Red Deer North is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution. It was an all-urban district, until the 2004 boundary re-distribution. The constituency was expanded to include a small area outside the city limits, including the nearby town of Blackfalds. The constituency now only fits within the city limits of Red Deer.

The district has historically tilted toward the right, like Red Deer as a whole. It had been a Progressive Conservative stronghold since it was created, however in the 2015 provincial election, the seat was won by NDP candidate Kim Schreiner. The riding returned to its conservative ways in 2019, when Adriana LaGrange won it for the United Conservative Party.

History The electoral district was created in the 1985 boundary redistribution from the Red Deer provincial electoral district. The city of Red Deer had been contained in a single electoral district since 1888 when it first started returning members to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. The city was split into North and Red Deer-South.

By 1996, Red Deer-North had a population of 29,115.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw adjustments made to Red Deer-North to give portions of the constituency that were outside of the city of Red Deer to Innisfail-Sylvan Lake to match the city boundary. The border with Red Deer-South was also adjusted to equalize the population between the two constituencies.

Boundary history 71 Red Deer-North 2003 boundariesBordering districtsNorthEastWestSouthLacombe-PonokaLacombe-PonokaInnisfail-Sylvan Lake, Lacombe-Ponoka,Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, Red Deer-Southriding map goes heremap in relation to other districts in Alberta goes hereLegal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.Starting at the intersection of the east boundary of Rge. 28 W4 and the right bank of the Blindman River; then 1. downstream along the right bank of the Blindman River to its intersection with the right bank of the Red Deer River; 2. southeasterly along the right bank of the Red Deer River to the intersection with Highway 11; 3. west along Highway 11 to the east boundary of the City of Red Deer (Range Road 271); 4. south along Range Road 271 to its intersection with an extension of Ross Street (50 Street); 5. west along the extension and Ross Street to Taylor Drive; 6. northwest along Taylor Drive to the right bank of the Red Deer River; 7. upstream along the right bank to its intersection with the west Red Deer city boundary; 8. southwest and north along the City of Red Deer boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 38 (Highway 11A); 9. west along the north boundary of Twp. 38 (Highway 11A) to the east boundary of Rge. 28 W4; 10. north along the east boundary of Rge. 28 W4 to the starting point.Note: 75 Red Deer-North 2010 boundariesBordering districtsNorthEastWestSouthInnisfail-Sylvan LakeInnisfail-Sylvan LakeInnisfail-Sylvan LakeRed Deer-SouthNote: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Representation history Members of the Legislative Assembly for Red Deer-NorthAssemblyYearsMemberPartySee Red Deer 1905–198621st1986–1989Stockwell DayProgressiveConservative22nd1989–199323rd1993–199724th1997–20002000Vacant2000–2001Mary Anne JablonskiProgressiveConservative25th2001–200426th2004–200827th2008–201227th2012–201529th2015–2019Kim SchreinerNew Democratic30th2019–2023Adriana LaGrangeUnited Conservative31st2023–present

The electoral district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution. The first election held that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Stockwell Day win a tight race to pick up the new seat for his party. He was re-elected by a larger margin in the 1989 election.

Premier Ralph Klein appointed Day to the cabinet in 1992 as the Minister of Labour. He was re-elected less than a year later in the 1993 election with a landslide majority. In 1996 he was appointed as Minister of Family and Social Services. He won another term with a reduced majority in 1997. After that election Klein appointed him Provincial Treasurer. Day resigned on July 11, 2000, after being elected as federal leader of the Canadian Alliance.

A by-election was held on September 25, 2000. Day was replaced in the legislature by Progressive Conservative candidate Mary Anne Jablonski who won the hotly contested by-election. She won her second term less than a year later in the 2001 general election. She was re-elected again in 2004 and 2008. In 2008 Premier Ed Stelmach appointed Jablonski to the cabinet as Minister of Seniors and Community Supports.

Jablonski held the seat without serious difficulty until her retirement in 2015. That year, massive vote splitting resulted in Kim Schreiner taking the riding for the NDP, winning with just over 29 percent of the vote in a three-way race with the Tories and Wildrose. The riding reverted to form in 2019, with Adriana LaGrange of the newly merged United Conservative Party overwhelming Schreiner by a nearly 3-to-1 margin.

Legislative election results

1986

1989

1993

1997

2000 by-election

2001

2004

2008

2012

2015

2019

2023

Senate nominee election results

2004 2004 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-NorthTurnout 39.16%AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRankMichael Roth2,77512.96%40.01%7IndependentLink Byfield2,23810.46%32.27%4Vance Gough2,1299.95%30.70%8Gary Horan2,0489.57%29.53%10IndependentTom Sindlinger1,4987.00%21.60%9Total votes21,401100%Total ballots6,9353.09 votes per ballotRejected, spoiled and declined1,844Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012 2012 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-SouthTurnout %AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRankIndependentLen Bracko00%0%0IndependentPerry Chahal00%0%0IndependentWilliam Exelby00%0%0IndependentDavid Fletcher00%0%0IndependentPaul Frank00%0%0Elizabeth Johannson00%0%0IndependentIan Urquhart00%0%0Total votes0100%Total ballots00 votes per ballotRejected, spoiled and declined0Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

Student vote results

2004 Participating schoolsCentral Middle SchoolEastview Middle SchoolGlendale Middle SchoolLindsay Thurber Comprehensive High 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 resultsAffiliationCandidateVotes%LiberalNorm McDougall36327.07%Colin Fisher25018.64%NDPSteven Bedford14410.74%Total1,341100%Rejected, spoiled and declined28

2012 Participating schoolsÉcole Camille J. Lerouge School

2012 Alberta student vote resultsAffiliationCandidateVotes%LiberalMichael Dawe%NDPDerrek Seelinger%Total 100%

See also List of Alberta provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

External links Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta