This riding was created in 1907 from Calgary and Strathcona ridings. At the time this was a vast 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 of only 1,500 people.
Once an overwhelmingly rural constituency, it 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 won here by blowout margins. A centre-left candidate last cleared 20 percent of the vote in 1968, and from 1979 onward centre-left candidates were usually lucky to get 15 percent of the vote.
The riding was split almost in half for the 2015 election. The southern portion, including downtown, became Red Deer-Mountain View, while the northern portion was merged with Wetaskiwin to form Red Deer-Lacombe.
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Red Deer was a federal electoral district in Alberta Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 2015 Red DeerAlberta electoral districtRed Deer in relation to the other Alberta federal electoral districts 2003 map Defunct federal electoral districtLegislatureHouse of CommonsDistrict created1907District abolished2013First contested1908Last contested2011District webpageprofile mapDemographicsPopulation 2011 1 134 312Electors 2011 91 201Area km 2 4 103 13Census division s Division No 8Census subdivision s Red Deer Red Deer County Sylvan Lake Innisfail Contents 1 History 1 1 Members of Parliament 1 2 Current Member of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 References 4 1 Notes 5 External linksHistory EditThis riding was created in 1907 from Calgary and Strathcona ridings At the time this was a vast 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 of only 1 500 people Once an overwhelmingly rural constituency it 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 won here by blowout margins A centre left candidate last cleared 20 percent of the vote in 1968 and from 1979 onward centre left candidates were usually lucky to get 15 percent of the vote The riding was split almost in half for the 2015 election The southern portion including downtown became Red Deer Mountain View while the northern portion was merged with Wetaskiwin to form Red Deer Lacombe Members of Parliament Edit This riding elected the following Members of Parliament Parliament Years Member PartyRed DeerRiding created from Calgary and Strathcona11th 1908 1911 Michael Clark Liberal12th 1911 191713th 1917 1920 Government Unionist 1920 1921 Progressive14th 1921 1925 Alfred Speakman United Farmers15th 1925 192616th 1926 193017th 1930 193518th 1935 1940 Eric Joseph Poole Social Credit19th 1940 1945 Frederick Davis Shaw20th 1945 194921st 1949 195322nd 1953 195723rd 1957 195824th 1958 1962 Harris George Rogers Progressive Conservative25th 1962 1963 Robert N Thompson Social Credit26th 1963 196527th 1965 196828th 1968 1972 Progressive Conservative29th 1972 1974 Gordon Towers30th 1974 197931st 1979 198032nd 1980 198433rd 1984 198834th 1988 1993 Douglas Fee35th 1993 1997 Bob Mills Reform36th 1997 2000 2000 2000 Alliance37th 2000 2003 2003 2004 Conservative38th 2004 200639th 2006 200840th 2008 2011 Earl Dreeshen41st 2011 2015Riding dissolved into Red Deer Mountain View and Red Deer LacombeCurrent Member of Parliament Edit 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 Edit2011 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresConservative Earl Dreeshen 37 959 75 93 2 70 63 247New Democratic Stuart Somerville 7 566 15 13 4 03 1Green Mason Sisson 2 551 5 10 4 24Liberal Andrew Lineker 1 918 3 84 2 47 3 784Total valid votes Expense limit 49 994 100 00Total rejected ballots 119 0 24 0 02Turnout 50 113 54 01 4 14Eligible voters 92 792 2008 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresConservative Earl Dreeshen 33 226 73 23 2 51 53 804New Democratic Stuart Somerville 5 040 11 10 1 17 1 774Green Evan Bedford 4 239 9 34 4 18Liberal Garfield Marks 2 863 6 31 2 84 7 450Total valid votes Expense limit 45 368 100 00 92 848Total rejected ballots 118 0 26 0 04Turnout 45 486 49 87 14 862006 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresConservative Bob Mills 38 375 75 74 0 9 58 967New Democratic Kelly Bickford 5 034 9 93 2 1 3 014Liberal Luke Kurata 4 636 9 15 2 6 11 215Green Tanner Wade Waldo 2 618 5 16 0 4 116Total valid votes 50 663 100 00Total rejected ballots 113 0 22 0 1Turnout 50 