Whitecourt-Ste. Anne

Whitecourt-Ste. Anne
Alberta electoral district
	2010 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1993
District abolished	2019
First contested	1993
Last contested	2015

Whitecourt-Ste. Anne was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1993 to 2019.^[1]

Communities within the boundaries of the Whitecourt-Ste. Anne electoral district include Mayerthorpe, Onoway and Whitecourt.

History[]

The district was created in 1993 from the previous Whitecourt, Stony Plain and a portion of Barrhead electoral districts.

The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution saw land north of Alberta Highway 16 from within Stony Plain transferred to this district.^[2]

Boundary history[]

83 Whitecourt-Ste. Anne 2003 Boundaries^[3]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock	Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert	Grande Prairie-Smoky, West Yellowhead	Drayton Valley-Calmar, Stony Plain
riding map goes here
Legal description from Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
Starting at the intersection of the east boundary of Rge. 14 W5 and the north boundary of Twp. 63; then 1. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 11 W5; 2. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 60; 3. east along the north boundary to the right bank of the Athabasca River; 4. upstream along the right bank to the east boundary of Rge. 9 W5; 5. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 59; 6. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 32, Twp. 59, Rge. 7 W5; 7. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32 and 29 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 21 in the Twp.; 8. east along the north boundary of Secs. 21, 22, 23 and 24 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 19, 20 and 21 in Twp. 59, Rge. 6 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 21 in the Twp.; 9. south along the east boundary of Secs. 21, 16, 9 and 4 in the Twp. and Secs. 33 and 28 in Twp. 58 to the north boundary of Sec. 22 in Twp. 58, Rge. 6 W5; 10. east along the north boundary of Sec. 22 to the east boundary of Sec. 22; 11. south along the east boundary of Secs. 22, 15, 10 and 3 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 57; 12. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 31, Twp. 57, Rge. 5 W5; 13. south along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 31, 30, 19 and 18 in the Twp. to the right bank of the Pembina River; 14. downstream along the right bank of the Pembina River to the north boundary of Twp. 57; 15. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 34, Twp. 57, Rge. 3 W5; 16. south along the east boundary of Secs. 34, 27 and 22 in the Twp. to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 23 in the Twp.; 17. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 23 and 24 in the Twp. to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 24; 18. south along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 24 and 13 in the Twp. to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 13; 19. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 3 W5; 20. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 7, Twp. 57, Rge. 2 W5; 21. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of the Sec. 7; 22. south along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 7 and 6 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 56; 23. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 2 W5; 24. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 19 in Twp. 56, Rge. 1 W5; 25. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 19, 20, 21 and 22 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 22; 26. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 14 in the Twp.; 27. east along the north boundary of Sec. 14 to the Alexander Indian Reserve No. 134; 28. south along the Alexander Indian Reserve No. 134 to the north shore of Sandy Lake at its intersection with the east boundary of Sec. 35, Twp. 55, Rge. 1 W5; 29. south along the east boundary of Secs. 35, 26, 23, 14, 11 and 2 in Twp. 55 and the east boundary of Secs. 35, 26, 23 and 14 in Twp. 54 to the north boundary of Sec. 11 in the Twp. 54 (Highway 633); 30. west along Highway 633 to the east boundary of Sec. 7 in Twp. 54 Rge. 1 W5; 31. south along the east boundary of Secs. 7 and 6 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 31 and 30 in Twp. 53, Rge. 1 W5 to the north boundary of Sec. 19 in the Twp.; 32. west along the north boundary of Sec. 19 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 24, 23, 22 and 21 in Twp. 53, Rge. 2 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 29 in the Twp.; 33. north along the east boundary of Sec. 29 to the north boundary of Sec. 29; 34. west along the north boundary of Secs. 29 and 30 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 in Twp. 53, Rges. 3 and 4 W5 and the north boundary of Secs. 25, 26, 27 and 28 in Twp. 53, Rge. 5 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in the Twp.; 35. north along the boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 53; 36. west along the north boundary to the west shore of Isle Lake; 37. in a generally southwesterly direction along the west bank to the east boundary of Sec. 28 in Twp. 53, Rge. 6 W5; 38. north along the east boundary of Secs. 28 and 33 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 4, 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 in Twp. 54, Rge. 6 W5 to the north boundary of Twp. 54; 39. west along the north boundary to the right bank of the Pembina River; 40. upstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Twp. 50; 41. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 16 W5; 42. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 57; 43. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 18 W5; 44. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 58; 45. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 19 W5; 46. north along the east boundary to the right bank of the Athabasca River; 47. downstream along the right bank to the east boundary of Rge. 16 W5; 48. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 61; 49. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 15 W5; 50. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 62; 51. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 14 W5; 52. north along the east boundary to the starting point.
Note:

87 Whitecourt-Ste. Anne 2010 Boundaries^[4]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock and Grande Prairie-Smoky	Spruce Grove-St. Albert	West Yellowhead	Drayton Valley-Devon and Stony Plain

Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Representation history[]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Whitecourt-Ste. Anne^[5]
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Stony Plain 1905–1993 and Whitecourt 1971–1993
23rd	1993–1997		Peter Trynchy	Progressive Conservative
24th	1997–2001		Peter Trynchy
25th	2001–2004		George VanderBurg
26th	2004–2008
27th	2008–2012
28th	2012–2015
29th	2015–2019		Oneil Carlier	New Democrat
See Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland and West Yellowhead 2019–

The electoral district was created in 1993 primarily from the districts of Whitecourt and Stony Plain. Long-time Progressive Conservative incumbent Peter Trynchy, who had been in the legislature since 1971 and held numerous cabinet portfolios, ran for re-election that year. Trynchy faced a tough fight to keep his seat from Liberal candidate Jurgen Preugschas. Trynchy ran for his final term in office in the 1997 election. He won a large majority to easily retain his seat.^[6]

The second member to represent the riding is George VanderBurg. He was elected to his first term with a landslide majority in the 2001 general election. He won a second term with a greatly reduced margin in the 2004 general election. VanderBurg was appointed to a cabinet portfolio in the Alberta government for the first time in 2006. He won his third term in office with a larger margin against Senator-in-waiting Link Byfield in the 2008 general election. In the 2012 general election, he retained his seat for a fourth term in office by a narrow margin over the Wildrose candidate, Maryann Chichak.

VanderBurg lost the seat in the 2015 general election to Oneil Carlier of the NDP, falling to third place behind Wildrose candidate John Bos. Following his election victory, Carlier was named Minister of Agriculture and Forestry in the new government.

Legislature results[]

1993 general election[]

v t 1993 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Trynchy	5,600	48.23%	–
	Liberal	Jurgen Preugschas	4,310	37.12%	–
	New Democratic	Connie Oskoboiny	912	7.86%	–
	Social Credit	Earle Cunningham	570	4.91%	–
	Independent	Walter Bllznicenko	218	1.88%	–
Total			11,610	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			30	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			18,285	63.66%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997 general election[]

v t 1997 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Trynchy	5,759	54.33%	6.10%
	Liberal	Sara Lynn Burrough	2,954	27.87%	-9.26%
	Social Credit	Earle Cunningham	1,183	11.16%	6.25%
	New Democratic	Chauncey Featherstone	704	6.64%	-1.21%
Total			10,600	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			42	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			18,970	56.10%	-7.56%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		7.68%
Source(s) Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001 general election[]

v t 2001 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Vanderburg	7,579	68.66%	14.33%
	Liberal	Derril Butler	2,890	26.18%	-1.69%
	New Democratic	Wade Franko	570	5.16%	-1.48%
Total			11,039	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			39	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			20,462	54.14%	-1.96%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		8.01%
Source(s) Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004 general election[]

v t 2004 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Vanderburg	5,073	52.74%	-15.92%
	Alberta Alliance	David Dow	2,331	24.23%	–
	Liberal	George Higgerty	1,219	12.67%	-13.51%
	New Democratic	Leah Redmond	996	10.35%	5.19%
Total			9,619	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			51	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			20,681	46.76%	-7.38%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.99%
Source(s) Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008 general election[]

v t 2008 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Vanderburg	6,019	60.60%	7.86%
	Wildrose	Link Byfield	2,146	21.61%	–
	Liberal	Mike Gray	1,106	11.14%	-1.54%
	New Democratic	Leah Redmond	661	6.66%	-3.70%
Total			9,932	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			45	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,396	44.55%	-2.21%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		5.24%
Source(s) Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 2008 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2012 general election[]

v t 2012 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Vanderburg	6,371	45.92%	-14.68%
	Wildrose	Maryann Chichak	6,003	43.26%	21.66%
	New Democratic	Blue Knox	757	5.46%	-1.20%
	Liberal	Vern Hardman	744	5.36%	-5.77%
Total			13,875	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			67	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			25,712	54.22%	9.68%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-18.17%
Source(s) Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 2012 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015 general election[]

v t 2015 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Oneil Carlier	5,442	35.90%	30.44%
	Wildrose	John Bos	4,996	32.96%	-10.31%
	Progressive Conservative	George Vanderburg	4,721	31.14%	-14.77%
Total			15,159	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			79	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			28,345	53.76%	-0.46%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		0.14%
Source(s) Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Senate nominee results[]

2004 Senate nominee election district results[]

2004 Senate nominee election results: Whitecourt-Ste. Anne^[7]					Turnout 46.84%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	5,610	22.39%	64.36%	3
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,254	12.98%	37.33%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	2,649	10.57%	30.39%	1
	Independent	Link Byfield	2,373	9.47%	27.23%	4
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,221	8.87%	25.48%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,081	8.31%	23.88%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,026	8.09%	23.24%	10
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	1,907	7.62%	21.88%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,646	6.57%	18.89%	5
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,286	5.13%	14.76%	9
Total Votes			25,053	100%
Total Ballots			8,716	2.87 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			970

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2012 Senate nominee election district results[]

Student Vote results[]

2004 election[]

Participating Schools^[8]
Evansview Elementary School
Grasmere School
Mayerthorpe Junior Senior High School
Onoway High School
Percy Baxter School
Sangudo Jr/Sr High School
St. Josephs School

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^[9]
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	George VanderBurg	437	46.15%
	NDP	Leah Redmond	212	22.39%
	Alberta Alliance	David Dow	210	22.17%
	Liberal	George Higgerty	88	9.29%
Total			947	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			48

2012 election[]

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	George VanderBurg		%
	Wildrose	Maryann Chichak
	Liberal	Vern Hardman		%
	NDP			%
Total				100%

References[]

^ "Election results for Whitecourt-Ste. Anne". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
^ Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
^ "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
^ "Tories choose replacement for veteran MLA". CBC News. November 6, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

External links[]

Coordinates: 53°35′N 114°20′W / 53.59°N 114.34°W / 53.59; -114.34

[1] "Election results for Whitecourt-Ste. Anne". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

[2010boundarychanges-2] Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.

[2003bound-3] Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1

[2010bound-4] "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.

[memberslist-5] "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.

[retired-6] "Tories choose replacement for veteran MLA". CBC News. November 6, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

[senresults2004-7] "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

[school-8] "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2008.

[stu2004-9] "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

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v t Former Alberta provincial electoral districts
North	Athabasca Athabasca-Lac La Biche Athabasca-Redwater Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater Athabasca-Wabasca Barrhead Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock Barrhead-Westlock Beaver River Bonnyville Bonnyville-Cold Lake Clearwater Dunvegan Dunvegan-Central Peace Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley Edson Fort McMurray Fort McMurray-Conklin Grande Prairie-Smoky Grouard Lac La Biche Lac La Biche-McMurray Lac La Biche-St. Paul Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills Pakan Pembina Redwater Redwater-Andrew Smoky River Spirit River Spirit River-Fairview Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert St. Paul Sturgeon Victoria Westlock-Sturgeon Whitecourt Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Whitford
Edmonton	Edmonton Edmonton-Avonmore Edmonton-Belmont Edmonton-Beverly Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont Edmonton-Calder Edmonton-Centre Edmonton East Edmonton-Glengarry Edmonton-Highlands Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly Edmonton-Jasper Place Edmonton-Kingsway Edmonton-Mayfield Edmonton-Meadowlark Edmonton-Mill Creek Edmonton North Edmonton North East Edmonton-Norwood Edmonton-Ottewell Edmonton-Parkallen Edmonton-Roper Edmonton-Sherwood Park Edmonton West Jasper West Strathcona Strathcona Centre Strathcona East Strathcona South Strathcona West
Central	Acadia Acadia-Coronation Alexandra Battle River-Wainwright Bruce Chinook Clover Bar Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan Didsbury Drayton Valley Drayton Valley-Calmar Drumheller Drumheller-Chinook Drumheller-Gleichen Gleichen Hand Hills Hand Hills-Acadia Hanna-Oyen Innisfail Lac Ste. Anne Lacombe Lacombe-Stettler Leduc Leduc-Beaumont-Devon Lloydminster Olds Olds-Didsbury Ponoka Ponoka-Rimbey Red Deer Ribstone Rocky Mountain House Sedgewick Sedgewick-Coronation Spruce Grove-St. Albert Stettler Stony Plain Three Hills Three Hills-Airdrie Vegreville Vegreville-Bruce Vegreville-Viking Vermilion Vermilion-Lloydminster Vermilion-Viking Wainwright Wetaskiwin Wetaskiwin-Camrose Wetaskiwin-Leduc Willingdon Willingdon-Two Hills
Calgary	Calgary Calgary Bowness Calgary Centre Calgary-Egmont Calgary-Forest Lawn Calgary-Fort Calgary-Hawkwood Calgary-Mackay Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill Calgary-McKnight Calgary-Millican Calgary-Montrose Calgary-North Hill Calgary-Nose Creek Calgary-Nose Hill Calgary Queens Park Calgary South Calgary Victoria Park Centre Calgary North Calgary South Calgary
South	Airdrie Airdrie-Chestermere Airdrie-Rocky View Banff Banff-Cochrane Bow Valley Bow Valley-Empress Cardston Cardston-Chief Mountain Cardston-Taber-Warner Chestermere-Rocky View Claresholm Cochrane Coronation Cypress Cypress-Redcliff Empress Foothills-Rocky View High River Lethbridge Lethbridge City Lethbridge District Little Bow Macleod Medicine Hat Medicine Hat-Redcliff Nanton Nanton-Claresholm Okotoks Okotoks-High River Pincher Creek Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Pincher Creek-Macleod Redcliff Rocky Mountain Rosebud Strathmore-Brooks Taber Warner

v t Elections and referendums in Alberta
General elections	1905 1909 1913 1917 1921 1926 1930 1935 1940 1944 1948 1952 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1982 1986 1989 1993 1997 2001 2004 2008 2012 2015 2019 Next
By-elections	27th Alberta Legislature (2008–2012) 28th Legislature (2012–2015) 29th Legislature (2015–2019)
Senate nominee elections	1989 1998 2004 2012 2021
Municipal elections	1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2017 2021
Referendums	1915 1920 1923 1948 1957 1967 1971 2021
See also: Elections in Canada