Grande Prairie-Wapiti

Grande Prairie-Wapiti
Alberta electoral district

2004 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 

Wayne Drysdale
Progressive Conservative

District created 1993
First contested 1993
Last contested 2015

Grande Prairie-Wapiti is provincial electoral district, located in northwestern Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from the old Grande Prairie electoral district. The district covers the city of Grande Prairie, the rural portion to the west and the towns of Beaverlodge and Wembley.

The district and its antecedent have been a stronghold for Progressive Conservative candidates in recent decades. The current representative for this district is Progressive Conservative Wayne Drysdale. He won election for the first time in 2008. To date there have been three representatives who have held the district.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from the old Grande Prairie electoral district. It remained mostly unchanged in the 1997 and 2003 re-distributions. The Boundaries Commission proposed to abolish the district to create a completely urban Grande Prairie district but it changed its decision under public pressure. The 2010 distribution made minor changes to the border with Grande Prairie-Smoky in the city of Grande Prairie but stayed the same in the rural areas.[1]

Boundary history

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Grande Prairie-Wapiti
Assembly Years Member Party
See Grande Prairie 1930-1993
23rd 1993–1997 Wayne Jacques Progressive Conservative
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004 Gordon Graydon
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012 Wayne Drysdale
28th 2012-2015
29th 2015–present

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from the old Grande Prairie district. The first representative elected in 1993 was Progressive Conservative candidate Wayne Jaques. He won a hotly contested race over Liberal candidate Dwight Logan to pick up the new district for his party. Jaques was re-elected in the 1997 election with a much larger margin. He retired from provincial politics in 2001.

The second representative was Progressive Conservative was Gordon Graydon who won his first term in office in 2001 with a landslide over a field of five other candidates. He won a second term in the 2004 general election winning over half the popular vote. After the 2004 election Premier Ralph Klein appointed Graydon Minister of Gaming. He held that post until 2006. Graydon retired from provincial politics in 2008.

The third representative is current Progressive Conservative MLA is Wayne Drysdale who was elected in the 2008 election for the first time.

Election results

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[3] Turnout 57.20% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeWayne Jacques 4,457 48.03%
     Liberal Dwight Logan 3,942 42.48% *
New DemocraticTrish Wright 880 9.49%
Total 9,279
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28
Eligible electors / Turnout 16,272 %

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[4] Turnout 46.90% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeWayne Jacques 5,592 63.24% 15.21%
LiberalRay Stitsen 2,003 22.65% -19.83%
New DemocraticCampbell Ross 1,247 14.10% 4.61%
Total 8,842
Rejected, spoiled and declined 23
Eligible electors / Turnout 18,901 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 17.52%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[5] Turnout 44.01% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeGordon Graydon 5,674 65.50% 2.26%
     Liberal Ray Stitsen 1,489 17.19% -5.46%
New DemocraticElroy Deimert 819 9.46% -4.64%
Social CreditIvo Noga 432 4.99%
IndependentRobert Weberg 112 1.29%
Total 8,662
Rejected, spoiled and declined 22
Eligible electors / Turnout 19,730 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 3.86%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[6] Turnout 36.58% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeGordon Graydon 4,346 55.07% -10.43%
LiberalCibylla Rakestraw 1,681 21.30% 4.11%
New DemocraticJerry MacDonald 971 12.30% 2.84%
Alberta AllianceJohn Hilton-O'Brien 546 6.92%
Green Allan Webber 348 4.41% *
Total 7,892
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 34
Eligible electors / Turnout 21,683 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -7.27%

2008 general election

Alberta general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeWayne Drysdale 5,145 66.70% 11.63%
LiberalAugustine Ebinu 1,304 16.90% −4.40%
New DemocraticManuela Campbell 829 10.75% −1.55%
GreenAllan Webber 436 5.65% 1.24%
Total 7,714
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 74
Eligible electors / Turnout 29,05326.81%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 8.02%
Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 430–433. 

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeWayne Drysdale 6,634 51.54% -15.16%
WildroseEthane Jarvis 4,468 34.71%
New DemocraticPaula Anderson 1,202 9.34% -1.41%
LiberalAlya Nazarali 364 2.83% -14.07%
IndependentAnthony Barendregt 203 1.58%
Total Valid Votes 12,871
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -24.93%

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeWayne Drysdale 6,255 35.8% -15.74%
New DemocraticMary Dahr 5,005 28.7% 19.36%
WildroseLaila Goodridge 4,141 23.7% -11.01%
Alberta PartyRory Tarant 2,050 11.7%
Total Valid Votes 17,451
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -17.55%

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Grande Prairie-Wapiti[7] Turnout 43.52%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz 3,122 16.26% 50.36% 3
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger 2,750 14.32% 44.36% 2
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown 2,488 12.96% 40.13% 1
     Independent Link Byfield 2,127 11.08% 34.31% 4
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood 1,727 9.00% 27.86% 6
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye 1,525 7.94% 24.60% 5
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,476 7.69% 23.81% 7
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,346 7.01% 21.71% 8
     Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,331 6.93% 21.47% 9
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,306 6.81% 21.07% 10
Total Votes 19,198 100%
Total Ballots 6,200 3.10 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1,619

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[8]
Beaverlodge Elementary School
Helleny Taylor School
Kateri Mission Catholic School
Saint Joseph Catholic High School
St. Gerrard 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[9]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeGordon Graydon 458 43.25%
Green Allan Webber 193 18.22%
     NDP Jerry MacDonald 190 17.94%
     Liberal Cibylla Rakestraw 182 17.19%
Alberta AllianceJohn Hilton-O'Brien 36 3.40%
Total 1,059 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 36

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Wayne Drysdale %
WildroseEthane Jarvis
     Liberal %
     NDP Paula Anderson %
Total ' 100%

References

  1. "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 20. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  2. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 45–46.
  3. "Grande Prairie-Wapiti results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
  4. "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  5. "Grande Prairie-Wapiti Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
  6. "Grande Prairie-Wapiti Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
  7. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  8. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
  9. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

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