Alberta federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Library of Parliament Riding Profile

★ Expenditures - 2004

★ Expenditures - 2000

★ Expenditures - 1997

★ Elections Canada

★ Website of the Parliament of Canada