Westlock—St. Paul

Westlock—St. Paul

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Alberta


caption = Westlock—St. Paul in relation to the other Alberta federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 48025
fed-created = 2003
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 2004
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Brian Storseth
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 101010
demo-electors = 72231
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 22918
demo-cd = Division No. 10, Division No. 11, Division No. 12, Division No. 13
demo-csd = Sturgeon County, Cold Lake, Bonnyville No. 87, Vermilion River County No. 24, Westlock County, Morinville, Lakeland County, St. Paul County No. 19, Bonnyville, St. Paul

Westlock—St. Paul (formerly known as Battle River) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It represents the counties of Westlock, Sturgeon, Thorhild, Smoky Lake, St. Paul and the municipal district of Bonnyville.

History

This riding was created in 2003 as "Westlock—St. Paul" from parts of Lakeland, Elk Island, St. Albert, Yellowhead and Athabasca ridings.

After the 2004 election, it was re-named "Battle River".

In 2005, it was re-named "Westlock—St. Paul".

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

#2004-2006: Dave Chatters - Conservative - He previously represented Athabasca and Battle River ridings. A former rancher and a school teacher. He was first elected in 1993. He was the Chair on the 'Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics'.
#2006-present: Brian Storseth - Conservative

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Brian Storseth. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada.

Election results

-
Conservative
Brian Storseth
align="right"|29698
align="right"|68.22%
align="right"|+1.42%
align="right"|?
Liberal
Cory Ollikka
align="right"|6531
align="right"|15%
align="right"|-4.25%
align="right"|?
New Democratic Party
Peter Opryshko
align="right"|4368
align="right"|10.03%
align="right"|+1.24%
align="right"|?
Green
Richard De Smet
align="right"|2136
align="right"|4.91%
align="right"|-0.23%
align="right"|?
Independent
Wernard Gisler
align="right"|416
align="right"|0.96%
align="right"|N/A
align="right"|?
Independent
Clarence Schultz
align="right"|381
align="right"|0.88%
align="right"|N/A
align="right"|?
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|43,530 !align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|?
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|125!align="right"|0.29%!align="right"|-0.09%
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|43,655!align="right"|61.53%!align="right"|+4.97%

-
Conservative
Dave Chatters
align="right"|26,433
align="right"|66.80%
align="right"
align="right"|$25,254
Liberal
Joe Dion
align="right"|7,619
align="right"|19.25%
align="right"
align="right"|$79,419
New Democratic Party
Peggy Kirkeby
align="right"|3,480
align="right"|8.79%
align="right"
align="right"|$2,112
Green
John A. McDonald
align="right"|2,036
align="right"|5.14%
align="right"
align="right"|$486
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|39,568!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|151!align="right"|0.38%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|39,719!align="right"|56.56%!align="right"

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Alberta federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1279 Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003-2004)]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1431 Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2004-2005)]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1439 Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2005-present)]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Expenditures - 2004]
* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]


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