St. Albert (provincial electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name =St. Albert
province =Alberta


caption =2004 boundaries
prov-rep =Ken Allred
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party =Progressive Conservative
prov-rep-party-link =Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
prov-status =active
prov-created =1905
prov-abolished =
prov-election-first =1905
prov-election-last =2008

St. Albert is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

The riding covers most of the city of St. Albert just north west of Edmonton.

The riding of St. Albert is one of five ridings out of the original twenty five, that has existed since Alberta became a province in 1905. The other four surviving ridings are Medicine Hat, Strathcona, Peace River and Stony Plain. Since 1905 the riding has decreased in size, at one point stretching all the way to the British Columbia border, through vast tracts of rural area. Today the riding is now an urban one encompassing the small satellite city of St. Albert. This riding has a long and interesting electoral history, this is one of the few Alberta swing ridings, and only one of a handful that has elected members from six different parties.

Between 1926 and 1955 the riding switched between First Past the Post and Single Transferable Vote. In 1959 the Alberta government standardized all ridings to First Past the Post.

Election results

1905 general election

2004 Senate nominee election district results

Single Transferable Vote 1926, 1935 - 1944, 1952 - 1955

"First Names in the old election records are rare. Most of the results are given with first and middle initials"

1952-1955

1909 - 1921, 1930, 1948

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/maps%5Cnb%5C76_a1.pdf Riding Map for St. Albert]
* [http://www.finance.gov.ab.ca/aboutalberta/ped%5Fprofiles/2004%5Fnew%5Fboundaries/St.%20Albert.pdf Demographics for St. Albert]
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta]