| Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | |
| Province: | Alberta |
| Prov-Rep: | Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | UCP |
| Proc-Rep-Party-Link: | United Conservative Party |
| Prov-Status: | active |
| Prov-Created: | 2003 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 2004 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2023 |
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville 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 electoral district, which is located in rural east central Alberta just east of Edmonton, was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution. The current boundaries of the district comprise parts of Vegreville-Viking, Redwater and Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan. The district is named after the small city of Fort Saskatchewan and the town of Vegreville.
The current representative for this district is United Conservative Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk who was first elected in the 2019 provincial election. The district has also been represented by past Progressive Conservative Premier Ed Stelmach.
The electoral district was created in the 2004 electoral boundary re-distribution from the old electoral districts of Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan, Redwater and Vegreville-Viking. The resulting population of the district in 2004 was 36,172, which was 1.5% above the provincial average of 35,951.[1]
The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution saw significant changes made to the district with land residing in Beaver County south of Tofield being moved to Battle River-Wainwright and land in Strathcona County north of Alberta Highway 16 being transferred into the electoral district from the old Strathcona electoral district.[2]
The 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution saw a number of changes to the Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville electoral district as four divisions in the central northeast area of the province (north and east of Edmonton) were consolidated into three to account for the population in those areas having grown at a rate below that of the province as a whole. The district would include the entirety of the Counties of Lamont and Minburn as well as Elk Island National Park. The resulting population of the district in 2017 was 52,141, 11% above provincial average for electoral districts. This variance was justified as population growth in the region is expected to continue to be less than the provincial rate of growth. The Commission noted the average age of residents in parts of the Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville was well above that of other Albertans.[3]
| 55 Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville 2003 boundaries[4] | ||||
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| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Athabasca-Redwater | Lac La Biche-St. Paul and Vermilion-Lloydminster | Leduc-Beaumont-Devon, Strathcona and Edmonton-Manning | Battle River-Wainwright | |
| riding map goes here | ||||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | ||||
| Starting at the intersection of the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River with the south Fort Saskatchewan city boundary; then 1. downstream along the right bank of the river to the intersection with the north boundary of Twp. 57, Rge. 15 W4; 2. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 32; 3. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 32 and 29 in Twp. 56 to the north boundary of Sec. 20; 4. west along the north boundary of Sec. 20 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 20; 5. south along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 20 to the north boundary of Sec. 17; 6. west along the north boundary of Secs. 17 and 18 in Twp. 56, Rge. 15 W4 to the east boundary of Rge. 16 W4; 7. south along the east boundary of Rge. 16 to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in Twp. 55; 8. east along the north boundary of Sec. 7 to the east boundary of Sec. 7 in Twp. 55, Rge. 15 W4; 9. south along the east boundary of Secs. 7 and 6 to the north boundary of Twp. 54; 10. west along the north boundary of Twp. 54 to the east boundary of Rge. 16 W5; 11. south along the east boundary of Rge. 16 to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in Twp. 54; 12. east along the north boundary of Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in Rges. 15 and 14, Twp. 54 W4 to the east boundary of Rge. 14; 13. south along the east boundary of Rge. 14 to the north boundary of Sec. 19, Rge. 13, Twp. 53 W4; 14. east along the north boundary of Secs. 19, 20, 21 and 22 to the east boundary of Sec. 22; 15. south along the east boundary of Secs. 22 and 15 to the north boundary of Sec. 11; 16. east along the north boundary of Secs. 11 and 12 to the east boundary of Rge. 13 W4 (Highway 36); 17. south along Highway 36 to the north boundary of Sec. 23, Twp. 48, Rge. 13 W4; 18. west along the north boundary of Secs. 23, 22 and 21 to the east boundary of Sec. 20; 19. south along the east boundary of Secs. 20, 17, 8 and 5 in Twp. 48 and Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in Twp. 47 and the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17 and 8 in Twp. 46 (Highway 36) to the north boundary of Sec. 5; 20. west along the north boundary of Secs. 5 and 6 in Twp. 46, Rge. 13 W4 to the east boundary of Rge. 14 W4; 21. