St. Albert (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see St. Albert (provincial electoral district). For the N.W.T. electoral district, see St. Albert (territorial electoral district).

St. Albert was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2004. It contained Edmonton's western and northwestern suburbs, including the city of St. Albert.

St. Albert

Alberta electoral district
St. Albert in relation to other federal electoral districts in Alberta (1996 redistribution)
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1987
District abolished	2003
First contested	1988
Last contested	2000
Demographics
Population (2001)	123,877
Electors (2000)	83,800
Census division(s)	Division No. 11, Division No. 13

History

It was created in 1987 from Pembina and Yellowhead ridings. It was abolished in 2003 and transferred mostly into Edmonton—St. Albert and Edmonton—Spruce Grove. Smaller parts were transferred into Westlock—St. Paul and Yellowhead ridings.

Geography

This was a rural riding in Alberta.

Demographics

Population, 2001	123,877
Population, 1996	105,853
Population, 1991	95,605
Population, 1986	82,993

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
St. Albert Riding created from Pembina and Yellowhead
34th	1988–1993		Walter van de Walle	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		John G. Williams	Reform
36th	1997–2000[nb 1]
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003[nb 2]
	2003–2004			Conservative
Riding dissolved into Edmonton—St. Albert, Edmonton—Spruce Grove, Westlock—St. Paul and Yellowhead

Election results

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	John G. Williams	32,745	59.50	+4.31	$52,437
	Liberal	Bob Russell	13,637	24.78	-3.73	$27,450
	Progressive Conservative	Andy Jones	5,687	10.33	-0.23	$2,797
	New Democratic	John Williams	2,965	5.39	+0.45	$1,382
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,034	99.68
Total rejected ballots			176	0.32	+0.19
Turnout			55,210	65.88	+4.02
Eligible voters			83,800	–	–
	Alliance hold		Swing		+4.02

^ Canadian Alliance change is from Reform.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	John G. Williams	24,269	55.19	+4.21	$39,524
	Liberal	Doug Kennedy	12,537	28.51	+0.21	$45,461
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Partington	4,645	10.56	-1.39	$20,713
	New Democratic	Jim Connelly	2,172	4.94	+2.01	$6,710
	Independent	Steven Powers	354	0.80		$3,673
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,977	99.87
Total rejected ballots			58	0.13
Turnout			44,035	61.86
Eligible voters			71,184	–	–
	Reform hold		Swing		+2.00

^ Change is from redistributed results

1993 federal election redistributed results[1]
Party		Vote	%
	Reform	24,632	50.97
	Liberal	13,674	28.30
	Progressive Conservative	5,778	11.96
	Others	2,827	5.85
	New Democratic	1,413	2.92

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	John G. Williams	24,964	50.94	+37.00
	Liberal	Jack Jeffery	13,860	28.28	+11.56
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Manegre	5,884	12.01	-34.71
	National	Steven Powers	2,219	4.53
	New Democratic	Zahid Makhdoom	1,435	2.93	-16.68
	Christian Heritage	Rudy Penner	294	0.60	-1.52
	Natural Law	Richard Day	257	0.52
	Not affiliated	Jennifer Vallee	90	0.18
Total valid votes			49,003
	Reform gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+35.85

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter van de Walle	19,945	46.72
	New Democratic	Dennis Pawlowski	8,370	19.60
	Liberal	Kent Davidson	7,140	16.72
	Reform	Ken Allred	5,955	13.95
	Christian Heritage	Dwayne O'Coin	904	2.12
	Rhinoceros	Hermann S. Kleen	197	0.46
	Not affiliated	Edward Goodliffe	127	0.30
	Confederation of Regions	Curtis L. Schoepp	57	0.13

See also

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

Notes

1. The Reform Party merged with the Canadian Alliance on 27 March 2000.
2. The Canadian Alliance merged with the Progressive Conservatives to form the Conservative Party on 8 December 2003.