Lac La Biche-St. Paul Explained

Lac La Biche-St. Paul
Province:Alberta
Prov-Status:defunct
Prov-Created:1993
Prov-Abolished:2012
Prov-Election-First:1993
Prov-Election-Last:2008

Lac La Biche-St. Paul was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first-past-the-post balloting from 1993 to 2012.[1]

Lac La Biche-St. Paul history

Boundary history

When created, the riding contained Lakeland County and the County of St. Paul No. 19 and all communities contained within, and was later expanded to include Two Hills. The Lac La Biche-St. Paul electoral district did not have any boundary changes throughout its history. The electoral district was dissolved in the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution and replaced by the Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills prior to the 2012 Alberta general election.[2]

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Lac La Biche-St. Paul
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Athabasca-Lac La Biche and St. Paul before 1993
23rd1993–1994Paul LangevinLiberal
1994–1995Independent
1995–1997Progressive
Conservative
24th1997–2001
25th2001–2004Ray Danyluk
26th2004–2008
27th2008–2012
See Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills 2012–2019
The riding's first representative was Paul Langevin, a Franco-Albertan elected for the Liberals. He left the Liberal caucus the following year, and went on to join the governing Progressive Conservatives. He was re-elected under their banner in 1997.

Upon Langevin's retirement, the riding was won by PC candidate Ray Danyluk, who served as Alberta's Minister of Municipal Affairs, and afterwards the Minister of Infrastructure. After three terms, he was defeated in the newly-renamed riding of Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills by Wildrose candidate Shayne Saskiw in the 2012 election.

Legislative election results

2008

Senate nominee elections results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results

Lac La Biche-St. Paul[4]

Turnout 48.88%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRankProgressive ConservativeBetty Unger3,41714.60%45.88%2Progressive ConservativeBert Brown3,16513.52%42.50%1IndependentLink Byfield2,68311.46%36.03%4Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz2,51710.75%33.80%3Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood1,9248.22%25.84%6Progressive ConservativeJim Silye1,8978.10%25.47%5IndependentTom Sindlinger1,4836.34%19.91%9
Total votes23,409100%
Total ballots7,4473.14 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined1,571
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2004 student vote results

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[6]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%Progressive ConservativeRay Danyluk8065.04%LiberalDickson Broomfield2117.07%NDPPhil Goebel2016.26%
Total123100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined3

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election results for Lac La Biche-St. Paul. . https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208183724/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Lac%20La%20Biche-St.%20Paul . dead . 8 December 2010 . abheritage.ca . Heritage Community Foundation . 22 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta . June 2010 . May 29, 2020 . Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission . Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
  3. Electoral Divisions Act. S.A.. 2003. E-4.1. http://canlii.ca/t/53m7s.
  4. Web site: Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results . Elections Alberta . February 28, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090704143923/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf . July 4, 2009 .
  5. Web site: School by School results . Student Vote Canada . 2008-04-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071005211819/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm . October 5, 2007 .
  6. Web site: Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates . Student Vote Canada . 2008-04-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071006095842/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm . October 6, 2007 .