Red Deer-North

Red Deer-North
Alberta electoral district
Red Deer-North within the City of Red Deer, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Adriana LaGrange
United Conservative
District created1986
First contested1986
Last contested2023

Red Deer North is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

The district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution. It was an all-urban district, until the 2004 boundary re-distribution. The constituency was expanded to include a small area outside the city limits, including the nearby town of Blackfalds. The constituency now only fits within the city limits of Red Deer.

The district has historically tilted toward the right, like Red Deer as a whole. It had been a Progressive Conservative stronghold since it was created, however in the 2015 provincial election, the seat was won by NDP candidate Kim Schreiner. The riding returned to its conservative ways in 2019, when Adriana LaGrange won it for the United Conservative Party.

History

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The electoral district was created in the 1985 boundary redistribution from the Red Deer provincial electoral district. The city of Red Deer had been contained in a single electoral district since 1888 when it first started returning members to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. The city was split into North and Red Deer-South.

By 1996, Red Deer-North had a population of 29,115.[1]

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw adjustments made to Red Deer-North to give portions of the constituency that were outside of the city of Red Deer to Innisfail-Sylvan Lake to match the city boundary. The border with Red Deer-South was also adjusted to equalize the population between the two constituencies.[2]

Boundary history

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Representation history

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Red Deer-North
Assembly Years Member Party
See Red Deer 1905–1986
21st 1986–1989 Stockwell Day Progressive
Conservative
22nd 1989–1993
23rd 1993–1997
24th 1997–2000
2000 Vacant
2000–2001 Mary Anne Jablonski Progressive
Conservative
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012
27th 2012–2015
29th 2015–2019 Kim Schreiner New Democratic
30th 2019–2023 Adriana LaGrange United Conservative
31st 2023–present

The electoral district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution. The first election held that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Stockwell Day win a tight race to pick up the new seat for his party. He was re-elected by a larger margin in the 1989 election.

Premier Ralph Klein appointed Day to the cabinet in 1992 as the Minister of Labour. He was re-elected less than a year later in the 1993 election with a landslide majority. In 1996 he was appointed as Minister of Family and Social Services. He won another term with a reduced majority in 1997. After that election Klein appointed him Provincial Treasurer. Day resigned on July 11, 2000 after being elected as federal leader of the Canadian Alliance.

A by-election was held on September 25, 2000. Day was replaced in the legislature by Progressive Conservative candidate Mary Anne Jablonski who won the hotly contested by-election. She won her second term less than a year later in the 2001 general election. She was re-elected again in 2004 and 2008. In 2008 Premier Ed Stelmach appointed Jablonski to the cabinet as Minister of Seniors and Community Supports.

Jablonski held the seat without serious difficulty until her retirement in 2015. That year, massive vote splitting resulted in Kim Schreiner taking the riding for the NDP, winning with just over 29 percent of the vote in a three-way race with the Tories and Wildrose. The riding reverted to form in 2019, with Adriana LaGrange of the newly merged United Conservative Party overwhelming Schreiner by a nearly 3-to-1 margin.

Legislative election results

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1986

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1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Stockwell Day 2,808 41.55%
Liberal Donald Campbell 2,372 35.10%
New Democratic Bruce Beck 1,279 18.93%
Representative Elvin Janzen 153 2.26%
Independent Brian Flewwelling 146 2.16%
Total 6,758
Rejected, spoiled and declined 11
Eligible electors / turnout 17,949 37.71%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Red Deer-North Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

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1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Stockwell Day 3,652 48.24% 6.69%
Liberal Bernie Fritze 2,260 29.85% -5.24%
New Democratic Gerry Clayton 1,427 18.85% -0.07%
Independent Cory Lanterman 231 3.05%
Total 7,570
Rejected, spoiled and declined 22
Eligible electors / turnout 17,916 42.38% 4.66%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.97%
Source(s)
Source: "Red Deer-North Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993

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1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Stockwell Day 5,402 55.60% 7.36%
Liberal Tony Connelly 2,888 29.73% -0.13%
New Democratic Linda Kaiser-Putzenberger 762 7.84% -11.01%
Social Credit Michael Roth 559 5.75%
Natural Law Katherine Fisher 104 1.07%
Total 9,715
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28
Eligible electors / turnout 18,937 51.45% 9.07%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 3.74%
Source(s)
Source: "Red Deer-North Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

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1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Stockwell Day 4,683 55.45% -0.15%
Liberal Norm McDougall 2,547 30.16% 0.43%
Social Credit E. Patricia "Patti" Argent 655 7.76% 2.00%
New Democratic Linda Kaiser 560 6.63% -1.21%
Total 8,445
Rejected, spoiled and declined 13
Eligible electors / turnout 19,020 44.47% -6.98%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.29%
Source(s)
Source: "Red Deer-North Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2000 by-election

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Alberta provincial by-election, September 25, 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Mary Anne Jablonski 2,026 48.82 −6.63
Liberal Norm McDougall 1,634 39.37 9.21
Alberta First Patti Argent 338 8.15 0.39
New Democratic Linda Roth 152 3.66 −2.97
Total 4,150
Rejected, spoiled and declined 7
Eligible electors / turnout 20,409 20.37
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −7.92
Source(s)
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2000). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Edmonton-Highlands By-election held June 12, 2000 and the Red Deer-North By-election held September 25, 2000 (PDF) (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

