Strathcona (provincial electoral district)

This article is about a former provincial electoral district. For other uses, see Strathcona (disambiguation) § Canadian electoral districts.

Edmonton-Strathcona
Alberta electoral district
2004 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1905
District abolished	1913
District re-created	2004
District re-abolished	2012
First contested	1905
Last contested	2008

Strathcona was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is not to be confused with Edmonton-Strathcona, a different provincial electoral district within the city of Edmonton created in 1971, nor with the federal electoral district Edmonton—Strathcona.

The constituency of Strathcona existed on two occasions in Alberta's history. The first time, the constituency, centred on the City of Strathcona in what is now Edmonton, was carried over from the Strathcona North-West territorial constituency from before Alberta became a province. The constituency disappeared in 1913 when it was split between Vegreville, Camrose and Edmonton South. Strathcona was the home constitiuency of Alberta's first premier, Alexander Rutherford.

The Edmonton-Strathcona constituency, of the 1971 to the present period, was re-created in roughly the same place as the 1905-1909 version, in what had formerly (1959-1967) been Strathcona Centre.

A constituency using just the name Strathcona was created in 2004 when it was carved out of the south portion of Redwater and a large chunk of north west Cloverbar-Fort Saskatchewan.

The riding is one of five that used a name from the original twenty five 1905 ridings. The other four are St. Albert, Peace River, Stony Plain and Medicine Hat.

The constituency of Strathcona was sometimes confused with Edmonton-Strathcona so was renamed Strathcona-Sherwood Park.

The constituency of Strathcona (2004-2012) bordered the east of Edmonton and was mixed rural, semi-rural and suburban, covering Strathcona County.

Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville bordered the riding to the north and east. Leduc-Beaumont-Devon bordered the riding to the south. Sherwood Park, Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Mill Creek, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview and Edmonton-Manning bordered to the west.

Strathcona

Boundary history

78 Strathcona 2003 Boundaries^[1]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville	Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville	Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Mill Creek, Edmonton-Mill Woods, Leduc-Beaumont-Devon, Sherwood Park	Leduc-Beaumont-Devon
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 right bank of the North Saskatchewan River and the south city boundary of Fort Saskatchewan; then 1. generally in a north easterly direction along the east city boundary of Fort Saskatchewan to the intersection with Highway 15; 2. in an easterly direction along Highway 15 to the east boundary of Sec. 20, Twp. 55, Rge. 20 W4; 3. south along the east boundary of Secs. 20, 17, 8 and 5 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 54, Rge. 20 W4; 4. east along the north boundary to the west boundary of Elk Island National Park; 5. in a southwesterly direction along the west boundary of Elk Island National Park to the northeast boundary of Sec. 25, Twp. 52, Rge. 21 W4; 6. south along the east boundary of Secs. 25, 24 and 13 to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in Twp. 52, Rge. 20 W4; 7. east along the north boundary of Secs. 7 and 8 to the east boundary of Sec. 8; 8. south along the east boundary of Sec. 8 to the north boundary of Sec. 4; 9. east along the north boundary of Sec. 4 to the east boundary of Sec. 4; 10. south along the east boundary of Sec. 4 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 3; 11. east along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 3 to the east boundary of Sec. 3; 12. south along the east boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 34, 27 and 22 in Twp. 51, Rge. 20 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 14; 13. east along the north boundary of Sec. 14 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 14; 14. south along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 14, 11 and 2 to the north boundary of Twp. 50; 15. west along the north boundary of Twp. 50 to the east boundary of Sec. 34 in Twp. 50, Rge. 21 W4; 16. south along the east boundary of Sec. 34 to the north shore of Ministik Lake; 17. in a westerly direction along the north shore of Ministik Lake to the east boundary of Sec. 31 in Twp. 50, Rge. 21 W4; 18. north along the east boundary of Sec. 31 to the north boundary of Twp. 50, Rge. 21 W4; 19. west along the north boundary of Twp. 50 to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 51, Rge. 23 W4; 20. north along the east boundary of Secs. 5 and 8 to the east Edmonton city boundary; 21. north along the east city boundary to Wye Road (Highway 630); 22. east along Wye Road to Clover Bar Road; 23. north along Clover Bar Road to Highway 16; 24. west along Highway 16 to the east Edmonton city boundary; 25. north along the east city boundary and the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River to the starting point.
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Election results

1905 general election

Returning Officer^[2]
Leslie L. Fuller

1905 Alberta general election results^[3]			Turnout Unknown
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alexander Rutherford	625	67.13%
	Conservative	Frank W. Crang	306	32.87%
Total			931	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			Unknown

1909 general election

1909 Results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alexander Rutherford	1,034	85.92%
	Conservative	Rice Sheppard	173	14.08%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results^[4]			Turnout 50.51%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Lougheed	6,871	49.09%
	Liberal	Jon Friel	4,115	29.40%
	NDP	Tom Elchuck	1,145	8.18%
	Alberta Party	Bruce Stubbs	773	5.52%
	Alberta Alliance	Ryan Ceto	467	3.34%
	Social Credit	Brian Rembowski	329	2.35%
	Separation	Roberta Mcdonald	297	2.12%
Total			13,997	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			138

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Strathcona^[5]					Turnout 44.17%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	4,874	15.63%	47.41%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	3,933	12.61%	38.26%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	3,887	12.47%	37.81%	3
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,765	12.07%	36.62%	4
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,789	8.94%	27.13%	6
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,686	8.61%	26.13%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,354	7.55%	22.90%	8
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	2,343	7.51%	22.79%	5
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,285	7.33%	22.23%	10
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,266	7.28%	22.04%	9
Total Votes			31,182	100%
Total Ballots			10,281	3.03 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			2,080

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2008 general election

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Quest	9,951	66.2
	Liberal	Jon Friel	2,995	19.9
	N.D.P.	Denny Holmwood	911	6.1
	Green	Kate Harrington	763	5.1
	Social Credit	Gordon Barrett	415	2.8

2004 Student Vote

Participating Schools^[6]
Ardossan Elementary
Ardrossan Junior Senior High School
Bev Facey Community High School
Ministik Elementary
St. Luke School
Strathcona Christian Academy

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^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Lougheed	479	33.33%
	Liberal	Jon Friel	238	16.56%
	Separation	Roberta Mcdonald	207	14.41%
	Alberta Party	Bruce Stubbs	171	11.90%
	NDP	Tom Elchuck	157	10.93%
	Alberta Alliance	Ryan Ceto	119	8.28%
	Social Credit	Brian Rembowski	66	4.59%
Total			1,437	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			144

References

↑ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 69–70.
↑ "Territories Elections Ordinance; Province of Alberta". Vol VI No. 12. The Rocky Mountain Echo. October 30, 1905. p. 4.
↑ "Strathcona Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
↑ "Strathcona Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
↑ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
↑ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
↑ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

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