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Red Deer (federal electoral district)

Red Deer is a future federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada. A riding of the same name was previously represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 2015.

Red Deer
Alberta electoral district
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1907
First contested1908
Last contested2011
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]115,044
Census division(s)Division No. 8
Census subdivision(s)Red Deer, Penhold, Delburne, Elnora, Alberta, Red Deer County

Demographics

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According to the 2021 Canadian census[2]

Languages: 85.7% English, 3.6% Tagalog, 1.7% Spanish, 1.6% French,

Religions: 50.7% Christian (20.0% Catholic, 4.8% United Church, 2.5% Anglican, 2.1% Lutheran, 1.0% Pentecostal, 20.2% Other), 45.0% No religion, 1.9% Muslim

Median income: $43,200 (2020)

Average income: $56,050 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Red Deer (2021)
Panethnic group 2021
Pop. %
European[a] 85,360 76.36%
Southeast Asian[b] 9,115 8.15%
Indigenous 7,295 6.53%
South Asian 2,405 2.15%
African 2,000 1.79%
Latin American 1,815 1.62%
East Asian[c] 1,730 1.55%
Middle Eastern[d] 1,140 1.02%
Other/multiracial[e] 930 0.83%
Total responses 111,785 97.23%
Total population 114,975 100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

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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.

The riding was reinstated by the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, reuniting the City of Red Deer and combining it with rural areas to its southeast.[3][4]

Historical boundaries

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    1905 representation order
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    1914 representation order
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    1924 representation order
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    1933 representation order
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    1952 representation order
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    1966 representation order
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    1976 representation order
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    1987 representation order
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    1996 representation order
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    2003 representation order

Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Red Deer
Riding created from Calgary and Strathcona
11th  1908–1911     Michael Clark Liberal
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1920     Government (Unionist)
 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
 2000–2000     Alliance
37th  2000–2003
 2003–2004     Conservative
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011 Earl Dreeshen
41st  2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Red Deer—Lacombe and Red Deer—Mountain View
Riding re-created from Red Deer—Lacombe and Red Deer—Mountain View

Election results

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2021 federal election redistributed results[5]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 32,606 60.51
  New Democratic 9,352 17.35
  People's 6,084 11.29
  Liberal 4,401 8.17
  Others 1,445 2.68
2011 Canadian federal election
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 – –
2008 Canadian federal election
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
2006 Canadian federal election
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
2004 Canadian federal election
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.

2000 Canadian federal election
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.

1997 Canadian federal election
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
1993 Canadian federal election
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
1988 Canadian federal election
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
1984 Canadian federal election
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
1980 Canadian federal election
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
1979 Canadian federal election
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
1974 Canadian federal election
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
1972 Canadian federal election
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
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Robert N. Thompson 17,930 62.2 +22.4
Liberal Douglas M. Irwin 8,541 29.6
New Democratic Peter G. Anderson 2,349 8.2 +3.0
Total valid votes 28,820 100.0
1965 Canadian federal election
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
1963 Canadian federal election
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
1962 Canadian federal election
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.

1958 Canadian federal election
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
1957 Canadian federal election
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
1953 Canadian federal election
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
1949 Canadian federal election
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
1945 Canadian federal election
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.

1940 Canadian federal election
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.

1935 Canadian federal election
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
1930 Canadian federal election
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
1926 Canadian federal election
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
1925 Canadian federal election
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
1921 Canadian federal election
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.

1917 Canadian federal election
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.

1911 Canadian federal election
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
1908 Canadian federal election
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

See also

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References

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  • "Red Deer (federal electoral district) (Code 48023) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-06.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Red Deer – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Red Deer [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Alberta". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Proposal of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta" (PDF). Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta. 10 June 2022. p. 13.
  4. ^ "Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta" (PDF). Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta. 16 June 2023. pp. 24–25.
  5. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

Notes

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  1. ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  3. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  4. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
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