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{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Distinguish|Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name                =Athabasca-Redwater
| province            =Alberta
| image               = Athabasca-Redwater in relation to Edmonton2004.png
| caption             =2004 boundaries
| prov-status         =defunct
| prov-created        =2004
| prov-abolished      =2012
| prov-election-first =2004
| prov-election-last  =2008
}}
'''Athabasca-Redwater''' was a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|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 2004 to 2012.

The district in rural northern Alberta was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution out of a large portion of [[Barrhead-Westlock]] and [[Athabasca-Wabasca]] in the north as well as a portion of [[Redwater (provincial electoral district)|Redwater]] on the eastern side. The district had three major towns: [[Bon Accord, Alberta|Bon Accord]], [[Redwater, Alberta|Redwater]], and [[Athabasca, Alberta|Athabasca]].

The district and its antecedents favoured Progressive Conservative candidates in recent years. There were two representatives in the district.

==History==
The Athabasca-Redwater electoral district was created in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution from parts of the electoral districts of [[Athabasca-Wabasca]], [[Barrhead-Westlock]], and [[Redwater (provincial electoral district)|Redwater]].<ref name="2003boundarychanges">{{cite web|title=Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |url=https://archive.org/details/proposedelectora00albe_1 |date=February 2003 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |author=Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission |publisher=[[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]}}</ref>

The [[2010 Alberta electoral redistribution|2010 electoral boundary re-distribution]] saw the electoral district change to align to new municipal boundaries on the northern and western edges. The electoral district was renamed [[Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater]].<ref name="2010boundarychanges">{{cite book|title=Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/egovdocs/2010/alch/9780986536717.pdf |date=June 2010 |isbn=978-0-9865367-1-7 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |author=Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission |publisher=[[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]}}</ref> The change in name and boundaries took effect at the drop of the writ for the [[2012 Alberta general election]].

===Boundary history===
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!colspan=4|44 Athabasca-Redwater 2003 boundaries<ref name="2003bound">{{Cite canlaw
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!colspan=4|Bordering districts
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!North
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!West
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|[[Lesser Slave Lake (electoral district)|Lesser Slave Lake]], [[Lac La Biche-St. Paul]]
|Lac La Biche-St. Paul
|[[Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock]], Lesser Slave Lake, [[Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert]]
|[[Edmonton-Castle Downs]], [[Edmonton-Decore]], [[Edmonton-Manning]], [[Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville]], [[St. Albert (provincial electoral district)|St. Albert]]
|-
|colspan=2 align=center|[[File:Athabasca-Redwater in relation to Edmonton2004.png]]
|colspan=2 align=center|''map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here''
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|colspan=4|Starting at the intersection of the north boundary of Twp. 75 and the east boundary of Rge. 26 W4; then 1. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 16 W4; 2. south along the east boundary of Rge. 16 to the north boundary of Sec. 13, Twp. 69, Rge 16 W4; 3. west along the north boundary of Secs. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 to the east boundary of Rge. 17 W4; 4. south along the east boundary of Rge. 17 to the north boundary of the Buffalo Lake Métis Settlement (at the north boundary of Twp. 64); 5. west and south along the Métis Settlement boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 13 in Twp. 63, Rge. 18 W4; 6. south along the east boundary of Secs. 13, 12 and 1 to the north boundary of Twp. 62; 7. west along the north boundary of Twp. 62 to the east boundary of Sec. 34 in Twp. 62, Rge. 18 W4; 8. south along the east boundary of Secs. 34, 27, 22, 15, 10 and 3 to the north boundary of Twp. 61; 9. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 16 W4; 10. south along the east boundary of Rge. 16 W4 to the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River; 11. upstream along the right bank to the Edmonton city boundary; 34. west along the north boundary of Twp. 68 to the east boundary of Rge. 26 W4; 35. north along the east boundary of Rge. 26 W4 to the starting point.
|-
|colspan=4|'''Note:'''
|}

===Representation history===
{| class="wikitable" align=right
!colspan=5|Members of the Legislative Assembly for Athabasca-Redwater<ref name="memberslist">{{cite web|title=Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006 |url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |access-date=February 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref>
|-
!Assembly
!Years
!colspan="2"|Member
!Party
|-
|align="center" colspan=5|''See [[Athabasca-Wabasca]] 1993-2004, [[Barrhead-Westlock]] 1993-2004 <br />and [[Redwater (provincial electoral district)|Redwater]] 1993-2004''
|-
|[[26th Alberta Legislative Assembly|26th]]
|2004–2008
|rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|[[Mike Cardinal]]
|rowspan=2|[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]
|-
|[[27th Alberta Legislative Assembly|27th]]
|2008–2012
|[[Jeff Johnson (Alberta politician)|Jeff Johnson]]
|-
|align="center" colspan=5|''See [[Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater]] 2012-present''
|}
The electoral district was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw incumbent Progressive Conservative Cabinet Minister [[Mike Cardinal]] who previously represented the [[Athabasca-Wabasca]] electoral district win here. He defeated five other candidates with just under half the popular vote to pick up the new district for his party.