776 58 73 1 02004 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresConservative Bob Mills 33 510 74 8 7 8 51 607Liberal Luke Kurata 5 294 11 8 1 0 22 405New Democratic Jeff Sloychuk 3 500 7 8 3 2 4 160Green Garfield John Marks 2 142 4 8 730Canadian Action Teena Cormack 353 0 8 6 75Total valid votes 44 799 100 0Total rejected ballots 117 0 3 0 1Turnout 44 916 57 7 2 7Note Conservative vote is compared to the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote in 2000 2000 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresAlliance Bob Mills 36 940 72 6 4 2 59 079Liberal Walter Kubanek 6 522 12 8 1 4 16 550Progressive Conservative Doug Wagstaff 5 064 10 0 5 7 5 125New Democratic Linda Roth 2 346 4 6 0 7 1 773Total valid votes 50 872 100 0Total rejected ballots 113 0 2 0 0Turnout 50 985 60 4 3 0Note Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 1997 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresReform Bob Mills 28 622 68 4 4 0 66 815Progressive Conservative Morris Flewwelling 6 566 15 7 0 6 44 412Liberal Dobie To 4 785 11 4 2 5 13 071New Democratic Janet Walter 1 660 4 0 1 5 3 066Natural Law Kenneth Arnold 227 0 6 0 0Total valid votes 41 860 100 0Total rejected ballots 69 0 2Turnout 41 929 57 441993 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Reform Bob Mills 31 652 64 3 43 3Progressive Conservative Doug Fee 8 011 16 3 37 0Liberal Dobie To 6 838 13 9 3 8New Democratic Karen McLaren 1 334 2 7 9 9National Joan Hepburn 1 063 2 2Natural Law Ken Arnold 297 0 6Total valid votes 49 195 100 01988 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Doug Fee 24 187 53 3 22 2Reform Michael Roth 9 560 21 1New Democratic Gail Garbutt 5 717 12 6 3 2Liberal Edna C Allwright 4 593 10 1 0 7Christian Heritage Jim Swan 1 237 2 7Confederation of Regions Wilfred M Tricker 121 0 3 4 2Total valid votes 45 415 100 01984 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Gordon Towers 41 695 75 4 0 7New Democratic Clarence Lacombe 5 201 9 4 1 5Liberal Dennis Moffat 5 195 9 4 5 1Confederation of Regions Roger Langrick 2 494 4 5Social Credit Jim Keegstra 691 1 3 1 6Total valid votes 55 276 100 01980 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Gordon Towers 31 758 74 7 0 1Liberal Dennis Moffat 6 180 14 5 0 3New Democratic Ethel Taylor 3 345 7 9 1 4Social Credit Cecil J Speirs 1 203 2 8 1 6Total valid votes 42 486 100 01979 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Gordon Towers 33 226 74 8 8 1Liberal Dennis Moffat 6 338 14 3 2 6New Democratic John Younie 2 856 6 4 1 9Social Credit Cec Speirs 1 974 4 4 3 6Total valid votes 44 394 100 01974 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Gordon Towers 22 251 66 7 5 4Liberal Dennis Moffat 5 645 16 9 0 1New Democratic Ethel Taylor 2 791 8 4 2 9Social Credit Jim Keegstra 2 670 8 0 2 6Total valid votes 33 357 100 01972 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Gordon Towers 20 943 61 3 1 0Liberal Dennis Moffat 5 762 16 9 12 8New Democratic Bill Finn 3 852 11 3 3 1Social Credit Jim Keegstra 3 631 10 6Total valid votes 34 188 100 01968 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Robert N Thompson 17 930 62 2 22 4Liberal Douglas M Irwin 8 541 29 6New Democratic Peter G Anderson 2 349 8 2 3 0Total valid votes 28 820 100 01965 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Social Credit Robert N Thompson 12 383 47 1 2 2Progressive Conservative Gordon Towers 10 448 39 8 1 3Liberal Max DeHamel 2 093 8 0 2 0New Democratic Hazel Eva Braithwaite 1 340 5 1 1 1Total valid votes 26 264 100 01963 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Social Credit Robert N Thompson 12 182 44 9 6 1Progressive Conservative Gordon Towers 11 149 41 1 3 4Liberal Max DeHamel 2 702 10 0 3 5New Democratic Paul A Jenson 1 082 4 0 0 8Total valid votes 27 115 100 01962 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Social Credit Robert N Thompson 12 645 51 0 17 6Progressive Conservative Harris George Rogers 9 343 37 7 16 8Liberal Knut E Magnusson 1 608 6 5 0 8New Democratic Paul A Jenson 1 181 4 8 0 1Total valid votes 24 777 100 0Note NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election 1958 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Harris George Rogers 11 569 54 5 24 9Social Credit Frederick