Lesser Slave Lake (electoral district)

Lesser Slave Lake

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Danielle Larivee New Democratic
District created	1971
First contested	1971
Last contested	2015

Lesser Slave Lake is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It has existed since 1971 and is mandated to return a single member using the first past the post method of voting.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the electoral districts of Grouard and Peace River. The district remained largely unchanged until the 1993 boundary redistribution when the electoral district was extended north to the Northwest Territories, Alberta border.

The 2003 boundary redistribution saw the district revert to similar boundaries that existed prior to 1993. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the district re-aligned with current municipal boundaries with a portion of land on the south end moved into Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock.^[1]

Lesser Slave Lake is one of two districts in the province that are exempted from meeting the criteria regarding average population due to low population and distance between settlements.^[1]

Boundary history

63 Lesser Slave Lake 2003 Boundaries[2]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Peace River	Athabasca-Redwater, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo, Lac La Biche-St. Paul	Dunvegan-Central Peace, Peace River	Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock, Grande Prairie-Smoky
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the east boundary of Rge. 12 W5 and the north boundary of Twp. 105; then 1. east along the north boundary of Twp. 105 to the 5th meridian; 2. south along the 5th meridian to the north boundary of Twp. 96; 3. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 20 W4; 4. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 95; 5. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 18 W4; 6. south along the east boundary to the intersection with the right bank of the Athabasca River; 7. upstream along the right bank of the Athabasca River to the north boundary of Twp. 75, Rge. 18 W4; 8. west along the north boundary of Twp. 75 to the east boundary of Rge. 26 W4; 9. south along the east boundary of Rge. 26 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 68; 10. east along the north boundary of Twp. 68 to the east boundary of Rge. 25 W4; 11. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 66; 12. west along the north boundary of Twp. 66 to the east boundary of Sec. 34 in Twp. 66, Rge. 25 W4; 13. south along Secs. 34, 27, 22, 15, 10 and 3 in Twps. 66 and 65 to the north boundary of Twp. 64; 14. west along the north boundary of Twp. 64 to the right bank of the Athabasca River; 15. downstream along the right bank of the Athabasca River to the north boundary of Twp. 67 in Rge. 2 W5; 16. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 19 W5; 17. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 70; 18. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 20 W5; 19. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 73; 20. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 19 W5; 21. north along the east boundary of Rge. 19 W5 to the north boundary of Twp. 77; 22. west along the north boundary of Twp. 77 to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 78, Rge. 19 W5; 23. north along the east boundary of Sec. 3 to the north boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 24. west along the north boundary of Secs. 3, 4 and 5 to the east boundary of Sec. 7; 25. north along the east boundary of Secs. 7, 18, 19, 30 and 31 in Twp. 78 to the north boundary of Twp. 78; 26. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 20 W5; 27. north along the east boundary of Rge. 20 W5 to the north boundary of Twp. 79; 28. east along the north boundary of Twp. 79 to the east boundary of Rge. 18 W5; 29. north along the east boundary of Rge. 18 W5 to the north boundary of Twp. 96; 30. east along the north boundary of Twp. 96 to the east boundary of Rge. 12 W5; 31. north along the east boundary of Rge. 12 W5 to the starting point.
Note:

02 Lesser Slave Lake 2010 Boundaries[3]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Peace River	Fort McMurray-Conklin, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo and Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills	Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley, Grande Prairie-Smoky and Peace River	Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater and Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock
Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lesser Slave Lake
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Grouard 1913-1971 and Peace River 1905-1971
17th	1971-1975		Dennis Barton	Social Credit
18th	1975-1979		Larry Shaben	Progressive Conservative
19th	1979-1982
20th	1982-1986
21st	1986-1989
22nd	1989-1993	Pearl Calahasen
23rd	1993-1997
24th	1997-2001
25th	2001-2004
26th	2004-2008
27th	2008–2012
28th	2012-2015
29th	2015–present		Danielle Larivee	NDP

The electoral district was created in 1971. Prior to the districts creation the area had elected Social Credit MLA's. The first election saw a tight race between Social Credit candidate Dennis Barton and Progressive Conservative candidate Garth Roberts. Barton eke out a win with just 41% of the popular vote.

Barton would be defeated in the 1975 election by Progressive Conservative candidate Larry Shaben who rolled up a landslide majority. Shaben would serve four terms in office and hold three different cabinet portfolios under the governments of Peter Lougheed and Don Getty before retiring from office in 1989.

The third representative of the riding was Progressive Conservative candidate Pearl Calahasen who was elected to her first term in 1989 in a tight three way race winning less than half the popular vote. She would also serve some ministerial portfolios from 1996 to 2006 in the government of Ralph Klein. She is currently representing the district in her sixth term.

In the 2015 election, Calahasen placed third and replaced by the NDP's Danielle Larivee, who was subsequently named Minister of Municipal Affairs and Service Alberta.

