Drumheller-Stettler

Drumheller-Stettler

Alberta electoral district
File:DrumhellerStettler in Alberta.jpg 2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Rick Strankman Wildrose
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015

Drumheller-Stettler is a provincial electoral district (riding) in Alberta, Canada. The electoral district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The district was created in the 2003 boundary redistribution and came into force in 2004 from the old districts of Drumheller-Chinook and Lacombe-Stettler.

The district is named after the towns of Drumheller and Stettler and covers a large rural portion of central east Alberta. It also contains the towns of Cereal, Consort, Hanna, Oyen and Youngstown and Dinosaur Provincial Park.

The district and its antecedents have been strongholds for Progressive Conservative candidates in recent decades. The current representative in the district is Wildrose Party member Rick Strankman, who was first elected in a provincial election on April 23, 2012. Mr. Strankman won his seat from Progressive Conservative Jack Hayden, who was first elected in a by-election on June 12, 2007. Before Hayden, Deputy Premier Shirley McClellan represented the riding as its first elected member in 2004.

History

The electoral district was created in the 2003 boundary redistribution after parts of Drumheller-Chinook and Lacombe-Stettler were merged. The 2010 redistribution saw Paintearth County transferred to this division from Battle River-Wainwright.

Boundary history

52 Drumheller-Stettler 2003 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Battle River-Wainwright	none	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, Lacombe-Ponoka, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, Strathmore-Brooks	Cypress-Medicine Hat
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Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the north boundary of Twp. 42 and the east boundary of Rge. 19; then 1. east along the north boundary to the right bank of the Battle River; 2. downstream along the right bank to the east boundary of Sec. 8 in Twp. 41, Rge. 16 W4; 3. south along the east boundary of Secs. 8 and 5 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in Twps. 40, 39, 38 and 37, Rge. 16 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 36; 4. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 33 in the Twp.; 5. south along the east boundary of Secs. 33, 28, 21 and 16 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 10 in the Twp.; 6. east along the north boundary of Secs. 10, 11 and 12 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 7, 8 and 9 in Twp. 36, Rge. 15 W4 to the west shore of Sullivan Lake; 7. southeasterly along the west shore to the north boundary of Twp. 34, Rge. 15 W4; 8. east along the north boundary of Twp. 34 to the east boundary of Rge. 10; 9. north along the east boundary of Rge. 10 to the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 35, Rge. 9 W4; 10. east along the north boundary of Secs. 6 and 5 to the east boundary of Sec. 8 in the Twp.; 11. north along the east boundary of Secs. 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. and Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in Twp. 36 to the north boundary of Twp. 36; 12. east along the north boundary of Twp. 36 to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 37, Rge. 9, W4; 13. north along the east boundary of Secs. 3 and 10 to the north boundary of Sec. 11; 14. east along the north boundary of Secs. 11 and 12 to the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4; 15. north along the east boundary of Rge. 9 to the north boundary of Twp. 37; 16. east along the north boundary of Twp. 37 to the east boundary of Sec. 33 in Twp. 37, Rge. 3 W4; 17. south along the east boundary of Secs. 33, 28, 21, 16, 9 and 4 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 33 and 28 in Twp. 36, Rge. 3 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 22 in the Twp.; 18. east along the north boundary of Secs. 22, 23 and 24 in Rge. 3 W4 and the north boundary of Secs. 19, 20 and 21 in Twp. 36, Rge. 2 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 21; 19. south along the east boundary of Secs. 21, 16, 9 and 4 to the north boundary of Twp. 35; 20. east along the north boundary of Twp. 35 to the east boundary of the Province; 21. south along the east boundary of the Province to the right bank of the South Saskatchewan River; 22. upstream along the right bank of the river to the east boundary of Rge. 3 W4; 23. north along the east boundary of Rge. 3 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 13 in Twp. 20, Rge. 3 W4; 24. west along the north boundary of Secs. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 in Rges. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 to the east boundary of Rge. 11 W4; 25. north along the east boundary of Rge. 11 W4 to the right bank of the Red Deer River; 26. upstream along the right bank to the southeasterly point of the municipal boundary of the Town of Drumheller (at Sec. 22 in Twp. 27, Rge. 18 W4); 27. generally west and north along the municipal boundary of the Town of Drumheller to the intersection with the right bank of the Red Deer River (at Sec. 18, Twp. 29, Rge. 20 W4); 28. upstream along the right bank of the Red Deer River to the north boundary of Twp. 38; 29. east along the north boundary of Twp. 38 to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 30. north along the east boundary of Secs. 3, 10, 15 and 22 to the north boundary of Sec. 23; 31. east along the north boundary of Secs. 23 and 24 to the east boundary of Rge. 22; 32. north along the east boundary of Rge. 22 to the south shore of Buffalo Lake; 33. in a northerly direction along the west shore of Buffalo Lake to the east boundary of Rge. 22; 34. north along the east boundary of Rge. 22 to the west shore of Buffalo Lake; 35. northeasterly along the west shore to the north boundary of Twp. 40; 36. east along the north boundary to the east shore of Buffalo Lake; 37. in a generally northerly direction along the east shore to the north boundary of Sec. 22 in Twp. 41, Rge. 20 W4; 38. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 27; 39. north along the east boundary of Secs. 27 and 34 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 41; 40. east along the north boundary of Twp. 41 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 4 in Twp. 42, Rge. 19 W4; 41. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 4, 9, 16 and 21 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 21; 42. east along the north boundary of Secs. 21, 22, 23 and 24 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4; 43. north along the east boundary of Rge. 19 to the starting point.
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57 Drumheller-Stettler 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Battle River-Wainwright	Saskatchewan boundary	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, Lacombe-Ponoka and Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	Cypress-Medicine Hat and Strathmore-Brooks
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Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Drumheller-Stettler
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Drumheller-Chinook 1997-2004 and Lacombe-Stettler 1993-2004
26th	2004–2007		Shirley McClellan	Progressive Conservative
	2007		Vacant
	2007–2008		Jack Hayden	Progressive Conservative
27th	2008–2012
28th	2012–2015		Rick Strankman	Wildrose
29th	2015-present

