ST. ALBERT (PROVINCIAL ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

'St. Albert' is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.
The riding covers most of the city of St. Albert just north west of Edmonton.
The riding of St. Albert 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, Peace River and Stony Plain.
Since 1905 the riding has decreased in size, at one point stretching all the way to the British Columbia border, through vast tracts of rural area. Today the riding is now an urban one encompassing the small satellite city of St. Albert. This riding has a long and interesting electoral history, this is one of the few Alberta swing ridings, and only one of a handful that has elected members from six different parties.
Between 1926 and 1955 the riding switched between First Past the Post and Single Transferable Vote. In 1959 the Alberta government standardized all ridings to First Past the Post.

Contents

Boundaries

Demographics

Local Issues

Election Results 1905 - 2004

First Past The Post 1959 - 2004

1986 - 2004

1959 - 1982

Single Transferable Vote 1926, 1935 - 1944, 1952 - 1955

1952-1955

1940 - 1944

1926, 1935

First Past The Post 1905 - 1921, 1930, 1948

Plebiscite results

1948 Electrification Plebiscite

See also

External links

Boundaries

The north and west boundaries follows the north municipal boundary west, It deviates from the municipal boundary and takes a south turn down St. Albert Road. It turns west once again and follows McKenney Ave until it reaches the municipal boundary. The west boundary follows the St. Albert municipal boundary south Athabasca-Redwater and Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert border to the north.
The south and east boundaries continue to follow the municipal limits in a north east direction until
it comes full circle around the city. Edmonton Calder and Edmonton Castle Downs border to the south.

Demographics

'Total Population'

38,366



49.1% Male

50.9% Female



46.8% Married

21.4% Single


'Population by Age'



★ 0-4 2,225 5.7%

★ 5-19 9,220 23.7%

★ 20-24 2,365 6.1%

★ 25-44 11,405 29.4%

★ 45-64 10,350 26.6%

★ 65-74 2,125 5.5%

★ 75+ 1,170 3.0%


'Total Registered Voters'
28,191
''Source Alberta Government''

Local Issues

★ High Property Taxes

★ Construction of the Western Regional Road

★ Annexation problems into Sturgeon County

Election Results 1905 - 2004

First Past The Post 1959 - 2004

1986 - 2004

Party	2004	2001	1997	1993	1989	1986
Liberal	Jack Flaherty 6,474	Len Bracko 7,479	Len Bracko 6,680	Len Bracko 7,267	Len Bracko 4,278	Thomas Droege 745
Progressive Conservative	Mary O'Neill 6,064	Mary O'Neill 9,537	Mary O'Neill 6,696	Dick Fowler 5,746	Dick Fowler 6,590	Myrna Fyfe 4,580
Alberta Alliance	Michaela Meldrum 591
N. D. P.	Travis Thompson 1,652	Michelle Mungall 1,122	Chris Samuel 1,198	John Booth 1,031	Cheryl Wharton 3,552	Bryan Strong 4,700
Green Party	Conrad Bitangcol 407
Social Credit			John Reil 781
Natural Law ''defunct''				Gordon Rever 199
Representative ''defunct''						William Jamison 1,215
Independent					Archie Baldwin 147

1959 - 1982

Party	1982	1979	1975	1971	1967	1963	1959
Liberal		Gerry Thibault 1,681	John Bakker 1,564	Robert Russell 1,660	Robert Russell 2,297	Louis Chalifoux 2,032	Arthur Soetaert 2,082
Progressive Conservative	Myrna Fyfe 12,982	Myrna Fyfe 9,361	William Jamison 6,450	William Jamison 4,632	Stanley Walker 1,469	Alan Lazerte 1,332	Stanley Walker 1,187
N. D. P. / C.C.F.	Kurt Hoeberg 4,438	Robert Borreson 3,178	Earl Toane 1,591	Elsie McMillan 878	Norman Dolman 1,339	Alan Bevington 451	Earl Toane 473
Social Credit	L.D. Callfas 434	Reginald Petch 1,686	Keith Everitt 2,221	Keith Everitt 3,592	Keith Everitt 2,824	Keith Everitt 2,540	Keith Everitt 2,157
Western Canada Concept ''defunct''	Murray Sillito 2,465
Independent	William Jamison 3,406

