Stony Plain (electoral district)
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Stony Plain (named Stonyplain until 1909) was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, between 1905 and 2019.[1] The district returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta throughout its history, using the first past the post method of voting for most of its existence but single transferable vote from 1926 to 1957. The district was created in 1905 when Alberta became a province. The riding in its original boundaries stretched from the west Edmonton city limits to the British Columbia border, but over time it was significantly reduced in size.
History
Stony Plain was founded as Stonyplain, one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the 1905 Alberta general election upon Alberta joining Confederation in September 1905. It was renamed Stony Plain for the 1909 Alberta general election, retaining this name until its abolition. The original boundaries of the riding took it to the British Columbia from west Edmonton city limits, but over the next hundred years the riding was significantly decreased in area to a small fraction of its former size.[2]
The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution saw the riding transfer land north of Highway 16 to the electoral district of Whitecourt-Ste. Anne. In the 2017 re-distribution, the riding was abolished, with the town of Stony Plain moved to Spruce Grove-Stony Plain and the rural areas transferred to Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland and Drayton Valley-Devon. The area continued to be represented in the Legislative Assembly until the 2019 election, when new riding borders took effect.[3]
Boundary history
| 77 Stony Plain 2003 boundaries[4] | |||
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| Bordering districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne | Edmonton-Calder, Edmonton-Meadowlark, Edmonton-McClung, Edmonton-Whitemud, Leduc-Beaumont-Devon | Whitecourt-Ste. Anne | Drayton Valley-Calmar |
| riding map goes here | File:Whereisstonyplain.png | ||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act | |||
| Starting at the intersection of the right bank of the Pembina River and the north boundary of Twp. 54; then 1. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 33 in Twp. 54, Rge. 6 W5; 2. south along the east boundary of Secs. 33, 28, 21, 16, 9 and 4 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 33 and 28 in Twp. 53, Rge. 6 W5 to the north shore of Isle Lake; 3. in a generally northeasterly direction along the north shore to the north boundary of Twp. 53; 4. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in Twp. 53, Rge. 5 W5; 5. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 28 in the Twp.; 6. east along the north boundary of ecs. 28, 27, 26 and 25 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 30, 29, 28, 27, 26 and 25 in Twp. 53, Rges. 4 and 3 W5 and the north boundary of Secs. 30 and 29 in Twp. 53, Rge. 2 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 29; 7. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 21 in the Twp.; 8. east along the north boundary of Secs. 21, 22, 23 and 24 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Sec. 19 in Twp. 53, Rge. 1 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 30 in the Twp.; 9. north along the east boundary of Secs. 30 and 31 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 6 and 7 in Twp. 54, Rge. 1 W5 to the north boundary of Sec. 8 in the Twp.; 10. east along the north boundary of Secs. 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 54, Rge. 28 W4 and the north boundary of Secs. 7, 8 and 9 in Twp. 54, Rge. 27 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 9 in the Twp.; 11. south along the east boundary of Secs. 9 and 4 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 33, 28, 21, 16 and 9 in Twp. 53, Rge. 27 W4 to the north Spruce Grove city boundary; 12. westerly, southerly, easterly and north along the city boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 52; 13. east along the north boundary to the west Edmonton city boundary; 14. southerly and easterly along the city boundary to the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River; 15. upstream along the right bank to the east boundary of Sec. 21, Twp. 50, Rge. 6 W5; 16. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 21; 17. west along the north boundary of Secs. 21 and 20 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 30 in the Twp.; 18. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 30; 19. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 7 W5; 20. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 50; 21. west along the north boundary to the right bank of the Pembina River; 22. downstream along the right bank of the Pembina River to the starting point. | |||
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| 81 Stony Plain 2010 boundaries | |||
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| Bordering districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Spruce Grove-St. Albert and Whitecourt-Ste. Anne | Edmonton-Meadowlark and Edmonton-South West | Whitecourt-Ste. Anne | Drayton Valley-Devon and Leduc-Beaumont |
| File:StonyPlain electoral district 2010.jpg | File:StonyPlain in Edmonton.jpg | File:StonyPlain in Alberta.jpg | |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act | |||
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Electoral history
The electoral district of Stony Plain was created when the province was first formed in 1905. It was one of the longest-surviving original districts, remaining intact for every boundary redistribution until 2017.
The first election in 1905 saw a three-way battle which was handily won by Liberal candidate John McPherson, who was reelected in 1909. He was defeated by Conservative party candidate Conrad Weidenhammer in 1913, who chose to retire after a single term. Conservative Frederick Lundy won the tight 1917 race to hold the district. He ran again in the 1921 election, but was defeated by United Farmers candidate Willard Washburn in a landslide. Washburn held the district for two terms before retiring in 1930. The United Farmers ran candidate Donald Macleod who held the district in a tight race over Liberal candidate George Bryan.
Macleod was defeated in 1935, finishing a very distant third place to Social Credit candidate William Hayes. The seat became vacant when Hayes died on April 2, 1939,[6] and it would not be filled before the 1940 election. Cornelia Wood was nominated to be the Social Credit candidate, she won the district for her party in a tight race that went to ballot transfers. Wood was re-elected for three terms before being defeated by Liberal candidate John McLaughlin in 1955. McLaughlin would be defeated by Wood again in 1959. The two ran against each other twice more, with Wood coming up the winner each time.
Wood lost her nomination race to run as the Social Credit candidate again in the 1967 general election to Ralph Jespersen.[7] She later left the Social Credit caucus on April 24, 1967, to run as an Independent Social Credit candidate.[8] She would be defeated finishing a distant fourth place in a landslide by Jespersen.
