Canadian federal election results in rural Alberta

This is page shows results of Canadian federal elections in the province of Alberta outside the Calgary and Edmonton areas.

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Regional profile

Rural Alberta is far and away the most conservative region in Canada. For most of the last 80 years, the major right-wing party of the day has won all or most of the ridings here, often by astronomical margins. The Conservative Party of Canada kept this tradition going, often winning every riding in this region by some of the largest margins in the nation, making rural Alberta easily the least competitive region in the country. This was always the power base for the former Reform and Canadian Alliance parties from 1993 to 2000, and before then the former Progressive Conservative Party swept every riding here from 1972 to 1993. Social Credit was birthed in rural Alberta, and for many years was either the first or second party in much of the region. Some ridings in this area were previously friendly to Red Tories, but since the 1990s the entire region has turned in a more fiscal and social conservative direction. For example, former prime minister Joe Clark represented the riding of Yellowhead and its predecessor, Rocky Mountain, from 1972 to 1993 during his first tenure in parliament, but ran in (and won) the comparatively less conservative seat of Calgary Centre during his comeback to politics in 2000.

Much of this area has not been represented by a centre-left MP in recent memory; for instance, Lethbridge has been represented solely by right-wing MPs since 1930. The Liberals have been completely shut out in rural Alberta since 1972, and have been barely on the radar screen here for most of the time since then. As evidence of the antipathy much of the region has for the Liberals, Jack Horner crossed the floor in 1977 to join the Liberals, only to be soundly defeated when he ran for reelection in Crowfoot as a Liberal in 1979, losing almost three-fourths of his vote from 1974. He was also resoundingly defeated when he tried to regain the riding in 1980. In recent elections the Liberals have drawn their lowest percentage of votes ever; they are usually lucky to draw more than 20 percent of the vote, and in some ridings (Crowfoot and Yellowhead) they have attracted less than three percent.

The New Democratic Party has also had poor results. In fact, the Green Party finished second ahead of the NDP in the Wild Rose riding in 2006. The NDP surged in 2011 across Alberta, including Wilrose. In 2011 the NDP finished second in all of the rural Alberta ridings.

As a measure of how deeply conservative rural Alberta is, the Conservatives held their own in 2015 even as they were heavily defeated nationally. They took every riding with 60 percent or more of the vote, with centre-left parties only managing to crack the 20 percent mark in three ridings. However, support for the Conservatives was not universal; in all but three ridings, the NDP and Liberals together did crack the 20 percent mark, sometimes reaching past 30 percent.

2015 - 42nd General Election

Electoral District	Candidates													Incumbent
		Conservative		NDP		Liberal		Green		Libertarian		Other
Banff—Airdrie		Blake Richards 42,228 63.37%		Joanne Boissonneault 4,521 6.78%		Marlo Raynolds 17,380 26.08%		Mike MacDonald 2,509 3.77%						Blake Richards Wild Rose
Battle River—Crowfoot		Kevin Sorenson 47,552 80.91%		Katherine Swampy 3,844 6.54%		Andy Kowalski 5,505 9.37%		Gary Kelly 1,868 3.18%						Kevin Sorenson Crowfoot
Bow River		Martin Shields 38,701 77.42%		Lynn MacWilliam 2,622 5.25%		William MacDonald Alexander 6,840 13.68%		Rita Ann Fromholt 919 1.84%				Fahed Khalid (DAPC) 83 0.17% Andrew Kucy (Ind.) 543 1.09% Frans VandeStroet (CHP) 280 0.56%	New District
Foothills		John Barlow 46,166 75.70%		Alison Thompson 3,919 6.43%		Tanya MacPherson 8,149 13.36%		Romy S. Tittel 1,983 3.25%		Cory Morgan 424 0.70%		Marc Slingerland (CHP) 345 0.57%		John Barlow Macleod
Fort McMurray—Cold Lake		David Yurdiga 28,625 60.56%		Melody Lepine 3,663 7.75%		Kyle Harrietha 13,403 28.36%		Brian Deheer 743 1.57%		Scott Berry 552 1.17%		Roelof Janssen (CHP) 280 0.59%		David Yurdiga Fort McMurray—Athabasca
Grande Prairie—Mackenzie		Chris Warkentin 38,895 72.91%		Saba Mossagizi 4,343 8.14%		Reagan Johnston 7,819 14.66%		James David Friesen 1,673 3.14%		Dylan Thompson 613 1.15%				Chris Warkentin Peace River
Lakeland		Shannon Stubbs 39,882 72.81%		Duane Zaraska 5,513 10.06%		Garry Parenteau 7,500 13.69%		Danielle Montgomery 1,283 2.34%		Robert George McFadzean 601 1.10%				Leon Benoit† Vegreville—Wainwright
													Merged District
														Brian Storseth† Westlock—St. Paul
Lethbridge		Rachael Harder 32,321 56.76%		Cheryl Meheden 11,674 20.50%		Mike Pyne 10,532 18.50%		Kas MacMillan 1,461 2.57%				Geoffrey Capp (CHP) 746 1.31% Solly Krygier-Paine (Rhino.) 209 0.37%		Jim Hillyer‡
Medicine Hat— Cardston—Warner		Jim Hillyer 34,849 68.80%		Erin Weir 4,897 9.67%		Glen Allan 9,085 17.94%		Brent Smith 1,319 2.60%				John Clayton Turner (Ind.) 500 0.99%		LaVar Payne† Medicine Hat
Peace River—Westlock		Arnold Viersen 34,342 69.35%		Cameron Alexis 7,127 14.39%		Chris Brown 6,360 12.84%		Sabrina Lee Levac 1,247 2.52%		Jeremy Sergeew 443 0.89%			New District
Red Deer—Lacombe		Blaine Calkins 43,599 70.71%		Doug Hart 7,055 11.44%		Jeff Rock 9,235 14.98%		Les Kuzyk 1,773 2.88%						Blaine Calkins Wetaskiwin
Red Deer—Mountain View		Earl Dreeshen 46,245 74.33%		Paul Harris 5,233 8.41%		Chandra Lescia Kastern 8,356 13.43%		Simon Oleny 1,621 2.61%		James Walper 445 0.72%		Scott Milne (Pirate) 312 0.50%		Earl Dreeshen Red Deer
Yellowhead		Jim Eglinski 37,950 72.25%		Ken Kuzminski 4,753 9.05%		Ryan Maguhn 7,467 14.22%		Sandra Wolf Lange 1,538 2.93%		Cory Lystang 817 1.56%				Jim Eglinski

