Elk Island (electoral district)

Elk Island was a federal electoral district in the province of Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2004.

History

The electoral district was created in 1987 from Pembina and Vegreville ridings. It was abolished in 2003 with parts being transferred mostly to Edmonton—Sherwood Park, Vegreville—Wainwright, and Westlock—St. Paul ridings.

Demographics

Population, 2000	101,628
Electors	78,983
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Members of Parliament

• 1988–1993: Brian O'Kurley — Progressive Conservative
• 1993–2004: Ken Epp — Reform (1993–2000), Canadian Alliance (2000–2003), Conservative (2003–2004)

Election results

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Ken Epp	33,730	64.23%	–	$44,810
	Liberal	Paul Bokowski	9,289	17.68%	–	$7,720
	Progressive Conservative	Rod Scarlett	6,178	11.76%	–	$5,618
	New Democratic	Chris Harwood	3,316	6.31%	–	$1,372
Total valid votes			52,513	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			118	0.22%
Turnout			52,631	66.63%

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Ken Epp	26,276	60.64%	–	$43,022
	Liberal	Vic Bidzinski	8,536	19.69%	–	$39,857
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Tadman	5,416	12.49%	–	$24,995
	New Democratic	Mary Ellen VanDusen	2,544	5.87%	–	$7,182
	Independent	Ace Cetinski	559	1.29%	–	$8,143
Total valid votes			43,331	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			73	0.17%
Turnout			43,404	62.91%

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Reform	Ken Epp	26,298
	Liberal	Jean Boisvert	11,554
	Progressive Conservative	Brian O'Kurley	6,054
	National	James Keith Steinhubl	4,061
	New Democratic	Steve Jacobs	1,293
	Natural Law	Lorne Hoff	234
	Canada Party	Gerry Averes	108

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Brian O'Kurley	19,447
	New Democratic	Rolf E. Nielsen	9,046
	Reform	Dennis Tindall	8,131
	Liberal	Patricia L. Hunter	3,613
	Confederation of Regions	Warren Henrickson	123

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada