Canadian federal election results in rural Alberta

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This is page shows results of Canadian federal elections in the province of Alberta outside the Calgary and Edmonton areas.

Regional profile[]

Rural Alberta is far and away the most conservative region in Canada. For most of the last 80 years, the major right-wing party of the day has won all or most of the ridings here, often by astronomical margins. The Conservative Party of Canada kept this tradition going, often winning every riding in this region by some of the largest margins in the nation, making rural Alberta easily the least competitive region in the country. This was always the power base for the former Reform and Canadian Alliance parties from 1993 to 2000, and before then the former Progressive Conservative Party swept every riding here from 1972 to 1993. Social Credit was birthed in rural Alberta, and for many years was either the first or second party in much of the region. Some ridings in this area were previously friendly to Red Tories, but since the 1990s the entire region has turned in a more fiscal and social conservative direction. For example, former prime minister Joe Clark represented the riding of Yellowhead and its predecessor, Rocky Mountain, from 1972 to 1993 during his first tenure in parliament, but ran in (and won) the comparatively less conservative seat of Calgary Centre during his comeback to politics in 2000.

Much of this area has not been represented by a centre-left MP in recent memory; for instance, Lethbridge has been represented solely by right-wing MPs since 1930. The Liberals have been completely shut out in rural Alberta since 1972, and have been barely on the radar screen here for most of the time since then. As evidence of the antipathy much of the region has for the Liberals, Jack Horner crossed the floor in 1977 to join the Liberals, only to be soundly defeated when he ran for reelection in Crowfoot as a Liberal in 1979, losing almost three-fourths of his vote from 1974. He was also resoundingly defeated when he tried to regain the riding in 1980. In recent elections the Liberals have drawn their lowest percentage of votes ever; they are usually lucky to draw more than 20 percent of the vote, and in some ridings (Crowfoot and Yellowhead) they have attracted less than three percent.

The New Democratic Party has also had poor results. In fact, the Green Party finished second ahead of the NDP in the Wild Rose riding in 2006. The NDP surged in 2011 across Alberta, including Wilrose. In 2011 the NDP finished second in all of the rural Alberta ridings.

As a measure of how deeply conservative rural Alberta is, the Conservatives held their own in 2015 even as they were heavily defeated nationally. They took every riding with 60 percent or more of the vote, with centre-left parties only managing to crack the 20 percent mark in three ridings. However, support for the Conservatives was not universal; in all but three ridings, the NDP and Liberals together did crack the 20 percent mark, sometimes reaching past 30 percent.

2015 - 42nd General Election[]

