Red Deer (electoral district)

Red Deer
Alberta electoral district
Red Deer in relation to the other Alberta federal electoral districts (2003 map)
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1907
District abolished	2013
First contested	1908
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)^[1]	134,312
Electors (2011)	91,201
Area (km²)^[2]	4,103.13
Census divisions	Division No. 8
Census subdivisions	Red Deer, Red Deer County, Sylvan Lake, Innisfail

Red Deer was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 2015.

History

This riding was created in 1907 from Calgary and Strathcona ridings. At the time this was an overwhelmingly rural riding taking in much of Central Alberta between the two major cities of Calgary and Edmonton. The only major urban centre was Red Deer, then a small town.

The constituency has been consistently reduced in geographic size over the years due to Red Deer's continued growth. In 2003, about 20% of the district was transferred to the Wetaskiwin riding.

The riding was represented by centre-right MPs from 1935 onward. Like most other Alberta ridings outside Calgary and Edmonton, the major right-wing party of the day usually wins by blowout margins. From 1972 to 2011, a non-conservative party has only won 20 percent of the vote once.

The riding was split almost in half for the 2015 election. The southern portion became Red Deer-Mountain View, while the northern portion was merged with Wetaskiwin to form Red Deer-Lacombe.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Red Deer Riding created from Calgary and Strathcona
11th	1908–1911	Michael Clark	Liberal
12th	1911–1917		Liberal
13th	1917–1920		Government (Unionist)
13th	1920–1921		Progressive
14th	1921–1925	Alfred Speakman	United Farmers
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940	Eric Joseph Poole	Social Credit
19th	1940–1945	Frederick Davis Shaw
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962	Harris George Rogers	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963	Robert N. Thompson	Social Credit
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972		Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974	Gordon Towers
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993	Douglas Fee
35th	1993–1997	Bob Mills	Reform
36th	1997–2000		Reform
36th	2000–2000		Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Alliance
37th	2003–2004		Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011	Earl Dreeshen
41st	2011–2015	Earl Dreeshen
Riding dissolved into Red Deer—Mountain View and Red Deer—Lacombe

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Earl Dreeshen, a farmer and a teacher. He was first elected in 2008. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Earl Dreeshen	37,959	75.93	+2.70	$63,247
	New Democratic	Stuart Somerville	7,566	15.13	+4.03	$1
	Green	Mason Sisson	2,551	5.10	-4.24
	Liberal	Andrew Lineker	1,918	3.84	-2.47	$3,784
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,994	100.00
Total rejected ballots			119	0.24	-0.02
Turnout			50,113	54.01	+4.14
Eligible voters			92,792	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Earl Dreeshen	33,226	73.23	-2.51	$53,804
	New Democratic	Stuart Somerville	5,040	11.10	+1.17	$1,774
	Green	Evan Bedford	4,239	9.34	+4.18
	Liberal	Garfield Marks	2,863	6.31	-2.84	$7,450
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,368	100.00	$92,848
Total rejected ballots			118	0.26	+0.04
Turnout			45,486	49.87	-14.86

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Mills	38,375	75.74	+0.9	$58,967
	New Democratic	Kelly Bickford	5,034	9.93	+2.1	$3,014
	Liberal	Luke Kurata	4,636	9.15	-2.6	$11,215
	Green	Tanner Wade Waldo	2,618	5.16	+0.4	$116
Total valid votes			50,663	100.00
Total rejected ballots			113	0.22	-0.1
Turnout			50,776	58.73	+1.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Mills	33,510	74.8	-7.8	$51,607
	Liberal	Luke Kurata	5,294	11.8	-1.0	$22,405
	New Democratic	Jeff Sloychuk	3,500	7.8	+3.2	$4,160
	Green	Garfield John Marks	2,142	4.8	–	$730
	Canadian Action	Teena Cormack	353	0.8	–	$6.75
Total valid votes			44,799	100.0
Total rejected ballots			117	0.3	+0.1
Turnout			44,916	57.7	-2.7

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote in 2000.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Bob Mills	36,940	72.6	+4.2	$59,079
	Liberal	Walter Kubanek	6,522	12.8	+1.4	$16,550
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Wagstaff	5,064	10.0	-5.7	$5,125
	New Democratic	Linda Roth	2,346	4.6	+0.7	$1,773
Total valid votes			50,872	100.0
Total rejected ballots			113	0.2	0.0
Turnout			50,985	60.4	+3.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Reform	Bob Mills	28,622	68.4	+4.0	$66,815
	Progressive Conservative	Morris Flewwelling	6,566	15.7	-0.6	$44,412
	Liberal	Dobie To	4,785	11.4	-2.5	$13,071
	New Democratic	Janet Walter	1,660	4.0	+1.5	$3,066
	Natural Law	Kenneth Arnold	227	0.6	-0.0
Total valid votes			41,860	100.0
Total rejected ballots			69	0.2
Turnout			41,929	57.44

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Reform	Bob Mills	31,652	64.3	+43.3
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Fee	8,011	16.3	-37.0
	Liberal	Dobie To	6,838	13.9	+3.8
	New Democratic	Karen McLaren	1,334	2.7	-9.9
	National	Joan Hepburn	1,063	+2.2
	Natural Law	Ken Arnold	297	+0.6
Total valid votes			49,195	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Fee	24,187	53.3	-22.2
	Reform	Michael Roth	9,560	21.1
	New Democratic	Gail Garbutt	5,717	12.6	+3.2
	Liberal	Edna C. Allwright	4,593	10.1	+0.7
	Christian Heritage	Jim Swan	1,237	2.7
	Confederation of Regions	Wilfred M. Tricker	121	0.3	-4.2
Total valid votes			45,415	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	41,695	75.4	+0.7
	New Democratic	Clarence Lacombe	5,201	9.4	+1.5
	Liberal	Dennis Moffat	5,195	9.4	-5.1
	Confederation of Regions	Roger Langrick	2,494	4.5
	Social Credit	Jim Keegstra	691	1.3	-1.6
Total valid votes			55,276	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	31,758	74.7	-0.1
	Liberal	Dennis Moffat	6,180	14.5	+0.3
	New Democratic	Ethel Taylor	3,345	7.9	+1.4
	Social Credit	Cecil J. Speirs	1,203	2.8	-1.6
Total valid votes			42,486	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	33,226	74.8	+8.1
	Liberal	Dennis Moffat	6,338	14.3	-2.6
	New Democratic	John Younie	2,856	6.4	-1.9
	Social Credit	Cec Speirs	1,974	4.4	-3.6
Total valid votes			44,394	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	22,251	66.7	+5.4
	Liberal	Dennis Moffat	5,645	16.9	+0.1
	New Democratic	Ethel Taylor	2,791	8.4	-2.9
	Social Credit	Jim Keegstra	2,670	8.0	-2.6
Total valid votes			33,357	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	20,943	61.3	-1.0
	Liberal	Dennis Moffat	5,762	16.9	-12.8
	New Democratic	Bill Finn	3,852	11.3	+3.1
	Social Credit	Jim Keegstra	3,631	10.6
Total valid votes			34,188	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert N. Thompson	17,930	62.2	+22.4
	Liberal	Douglas M. Irwin	8,541	29.6	-37.6
	New Democratic	Peter G. Anderson	2,349	8.2	+3.0
Total valid votes			28,820	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Social Credit	Robert N. Thompson	12,383	47.1	+2.2
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	10,448	39.8	-1.3
	Liberal	Max DeHamel	2,093	8.0	-2.0
	New Democratic	Hazel Eva Braithwaite	1,340	5.1	+1.1
Total valid votes			26,264	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Social Credit	Robert N. Thompson	12,182	44.9	-6.1
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Towers	11,149	41.1	+3.4
	Liberal	Max DeHamel	2,702	10.0	+3.5
	New Democratic	Paul A. Jenson	1,082	4.0	-0.8
Total valid votes			27,115	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Social Credit	Robert N. Thompson	12,645	51.0	+17.6
	Progressive Conservative	Harris George Rogers	9,343	37.7	-16.8
	Liberal	Knut E. Magnusson	1,608	6.5	-0.8
	New Democratic	Paul A. Jenson	1,181	4.8	-0.1
Total valid votes			24,777	100.0

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Harris George Rogers	11,569	54.5	+24.9
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	7,087	33.4	-14.2
	Liberal	Sadie A. Shrader	1,537	7.2	-10.1
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert H. Carlyle	1,029	4.8	-0.5
Total valid votes			21,222	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	9,519	47.6	-4.7
	Progressive Conservative	Harris Rogers	5,918	29.6	+20.8
	Liberal	Wilfred James Edgar	3,471	17.4	-12.9
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alexander Sandy Manson	1,073	5.4	-1.4
Total valid votes			19,981	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	8,792	52.4	-2.1
	Liberal	Archie Boyce	5,076	30.2	+11.6
	Progressive Conservative	John A.R. Choate	1,474	8.8	-9.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hubert M. Smith	1,136	6.8	-2.1
	Labor–Progressive	Rose Sarman	306	1.8
Total valid votes			16,784	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	10,549	54.5	+8.0
	Liberal	Albert Bliss McGorman	3,604	18.6	+4.3
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Lloyd Taggart	3,488	18.0	-1.5
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Cyril M. Ironside	1,710	–
Total valid votes			19,351	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	8,653	46.5	+9.7
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Lloyd Taggart	3,636	19.5	+1.8
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alban MacLellan	2,984	16.0	-2.2
	Liberal	Claude J. Davidson	2,666	14.3	-12.9
	Labor–Progressive	William Lund	677	677	3.6
Total valid votes			18,616	100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Social Credit	Frederick Davis Shaw	5,583	36.8	-22.8
	Liberal	Absalom Clark Bury	4,134	27.2	+13.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Peter Morrison	2,771	18.3	+4.3
	National Government	Arthur A. Stonhouse	2,694	17.7	+5.3
Total valid votes			15,182	100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Social Credit	Eric Joseph Poole	7,901	59.6
	Liberal	George Clark	1,861	14.0	-28.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alfred Speakman	1,855	14.0
	Conservative	Arthur Hiram Stewart	1,648	12.4
Total valid votes			13,265	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	United Farmers of Alberta	Alfred Speakman	6,256	57.8	-14.5
	Liberal	William John Botterill	4,571	42.2
Total valid votes			10,827	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	United Farmers of Alberta	Alfred Speakman	5,603	72.3	+26.1
	Conservative	Joseph George La France	2,151	27.7	+3.4
Total valid votes			7,754	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	United Farmers of Alberta	Alfred Speakman	3,851	46.2	-22.9
	Liberal	Thomas McKercher	2,462	29.5	+15.5
	Conservative	Joseph George La France	2,029	24.3	+7.5
Total valid votes			8,342	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	United Farmers of Alberta	Alfred Speakman	10,849	69.1
	Conservative	John Frederick Day	2,644	16.8	-41.1
	Liberal	William Wallace Burns McInnes	2,207	14.1	-21.4
Total valid votes			15,700	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election.

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Government (Unionist)	Michael Clark	6,213	58.0	21.3
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	William Puffer	3,800	35.5	-27.9
	Labour	Joseph Robert Knight	701	6.5
Total valid votes			10,714	100.0

Note: Unionist vote is compared to Liberal-Conservative vote in 1911 election.

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Michael Clark	6,711	63.4	+11.4
	Conservative	Alexander McGillivray	3,882	36.6	-11.4
Total valid votes			10,593	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Michael Clark	3,481	51.9
	Conservative	George F. Root	3,221	48.1
Total valid votes			6,702	100.0

References

"(Code 48023) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.

Notes

↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012

External links

Riding history for Red Deer from the Library of Parliament
Expenditures - 2008
Expenditures - 2004
Expenditures - 2000
Expenditures - 1997
Elections Canada
Website of the Parliament of Canada

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

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