2001

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2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Mary Anne Jablonski 5,025 57.10% 8.28%
Liberal Norm McDougall 3,110 35.34% −4.03%
Alberta First E. Patricia "Patti" Argent 356 4.05% −4.10%
New Democratic Jim Guthrie 309 3.51% −0.15%
Total 8,800
Rejected, spoiled and declined 20
Eligible electors / turnout 21,651 40.73% 20.36%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.16%

2004

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2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Mary Anne Jablonski 3,733 42.84% -14.26%
Liberal Norm McDougall 2,647 30.38% -4.96%
Alberta Alliance Rand Sisson 1,657 19.02%
New Democratic Steven Bedford 432 4.96% 1.45%
Green Colin Fisher 244 2.80%
Total 8,713
Rejected, spoiled and declined 85
Eligible electors / turnout 22,419 39.24% -1.45%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.65%

2008

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2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Mary Anne Jablonski 4,715 57.94% 15.09%
Liberal Richard Farrand 1,770 21.75% -8.63%
Wildrose Urs Lehner 630 7.74% -11.28%
New Democratic Shawn Nielsen 560 6.88% 1.92%
Green Rueben Tschetter 463 5.69% 2.89%
Total 8,138
Rejected, spoiled and declined 95
Eligible electors / turnout 27,661 29.76% -9.48%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 11.86%
Source(s)

2012

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2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Mary Anne Jablonski 5,130 38.71% -19.22%
Wildrose Randy Weins 4,567 34.47% 26.72%
Liberal Michael Dawe 2,332 17.60% -4.15%
New Democratic Derrek Seelinger 973 7.34% 0.46%
Alberta Party Brent Chalmers 249 1.88%
Total 13,251
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 76
Eligible electors / turnout 29,414 45.31% 15.55%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -15.97%
Source(s)
Source: "75 - Red Deer-North, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015

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2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Kim Schreiner 4,969 29.36% 22.02%
Wildrose S.H. (Buck) Buchanan 4,173 24.66% -9.81%
Progressive Conservative Christine Moore 3,836 22.67% -16.05%
Liberal Michael Dawe 3,262 19.28% 1.68%
Alberta Party Krystal Kromm 683 4.04% 2.16%
Total 16,923
Rejected, spoiled and declined 102
Eligible electors / turnout 35,001 48.64% 3.33%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 0.23%
Source(s)
Source: "75 - Red Deer-North, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2019

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2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Adriana LaGrange 12,739 60.61% 13.28%
New Democratic Kim Schreiner 4,873 23.18% -6.18%
Alberta Party Paul Hardy 2,769 13.17% 9.14%
Freedom Conservative Matt Chapin 389 1.85%
Alberta Independence Michael Neufeld 248 1.18%
Total 21,018
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 149
Eligible electors / Turnout 31,975 66.20% 17.56%
United Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing 16.36%
Source(s)
Source: "78 - Red Deer-North, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2023

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2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Adriana LaGrange 10,629 57.47 -3.14
New Democratic Jaelene Tweedle 7,144 38.63 +15.44
Alberta Independence Vicky Bayford 281 1.52 +0.34
Green Heather Morigeau 257 1.39
Solidarity Movement Kallie Dyck 183 0.98
Total 18,494 99.30
Rejected and declined 130 0.70
Turnout 18,624 55.48
Eligible voters 33,568
United Conservative hold Swing -9.29
Source(s)

Senate nominee election results

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2004

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2004 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-North[6] Turnout 39.16%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,775 12.96% 40.01% 7
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 2,760 12.90% 39.80% 2
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 2,520 11.78% 36.34% 1
  Independent Link Byfield 2,238 10.46% 32.27% 4
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,129 9.95% 30.70% 8
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,048 9.57% 29.53% 10
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 1,986 9.28% 28.64% 3
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 1,727 8.07% 24.90% 5
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 1,720 8.03% 24.80% 6
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,498 7.00% 21.60% 9
Total votes 21,401 100%
Total ballots 6,935 3.09 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,844

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

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2012 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-South[7] Turnout %
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Doug Black 0 0% 0% 0
  Independent Len Bracko 0 0% 0% 0
  Independent Perry Chahal 0 0% 0% 0
  Independent William Exelby 0 0% 0% 0
  Independent David Fletcher 0 0% 0% 0
  Independent Paul Frank 0 0% 0% 0
Wildrose Raymond Germain
Wildrose Rob Gregory
Evergreen Elizabeth Johannson 0 0% 0% 0
Wildrose Victor Marciano
Progressive Conservative Mike Shaikh 0 0% 0% 0
Progressive Conservative Scott Tannas 0 0% 0% 0
  Independent Ian Urquhart 0 0% 0% 0
Total votes 0 100%
Total ballots 0 0 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 0

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

Student vote results

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2004

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Participating schools[8]
Central Middle School
Eastview Middle School
Glendale Middle School
Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School

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[9]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Mary Anne Jablonski 430 32.07%
  Liberal Norm McDougall 363 27.07%
Green Colin Fisher 250 18.64%
Alberta Alliance Rand Sisson 154 11.48%
  NDP Steven Bedford 144 10.74%
Total 1,341 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28

2012

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Participating schools[8]
École Camille J. Lerouge School
2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Mary Anne Jablonski %
Wildrose Randy Weins
  Liberal Michael Dawe %
  NDP Derrek Seelinger %
Alberta Party Brent Chalmers %
Total 100%

References

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  1. ^ Alberta Treasury (1996). Alberta provincial electoral division profile : Red Deer -- North. Edmonton: Government of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-7732-1641-9.
  2. ^ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  3. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 63–64.
  4. ^ "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  5. ^ "78 - Red Deer-North". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  6. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  7. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2012 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  8. ^ a b "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  9. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
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