Wetaskiwin-Camrose was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first past the post method of voting from 1993 to 2019.

Wetaskiwin-Camrose
Alberta electoral district
2004 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1993
District abolished2019
First contested1993
Last contested2015

History

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The district was created in the 1993 boundary re-distribution from the Wetaskiwin-Leduc and Camrose districts. It is located in rural central eastern Alberta. It includes its namesakes Wetaskiwin and Camrose as well as the town of Millet and the Samson 137 and Montana 139 Indian reserves.

The district and its antecedents had been favourable to electing Progressive Conservative candidates for the past few decades, however, this changed in the 2015 Alberta general election when New Democratic Bruce Hinkley who won his first term.

The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution saw a portion of land lying east of the city of Camrose transferred in the Battle River-Wainwright electoral district.[1]

The Wetaskiwin-Camrose electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and portions of the district would form the newly created Camrose and Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin electoral districts.[2]

Boundary history

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Wetaskiwin-Camrose[4]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Camrose 1909-1993 and Wetaskiwin-Leduc 1971-1993
23rd 1993-1997 Ken Rostad Progressive
Conservative
24th 1997-2001 LeRoy Johnson
25th 2001-2004
26th 2004-2008
27th 2008–2012 Verlyn Olson
28th 2012-2015
29th 2015–2019 Bruce Hinkley New Democrat
See Camrose and Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin after 2019

Electoral history

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The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw incumbent Camrose MLA Ken Rostad run in the new electoral district. He picked up the new seat for the Progressive Conservative party facing a strong challenge from Liberal candidate Bob Prestage.

Rostad retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1997. His replacement in the legislature was Progressive Conservative candidate LeRoy Johnson. He won the district with a landslide to hold it for his party. He was re-elected to a second term in the 2001 general election with a bigger majority. He won a third term in office in 2004 and retired at the end of his third term in 2008. Progressive Conservative Verlyn Olson who was elected to his first term in the 2008 general election and second term in 2012, before losing to New Democratic Bruce Hinkley in the 2015 election.

Legislative election results

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1993

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1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ken Rostad 6,297 46.01%
Liberal Bob Prestage 4,962 36.26%
New Democratic Bruce Hinkley 1,597 11.67%
Social Credit Henry Neumann 829 6.06%
Total 13,685
Rejected, spoiled and declined 26
Eligible electors / turnout 21,364 64.18%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin-Camrose Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

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1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative LeRoy Johnson 7,244 58.56% 12.54%
New Democratic Rick Jantz 2,060 16.65% 4.98%
Social Credit Karen Richert 1,622 13.11% 7.05%
Liberal Jody Saddleback 1,166 9.43% -26.83%
Forum Bruce Hinkley 279 2.26%
Total 12,371
Rejected, spoiled and declined 36
Eligible electors / turnout 21,968 56.48% -7.70%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 16.07%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin-Camrose Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

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2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative LeRoy Johnson 9,090 72.36% 13.80%
Liberal Stewart Larkin 1,671 13.30% 3.88%
New Democratic Philip Penrod 1,420 11.30% -5.35%
Independent Ben Lussier 382 3.04%
Total 12,563
Rejected, spoiled and declined 19
Eligible electors / turnout 22,866 55.02% -1.45%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 8.57%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin-Camrose Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004

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2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative LeRoy Johnson 6,177 54.65% -17.70%
Liberal Keith Elliott 2,713 24.00% 10.70%
Alberta Alliance Dale Trefz 1,194 10.56%
New Democratic Clay Lawson 909 8.04% -3.26%
Social Credit Janice H. Wolter 309 2.73%
Total 11,302
Rejected, spoiled and declined 41
Eligible electors / turnout 24,198 46.88% -8.15%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -14.20%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin-Camrose Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008

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2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Verlyn Olson 7,726 65.89% 11.23%
Liberal Keith Elliott 1,646 14.04% -9.97%
New Democratic Sarah E. Mowat 1,078 9.19% 1.15%
Wildrose Tyler Knelsen 818 6.98%
Green Midge Lambert 458 3.91%
Total 11,726
Rejected, spoiled and declined 37
Eligible electors / turnout 27,652 42.54% -4.34%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 10.60%

2012

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2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Verlyn Olson 7,486 52.25% -13.63%
Wildrose Trevor Miller 4,562 31.84% 24.87%
New Democratic Bruce Hinkley 1,586 11.07% 1.88%
Liberal Owen Chubb 501 3.50% -10.54%
Evergreen Mike Donnelly 191 1.33%
Total 14,326
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 77
Eligible electors / turnout 28,173 51.12% 8.58%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -15.72%

2015

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2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Bruce Hinkley 7,531 43.87% 32.80%
Progressive Conservative Verlyn Olson 5,951 34.67% -17.59%
Wildrose Bill Rock 3,685 21.47% -10.38%
Total 17,167
Rejected, spoiled and declined 76
Eligible electors / turnout 31,527 54.69% 3.57%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -5.60%

Senate nominee election results

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2004

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2004 Senate nominee election results: Wetaskiwin-Camrose[5] Turnout 45.79%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 4,092 14.80% 46.08% 3
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,064 14.69% 45.77% 2
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 4,032 14.58% 45.41% 1
  Independent Link Byfield 2,879 10.41% 32.42% 4
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,399 8.67% 27.02% 7
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,396 8.66% 26.98% 6
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,275 8.23% 25.62% 5
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,020 7.30% 22.75% 8
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,967 7.11% 22.15% 10
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,533 5.55% 17.26% 9
Total votes 27,657 100%
Total ballots 8,880 3.12 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 2,201

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

2012

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Student vote results

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2004

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Participating schools[6]
Camrose Composite High School
Ecole Parkdale School
Ecole Queen Elizabeth Junior High
Griffith Scott School
Our Lady of Mount Pleasant Jr./Sr. High
Sacred Heart School
Wetaskiwin Composite 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 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 that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta student vote[7]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative LeRoy Johnson 477 48.33%
  NDP Clay Lawson 213 21.58%
  Liberal Keith Elliott 190 19.25%
Alberta Alliance Dale Trefz 64 6.48%
  Social Credit Monika Schaefer 43 4.36%
Total 987 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 35

2012

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2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Verlyn Olson %
Wildrose Trevor Miller
  Liberal Owen Chubb %
  NDP Bruce Hinkley %
Evergreen Mike Donnelly
Total 100%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9865367-1-7. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  2. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-1-988620-04-6. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
  4. ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  5. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  6. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  7. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
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