Cardinal kept his spot in cabinet and was shuffled to the Human Resources and Employment portfolio by Premier [[Ralph Klein]]. He was shuffled to the backbenches in 2006 and retired from the legislature at dissolution 2008.

The second representative of the district was Progressive Conservative MLA Jeff Johnson. He was elected for the first time in 2008 with a landslide majority.

==Legislative election results==

===2004===
{{Alberta provincial election, 2004/Athabasca-Redwater}}

===2008===
{{Alberta provincial election, 2008/Athabasca-Redwater}}

==Senate nominee election results==

===2004===
{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="5" align=center|'''[[2004 Alberta Senate nominee election|2004 Senate nominee election results]]: Athabasca-Redwater'''<ref name="senresults2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf |title=Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results |publisher=Elections Alberta |access-date=February 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704143923/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf |archive-date=July 4, 2009 }}</ref>
|colspan="2"|'''Turnout 50.02%'''
|-
!style="width: 10px;"|
|'''Affiliation'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''% votes'''
|'''% ballots'''
|'''Rank'''
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Betty Unger]]|4,603|14.53%|45.84%|2}}
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Bert Brown]]|4,112|12.98%|40.95%|1}}
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Cliff Breitkreuz]]|3,813|12.04%|37.97%|3}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|[[Link Byfield]]
|3,405
|10.75%
|33.91%
|4
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}}
|Michael Roth
|3,017
|9.52%
|30.05%
|7
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}}
|Gary Horan
|2,823
|8.91%
|28.12%
|10
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}}
|Vance Gough
|2,800
|8.84%
|27.89%
|8
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Jim Silye]]|2,466|7.78%|24.56%|5}}
{{CANelec|AB|PC|David Usherwood|2,450|7.73%|24.40%|6}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|[[Tom Sindlinger]]
|2,193
|6.92%
|21.84%
|9
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total votes'''
|'''31,682'''
|colspan="3"|'''100%'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total ballots'''
|'''10,041'''
|colspan="3"|'''3.16 votes per ballot'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, spoiled and declined'''
|colspan="4"|'''962'''
|}
''Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.''

==Student vote results==

===2004===
{| class="wikitable" align=right
!Participating schools<ref name="school">{{cite web|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm |title=School by School results |publisher=Student Vote Canada |access-date=2008-04-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005211819/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm |archive-date=October 5, 2007 }}</ref>
|-
|Guthrie School	
|-
|H.A. Kostash School
|-
|Lilian Schick school	
|-
|Namao school	
|-
|Newbrook School	
|-
|Sturgeon Composite High School	
|-
|Thorhild Central 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 had 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 who resided in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.

{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="5" align="center"|'''2004 Alberta student vote results'''<ref name="stu2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm |title=Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates |publisher=Student Vote Canada |access-date=2008-04-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213075623/http://studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm/ |archive-date=February 13, 2012 }}</ref>
|-
!style="width: 10px;"|
|'''Affiliation'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Mike Cardinal]]|337|36.39%}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Green|row-name}}
|Luke de Smet
|185
|19.98%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Nicole Belland
|173
|18.68%
{{CANelec|AB|NDP|Peter Opryshko|110|11.88%}}
{{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Sean Whelan|69|7.45%}}
{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|Leonard Fish|52|5.62%}}
|-
|colspan="3" align ="right"|'''Total'''
|'''926'''
|'''100%'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, spoiled and declined'''
|colspan="2"|'''42'''
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of Alberta provincial electoral districts]]
* [[Canadian provincial electoral districts]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author2-link=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |author-link1=Elections Alberta |title=A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |series=The Centennial Series |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-8-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up |access-date=25 May 2020}}

==External links==
*[http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/ Elections Alberta]
*[http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ The Legislative Assembly of Alberta]

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