Westlock—St. Paul

Westlock—St. Paul
Alberta electoral district
Westlock–St. Paul in relation to the other Alberta federal electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)^[1]	108,518
Electors (2011)	73,791
Area (km²)^[2]	22,155.73
Census divisions	Division No. 10, Division No. 11, Division No. 12, Division No. 13
Census subdivisions	Sturgeon County, Cold Lake, Bonnyville No. 87, County of Vermilion River, Westlock County, Morinville, Lac La Biche County, County of St. Paul No. 19, Bonnyville, St. Paul

Westlock—St. Paul (briefly known as Battle River) was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. It included Westlock County, Sturgeon County, Thorhild County, Smoky Lake County, the County of St. Paul No. 19 and the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87. Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012 this riding was abolished into Lakeland (35%), Sturgeon River—Parkland (32%), Fort McMurray—Cold Lake (20%), Peace River—Westlock (13%) and a small section outside of St. Albert being transferred to St. Albert—Edmonton.

History

This riding was created in 2003 as "Westlock—St. Paul" from parts of Lakeland, Elk Island, St. Albert, Yellowhead and Athabasca ridings. The riding was known as "Battle River" from 2004 to 2005, despite the Battle River not actually running through the riding.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Lakeland, Elk Island, St. Albert, Yellowhead and Athabasca
38th	2004–2006	David Chatters	Conservative
39th	2006–2008	Brian Storseth
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Lakeland, Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, Peace River—Westlock, Sturgeon River—Parkland and St. Albert—Edmonton

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Storseth	32,652	77.8	+5.1	$35,498
	New Democratic	Lyndsay Henderson	5,103	12.2	+2.1	$11
	Liberal	Rob Fox	2,569	6.1	-3.0%	$17,113
	Green	Lisa Grant	1,634	3.9	-2.8	$837
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,958	100.0
Total rejected ballots			166	0.4	+0.1
Turnout			42,124	56.5	+5.0
Eligible voters			74,575	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Storseth	27,338	72.7	4.5	$64,754
	New Democratic	Della Drury	3,809	10.1	+0.1	$107
	Liberal	Leila Houle	3,418	9.1	-5.9	$19,436
	Green	Aden Murphy	2,522	6.7	+1.8
	Christian Heritage	Sip Hofstede	510	1.4	--	$5,698
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,597	100.0	$90,419
Total rejected ballots			131	0.3	0.0
Turnout			37,728	51	-11

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Storseth	29,698	68.2	+1.5	$40,610
	Liberal	Cory Ollikka	6,531	15.0	-4.4	$26,436
	New Democratic	Peter Opryshko	4,368	10.0	+1.2	$2,393
	Green	Richard De Smet	2,136	4.9	-0.2	$963
	Independent	Werner Gisler	416	1.0	–	$2,212
	Independent	Clarence Schultz	381	0.9	–	$3,437
Total valid votes			43,530	100.0
Total rejected ballots			125	0.29	-0.09
Turnout			43,655	61.53	+4.97

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David Chatters	26,435	66.7	–	$25,254
	Liberal	Joe Dion	7,694	19.4	–	$79,419
	New Democratic	Peggy Kirkeby	3,482	8.8	–	$2,112
	Green	John A. McDonald	2,037	5.1	–	$486
Total valid votes			39,568	100.0
Total rejected ballots			151	0.38
Turnout			39,719	56.56

References

"(Code 48025) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.

Notes

↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012

External links

Federal ridings in rural Alberta

Conservative	Banff—Airdrie Battle River—Crowfoot Bow River Edmonton—Wetaskiwin Foothills Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Grande Prairie—Mackenzie Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Lacombe Red Deer—Mountain View Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan Sturgeon River—Parkland Yellowhead

Federal ridings in the Canadian Prairies

Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Portage—Lisgar Provencher Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman

Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley Elmwood—Transcona Kildonan—St. Paul Saint Boniface—Saint Vital Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre

Saskatchewan (South, North)	Battlefords—Lloydminster Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek Cypress Hills—Grasslands Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Prince Albert Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan Regina—Lewvan Regina—Qu'Appelle Regina—Wascana Saskatoon—Grasswood Saskatoon—University Saskatoon West Souris—Moose Mountain Yorkton—Melville

Rural Alberta	Banff—Airdrie Battle River—Crowfoot Bow River Foothills Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Grande Prairie—Mackenzie Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Lacombe Red Deer—Mountain View Sturgeon River—Parkland Yellowhead

Edmonton and environs	Edmonton Centre Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton Mill Woods Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton Strathcona Edmonton West Edmonton—Wetaskiwin St. Albert—Edmonton Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan

Calgary	Calgary Centre Calgary Confederation Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary Heritage Calgary Midnapore Calgary Nose Hill Calgary Rocky Ridge Calgary Shepard Calgary Signal Hill Calgary Skyview

Coordinates: 53°56′02″N 111°53′17″W / 53.934°N 111.888°W / 53.934; -111.888

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