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 46, Rge. 14 W4; 22. west along the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11, 10 and 9 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 23. north along the east boundary of Secs. 17, 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 46 (Highway 26); 24. west along the north boundary of Twp. 46 (Highway 26) to the east boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 47, Rge. 16 W4; 25. north along the east boundary of Secs. 6, 7, 18, 19, 30 and 31 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 47; 26. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 18 W4; 27. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 48; 28. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 49, Rge. 19 W4; 29. north along the east boundary of Secs. 3, 10, 15, 22, 27 and 34 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 49; 30. west along the north boundary of Twp. 49 to the east boundary of Rge. 20 W4; 31. north along the east boundary of Rge. 20 to the north boundary of Sec. 1 in Twp. 50, Rge. 20 W4; 32. west along the north boundary of Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 1, 2 and 3 in Twp. 50, Rge. 21 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 9 in the Twp.; 33. north along the east boundary of Secs. 9, 16 and 21 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 21; 34. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 29 in the Twp.; 35. north along the east boundary of Sec. 29 to the north boundary of Sec. 29; 36. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 31 in the Twp.; 37. north along the east boundary to the north shore of Ministik Lake; 38. in a generally easterly direction along the north shore of the lake to the east boundary of Sec. 34 in Twp. 50, Rge. 21 W4; 39. north along the east boundary of Sec. 34 to the north boundary of Twp. 50; 40. east along the north boundary of Twp. 50 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 2 in Twp. 51, Rge. 20 W4; 41. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 2, 11 and 14 to the north boundary of Sec. 14; 42. west along the north boundary of Sec. 14 to the east boundary of Sec. 22; 43. north along the east boundary of Secs. 22, 27, 34 in Twp. 51 and the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 52 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 3; 44. west along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 3 to the east boundary of Sec. 4; 45. north along the east boundary of Sec. 4 to the north boundary of Sec. 4; 46. west along the north boundary of Sec. 4 to the east boundary of Sec. 8; 47. north along the east boundary of Sec. 8 to the north boundary of Sec. 8; 48. west along the north boundary of Secs. 8 and 7 to the east boundary of Rge. 21 W4; 49. north along the east boundary of Rge. 21 W4 to the west boundary of Elk Island National Park; 50. northerly along the west boundary to the intersection of the west park boundary with the north boundary of Twp. 54; 51. west along the north boundary of Twp. 54 to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 55, Rge. 20 W4; 52. north along the east boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17 and 20 to Highway 15; 53. west and southwesterly along Highway 15 to the east Fort Saskatchewan city boundary; 54. southerly and westerly along the city boundary to its intersection with the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River, the starting point. | ||||
| Note: | ||||
The electoral district of Fort Saskatchewan was created in the boundary redistribution of 2004. The first election held in the district saw longtime Vegreville—Viking incumbent Ed "The Sock" Stelmach win the new district of his party. He took just under half the popular vote, defeating four other candidates.
Stelmach became leader of the Progressive Conservatives and premier of the province in December 2006. He stood for re-election in 2008 winning a landslide of nearly 78% of the popular vote. Progressive Conservative Jacquie Fenske won the district in the 2012 provincial election.
In the 2015 election, NDP candidate Jessica Littlewood won with a majority of 2,870, defeating Jacquie Fenske who finished second. Littlewood would stand for re-election in 2019, however she would be defeated by UCP candidate Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk by the considerable margin of 6,443 votes.
| 2004 Senate nominee election results Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville[5] | Turnout 52.13% | ||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | ||
| Total votes | 33,386 | 100% | |||||
| Total ballots | 10,710 | 3.12 votes per ballot | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 2,235 | ||||||
| Participating schools[6] | |
|---|---|
| Andrew School | |
| Fort Saskatchewan Christian School | |
| Holden School | |
| John Paul II High School | |
| Lamont Elementary School | |
| Our Lady of the Angels | |
| Rudolph Henning School | |
| Ryley School | |
| Tofield School | |
| Vegreville Composite High School |
| 2004 Alberta student vote results[7] | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
| Total | 1,100 | 100% | |||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 134 | ||||