Morinville-St. Albert is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of the 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election.

Morinville-St. Albert
Alberta electoral district
Morinville-St. Albert within the Edmonton Metropolitan Region (2017 boundaries)
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Dale Nally
United Conservative
District created2017
First contested2019
Last contested2023
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]50,225
Area (km²)1,376
Pop. density (per km²)36.5
Census subdivision(s)Bon Accord, Gibbons, Legal, Morinville, St. Albert, Redwater

Geography

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The district lies to the north of Edmonton, covering the part of Sturgeon County east of Highway 2 and the part of the City of St. Albert northeast of Boudreau Road. It contains the communities of Morinville, Legal, Bon Accord, Gibbons, and Redwater. It also includes CFB Edmonton. The other major highway in the district is Highway 28.

History

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Members for Morinville-St. Albert
Assembly Years Member Party
See Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater 2012-2019
and Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock 2004-2019
30th 2019–2023 Dale Nally United Conservative
31st 2023

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended abolishing Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock and Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater, creating a new riding from the southern portions of the two and a small part of St. Albert. The Commission reasoned that St. Albert and Morinville were a natural fit, owing to their shared franco-Albertan heritage.[2]

Electoral results

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2023

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2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Dale Nally 13,472 51.78 +1.77
New Democratic Karen Shaw 11,728 45.07 +11.91
Alberta Party Wayne Rufiange 590 2.27 -12.48
Green Kurt Klingbeil 230 0.88 +0.15
Total 26,020 99.44
Rejected and declined 146 0.56
Turnout 26,166 65.99
Eligible voters 39,649
United Conservative hold Swing -5.07
Source(s)

2019

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2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Dale Nally 13,435 50.01 +0.38
New Democratic Natalie Birnie 8,908 33.16 -15.19
Alberta Party Neil Korotash 3,963 14.75 +14.10
Alberta Independence Mike Van Velzen 204 0.76
Green Cass Romyn 198 0.74
Alberta Advantage Tamara Krywiak 157 0.58
Total 26,865 99.18
Rejected, spoiled and declined 223 0.82
Turnout 27,088 73.02
Eligible voters 37,099
United Conservative notional hold Swing +7.79
Source(s)
Source: "75 - Morinville-St. Albert, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 357–363. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2015

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Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta election
Party Votes %
New Democratic 10,764 48.35
Progressive Conservative 6,545 29.40
Wildrose 4,504 20.23
Liberal 303 1.36
Alberta Party 146 0.66
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

References

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  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ^ Henderson, Jennifer (October 24, 2017). "St. Albert ridings redrawn to include Morinville - St. Albert Gazette". St. Albert Gazette. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  3. ^ "75 - Morinville-St. Albert". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 10, 2023.