Westlock—St. Paul

Westlock—St. Paul (briefly known as Battle River) was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. It included Westlock County, Sturgeon County, Thorhild County, Smoky Lake County, the County of St. Paul No. 19, and the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87. Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012 this riding was abolished into Lakeland (35%), Sturgeon River—Parkland (32%), Fort McMurray—Cold Lake (20%), Peace River—Westlock (13%), and a small section outside of St. Albert being transferred to St. Albert—Edmonton.

Westlock—St. Paul

Alberta electoral district
Westlock–St. Paul in relation to the other Alberta federal electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	108,518
Electors (2011)	73,791
Area (km²)[2]	22,155.73
Census division(s)	Division No. 10, Division No. 11, Division No. 12, Division No. 13
Census subdivision(s)	Sturgeon County, Cold Lake, Bonnyville No. 87, County of Vermilion River, Westlock County, Morinville, Lac La Biche County, County of St. Paul No. 19, Bonnyville, St. Paul

History

This riding was created in 2003 as "Westlock—St. Paul" from parts of Lakeland, Elk Island, St. Albert, Yellowhead, and Athabasca ridings. The riding was known as "Battle River" from 2004 to 2005, despite the Battle River not actually running through the riding.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Lakeland, Elk Island, St. Albert, Yellowhead, and Athabasca
38th	2004–2006		David Chatters	Conservative
39th	2006–2008		Brian Storseth
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Lakeland, Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, Peace River—Westlock, Sturgeon River—Parkland and St. Albert—Edmonton

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Storseth	32,652	77.8	+5.1	$35,498
	New Democratic	Lyndsay Henderson	5,103	12.2	+2.1	$11
	Liberal	Rob Fox	2,569	6.1	-3.0%	$17,113
	Green	Lisa Grant	1,634	3.9	-2.8	$837
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,958	100.0
Total rejected ballots			166	0.4	+0.1
Turnout			42,124	56.5	+5.0
Eligible voters			74,575	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Storseth	27,338	72.7	4.5	$64,754
	New Democratic	Della Drury	3,809	10.1	+0.1	$107
	Liberal	Leila Houle	3,418	9.1	-5.9	$19,436
	Green	Aden Murphy	2,522	6.7	+1.8
	Christian Heritage	Sip Hofstede	510	1.4	--	$5,698
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,597	100.0	$90,419
Total rejected ballots			131	0.3	0.0
Turnout			37,728	51	-11

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Storseth	29,698	68.2	+1.5	$40,610
	Liberal	Cory Ollikka	6,531	15.0	-4.4	$26,436
	New Democratic	Peter Opryshko	4,368	10.0	+1.2	$2,393
	Green	Richard De Smet	2,136	4.9	-0.2	$963
	Independent	Werner Gisler	416	1.0	–	$2,212
	Independent	Clarence Schultz	381	0.9	–	$3,437
Total valid votes			43,530	100.0
Total rejected ballots			125	0.29	-0.09
Turnout			43,655	61.53	+4.97

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David Chatters	26,435	66.7	–	$25,254
	Liberal	Joe Dion	7,694	19.4	–	$79,419
	New Democratic	Peggy Kirkeby	3,482	8.8	–	$2,112
	Green	John A. McDonald	2,037	5.1	–	$486
Total valid votes			39,568	100.0
Total rejected ballots			151	0.38
Turnout			39,719	56.56

See also

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