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Conservative NDP Liberal Green Libertarian Other
Banff—Airdrie Blake Richards
42,228
63.37%
Joanne Boissonneault
4,521
6.78%
Marlo Raynolds
17,380
26.08%
Mike MacDonald
2,509
3.77%
Blake Richards
Wild Rose
Battle River—Crowfoot Kevin Sorenson
47,552
80.91%
Katherine Swampy
3,844
6.54%
Andy Kowalski
5,505
9.37%
Gary Kelly
1,868
3.18%
Kevin Sorenson
Crowfoot
Bow River Martin Shields
38,701
77.42%
Lynn MacWilliam
2,622
5.25%
William MacDonald Alexander
6,840
13.68%
Rita Ann Fromholt
919
1.84%
Fahed Khalid (DAPC)
83 0.17%
New District
Andrew Kucy (Ind.)
543 1.09%
Frans VandeStroet (CHP)
280 0.56%
Foothills John Barlow
46,166
75.70%
Alison Thompson
3,919
6.43%
Tanya MacPherson
8,149
13.36%
Romy S. Tittel
1,983
3.25%
Cory Morgan
424
0.70%
Marc Slingerland (CHP)
345
0.57%
John Barlow
Macleod
Fort McMurray—Cold Lake David Yurdiga
28,625
60.56%
Melody Lepine
3,663
7.75%
Kyle Harrietha
13,403
28.36%
Brian Deheer
743
1.57%
Scott Berry
552
1.17%
Roelof Janssen (CHP)
280
0.59%
David Yurdiga
Fort McMurray—Athabasca
Grande Prairie—Mackenzie Chris Warkentin
38,895
72.91%
Saba Mossagizi
4,343
8.14%
Reagan Johnston
7,819
14.66%
James David Friesen
1,673
3.14%
Dylan Thompson
613
1.15%
Chris Warkentin
Peace River
Lakeland Shannon Stubbs
39,882
72.81%
Duane Zaraska
5,513
10.06%
Garry Parenteau
7,500
13.69%
Danielle Montgomery
1,283
2.34%
Robert George McFadzean
601
1.10%
Leon Benoit
Vegreville—Wainwright
Merged District
Brian Storseth
Westlock—St. Paul
Lethbridge Rachael Harder
32,321
56.76%
Cheryl Meheden
11,674
20.50%
Mike Pyne
10,532
18.50%
Kas MacMillan
1,461
2.57%
Geoffrey Capp (CHP)
746 1.31%
Jim Hillyer
Solly Krygier-Paine (Rhino.)
209 0.37%
Medicine Hat—
Cardston—Warner
Jim Hillyer
34,849
68.80%
Erin Weir
4,897
9.67%
Glen Allan
9,085
17.94%
Brent Smith
1,319
2.60%
John Clayton Turner (Ind.)
500
0.99%
LaVar Payne
Medicine Hat
Peace River—Westlock Arnold Viersen
34,342
69.35%
Cameron Alexis
7,127
14.39%
Chris Brown
6,360
12.84%
Sabrina Lee Levac
1,247
2.52%
Jeremy Sergeew
443
0.89%
New District
Red Deer—Lacombe Blaine Calkins
43,599
70.71%
Doug Hart
7,055
11.44%
Jeff Rock
9,235
14.98%
Les Kuzyk
1,773
2.88%
Blaine Calkins
Wetaskiwin
Red Deer—Mountain View Earl Dreeshen
46,245
74.33%
Paul Harris
5,233
8.41%
Chandra Lescia Kastern
8,356
13.43%
Simon Oleny
1,621
2.61%
James Walper
445
0.72%
Scott Milne (Pirate)
312
0.50%
Earl Dreeshen
Red Deer
Yellowhead Jim Eglinski
37,950
72.25%
Ken Kuzminski
4,753
9.05%
Ryan Maguhn
7,467
14.22%
Sandra Wolf Lange
1,538
2.93%
Cory Lystang
817
1.56%
Jim Eglinski

2011 - 41st General Election[]

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Conservative Liberal NDP Green Other
Crowfoot Kevin A Sorenson
44,115
83.99%
Omar Harb
1,224
2.33%
Ellen Parker
4,805
9.15%
Konrad Schellenberg
1,711
3.26%
Gerard Groenendijk (CHP)
204 0.39%
Kevin Sorenson
John C. Turner (Ind.)
463 0.88%
Fort McMurray—Athabasca Brian Jean
21,988
71.84%
Karen Young
3,190
10.42%
Berend Wilting
4,053
13.24%
Jule Asterisk
1,374
4.49%
Brian Jean
Lethbridge Jim Hillyer
27,173
56.51%
Michael Cormican
4,030
8.38%
Mark Sandilands
13,072
27.18%
Cailin Bartlett
2,095
4.36%
Geoffrey Capp (CHP)
1,716
3.57%
Rick Casson
Macleod Ted Menzies
40,007
77.48%
Nicole Hankel
1,898
3.68
Janine Giles
5,335
10.33%
Attila Nagy
2,389
4.63%
Brad Carrigan (PC)
1,754 3.40%
Ted Menzies
Marc Slingerland (CHP)
252 0.49%
Medicine Hat LaVar Payne
30,719
71.55%
Norm Boucher
4,416
10.29%
Dennis Perrier
5,616
13.08%
Graham Murray
1,868
4.35%
Frans VandeStroet (CHP)
317
0.74%
LaVar Payne
Peace River Chris Warkentin
36,334
75.76%
Corina Ganton
1,481
3.09%
Jennifer Villeburn
7,740
16.14%
Wayne John Kamieniecki
1,702
3.55%
Donovan Eckstrom (Rhino)
345 0.72%
Chris Warkentin
Russ Toews (Ind.)
359 0.75%
Red Deer Earl Dreeshen
37,959
75.93%
Andrew Lineker
1,918
3.84%
Stuart Somerville
7,566
15.13%
Mason Connor Woodruff Sisson
2,551
5.10%
Earl Dreeshen
Vegreville—Wainwright Leon Benoit
39,145
79.79%
Ron Williams
1,525
3.11%
Ray A Stone
5,561
11.34%
William Munsey
2,499
5.09%
Matthew Sokalski (CHP)
327
0.67%
Leon Benoit
Westlock—St. Paul Brian Storseth
32,652
77.82%
Rob Fox
2,569
6.12%
Lyndsey Ellen Henderson
5,103
12.16%
Lisa Grant
1,634
3.89%
Brian Storseth
Wetaskiwin Blaine Calkins
37,756
81.44%
Christopher Anderson
1,348
2.91%
Tim Robson
5,281
11.39%
Robert Johnston
1,978
4.27%
Blaine Calkins
Wild Rose Blake Richards
43,669
74.74%
John Douglas Reilly
3,908
6.69%
Jeff Horvath
6,595
11.29%
Mike MacDonald
4,071
6.97%
Randy Vanden Broek (CHP)
181
0.31%
Blake Richards
Yellowhead Rob Merrifield
31,925
77.03%
Zack Siezmagraff
1,190
2.87%
Mark Wells
5,411
13.06%
Monika Schaefer
2,122
5.14%
Melissa Brade (CAP)
384 0.93%
Rob Merrifield
Jacob Strydhorst (CHP)
404 0.97%

