Red Deer-North

Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template other 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

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.

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.

Boundary history

71 Red Deer-North 2003 boundaries
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Lacombe-Ponoka	Lacombe-Ponoka	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, Lacombe-Ponoka,	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, Red Deer-South
riding map goes here		map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the east boundary of Rge. 28 W4 and the right bank of the Blindman River; then 1. downstream along the right bank of the Blindman River to its intersection with the right bank of the Red Deer River; 2. southeasterly along the right bank of the Red Deer River to the intersection with Highway 11; 3. west along Highway 11 to the east boundary of the City of Red Deer (Range Road 271); 4. south along Range Road 271 to its intersection with an extension of Ross Street (50 Street); 5. west along the extension and Ross Street to Taylor Drive; 6. northwest along Taylor Drive to the right bank of the Red Deer River; 7. upstream along the right bank to its intersection with the west Red Deer city boundary; 8. southwest and north along the City of Red Deer boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 38 (Highway 11A); 9. west along the north boundary of Twp. 38 (Highway 11A) to the east boundary of Rge. 28 W4; 10. north along the east boundary of Rge. 28 W4 to the starting point.
Note:

75 Red Deer-North 2010 boundaries
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake	Red Deer-South
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Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Red Deer-North
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Red Deer 1905–1986
21st	1986–1989	rowspan=4 Template:Canadian party colour|	Stockwell Day	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1989–1993
23rd	1993–1997
24th	1997–2000
	2000	Template:Canadian party colour|	Vacant
	2000–2001	rowspan=5 Template:Canadian party colour|	Mary Anne Jablonski	Progressive Conservative
25th	2001–2004
26th	2004–2008
27th	2008–2012
27th	2012–2015
29th	2015–2019	Template:Canadian party colour|	Kim Schreiner	New Democratic
30th	2019–2023	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	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.

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-North					Turnout 39.16%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% votes	% ballots	Rank	Michael Roth	2,775	12.96%	40.01%	7	Independent	Link Byfield	2,238	10.46%	32.27%	4	Vance Gough	2,129	9.95%	30.70%	8	Gary Horan	2,048	9.57%	29.53%	10	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

2012 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-South					Turnout %
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% votes	% ballots	Rank	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	Elizabeth Johannson	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

2004

Participating schools
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
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Liberal	Norm McDougall	363	27.07%	Colin Fisher	250	18.64%	NDP	Steven Bedford	144	10.74%
Total			1,341	100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined			28

2012

Participating schools
École Camille J. Lerouge School

2012 Alberta student vote results
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Liberal	Michael Dawe		%	NDP	Derrek Seelinger		%
Total				100%

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta