Strathcona (provincial electoral district)
{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada}}
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{{About|a former provincial electoral district||Strathcona (disambiguation)#Canadian electoral districts}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name =Edmonton-Strathcona
| province =Alberta
| image = Whereisstrathcona.png
| caption = 2004 boundaries
| prov-status =defunct
| prov-created =1905
| prov-abolished =1913
| prov-created2 =2004
| prov-abolished2 =2012
| prov-election-first =1905
| prov-election-last =2008
}}
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.{{cite web |title=Election results for Strathcona. |url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208183724/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Strathcona |website=abheritage.ca |publisher=Heritage Community Foundation |access-date=22 May 2020}}
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
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{{AbMLA/top|Strathcona}}
{{AbMLA/change|Riding created from Strathcona Centre and Strathcona West}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 1905
| ToYr = 1909
| Assembly# = 1
| RepName = Alexander Cameron Rutherford
| AbParty = Liberal
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 1909
| ToYr = 1913
| Assembly# = 2
}}
{{AbMLA/change|Riding dissolved into Camrose, Edmonton-South and Vegreville}}
{{AbMLA/change|Riding re-established from Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan and Redwater}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 2004
| ToYr = 2008
| Assembly# = 26
| RepName = Rob Lougheed
| AbParty = PC
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 2008
| ToYr = 2012
| Assembly# = 27
| RepName = Dave Quest
}}
{{AbMLA/change|Riding re-dissolved into Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville and Strathcona-Sherwood Park}}
{{AbMLA/end}}
}}
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.{{cite web | url =http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/1-00.pdf | title =North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905 | publisher =Saskatchewan Archives | access-date = 2007-09-30 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928101028/http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/1-00.pdf |archive-date = 2007-09-28}} 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 and 1909 Alberta general election.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1905&Constit=Strathcona| title=Strathcona Official Results 1905 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}
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.
=Boundary history=
| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
!colspan=4|78 Strathcona 2003 boundaries{{Cite canlaw |short title =Electoral Divisions Act |abbr =S.A. |year =2003 |chapter =E-4.1 |section = |subsection = |part = |division = |schedule = |link =http://canlii.ca/t/53m7s |linkloc = |wikilink = |type = |amended1 = |amended2 = |amended3 = |amended4 = |amended5 = |regtitle = |regnumber = }} |
| colspan=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 |
| colspan=2 align=center|riding map goes here
|colspan=2 align=center|map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here |
| colspan=4|Legal description from {{Cite canlaw
|short title =Electoral Divisions Act |abbr =S.A. |year =2003 |chapter =E-4.1 |section = |subsection = |part = |division = |schedule = |link =http://canlii.ca/t/53m7s |linkloc =CanLii |wikilink = |type = |amended1 = |amended2 = |amended3 = |amended4 = |amended5 = |regtitle = |regnumber = }} |
| colspan=4|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. |
| colspan=4|Note: |
Legislative election results
=1905=
{{Alberta provincial election, 1905/Strathcona}}
=1909=
{{Alberta provincial election, 1909/Strathcona}}
=2004=
{{Alberta provincial election, 2004/Strathcona}}
=2008=
{{Alberta provincial election, 2008/Strathcona}}
Senate nominee election results
=2004=
| class="wikitable"
| colspan="5" align=center|2004 Senate nominee election results: Strathcona{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf|format=PDF|title=Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results|publisher=Elections Alberta|access-date=February 28, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704143923/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf|archive-date=July 4, 2009}} | colspan="2"|Turnout 44.17% |
| colspan="2"| Affiliation
|Candidate |Votes |% votes |% ballots |Rank {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |4,874 |15.63% |47.41% |2 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |3,933 |12.61% |38.26% |1 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |3,887 |12.47% |37.81% |3 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent |3,765 |12.07% |36.62% |4 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |David Usherwood |2,789 |8.94% |27.13% |6 {{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Michael Roth|2,686|8.61%|26.13%|7}} {{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Vance Gough|2,354|7.55%|22.90%|8}} {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |2,343 |7.51% |22.79% |5 {{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Gary Horan|2,285|7.33%|22.23%|10}} {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent |2,266 |7.28% |22.04% |9 |
| colspan="3" align="right"|Total votes
|31,182 |colspan="3"|100% |
| colspan="3" align="right"|Total ballots
|10,281 |colspan="3"|3.03 votes per ballot |
| colspan="3" align="right"|Rejected, spoiled and declined
|colspan="4"|2,080 |
2004 student vote results
| class="wikitable" align=right |
| 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.
| class="wikitable"
| colspan="5" align="center"|2004 Alberta student vote results{{cite web|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm |title=Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates |publisher=Student Vote Canada |access-date=2008-04-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006095842/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm |archive-date=October 6, 2007 }} |
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top" | Affiliation
| valign="top" |Candidate | valign="top" |Votes | valign="top" |% {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |479 |33.33% {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Jon Friel |238 |16.56% {{CANelec|AB|Separation|Roberta Mcdonald|207|14.41%}} {{CANelec|AB|Alberta|Bruce Stubbs|171 |11.90%}} {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}} |NDP |Tom Elchuck |157 |10.93% {{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Ryan Ceto|119 |8.28%}} {{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}} |Brian Rembowski |66 |4.59% |
| colspan="3" align ="right"|Total
|1,437 |100% |
| colspan="3" align="right"|Rejected, spoiled and declined
|colspan="2"|144 |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- {{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author2-link=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |author-link1=Elections Alberta |title=A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |series=The Centennial Series |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-8-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up |access-date=25 May 2020}}
External links
- [http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/ Elections Alberta]
- [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ The Legislative Assembly of Alberta]
- [http://www.canlii.org/ab/laws/sta/e-4.1/20050211/whole.html Electoral Divisions Act 2003]
- [http://www.finance.gov.ab.ca/aboutalberta/ped_profiles/2004_new_boundaries/Strathcona.pdf Demographics for Strathcona]
- [http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/maps%5Cnb%5C78.pdf Riding Map for Strathcona]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050307214612/http://www.studentvote.ca/alberta/electionresults.php Student Vote Alberta]
- [http://www.strathcona.ab.ca/ Strathcona County]
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