Westlock-Sturgeon

Westlock-Sturgeon was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first-past-the-post balloting from 1986 to 1993.^[1]

Westlock-Sturgeon

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1986
District abolished	1993
First contested	1986
Last contested	1989

History

Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Athabasca 1905–1986, Redwater-Andrew 1971–1986, and St. Albert 1905–1986.
21st	1986-1989		Nicholas Taylor	Liberal
22nd	1989–1993
See Barrhead-Westlock 1993–2004, Redwater 1993–2004, and Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert 1993–2012

The riding was created for the 1986 election from parts of three ridings: the town of Westlock was transferred from Athabasca, while the part of Sturgeon County around Morinville was transferred from St. Albert, along with a small part of Redwater-Andrew.

The riding was abolished only seven years later at the next redistribution. The northern half of the riding was transferred to Barrhead-Westlock, with Morinville and the area east of it going to Redwater and the remainder to Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert.

Representation history

The riding's only MLA was Nicholas Taylor, who had led the Liberal Party through its decade-long drought. His election in 1986, along with three other Liberals in Edmonton and Calgary, was a breakthrough for the party.

He was replaced by Laurence Decore as party leader only two years later, but was re-elected in Westlock-Sturgeon in 1989. For the second term in a row, Taylor was the only Liberal MLA in rural Alberta. When the riding was abolished in 1993, he went on to serve as MLA for Redwater.

Election results

1986

v t e 1986 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nicholas Taylor	4,523	38.95%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Lawrence Kluthe	4,049	34.87%	–
	New Democratic	Bruce Lennon	1,996	17.19%	–
	Representative	Tom Carleton	911	7.84%	–
	Confederation of Regions	Adam Hauch	78	0.67%	–
	Communist	Laurent St. Denis	29	0.25%	–
	Heritage	Stan Pearson	25	0.22%	–
Total valid votes			11,611	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			12	–	–
Registered electors / turnout			18,572	62.58%	–
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Westlock-Sturgeon Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

v t e 1989 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nicholas Taylor	5,401	44.80%	+5.85%
	Progressive Conservative	Leo Seguin	4,958	41.13%	+6.26%
	New Democratic	Tom Turner	1,696	14.07%	-3.12%
Total valid votes			12,055	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			15	–	–
Registered electors / turnout			19,662	61.38%	-1.20%
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.21%
Source(s) Source: "Westlock-Sturgeon Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts