Westlock-Sturgeon
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1986
District abolished1993
First contested1986
Last contested1989

Westlock-Sturgeon 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 1986 to 1993.[1]

History

Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Assembly Years Member Party
See Athabasca 1905-1986, Redwater-Andrew
1971-1986, and St. Albert 1905-1986.
21st 1986-1989 Nicholas Taylor Liberal
22nd 1989-1993
See Barrhead-Westlock 1993-2004, Redwater
1993-2004, and Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St.
Albert 1993-2012

The riding was created for the 1986 election from parts of three ridings: the town of Westlock was transferred from Athabasca, while the part of Sturgeon County around Morinville was transferred from St. Albert, along with a small part of Redwater-Andrew.

The riding was abolished only seven years later at the next redistribution. The northern half of the riding was transferred to Barrhead-Westlock, with Morinville and the area east of it going to Redwater and the remainder to Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert.

Representation history

The riding's only MLA was Nicholas Taylor, who had led the Liberal Party through its decade-long drought. His election in 1986, along with three other Liberals in Edmonton and Calgary, was a breakthrough for the party.

He was replaced by Laurence Decore as party leader only two years later, but was re-elected in Westlock-Sturgeon in 1989. For the second term in a row, Taylor was the only Liberal MLA in rural Alberta. When the riding was abolished in 1993, he went on to serve as MLA for Redwater.

Election results

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalNicholas Taylor4,52338.95%–
Progressive ConservativeLawrence Kluthe4,04934.87%–
New DemocraticBruce Lennon1,99617.19%–
RepresentativeTom Carleton9117.84%–
Confederation of RegionsAdam Hauch780.67%–
CommunistLaurent St. Denis290.25%–
HeritageStan Pearson250.22%–
Total valid votes 11,611––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 12––
Registered electors / turnout 18,57262.58%–
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Westlock-Sturgeon Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalNicholas Taylor5,40144.80%+5.85%
Progressive ConservativeLeo Seguin4,95841.13%+6.26%
New DemocraticTom Turner1,69614.07%-3.12%
Total valid votes 12,055––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 15––
Registered electors / turnout 19,66261.38% -1.20%
Liberal hold Swing -0.21%
Source(s)
Source: "Westlock-Sturgeon Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Election results for Westlock-Sturgeon". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

Further reading

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