Electoral history

The riding was created when the writ was dropped for the 2004 Alberta general election as a merger between Drumheller-Chinook and the eastern half of the Lacombe-Stettler riding.

The 2004 provincial election saw Deputy Premier Shirley McClellan, formerly from Drumheller-Chinook win re-election here. She defeated five other candidates to pick up the new district.

McClellan resigned her seat in the legislature on January 15, 2007, the same day that former premier Ralph Klein resigned his seat in Calgary-Elbow. By-elections for both electoral districts were called held on June 12, 2007.

The by-election saw a significant shift in support for the opposition parties with the re-emergence of the Liberal party who didn't run a candidate in 2004 to take second place. The Alberta Alliance and NDP fared the worst, both retaining the same candidates from the general election dropping from second and third to fifth and last respectively. The Progressive Conservative candidate Jack Hayden won the district by holding his party's vote from the last election with a slightly reduced percentage. Social Credit made surprising gains jumping from last to third place, and Independent candidate John Rew also made a strong showing.

Hayden won his second term in the 2008 general election winning a landslide. He was appointed to the cabinet by Premier Ed Stelmach after the election.

Election results

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results			Turnout 50.85%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley McClellan	6,772	65.02%
	Alberta Alliance	Dave France	1,414	13.58%
	New Democratic	Richard Bough	869	8.34%
	Alberta Party	Eileen Walker	616	5.92%
	Separation	David Carnegie	465	4.47%
	Social Credit	Mary-Lou Kloppenburg	279	2.67%	*
Total			10,415
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			86
Eligible electors / Turnout			20,653	%

2007 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, June 12, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Hayden	4,180	57.65%	−7.37%
	Liberal	Tom Dooley	993	13.69%
	Social Credit	Larry Davidson	852	11.75%	9.08%
	Independent	John Rew	519	7.16%
	Alberta Alliance	Dave France	355	4.90%	−8.68%
	Green	Jennifer Wigmore	249	3.43%
	New Democratic	Richard Bough	103	1.42%	−6.92%
Total			7,251
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			21
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,509	32.31%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−10.53%
Source:

2008 general election

Alberta general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Hayden	6,986	68.90%	11.25%
	Liberal	Tom Dooley	1,463	14.43%	0.73%
	Wildrose Alliance	Dave France	1,062	10.47%	5.57%
	Green	Amanda Bolton	353	3.48%	0.05%
	New Democratic	Richard Bough	276	2.72%	1.30%
Total			10,140
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			35
Eligible electors / Turnout			23,268	43.73%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		5.99%
Source:

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Wildrose	Rick Strankman	7,371	49.35
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Hayden	6,518	43.64
	New Democratic	Aditya "Adi" Rao	409	2.74
	Liberal	Cam Roset	360	2.41
	Alberta Party	Andrew Berdahl	279	1.87

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Wildrose	Rick Strankman	7,563	47.6
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Hayden	5,399	34.0
	New Democratic	Emily Shannon	2,928	18.4

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Drumheller-Stettler					Turnout 50.52%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	4,705	17.12%	53.89%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,888	14.15%	44.53%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,873	10.46%	32.91%	3
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	2,840	10.34%	32.53%	5
	Independent	Link Byfield	2,826	10.28%	32.37%	4
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,798	10.18%	32.05%	6
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,208	8.04%	25.29%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,153	7.84%	24.66%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,923	6.99%	22.03%	10
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,265	4.60%	14.49%	9
Total Votes			27,479	100%
Total Ballots			8,731	3.15 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,703

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools
Byemoor School
C. J. Peacock School
Delia School
Jenner Colony School
New Brigden School
South Central High School
Stettler Middle School
Veteran School
William E. Hay Composite School
Youngstown 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
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley McClellan	519	55.63%
	NDP	Richard Bough	110	11.79%
	Alberta Alliance	Dave France	91	9.75%
	Separation	David Carnegie	86	9.22%
	Alberta Party	Eileen Walker	83	8.90%
	Social Credit	Mary-Lou Kloppenburg	44	4.71%
Total			933	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			36

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Hayden		%
	Wildrose	Rick Strankman
	Liberal	Cam Roset		%
	Alberta Party	Andrew Berdahl
	NDP	Aditya "Adi" Rao		%
Total			'	100%

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta