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Drumheller-Stettler Alberta electoral district
2004 boundaries Provincial electoral district Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta MLA
Progressive ConservativeDistrict created 2004 First contested 2004 Last contested 2008 Drumheller-Stettler is a provincial electoral district (riding) in Alberta, Canada. The electoral 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 2003 boundary redistribution and came into force in 2004 from the old districts of Drumheller-Chinook and Lacombe-Stettler.
The district is named after the towns of Drumheller and Stettler and covers a large rural portion of central east Alberta. It also contains the towns of Cereal, Constort, Hanna, Oyen and Youngstown and Dinosaur Provincial Park.
The district and its antecedents have been strong holds for Progressive Conservative candidates in recent decades. The current representative in the district is Progressive Conservative Jack Hayden who was first elected in a by-election on June 12, 2007. Before Hayden, Deputy Premier Shirley McClellan represented the riding as its first elected member in 2004.
The 2010 boundary commission has proposed the riding be abolished when the new boundaries come into force. It will likely be divided into Stettler-Wainwright and Brooks-Drumheller.
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Drumheller-Stettler history
Boundary history
52 Drumheller-Stettler 2003 Boundaries[1] Bordering Districts North East West South Battle River-Wainwright none Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, Lacombe-Ponoka, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, Strathmore-Brooks Cypress-Medicine Hat 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 north boundary of Twp. 42 and the east boundary of Rge. 19; then 1. east along the north boundary to the right bank of the Battle River; 2. downstream along the right bank to the east boundary of Sec. 8 in Twp. 41, Rge. 16 W4; 3. south along the east boundary of Secs. 8 and 5 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in Twps. 40, 39, 38 and 37, Rge. 16 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 36; 4. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 33 in the Twp.; 5. south along the east boundary of Secs. 33, 28, 21 and 16 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 10 in the Twp.; 6. east along the north boundary of Secs. 10, 11 and 12 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 7, 8 and 9 in Twp. 36, Rge. 15 W4 to the west shore of Sullivan Lake; 7. southeasterly along the west shore to the north boundary of Twp. 34, Rge. 15 W4; 8. east along the north boundary of Twp. 34 to the east boundary of Rge. 10; 9. north along the east boundary of Rge. 10 to the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 35, Rge. 9 W4; 10. east along the north boundary of Secs. 6 and 5 to the east boundary of Sec. 8 in the Twp.; 11. north along the east boundary of Secs. 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. and Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in Twp. 36 to the north boundary of Twp. 36; 12. east along the north boundary of Twp. 36 to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 37, Rge. 9, W4; 13. north along the east boundary of Secs. 3 and 10 to the north boundary of Sec. 11; 14. east along the north boundary of Secs. 11 and 12 to the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4; 15. north along the east boundary of Rge. 9 to the north boundary of Twp. 37; 16. east along the north boundary of Twp. 37 to the east boundary of Sec. 33 in Twp. 37, Rge. 3 W4; 17. 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. 36, Rge. 3 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 22 in the Twp.; 18. east along the north boundary of Secs. 22, 23 and 24 in Rge. 3 W4 and the north boundary of Secs. 19, 20 and 21 in Twp. 36, Rge. 2 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 21; 19. south along the east boundary of Secs. 21, 16, 9 and 4 to the north boundary of Twp. 35; 20. east along the north boundary of Twp. 35 to the east boundary of the Province; 21. south along the east boundary of the Province to the right bank of the South Saskatchewan River; 22. upstream along the right bank of the river to the east boundary of Rge. 3 W4; 23. north along the east boundary of Rge. 3 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 13 in Twp. 20, Rge. 3 W4; 24. west along the north boundary of Secs. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 in Rges. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 to the east boundary of Rge. 11 W4; 25. north along the east boundary of Rge. 11 W4 to the right bank of the Red Deer River; 26. upstream along the right bank to the southeasterly point of the municipal boundary of the Town of Drumheller (at Sec. 22 in Twp. 27, Rge. 18 W4); 27. generally west and north along the municipal boundary of the Town of Drumheller to the intersection with the right bank of the Red Deer River (at Sec. 18, Twp. 29, Rge. 20 W4); 28. upstream along the right bank of the Red Deer River to the north boundary of Twp. 38; 29. east along the north boundary of Twp. 38 to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 30. north along the east boundary of Secs. 3, 10, 15 and 22 to the north boundary of Sec. 23; 31. east along the north boundary of Secs. 23 and 24 to the east boundary of Rge. 22; 32. north along the east boundary of Rge. 22 to the south shore of Buffalo Lake; 33. in a northerly direction along the west shore of Buffalo Lake to the east boundary of Rge. 22; 34. north along the east boundary of Rge. 22 to the west shore of Buffalo Lake; 35. northeasterly along the west shore to the north boundary of Twp. 40; 36. east along the north boundary to the east shore of Buffalo Lake; 37. in a generally northerly direction along the east shore to the north boundary of Sec. 22 in Twp. 41, Rge. 20 W4; 38. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 27; 39. north along the east boundary of Secs. 27 and 34 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 41; 40. east along the north boundary of Twp. 41 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 4 in Twp. 42, Rge. 19 W4; 41. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 4, 9, 16 and 21 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 21; 42. east along the north boundary of Secs. 21, 22, 23 and 24 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4; 43. north along the east boundary of Rge. 19 to the starting point. Note: Members of the Legislative Assembly for Drumheller-Stettler[2] Assembly Years Member Party See Drumheller-Chinook 1997-2004 and Lacombe-Stettler 1993-2004 26th 2004–2007 Shirley McClellan Progressive Conservative 2007 Vacant 2007–2008 Jack Hayden Progressive Conservative 27th 2008–present Electoral history
The riding was created when the writ was dropped for the 2004 Alberta general election as a merger between Drumheller-Chinook and the eastern half of the Lacombe-Stettler riding.
The 2004 provincial election saw Deputy Premier Shirley McClellan, formerly from Drumheller-Chinook win re-election here. She defeated five other candidates to pick up the new district.
McClellan resigned her seat in the legislature on January 15, 2007, the same day that former premier Ralph Klein resigned his seat in Calgary-Elbow. By-elections for both electoral districts were called held on June 12, 2007.
The by-election saw a significant shift in support for the opposition parties with the re-emergence of the Liberal party who didn't run a candidate in 2004 to take second place. The Alberta Alliance and NDP fared the worst, both retaining the same candidates from the general election dropping from second and third to fifth and last respectively. The Progressive Conservative candidate Jack Hayden won the district by holding his party's vote from the last election with a slightly reduced percentage. Social Credit made surprising gains jumping from last to third place, and Independent candidate John Rew also made a strong showing.
Hayden won his second term in the 2008 general election winning a landslide. He was appointed to the cabinet by Premier Ed Stelmach after the election.
Election results
2004 general election
2004 Alberta general election results[3] Turnout 50.85% Swing Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal Progressive Conservative Shirley McClellan 6,772 65.02% * Alberta Alliance Dave France 1,414 13.58% * NDP Richard Bough 869 8.34% * Alberta Party Eileen Walker 616 5.92% * Separation David Carnegie 465 4.47% * Social Credit Mary-Lou Kloppenburg 279 2.67% * Total 10,415 100% Rejected Ballots 86 20,653 Eligible Electors Progressive Conservative pickup new district Swing N/A 2004 Senate nominee election district results
2004 Senate nominee election results: Drumheller-Stettler[4] Turnout 50.52% Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 4,705 17.12% 53.89% 1 Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 3,888 14.15% 44.53% 2 Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,873 10.46% 32.91% 3 Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,840 10.34% 32.53% 5 Independent Link Byfield 2,826 10.28% 32.37% 4 Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,798 10.18% 32.05% 6 Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,208 8.04% 25.29% 8 Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,153 7.84% 24.66% 7 Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,923 6.99% 22.03% 10 Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,265 4.60% 14.49% 9 Total Votes 27,479 100% Total Ballots 8,731 3.15 Votes Per Ballot Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1,703 Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
2007 by-election
June 12, 2007 by-election results[5] Turnout 32.31% Swing Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal Progressive Conservative Jack Hayden 4,180 57.65% -7.37% * Liberal Tom Dooley 993 13.69% * Social Credit Larry Davidson 852 11.75% 9.08% * Independent John Rew 519 7.16% * Alberta Alliance Dave France 355 4.90% -8.68% Green Jennifer Wigmore 249 3.43% * NDP Richard Bough 103 1.42% -6.92% Total 7,251 100% Rejected Ballots 21 22,509 Eligible Electors Progressive Conservative hold Swing -10.53% 2008 general election
2008 Alberta general election results[6] Turnout 43.73% Swing Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal Progressive Conservative Jack Hayden 6,986 68.90% 11.25% Liberal Tom Dooley 1,463 14.43% 0.73% Wildrose Alliance Dave France 1,062 10.47% 5.57% Green Amanda Bolton 353 3.48% 0.05% * NDP Richard Bough 276 2.72% 1.30% Total 10,140 100% Rejected Ballots 35 23,268 Eligible Electors Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.99% 2004 Student Vote
Participating Schools[7] Byemoor School C. J. Peacock School Delia School Jenner Colony School New Brigden School South Central High School Stettler Middle School Veteran School William E. Hay Composite School Youngstown 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[8] Affiliation Candidate Votes % Progressive Conservative Shirley McClellan 519 55.63% NDP Richard Bough 110 11.79% Alberta Alliance Dave France 91 9.75% Separation David Carnegie 86 9.22% Alberta Party Eileen Walker 83 8.90% Social Credit Mary-Lou Kloppenburg 44 4.71% Total 933 100% Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 36 References
- ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 37–39. http://www.qp.alberta.ca/574.cfm?page=E04P1.cfm&leg_type=Acts&isbncln=0779738748.
- ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf. Retrieved February 27, 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Drumheller-Stettler Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/52.pdf. Retrieved MArch 25, 2010.
- ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
- ^ "Report on the June 12, 2007 by-elections Calgary-Elbow and Drumheller-Stettler". Elections Alberta. pp. 4–10. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Documents/2007_By-Election_Report.pdf. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
- ^ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. pp. 402–407.
- ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-27.[dead link]
- ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-19.[dead link]
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