Davis Shaw 7 087 33 4 14 2Liberal Sadie A Shrader 1 537 7 2 10 1Co operative Commonwealth Robert H Carlyle 1 029 4 8 0 5Total valid votes 21 222 100 01957 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Social Credit Frederick Davis Shaw 9 519 47 6 4 7Progressive Conservative Harris Rogers 5 918 29 6 20 8Liberal Wilfred James Edgar 3 471 17 4 12 9Co operative Commonwealth Alexander Sandy Manson 1 073 5 4 1 4Total valid votes 19 981 100 01953 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Social Credit Frederick Davis Shaw 8 792 52 4 2 1Liberal Archie Boyce 5 076 30 2 11 6Progressive Conservative John A R Choate 1 474 8 8 9 2Co operative Commonwealth Hubert M Smith 1 136 6 8 2 1Labor Progressive Rose Sarman 306 1 8Total valid votes 16 784 100 01949 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Social Credit Frederick Davis Shaw 10 549 54 5 8 0Liberal Albert Bliss McGorman 3 604 18 6 4 3Progressive Conservative Harry Lloyd Taggart 3 488 18 0 1 5Co operative Commonwealth Cyril M Ironside 1 710 Total valid votes 19 351 100 01945 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Social Credit Frederick Davis Shaw 8 653 46 5 9 7Progressive Conservative Harry Lloyd Taggart 3 636 19 5 1 8Co operative Commonwealth Alban MacLellan 2 984 16 0 2 2Liberal Claude J Davidson 2 666 14 3 12 9Labor Progressive William Lund 677 677 3 6Total valid votes 18 616 100 0Note Progressive Conservative vote is compared to National Government vote in 1940 election 1940 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Social Credit Frederick Davis Shaw 5 583 36 8 22 8Liberal Absalom Clark Bury 4 134 27 2 13 2Co operative Commonwealth Peter Morrison 2 771 18 3 4 3National Government Arthur A Stonhouse 2 694 17 7 5 3Total valid votes 15 182 100 0Note National Government vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election 1935 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Social Credit Eric Joseph Poole 7 901 59 6Liberal George Clark 1 861 14 0 28 2Co operative Commonwealth Alfred Speakman 1 855 14 0Conservative Arthur Hiram Stewart 1 648 12 4Total valid votes 13 265 100 01930 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes United Farmers of Alberta Alfred Speakman 6 256 57 8 14 5Liberal William John Botterill 4 571 42 2Total valid votes 10 827 100 01926 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes United Farmers of Alberta Alfred Speakman 5 603 72 3 26 1Conservative Joseph George La France 2 151 27 7 3 4Total valid votes 7 754 100 01925 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes United Farmers of Alberta Alfred Speakman 3 851 46 2 22 9Liberal Thomas McKercher 2 462 29 5 15 5Conservative Joseph George La France 2 029 24 3 7 5Total valid votes 8 342 100 01921 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes United Farmers of Alberta Alfred Speakman 10 849 69 1Conservative John Frederick Day 2 644 16 8 41 1Liberal William Wallace Burns McInnes 2 207 14 1 21 4Total valid votes 15 700 100 0Note Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election 1917 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Government Unionist Michael Clark 6 213 58 0 21 3Opposition Laurier Liberals William Puffer 3 800 35 5 27 9Labour Joseph Robert Knight 701 6 5Total valid votes 10 714 100 0Note Unionist vote is compared to Liberal Conservative vote in 1911 election 1911 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Liberal Michael Clark 6 711 63 4 11 4Conservative Alexander McGillivray 3 882 36 6 11 4Total valid votes 10 593 100 01908 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Liberal Michael Clark 3 481 51 9Conservative George F Root 3 221 48 1Total valid votes 6 702 100 0See also EditList of Canadian federal electoral districts Past Canadian electoral districtsReferences Edit Red Deer electoral district Code 48023 Census Profile 2011 census Government of Canada Statistics Canada Retrieved 2011 03 06 Notes Edit Statistics Canada 2012 Statistics Canada 2012External links EditRiding 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 Coordinates 52 17 N 113 48 W 52 28 N 113 80 W 52 28 113 80 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Red Deer electoral district amp oldid 1087354980, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