Legislature results

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results[4]			Turnout 62.25%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Social Credit	Dennis Barton	1,830	41.49%
	Progressive Conservative	Garth Roberts	1,434	32.51%
	New Democratic	Marie Carlson	670	15.19%
	Liberal	Stan Daniels	246	5.58%	*
	Independent	Allan Crawford	231	5.23%
Total			4,411
Rejected, spoiled and declined			55
Eligible electors / Turnout			7,174	%
	Social Credit gain		Swing		N/A

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election results[5]			Turnout 52.15%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Shaben	2,387	58.23%	25.72%
	Social Credit	Dennis Barton	921	22.47%	-19.02%
	New Democratic	John Tomkins	791	19.30%	4.11%
Total			4,099
Rejected, spoiled and declined			23
Eligible electors / Turnout			7,904	%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit		Swing		22.37%

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results[6]			Turnout 61.17%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Shaben	2,313	46.02%	-12.21%
	Social Credit	Peter Moore	1,743	34.68%	12.21%
	New Democratic	Mike Poulter	799	15.90%	-3.40%
	Liberal	Dan Backs	171	3.40%	*
Total			5,026
Rejected, spoiled and declined			22
Eligible electors / Turnout			8,252	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-12.21%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results[7]			Turnout 56.69%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Shaben	3,150	57.77%	11.75%
	New Democratic	Gary Kennedy	914	16.76%	0.86%
	Western Canada Concept	Garth Lodge	607	11.13%	*
	Liberal	Joseph Blyan	466	8.55%	5.15%
	Independent	George Keay	316	5.79%
Total			5,453
Rejected, spoiled and declined			27
Eligible electors / Turnout			9,667	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		6.31%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results[8]			Turnout 39.25%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Shaben	2,529	57.20%	-0.57%
	New Democratic	Bert Dube	1,892	42.80%	26.04%
Total			4,421
Rejected, spoiled and declined			24
Eligible electors / Turnout			11,326	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-13.59%

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results[9]			Turnout 56.63%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Pearl Calahasen	3,249	47.58%	-9.62%
	Liberal	Denise Wahlstrom	2,286	33.47%	*
	New Democratic	Philip Lukken	1,294	18.95%	-23.85%
Total			6,829
Rejected, spoiled and declined			9
Eligible electors / Turnout			12,074	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-16.74%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[10]			Turnout 60.48%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Pearl Calahasen	4,260	55.48%	7.90%
	Liberal	Denise Wahlstrom	3,093	40.28%	6.81%
	New Democratic	Larry Sakaluk	326	4.24%	-14.71%
Total			7,679
Rejected, spoiled and declined			24
Eligible electors / Turnout			12,743	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		7.36%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[11]			Turnout 42.09%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Pearl Calahasen	3,389	60.58%	5.10%
	Liberal	Ralph Chalifoux	1,139	20.36%	-19.92%
	Social Credit	Robert Alford	624	11.16%	*
	New Democratic	Glenn Laboucan	442	7.90%	3.66%
Total			5,594
Rejected, spoiled and declined			23
Eligible electors / Turnout			13,368	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		12.51%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[12]			Turnout 45.64%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Pearl Calahasen	4,766	74.16%	13.58%
	Liberal	Rick Noel	1,429	22.23%	1.87%
	New Democratic	Doris Bannister	232	3.61%	-4.29%
Total			6,427
Rejected, spoiled and declined			47
Eligible electors / Turnout			14,185	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		7.73%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[13]			Turnout 31.50%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Pearl Calahasen	3,903	64.94%	-9.22%
	Alberta Alliance	Valerie Rahn	969	16.12%
	Liberal	Jonathan Plackaitis	530	8.82%	-13.41%
	New Democratic	Doris Bannister	354	5.89%	2.28%
	Green	Ian Hopfe	254	4.23%	*
Total			6,010
Rejected, spoiled and declined			57
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,259	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-12.67%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results[14]			Turnout 25.78%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Pearl Calahasen	3,384	65.18%	0.24%
	Liberal	Steve Noskey	1,109	21.36%	12.54%
	New Democratic	Habby Sharkawi	426	8.21%	2.32%
	Green	Bonnie Raho	273	5.26%	1.03%	*
Total			5,192
Rejected, spoiled and declined			43
Eligible electors / Turnout			20,310	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		6.39%

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Pearl Calahasen	3,518	48.71%	-16.47%
	Wildrose	Darryl Boisson	2,847	39.42%
	New Democratic	Steve Kaz	427	5.91%	-2.30%
	Liberal	Steven Townsend	235	3.25%	-9.29%
	Independent	Donald G. Bissell	195	2.70%
Total valid votes			7,222
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-27.95%

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Danielle Larivee	3,915	43.42%	+37.51%
	Wildrose	Darryl Boisson	3,198	35.31%	-4.11%
	Progressive Conservative	Pearl Calahasen	1,944	21.46%	-27.25%
Total valid votes			9,057
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+32.38%

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Lesser Slave Lake[15]					Turnout 30.88%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	'Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	2,431	15.19%	48.60%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	2,324	14.52%	46.46%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	1,850	11.56%	36.99%	3
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	1,539	9.62%	30.77%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,513	9.46%	30.25%	5
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,388	8.68%	27.75%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,364	8.52%	27.27%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,335	8.34%	26.69%	10
	Independent	Link Byfield	1,310	8.19%	26.19%	4
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	947	5.92%	18.93%	9
Total Votes			16,001	100%
Total Ballots			5,002	3.20 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			945

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 elections

Participating Schools[16]
Gift Lake School
Kinuso School
Mistassiniy School
Pelican Mountain School
Roland Michener Secondary School
Smith 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[17]
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Pearl Calahasen	190	35.71%
	Liberal	Jonathan Plackaitis	116	21.81%
	Green	Ian Hopfe	98	18.42%
	NDP	Doris Bannister	76	14.29%
	Alberta Alliance	Valerie Rahn	52	9.77%
Total			532	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			21

References

1. "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
2. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 55–56.
3. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
4. "Lesser Slave Lake Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
5. "Lesser Slave Lake Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
6. "Lesser Slave Lake Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
7. "Lesser Slave Lake Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
8. "Lesser Slave Lake Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
9. "Lesser Slave Lake Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
10. "Lesser Slave Lake Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
11. "1997 general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
12. "Lesser Slave Lake Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
13. "Lesser Slave Lake Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
14. The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 462–467.
15. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
16. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
17. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta