Red Deer-South is a
provincial electoral district
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for the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. Since 2012 the Legislative Assembly has had 87 members, elected first past the post f ...
, Canada. The district was created from
Red Deer
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in 1986. Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency borders
Red Deer North at the
Red Deer River
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T ...
, 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.
History
The electoral district was created in the 1985 boundary redistribution from the
Red Deer
The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or Hart (deer), hart, and a female is called a doe or hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Ir ...
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
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. 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.
Boundary history
Representation history
Since the electoral district was created in 1986, the voters of Red Deer-South have returned Progressive Conservative candidates in every election until 2015, joining the province-wide NDP victory. The first representative was John Oldring who served two terms in office. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of
Don Getty
Donald Ross Getty (August 30, 1933 – February 26, 2016) was a Canadian athlete, businessman, and politician who served as the 11th premier of Alberta between 1985 and 1992.
Before entering politics, Getty had been a quarterback for the Edmon ...
in his second term and retired in 1993 after a failed leadership bid for the Progressive Conservative Party.
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
Ralph Philip Klein (November 1, 1942 – March 29, 2013) was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the 12th premier of Alberta and leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta from 1992 until his retirement in 2 ...
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.
Legislative election results
1986
1989
1993
1997
2001
2004
#Results of the Separation Party compared to Alberta First Party
2008
2012
2015
2019
2023
Senate nominee election results
2004
''Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.''
2012
''Voters had the option of selecting three candidates on the ballot.''
Student vote results
2004
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 had 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 who reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.
2012
During the week of April 16, 2012 to April 20, 2012 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2012 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who had not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 86 of the 87 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Students from École Secondaire Notre Dame High School participated in the vote on April 19, 2012.
See also
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List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
Alberta provincial electoral districts are currently single member ridings that each elect one member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. There are 87 districts fixed in law in Alberta, Canada.
History
The original 25 districts were drawn u ...
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Canadian provincial electoral districts
Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of Ontario, where districts in the Southern Ontario region are coterminous wh ...
References
External links
Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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Alberta provincial electoral districts
Politics of Red Deer, Alberta
1986 establishments in Alberta