Jespersen would only last a single term in office before being defeated by William Purdy in the 1971 general election. Purdy was re-elected three more times before retiring at dissolution in 1986. His replacement in the legislature was Progressive Conservative candidate Jim Heron. Heron served a term in office before being defeated by New Democrat Stan Woloshyn.
Woloshyn only stayed with the NDP caucus for a few years before crossing the floor to the Progressive Conservative caucus on February 23, 1993. He ran for re-election as a Progressive Conservative that year and won. In 1996 Premier Ralph Klein appointed him to the provincial cabinet. He won re-election again in 1997 and 2001 before retiring in 2004.
Fred Lindsay replaced Woloshyn in 2004 as the Progressive Conservative MLA for the riding and was re-elected in 2008. Former mayor Ken Lemke retained the riding for the PCs in the 2012 election. The last person to represent Stony Plain was Erin Babcock, who won the riding for the Alberta New Democratic Party in the 2015 election. At the 2019 election, the first after the riding was abolished, Babcock ran for reelection in the new Spruce Grove-Stony Plain riding, but lost to Searle Turton from the United Conservative Party. Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland and Drayton Valley-Devon, the other ridings to take in parts of the former Stony Plain riding, were also won by United Conservatives.
Legislative election results
1905
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1909
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1913
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1917
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1921
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1926
This election conducted using instant-runoff voting
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On the 2nd Count, McKinley was eliminated. Still no candidate had a majority of votes. On the 3rd Count, Oatway was eliminated. Washburn had picked up about 200 votes from the eliminated candidates while Lundy had picked up only 70. so their ranking in popularity did not change. In the 3rd Count, with only two candidates remaining, Washburn had 938 votes; Lundy had 485 votes. Washburn thus had a majority of votes and was declared elected.[9]
1930
This election conducted using Instant-runoff voting
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1935
This election conducted using Instant-runoff voting
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1940
This election conducted using Instant-runoff voting
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1944
This election conducted using Instant-runoff voting
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1948
This election conducted using Instant-runoff voting
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1952
This election conducted using Instant-runoff voting
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1955
This election conducted using Instant-runoff voting
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1959
This election (and all later ones) conducted using First-past-the-post voting
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1963
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1967
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1971
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1975
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1979
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1982
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1986
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1989
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1993
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1997
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2001
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2004
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2008
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2012
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2015
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Senate nominee election results
2004
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Stony Plain[10] | Turnout 48.33% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank
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Independent | Link Byfield | 3,783 | 11.53% | 34.94% | 4 | Michael Roth | 2,978 | 9.08% | 27.51% | 7 | Gary Horan | 2,690 | 8.20% | 24.85% | 10 | Vance Gough | 2,591 | 7.90% | 23.93% | 8
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Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,173 | 6.62% | 20.07% | 9 | |
| Total votes | 32,807 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total ballots | 10,827 | 3.03 votes per ballot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,779 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.
Plebiscite results
1948 electrification plebiscite
District results from the first province wide plebiscite on electricity regulation:
| Option A | Option B |
|---|---|
| Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being continued by the Power Companies? | Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being made a publicly owned utility administered by the Alberta Government Power Commission? |
| 1,360 35.88% | 2,430 64.12% |
| Province wide result: Option A passed. | |
1957 liquor plebiscite
| 1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite results: Stony Plain[11] | |||
| Question A: Do you approve additional types of outlets for the sale of beer, wine and spirituous liquor subject to a local vote? | |||
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| Ballot choice | Votes | % | |
| Yes | 2,372 | 72.01% | |
| No | 922 | 27.99% | |
| Total votes | 2,864 | 100% | |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 38 | ||
| 8,663 eligible electors, turnout 38.64% | |||
On October 30, 1957, a stand-alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive debate in the legislature. The plebiscite was intended to deal with the growing demand for reforming antiquated liquor control laws.[12]
The plebiscite was conducted in two parts. Question A, asked in all districts, asked the voters if the sale of liquor should be expanded in Alberta, while Question B, asked in a handful of districts within the corporate limits of Calgary and Edmonton, asked if men and women should be allowed to drink together in establishments.[11]
Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Stony Plain voted in favour of the proposal by a landslide majority. Voter turnout in the district was well under the province wide average of 46%.[11]
Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957.[11] The Social Credit government in power at the time did not consider the results binding.[13] However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act.[14]
Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the plebiscite were designated Local Option Zones by the Alberta Liquor Control Board and considered effective dry zones. Business owners who wanted a license had to petition for a binding municipal plebiscite in order to be granted a license.[15]
Student vote results
2004
| Participating schools[16] |
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| High Park School |
| John Paul II School |
| Muir Lake School |
| Seba Beach School |
| St. Johns School of Alberta |
| St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School |
| Wabamun 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 who resided 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[17] | ||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | NDP | Ruth Yanor | 183 | 23.58% | Liberal | Bill Fraser | 124 | 15.98% | Social Credit | Henry Neumann | 49 | 6.32% | |
| Total | 776 | 100% | ||||||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 19 | |||||||||||||||
2012
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| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | 275 | 27.95% | Liberal | Arlin Biffert | 150 | 15.24 | NDP | Linda Robinson | 95 | 9.65% | 73 | 7.42% | |
| Total | 984 | 100% | ||||||||||||||
2015
| 2015 Alberta student vote results[19] | ||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | NDP | Erin Babcock | 480 | 33.50% | 320 | 22.33% | Liberal | Mike Hanlon | 178 | 12.42% | 101 | 7.05% | |
| Total | 1433 | 100% | ||||||||||||||
See also
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Canadian provincial electoral districts
- Stony Plain, Alberta, a town in central Alberta
References
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Further reading
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External links
- Electoral Divisions Act 2003
- Demographics for Stony Plain
- Riding Map for Stony Plain
- Student Vote Alberta 2004
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
- Elections Alberta
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