Westlock-Sturgeon
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1986 |
| District abolished | 1993 |
| First contested | 1986 |
| Last contested | 1989 |
Westlock-Sturgeon was a
first-past-the-post balloting from 1986 to 1993.[1]
History
Boundary history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Athabasca 1905-1986, Redwater-Andrew 1971-1986, and St. Albert 1905-1986. | ||||
21st
|
1986-1989 | Nicholas Taylor | Liberal
| |
22nd
|
1989-1993 | |||
| See Barrhead-Westlock 1993-2004, Redwater 1993-2004, and Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert 1993-2012 | ||||
The riding was created for the 1986 election from parts of three ridings: the town of
Morinville was transferred from St. Albert, along with a small part of Redwater-Andrew
.
The riding was abolished only seven years later at the next redistribution. The northern half of the riding was transferred to
Morinville and the area east of it going to Redwater and the remainder to Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert
.
Representation history
The riding's only MLA was
Liberal Party
through its decade-long drought. His election in 1986, along with three other Liberals in Edmonton and Calgary, was a breakthrough for the party.
He was replaced by Laurence Decore as party leader only two years later, but was re-elected in Westlock-Sturgeon in 1989. For the second term in a row, Taylor was the only Liberal MLA in rural Alberta. When the riding was abolished in 1993, he went on to serve as MLA for Redwater.
Election results
1986
| 1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Nicholas Taylor | 4,523 | 38.95% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lawrence Kluthe | 4,049 | 34.87% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Bruce Lennon | 1,996 | 17.19% | – | ||||
| Representative | Tom Carleton | 911 | 7.84% | – | ||||
Confederation of Regions |
Adam Hauch | 78 | 0.67% | – | ||||
| Communist | Laurent St. Denis | 29 | 0.25% | – | ||||
| Heritage | Stan Pearson | 25 | 0.22% | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 11,611 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 12 | – | – | |||||
| Registered electors / turnout | 18,572 | 62.58% | – | |||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Westlock-Sturgeon Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1989
| 1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Nicholas Taylor | 5,401 | 44.80% | +5.85% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Leo Seguin | 4,958 | 41.13% | +6.26% | ||||
| New Democratic | Tom Turner | 1,696 | 14.07% | -3.12% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,055 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 15 | – | – | |||||
| Registered electors / turnout | 19,662 | 61.38% | -1.20% | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.21% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Westlock-Sturgeon Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Election results for Westlock-Sturgeon". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
Further reading
- ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
External links
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See also: Elections in Canada | |