Single Transferable Vote 1926, 1935 - 1944, 1952 - 1955

''First Names in the old election records are rare. Most of the results are given with first and middle initials''

1952-1955

Year	Count	Candidate	Party	Votes	Year	Count	Candidate	Party	Votes
1955	2nd	Arthur Soetaert	Liberal	3,029	1952	2nd	Lucien Maynard	Social Credit	2,420
	2nd	Lucien Maynard	Social Credit	2,610		2nd	Arthur Soetaert	Liberal	2,019
1955	1st	Arthur Soetaert	Liberal	2,618	1952	1st	Lucien Maynard	Social Credit	2,218
	1st	Lucien Maynard	Social Credit	2,509		1st	Arthur Soetaert	Liberal	1,469
	1st	Joseph Dusseault	Independent	575		1st	Joseph Dusseault	Cooperative Commonwealth	1,292
	1st	J.J. Zubick	Conservative	159
	1st	Aubrey Smith	Independent	71

1940 - 1944

Year	Count	Candidate	Party	Votes	Year	Count	Candidate	Party	Votes
1944	2nd	Charles Holder	Social Credit	2,491	1940	2nd	L.R. Tellier	Independent	2,304
	2nd	Earl Toane	Cooperative Commonwealth	1,375		2nd	Charles Holder	Social Credit	2,018
1944	1st	Charles Holder	Social Credit	2,097	1940	1st	Charles Holder	Social Credit	1,692
	1st	Earl Toane	Cooperative Commonwealth	1,222		1st	L.R. Tellier	Independent	1,383
	1st	Joseph Nadeau	Independent	918		1st	J.H. Perras	Liberal	1,008
						1st	W.R. Rigney	Cooperative Commonwealth	552

1926, 1935

Year	Count	Candidate	Party	Votes	Year	Count	Candidate	Party	Votes
1935	2nd	Charles Holder	Social Credit	1,619	1926	2nd	Lucien Boudreau	Liberal	2,420
	2nd	Lucien Boudreau	Independent Liberal	1,445		2nd	Michael Hogan	Independent Liberal	883
1935	1st	Charles Holder	Social Credit	1,431	1926	1st	Lucien Boudreau	Liberal	1,058
	1st	Lucien Boudreau	Independent Liberal	955		1st	Michael Hogan	Independent Liberal	683
	1st	Omer St. Germain	Liberal	446		1st	Louis Normandeau	United Farmers	628
	1st	A.S. McRae	Independent Conservative	258		1st	J.A. Loiseau	Conservative	85
	1st	J.P. Morissey	United Farmers	116

First Past The Post 1905 - 1921, 1930, 1948

Party	1948	1930	1921	1917	1913	1909	1905
Liberal	Omer St. Germain 774	Lucien Boudreau 1,161	Lucien Boudreau 1,000	Lucien Boudreau 1,095	Lucien Boudreau 620	'Lucien Boudreau 528' Wilfrid Gariépy 393	'Henry William McKenney 407' Lucien Boudreau 391
Conservative				H.L. Landry 742	H.L. Landry 404	Omer St. Germain 115
United Farmers		Omer St. Germain 1,427	Telesphore St. Arnaud 1,234
Social Credit	Lucien Maynard 2,702
Cooperative Commonwealth	Joseph Dusseault 1,047

Plebiscite results

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?
1,897     44.84%	2,333     55.16%
Province wide result: Option A passed.

See also

★ St. Albert Federal Electoral District

External links

★ Riding Map for St. Albert

★ Demographics for St. Albert

★ Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta