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Wild Rose (electoral district)

Summary

Wild Rose was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015. It had been considered a safe seat for the Conservative Party of Canada.

Wild Rose
Alberta electoral district
Wild Rose in relation to other Alberta ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1986
District abolished2013
First contested1988
Last contested2011
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]138,617
Electors (2011)90,193
Area (km²)[2]28,054.46
Census division(s)Division No. 6, Division No. 9, Division No. 15
Census subdivision(s)Calgary, Rocky View County, Airdrie, Cochrane, Mountain View County, Canmore, Clearwater County, Olds, Banff, Didsbury

Geography edit

The district was located in the southwest part of Alberta, stretching from the British Columbia border to the outer northern suburbs of Calgary. Within the large riding were: the City of Airdrie, the towns of Olds, Didsbury, Cochrane, Canmore, Sundre, and Banff, the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8, Mountain View County, Improvement District No. 9, and parts of Clearwater County and Rocky View County. The Stoney First Nation was also located within the riding. The riding was bounded by British Columbia to the west, Calgary to the southeast and Red Deer to the northeast.

History edit

The electoral district was created in 1986 from Bow River, Red Deer and Macleod ridings.

In 2003, about 30% of this district was transferred to Crowfoot riding and about 4% of Red Deer riding was transferred to this district.

Since its creation Wild Rose was one of the safest ridings in the country for the Conservative Party and its predecessors, which had won every election since 1993 by lopsided margins. Neither the Liberals nor the New Democrats had ever secured more than 15 percent of the vote in Wild Rose. In the 2006 election, the Green Party finished a distant second with 10.84 percent of the popular vote, which was among the highest percentages received for the Green Party in that election. The Green Party candidate, Lisa Fox, was again the second-place finisher in the October 2008 election, finishing ahead of the Liberal, New Democratic and Libertarian candidates with 6,389 votes, but far behind the winner Richards, who won 72.9 percent of all votes cast (36,869 votes total).[3] In 2011 Richards defeated all of his opponents combined by a nearly three-to-one margin.

The riding was abolished in 2015. Most of the riding became Banff—Airdrie. A smaller part was transferred to Red Deer—Mountain View while a small portion went to Yellowhead.

List of Members of Parliament edit

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Bow River, Red Deer and Macleod
34th  1988–1993     Louise Feltham Progressive Conservative
35th  1993–1997     Myron Thompson Reform
36th  1997–2000
 2000–2000     Alliance
37th  2000–2003
 2003–2004     Conservative
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011 Blake Richards
41st  2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Yellowhead, Banff—Airdrie, Red Deer—Mountain View,
Calgary Rocky Ridge, Calgary Skyview and Calgary Nose Hill

Election results edit

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Blake Richards 43,669 74.7 +1.8 $49,673
New Democratic Jeff Horvath 6,595 11.3 +3.1 $3,784
Green Michael MacDonald 4,071 7.0 -5.6 $5,270
Liberal John Reilly 3,908 6.7 +1.0 $43,616
Christian Heritage Randy VandenBroek 181 0.3 – –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 58,424 100.0
Total rejected ballots 128 0.2 0.0
Turnout 58,552 61.7 +6
Eligible voters 94,970 – –
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Blake Richards 36,869 72.9 +0.4 $50,972
Green Lisa Fox 6,390 12.6 +1.8 $14,559
New Democratic Jeff Horvath 4,169 8.2 +0.9 $5,001
Liberal Jenn Turcott 2,890 5.7 -4.0 $6,555
Libertarian Krista Zoobkoff 246 0.5 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,564 100.0 $101,401
Total rejected ballots 107 0.2 0.0
Turnout 50,671 56 -9
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Myron Thompson 39,487 72.2 +1.6 $52,003
Green Sean Maw 5,929 10.8 +2.6 $8,652
Liberal Judy Stewart 5,331 9.7 -2.9 $8,736
New Democratic Shannon Nelles 3,972 7.3 -1.2 $2,057
Total valid votes 54,715 100.0
Total rejected ballots 127 0.2 0.0
Turnout 54,842 66.7 +5.2
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Myron Thompson 33,337 70.6 -12.7 $41,324
Liberal Judy Stewart 5,971 12.6 +1.6 $22,911
New Democratic Jeff Horvath 4,009 8.5 +4.4 $4,672
Green Chris Foote 3,904 8.3 – $696
Total valid votes 47,221 100.0
Total rejected ballots 101 0.2 -0.1
Turnout 47,322 61.51 -1.0
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Alliance Myron Thompson 40,193 70.4 +6.6 $38,078
Progressive Conservative Truper McBride 7,370 12.9 -6.1 $17,837
Liberal Bryan Mahoney 6,334 11.1 -1.0 $8,304
New Democratic Anne Wilson 2,320 4.1% +0.5 $2,552
Independent Garnet T. Hammer 908 1.6 – $72
Total valid votes 57,125 100.0
Total rejected ballots 175 0.3
Turnout 57,300 62.5 +2.0
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Reform Myron Thompson 28,569 63.8 +0.4 $43,013
Progressive Conservative Bert Dyck 8,506 19.0 +3.6 $34,928
Liberal Bryan Mahoney 5,428 12.1 -2.0 $9,259
New Democratic Anne Wilson 1,594 3.6 +1.3 $2,614
Green Vanessa Violini 692 1.5 +0.6 $275
Total valid votes 44,789 100.0
Total rejected ballots 88 0.2
Turnout 44,877 60.5
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Myron Thompson 30,820 63.4 +30.0
Progressive Conservative Louise Feltham 7,502 15.4 -32.8
Liberal Roy Shellnutt 6,861 14.1 +4.0
New Democratic Anne Wilson 1,095 2.3 -5.5
National Stuart Hughes 807 1.7
Independent Michael Leslie 581 1.2
Green Scott Chisholm Lamont 457 0.9
Independent Dave Strang 267 0.5
Natural Law Dale Doram 201 0.4
Total valid votes 48,591 100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Louise Feltham 20,054 48.2
Reform Dal Brown 13,895 33.4
Liberal Cathy Richards 4,209 10.1
New Democratic Robin Slater 3,209 7.7
Confederation of Regions Dennis S. Combs 209 0.5
Total valid votes 41,576 100.0

See also edit

References edit

  • "Wild Rose (electoral district) (Code 48027) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  • Riding history for Wild Rose from the Library of Parliament
  • Expenditures - 2008
  • Expenditures - 2004
  • Expenditures - 2000
  • Expenditures - 1997

Notes edit

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  3. ^ Elections Canada, Table of Official Voting Results, List of candidates by electoral district and individual results.

External links edit

  • Elections Canada
  • Website of the Parliament of Canada

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