Westlock-Sturgeon

Westlock-Sturgeon

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1986
District abolished	1993
First contested	1986
Last contested	1989

Westlock-Sturgeon was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first-past-the-post balloting from 1986 to 1993.^[1]

History

Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Athabasca 1905-1986, Redwater-Andrew 1971-1986, and St. Albert 1905-1986.
21st	1986-1989		Nicholas Taylor	Liberal
22nd	1989-1993
See Barrhead-Westlock 1993-2004, Redwater 1993-2004, and Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert 1993-2012

The riding was created for the 1986 election from parts of three ridings: the town of Westlock was transferred from Athabasca, while the part of Sturgeon County around Morinville was transferred from St. Albert, along with a small part of Redwater-Andrew.

The riding was abolished only seven years later at the next redistribution. The northern half of the riding was transferred to Barrhead-Westlock, with Morinville and the area east of it going to Redwater and the remainder to Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert.

Representation history

The riding's only MLA was Nicholas Taylor, who had led the Liberal Party through its decade-long drought. His election in 1986, along with three other Liberals in Edmonton and Calgary, was a breakthrough for the party.

He was replaced by Laurence Decore as party leader only two years later, but was re-elected in Westlock-Sturgeon in 1989. For the second term in a row, Taylor was the only Liberal MLA in rural Alberta. When the riding was abolished in 1993, he went on to serve as MLA for Redwater.

Election results

1986

v t e 1986 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nicholas Taylor	4,523	38.95%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Lawrence Kluthe	4,049	34.87%	–
	New Democratic	Bruce Lennon	1,996	17.19%	–
	Representative	Tom Carleton	911	7.84%	–
	Confederation of Regions	Adam Hauch	78	0.67%	–
	Communist	Laurent St. Denis	29	0.25%	–
	Heritage	Stan Pearson	25	0.22%	–
Total valid votes			11,611	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			12	–	–
Registered electors / turnout			18,572	62.58%	–
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Westlock-Sturgeon Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

v t e 1989 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nicholas Taylor	5,401	44.80%	+5.85%
	Progressive Conservative	Leo Seguin	4,958	41.13%	+6.26%
	New Democratic	Tom Turner	1,696	14.07%	-3.12%
Total valid votes			12,055	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			15	–	–
Registered electors / turnout			19,662	61.38%	-1.20%
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.21%
Source(s) Source: "Westlock-Sturgeon Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts

References

1. "Election results for Westlock-Sturgeon". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

Further reading

• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta