Innisfail-Sylvan_Lake

Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada


Innisfail-Sylvan Lake is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

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The district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from the old Innisfail electoral district that had existed since the province was created in 1905. It is located in rural central Alberta just south of the city of Red Deer. Communities include Innisfail, Sylvan Lake, Penhold, Bowden, Delburne, Elnora, Springbrook, Spruce View, Markerville and Dickson.

In recent decades the district has elected Progressive Conservative candidates with strong majorities, but in the 2012 election the district elected Wildrose Candidate Kerry Towle. After crossing the floor to the Progressive Conservatives Towle was defeated in the 2015 election by Wildrose candidate Don MacIntyre.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution primarily from the old electoral district of Innisfail. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw a portion of the district west of Sylvan Lake transferred to Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre and portions of land that were outside of the city of Red Deer in the Red Deer-North transferred in.[1]

Boundary history

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Representation history

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The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from the old Innisfail riding. The first election held in 1993 saw incumbent Progressive Conservative Gary Severtson win the electoral district with over 50% of the popular vote. He was re-elected again in the 1997 general election, with an increase in his margin of victory nearly winning a landslide. Severtson retired at dissolution in 2001.

Luke Ouellette won his first election as a Progressive Conservative candidate in 2001. In that election he won nearly 75% of the popular vote to hold the seat. He was re-elected to a second term in the 2004 election. He fended off a strong challenge from Alberta Alliance leader Randy Thorsteinson.

Premier Ralph Klein appointed Ouelette to the cabinet after the 2004 election. He ran for a third term in the 2008 general election and won a larger vote share. However, he was defeated in 2012 by Wildrose candidate Kerry Towle.

Towle subsequently crossed the floor to the governing PCs in protest of Danielle Smith's leadership of the Wildrose Party,[6] and would be followed shortly thereafter by Smith herself and a majority of the Wildrose caucus. Although most of these floor-crossers were not able to stand in the 2015 election, Towle defended her seat as a Progressive Conservative, but was soundly defeated by Wildrose candidate Don MacIntyre. He changed affiliations when the two parties merged, sitting with the new United Conservative (UCP) caucus for one sitting of the Legislature.

However, allegations against MacIntyre in early 2018 prompted him to resign from caucus, and shortly thereafter as MLA. The resulting by-election was won easily by UCP candidate Devin Dreeshen, son of MP Earl Dreeshen.

Election results

Graphical summary

1993
5.2% 21.7% 53.6% 13.8% 4.9%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative Alliance SC
1997
5.0% 18.8% 59.6% 16.7%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative Social Credit
2001
5.0% 20.4% 74.7%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative
2004
5.2% 16.2% 55.4% 20.0% 3.2%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative Alliance SC
2008
4.9% 6.3% 13.9% 62.8% 11.0%
G NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative WA
2012
4.6% 4.2% 4.9% 40.1% 46.2%
NDP Liberal Alberta Progressive Conservative Wildrose
2015
23.2% 6.2% 28.0% 42.7%
NDP Alberta Progressive Conservative Wildrose
2018
9.3% 7.4% 81.7%
NDP Alberta United Conservative
2019
13.5% 9.2% 74.5%
NDP Alberta United Conservative
2023
24.9% 3.5% 71.6%
NDP United Conservative

Elections in the 2020s

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Elections in the 2010s

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Elections in the 2000s

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Elections in the 1990s

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Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Innisfail-Sylvan Lake[8] Turnout 46.50%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown4,89815.34%50.13%1
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger4,41813.83%45.22%2
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz3,46610.85%35.47%3
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 3,175 9.94% 32.49% 7
  Independent Link Byfield 3,116 9.76% 31.89% 4
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye3,0619.58%31.33%5
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood2,8879.04%29.55%6
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,729 8.54% 27.93% 8
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,524 7.90% 25.83% 10
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,665 5.22% 17.04% 9
Total votes 31,939 100%
Total ballots 9,771 3.27 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,429

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

Student vote results

2004

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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[10]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeLuke Ouellette23355.48%
Alberta AllianceRandy Thorsteinson6315.00%
  Liberal Garth Davis 43 10.24%
  Social Credit Wilf Tricker 41 9.76%
  NDP Chris Janke 40 9.52%
Total 420 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 13

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeLuke Ouellette%
WildroseKerry Towle
  Liberal Les Vidok %
Alberta PartyDanielle Klooster
  NDP Patricia Norman %
Total 100%

References

  1. "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  2. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 47–49.
  3. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  4. "Wildrose MLAs leave party to join PCs". Global Edmonton. November 24, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  5. "MLA Don MacIntyre resigns from UCP caucus". CBC News. February 4, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  6. "Wildrose MLAs Towle and Donovan cross the floor to join Prentice's Tories". Calgary Herald. November 24, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  7. "66 - Innisfail-Sylvan Lake". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  8. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  9. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  10. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

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