2008 - 40th General Election[]

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Conservative Liberal NDP Green Christian Heritage Other
Crowfoot Kevin Sorenson
39,342
82.03%
Sharon L. Howe
1,958
4.08%
Ellen Parker
3,783
7.89%
Kaitlin Kettenbach
2,875
5.99%
Kevin Sorenson
Fort McMurray—Athabasca Brian Jean
17,160
67.12%
John Webb
2,710
10.60%
Mark Voyageur
3,300
12.91%
Dylan Richards
1,628
6.37%
Jacob Strydhorst
186
0.73%
John Malcolm (FPNP)
233 0.91%
Brian Jean
Shawn Reimer (Ind.)
350 1.37%
Lethbridge Rick Casson
31,714
66.96%
Michael Joseph Cormican
4,404
9.30%
Mark Sandilands
6,733
14.22%
Amanda Swager
3,420
7.22%
Geoffrey Capp
1,094
2.31%
Rick Casson
Macleod Ted Menzies
35,328
77.36%
Isabel Paynter
2,703
5.92%
Stan Knowlton
3,053
6.69%
Jared McCollum
4,161
9.11%
Marc Slingerland
422
0.92%
Ted Menzies
Medicine Hat LaVar Payne
26,950
70.87%
Bev Botter
2,639
6.94%
Wally Regehr
4,187
11.01%
Kevin Dodd
2,338
6.15%
Frans Vandestroet
363
0.95%
David S. Patrick (Ind.)
580 1.53%
Monte Solberg
Dean Shock (Ind.)
971 2.55%
Peace River Chris Warkentin
29,550
69.51%
Liliane Maisonneuve
2,843
6.69%
Adele Boucher Rymhs
6,124
14.41%
Jennifer Villebrun
3,303
7.77%
Edwin Siggelkow (CAP)
373 0.88%
Chris Warkentin
Mélanie Simard (Libert.)
316 0.74%
Red Deer Earl Dreeshen
33,226
73.24%
Garfield Marks
2,863
6.31%
Stuart Somerville
5,040
11.11%
Evan Bedford
4,239
9.34%
Bob Mills
Vegreville—Wainwright Leon Benoit
34,493
77.09%
Adam Campbell
2,345
5.24%
Ray Stone
4,230
9.45%
William Munsey
3,676
8.22%
Leon Benoit
Westlock—St. Paul Brian Storseth
27,338
72.71%
Leila Houle
3,418
9.09%
Della Drury
3,809
10.13%
Aden Murphy
2,522
6.71%
Sip Hofstede
510
1.36%
Brian Storseth
Wetaskiwin Blaine Calkins
32,528
77.14%
Rita Katherine Dillon
2,362
5.60%
Tim Robson
3,636
8.62%
Les Parsons
3,395
8.05%
Shawn Mann (CAP)
249
0.59%
Blaine Calkins
Wild Rose Blake Richards
36,869
72.92%
Jenn Turcott
2,890
5.72%
Jeff Horvath
4,169
8.24%
Lisa Fox
6,390
12.64%
Krista Zoobkoff (Libert.)
246
0.49%
Myron Thompson
Yellowhead Rob Merrifield
26,863
71.85%
Mohamed El-Rafih
1,489
3.98%
Ken Kuzminski
4,587
12.27%
Monika Schaefer
3,437
9.19%
John M. Wierenga
606
1.62%
Melissa Brade (CAP)
408
1.09%
Rob Merrifield

