Strathcona (provincial electoral district)

Strathcona was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1905 to 1913 and again from 2004 to 2012.[1]

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

It was renamed Edmonton South in 1917 and subsumed in a city-wide multiple-member district of Edmonton from 1921 to 1956. From 1959 to 1967 Strathcona Centre covered much of the old Strathcona district, with two or three other districts also bearing the Strathcona prefix.

Later it took on the name Edmonton-Strathcona. The name Strathcona is now applied to the Strathcona County area outside the Edmonton corporate electoral district.

History

The constituency of Strathcona existed on two occasions in Alberta's history. The Strathcona electoral district was one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the 1905 Alberta general election upon Alberta joining Confederation in September 1905. The district was carried over from the old Strathcona electoral district which returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1902 to 1905.[2] During this time, the constituency centred on the City of Strathcona which was amalgamated into the City of Edmonton in 1912. The constituency was abolished prior to the 1913 Alberta general election, and the territory was split between Vegreville, Camrose and Edmonton South. Alexander Rutherford the incumbent from the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly and first Premier of Alberta was elected as the representative for Strathcona in the 1905 Alberta general election.[3]

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 Clover Bar-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[4]
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 Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
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

1905 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Cameron Rutherford	625	67.13%	–
	Conservative	Frank W. Crang	306	32.87%	–
Total			931	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			931	100.00%	–
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Strathcona Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1909 general election

1909 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Cameron Rutherford	1,034	85.92%	–
	Conservative	Rice Sheppard	173	14.08%	–
Total			1207	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing		18.53%
Source(s) Source: "Strathcona Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Lougheed	6,871	49.09%	–
	Liberal	Jon Friel	4,115	29.40%	–
	New Democratic	Thomas Elchuk	1,145	8.18%	–
	Alberta Party	Bruce Stubbs	773	5.52%	–
	Alberta Alliance	Ryan Seto	467	3.34%	–
	Social Credit	Brian Rembowski	329	2.35%	–
	Separation	Roberta McDonald	297	2.12%	–
Total			13,997	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			71	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			27,983	50.27%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Strathcona Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Quest	9,951	66.19%	17.10%
	Liberal	Jon Friel	2,995	19.92%	-9.48%
	New Democratic	Denny Holmwood	911	6.06%	-2.12%
	Green	Kate Harrington	763	5.07%	–
	Social Credit	Gordon Barrett	415	2.76%	0.41%
Total			15,035	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			59	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			32,140	46.96%	-3.31%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		13.29%
Source(s) Source: "Elections Alberta 2008 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Alberta senate elections

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

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

See also

• Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Strathcona Federal electoral district
• Strathcona Northwest Territories territorial electoral district

References

1. "Election results for Strathcona". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
2. "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
3. "Strathcona Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
4. Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
5. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
6. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
7. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

Further reading

• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta
• Electoral Divisions Act 2003
• Demographics for Strathcona
• Riding Map for Strathcona
• Student Vote Alberta
• Strathcona County