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Strathcona (provincial electoral district)

Coordinates: 53°35′N 113°06′W / 53.58°N 113.10°W / 53.58; -113.10
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Edmonton-Strathcona
Alberta electoral district
2004 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1905
District abolished1913
District re-created2004
District re-abolished2012
First contested1905
Last contested2008

Strathcona was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1905 to 1913 and again from 2004 to 2012.[1]

It was renamed Edmonton South in 1917 and subsumed in a city-wide multiple-member district of Edmonton from 1921 to 1956. From 1959 to 1967 Strathcona Centre covered much of the old Strathcona district, with two or three other districts also bearing the Strathcona prefix.

Later it took on the name Edmonton-Strathcona. The name Strathcona is now applied to the Strathcona County area outside the Edmonton corporate electoral district.

History

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Strathcona
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Strathcona Centre and Strathcona West
1st  1905–1909     Alexander Cameron Rutherford Liberal
2nd  1909–1913
Riding dissolved into Camrose, Edmonton-South and Vegreville
Riding re-established from Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan and Redwater
26th  2004–2008     Rob Lougheed Progressive Conservative
27th  2008–2012 Dave Quest
Riding re-dissolved into Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville and Strathcona-Sherwood Park

The constituency of Strathcona existed on two occasions in Alberta's history. The Strathcona electoral district was one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the 1905 Alberta general election upon Alberta joining Confederation in September 1905. The district was carried over from the old Strathcona electoral district which returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1902 to 1905.[2] During this time, the constituency centred on the City of Strathcona which was amalgamated into the City of Edmonton in 1912. The constituency was abolished prior to the 1913 Alberta general election, and the territory was split between Vegreville, Camrose and Edmonton South. Alexander Rutherford the incumbent from the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly and first Premier of Alberta was elected as the representative for Strathcona in the 1905 Alberta general election and 1909 Alberta general election.[3]

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 Clover Bar-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.

Boundary history

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Legislative election results

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1905

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1905 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alexander Cameron Rutherford 625 67.13%
Conservative Frank W. Crang 306 32.87%
Total 931
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 931 100.00%
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1909

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1909 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alexander Cameron Rutherford 1,034 85.92%
Conservative Rice Sheppard 173 14.08%
Total 1207
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout N/A N/A N/A
Liberal hold Swing 18.53%
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004

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2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Rob Lougheed 6,871 49.09%
Liberal Jon Friel 4,115 29.40%
New Democratic Thomas Elchuk 1,145 8.18%
Alberta Party Bruce Stubbs 773 5.52%
Alberta Alliance Ryan Seto 467 3.34%
Social Credit Brian Rembowski 329 2.35%
Separation Roberta McDonald 297 2.12%
Total 13,997
Rejected, spoiled and declined 71
Eligible electors / turnout 27,983 50.27%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008

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2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Dave Quest 9,951 66.19% 17.10%
Liberal Jon Friel 2,995 19.92% -9.48%
New Democratic Denny Holmwood 911 6.06% -2.12%
Green Kate Harrington 763 5.07%
Social Credit Gordon Barrett 415 2.76% 0.41%
Total 15,035
Rejected, spoiled and declined 59
Eligible electors / turnout 32,140 46.96% -3.31%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 13.29%
Source(s)

Senate nominee election results

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2004

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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 four candidates on the ballot

2004 student vote results

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Participating schools[6]
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

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References

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  1. ^ "Election results for Strathcona". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2007.
  3. ^ "Strathcona Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  4. ^ Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
  5. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  6. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  7. ^ "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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53°35′N 113°06′W / 53.58°N 113.10°W / 53.58; -113.10