| Red Deer-South | |
| Province: | Alberta |
| Prov-Rep: | Jason Stephan |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | UCP |
| Prov-Status: | active |
| Prov-Created: | 1986 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1986 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2023 |
Red Deer-South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.
The district was created from Red Deer in 1986.Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency borders Red Deer North at the Red Deer River, Taylor Drive, Ross Street, 30th Avenue and 39th Street. At the city limits, the constituency is bounded by Innisfail-Sylvan Lake.
The current MLA for this district is Jason Stephan from the United Conservative Party.
The electoral district was created in the 1985 boundary redistribution from the Red Deer provincial electoral district. The city of Red Deer had been contained in a single electoral district since 1888 when it first started returning members to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. The city was split into South and Red Deer-North.
The 2010 boundary redistribution saw adjustments made to the boundary with Red Deer-North to equalize the population between the two constituencies.[1]
| 72 Red Deer-South 2003 boundaries[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Red Deer-North | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | |
| riding map goes here | map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here | |||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act | ||||
| Starting at the intersection of the west City of Red Deer boundary with the right bank of the Red Deer River near the northerly extension of 60 Avenue; then 1. generally northeast along the right bank of the Red Deer River to Taylor Drive; 2. southeast along Taylor Drive to Ross Street (50 Street); 3. east along Ross Street (50 Street) and its extension to the east boundary of the City of Red Deer (Range Road 271); 4. south, west, northwest and north along the City of Red Deer boundary to the starting point. | ||||
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Red Deer-South | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Red Deer 1905-1986 | ||||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | John Oldring | Progressive Conservative | |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | |||
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Victor Doerksen | ||
| 24th | 1997–2001 | |||
| 25th | 2001–2004 | |||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | |||
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Cal Dallas | ||
| 28th | 2012-2015 | |||
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Barb Miller | New Democratic | |
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Jason Stephan | United Conservative | |
| 31st | 2023– | |||
Victor Doerksen was the second MLA for the district. He was first elected in 1993 after a very hotly contested election with a Liberal candidate. He would eke out his second term in 1997 facing another strong challenge from the Liberals. His third term would be won with the highest popular vote in the history of the riding. He would be appointed to cabinet in the government of Ralph Klein shortly after the election and hold his portfolio until 2006 when he resigned to run for leadership of the Progressive Conservatives. After his bid for leadership failed he retired from office in 2008.
The next representative was Cal Dallas, elected to his first term in 2008. He was appointed Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations by Premier Allison Redford in October 2011.
| 2004 Senate nominee election results Red Deer-South[3] | Turnout 44.58% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | Michael Roth | 3,192 | 11.35% | 35.61% | 7 | Independent | Link Byfield | 3,068 | 10.91% | 34.23% | 4 | Vance Gough | 2,438 | 8.66% | 27.20% | 8 | Gary Horan | 2,257 | 8.02% | 25.18% | 10 | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,955 | 6.94% | 21.81% | 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total votes | 28,135 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total ballots | 8,963 | 3.14 votes per ballot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 3,290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 Senate nominee election results Red Deer-South[4] | Turnout % | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total votes | 35,010 | 100% | ||||
| Total ballots | 0 | 0 votes per ballot | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 0 | |||||
| Participating schools[5] | |
|---|---|
| Eastview Middle School | |
| St. Francis of Assisi Middle School | |
| St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School | |
| Westpark Middle School |
| 2004 Alberta student vote results[6] | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | NDP | Jeff Sloychuk | 294 | 24.68% | Liberal | Walter Kubanek | 277 | 23.26% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,191 | 100% | ||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 38 | |||||||||||
| 2012 Alberta student vote results | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | NDP | Lorna Watkinson-Zimmer | 55 | 15.76% | Liberal | Jason Chilibeck | 52 | 14.90% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 349 | 100% | ||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 30 | |||||||||||