2006 - 39th General Election[]

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Conservative NDP Green Other
Crowfoot Adam Campbell
2,908
5.56%
Kevin A. Sorenson
43,210
82.56%
Ellen Parker
3,875
7.40%
Cameron Wigmore
2,347
4.48%
Kevin Sorenson
Fort McMurray—Athabasca Mel H. Buffalo
4,663
14.78%
Brian Jean
20,400
64.66%
Roland Lefort
4,602
14.59%
Ian Hopfe
1,547
4.90%
John Malcolm (FPNP)
337
1.07%
Brian Jean
Lethbridge Michael Cormican
5,859
11.25%
Rick Casson
35,061
67.30%
Melanee Thomas
7,135
13.70%
Andrea Sheridan
1,846
3.54%
Howard Fosyth (Ind.)
735 1.41%
Rick Casson
Marc Slingerland (CHP)
1,458 2.80%
Macleod Bernie Kennedy
4,596
9.24%
Ted Menzies
37,534
75.45%
Joyce Thomas
3,251
6.54%
Larry Ashmore
3,075
6.18%
Catherine Whelan Costen (CAP)
235 0.47%
Ted Menzies
Myron Wolf Child (Ind.)
1,055 2.12%
Medicine Hat Bev Botter
3,737
8.35%
Monte Solberg
35,670
79.71%
Wally Regehr
3,598
8.04%
Kevin Dodd
1,746
3.90%
Monte Solberg
Peace River Tanya Mary Kappo
4,573
9.38%
Chris Warkentin
27,785
56.97%
Susan Thompson
5,427
11.13%
Zane Lewis
1,102
2.26%
Bill Given (Ind.)
9,882
20.26%
Charlie Penson
Red Deer Luke Kurata
4,636
9.15%
Bob Mills
38,375
75.75%
Kelly Bickford
5,034
9.94%
Tanner Wade Waldo
2,618
5.17%
Bob Mills
Vegreville—Wainwright Duff Stewart
3,873
7.57%
Leon Benoit
37,954
74.17%
Len Legault
4,727
9.24%
Brian Rozmahel
3,822
7.47%
Robert Peter Kratchmer (WBP)
431 0.84%
Leon Benoit
Blaine William Stephan (CHP)
364 0.71%
Westlock—St. Paul Cory Ollikka
6,531
15.00%
Brian Storseth
29,698
68.22%
Peter Opryshko
4,368
10.03%
Richard De Smet
2,136
4.91%
Werner Gisler (Ind.)
416 0.96%
David Chatters
Clarence Shultz (Ind.)
381 0.88%
Wetaskiwin Peter Crossley
4,371
9.18%
Blaine Calkins
35,776
75.15%
Jim Graves
4,441
9.33%
Tom Lampman
3,016
6.34%
Dale Johnston
Wild Rose Judy Stewart
5,331
9.74%
Myron Thompson
39,487
72.17%
Shannon Nelles
3,968
7.25%
Sean Maw
5,929
10.84%
Myron Thompson
Yellowhead Nancy Love
4,066
9.45%
Rob Merrifield
30,640
71.19%
Noel Lapierre
4,712
10.95%
Monika Schaefer
2,856
6.64%
John Marvin Wierenga (CHP)
765
1.78%
Rob Merrifield

2004 - 38th General Election[]

Key map
  1. Fort McMurray-Athabasca
  2. Crowfoot
  3. Lethbridge
  4. Macleod
  5. Medicine Hat
  6. Peace River
  7. Red Deer
  8. Vegreville-Wainwright
  9. Westlock-St. Paul
  10. Wetaskiwin
  11. Wild Rose
  12. Yellowhead

2000 - 37th General Election[]

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