Lac La Biche-St. Paul

Lac La Biche-St. Paul 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 1993 to 2012.[1]

Lac La Biche-St. Paul
Alberta electoral district
2004 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1993
District abolished2012
First contested1993
Last contested2008

Lac La Biche-St. Paul history edit

Boundary history edit

When created, the riding contained Lakeland County and the County of St. Paul No. 19 and all communities contained within, and was later expanded to include Two Hills. The Lac La Biche-St. Paul electoral district did not have any boundary changes throughout its history. The electoral district was dissolved in the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution and replaced by the Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills prior to the 2012 Alberta general election.[2]

Representation history edit

Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Lac La Biche-St. Paul
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Athabasca-Lac La Biche and St. Paul before 1993
23rd1993–1994Paul LangevinLiberal
1994–1995Independent
1995–1997Progressive
Conservative
24th1997–2001
25th2001–2004Ray Danyluk
26th2004–2008
27th2008–2012
See Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills 2012–2019

The riding's first representative was Paul Langevin, a Franco-Albertan elected for the Liberals. He left the Liberal caucus the following year, and went on to join the governing Progressive Conservatives. He was re-elected under their banner in 1997.

Upon Langevin's retirement, the riding was won by PC candidate Ray Danyluk, who served as Alberta's Minister of Municipal Affairs, and afterwards the Minister of Infrastructure. After three terms, he was defeated in the newly-renamed riding of Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills by Wildrose candidate Shayne Saskiw in the 2012 election.

Legislative election results edit

1993 edit

1993 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalPaul Langevin5,04150.73%
Progressive ConservativeJohn Trefanko3,89739.22%
New DemocraticEugene Houle99910.05%
Total valid votes9,937
Rejected, spoiled, and declined28
Electors / turnout16,01162.24%
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Lac La Biche-St. Paul Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997 edit

1997 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativePaul Langevin4,79953.88%14.66%
LiberalVital Ouellette2,90132.57%-18.16%
Social CreditPeter Tychkowsky4835.42%
New DemocraticGrace Johnston4194.70%-5.35%
ForumDon Ronaghan1912.14%
IndependentLouis Real Theriault1141.28%
Total8,907
Rejected, spoiled and declined28
Eligible electors / turnout14,44861.84%-0.40%
Progressive Conservative gain from LiberalSwing4.90%
Source(s)
Source: "Lac La Biche-St. Paul Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001 edit

2001 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRay Danyluk5,33560.04%6.16%
LiberalVital Ouellette3,19535.96%3.39%
New DemocraticJohn Williams3564.01%-0.70%
Total8,886
Rejected, spoiled and declined18
Eligible electors / turnout15,64156.93%-4.92%
Progressive Conservative holdSwing1.39%
Source(s)
Source: "Lac La Biche-St. Paul Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004 edit

2004 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRay Danyluk4,89653.64%-6.40%
LiberalDickson Broomfield1,87920.59%-15.37%
Alberta AllianceOscar Lacombe1,70318.66%
New DemocraticPhil Goebel6497.11%3.10%
Total9,127
Rejected, spoiled and declined25
Eligible electors / turnout18,45149.60%-7.33%
Progressive Conservative holdSwing4.49%
Source(s)
Source: "Elections Alberta 2004 General Election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008 edit

2008 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRay Danyluk6,52771.28%+17.64%
LiberalAlex Broadbent1,62717.77%-2.82%
New DemocraticDella Dury1,00310.95%+3.84%
Total valid votes9,157100.00%
Rejected, spoiled and declined74
Electors/turnout20,87244.23% -5.51%
Progressive Conservative holdSwing+10.23%

Senate nominee elections results edit

2004 edit

2004 Senate nominee election results: Lac La Biche-St. Paul[4]Turnout 48.88%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballots'Rank
 Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger3,41714.60%45.88%2
 Progressive ConservativeBert Brown3,16513.52%42.50%1
 IndependentLink Byfield2,68311.46%36.03%4
 Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz2,51710.75%33.80%3
Alberta AllianceMichael Roth2,1429.15%28.76%7
Alberta AllianceGary Horan2,1279.09%28.56%10
Alberta AllianceVance Gough2,0548.77%27.58%8
 Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood1,9248.22%25.84%6
 Progressive ConservativeJim Silye1,8978.10%25.47%5
 IndependentTom Sindlinger1,4836.34%19.91%9
Total votes23,409100%
Total ballots7,4473.14 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined1,571

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2004 student vote results edit

Participating schools[5]
Ecole Mallaig School

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[6]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
 Progressive ConservativeRay Danyluk8065.04%
 LiberalDickson Broomfield2117.07%
 NDPPhil Goebel2016.26%
Alberta AllianceOscar Lacombe21.63%
Total123100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined3

References edit

  1. ^ "Election results for Lac La Biche-St. Paul". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
  4. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  5. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  6. ^ "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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