2011 - 41st General Election

Electoral District	Candidates											Incumbent
		Conservative		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Crowfoot		Kevin Sorenson 44,114 83.94%		Omar Harb 1,224 2.33%		Ellen Parker 4,805 9.14%		Konrad Schellenberg 1,711 3.26%		John C. Turner (Ind.) 499 0.95%		Kevin Sorenson
										Gerard Groenendijk (CHP) 204 0.39%
Fort McMurray—Athabasca		Brian Jean 22,546 72.10%		Karen Young 3,230 10.33%		Berend Wilting 4,101 13.11%		Jule Asterisk 1,394 4.46%				Brian Jean
Lethbridge		Jim Hillyer 27,179 56.41%		Michael Cormican 3,992 8.29%		Mark Sandilands 13,097 27.18%		Cailin Bartlett 2,195 4.56%		Geoffrey Capp (CHP) 1,716 3.56%		Rick Casson†
Macleod		Ted Menzies 40,008 77.47%		Nicole Hankel 1,898 3.68		Janine Giles 5,334 10.33%		Attila Nagy 2,394 4.64%		Brad Carrigan (PC) 1,754 3.40%		Ted Menzies
										Marc Slingerland (CHP) 252 0.49%
Medicine Hat		LaVar Payne 30,720 71.55%		Norm Boucher 4,420 10.29%		Dennis Perrier 5,616 13.08%		Graham Murray 1,859 4.33%		Frans VandStroet (CHP) 320 0.75%		LaVar Payne
Peace River		Chris Warkentin 36,374 75.77%		Corina Ganton 1,481 3.09%		Jennifer Villeburn 7,740 16.12%		Wayne John Kamieniecki 1,699 3.54%		Russ Toews (Ind.) 360 0.75%		Chris Warkentin
										Donovan Eckstrom (Rhino) 350 0.73%
Red Deer		Earl Dreeshen 38,106 75.89%		Andrew Lineker 2,015 4.01%		Stuart Somerville 7,478 14.89%		Mason Connor Sisson 2,610 5.20%				Earl Dreeshen
Vegreville—Wainwright		Leon Benoit 39,155 79.69%		Ron Williams 1,592 3.24%		Ray A Stone 5,561 11.32%		William Munsey 2,498 5.08%		Matthew Sokalski (CHP) 327 0.67%		Leon Benoit
Westlock—St. Paul		Brian Storseth 32,597 77.84%		Rob Fox 2,559 6.11%		Lyndsey Ellen Henderson 5,096 12.17%		Lisa Grant 1,623 3.88%				Brian Storseth
Wetaskiwin		Blaine Calkins 37,725 81.45%		Christopher Anderson 1,346 2.91%		Tim Robson 5,267 11.37%		Robert Johnston 1,976 4.27%				Blaine Calkins
Wild Rose		Blake Richards 43,488 74.64%		John Douglas Reilly 3,909 6.71%		Jeff Horvath 6,603 11.33%		Mike MacDonald 4,081 7.00%		Randy Vanden Broek (CHP) 181 0.31%		Blake Richards
Yellowhead		Rob Merrifield 31,780 77.06%		Zack Siezmagraff 1,180 2.86%		Mark Wells 5,383 13.05%		Monika Schaefer 2,123 5.15%		Jacob Strydhorst (CHP) 402 0.97%		Rob Merrifield
										Melissa Brade (CAP) 371 0.90%

2008 - 40th General Election

Electoral District	Candidates											Incumbent
		Conservative		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Crowfoot		Kevin Sorenson 39,396		Sharon Howe 1,962		Ellen Parker 3,796		Kaity Kettenbach 2,869				Kevin Sorenson
Fort McMurray—Athabasca		Brian Jean 17,160		John Webb 2,689		Mark Voyageur 3,267		Dylan Richards 1,619		Shawn Reimer (IND) 382 John Malcolm (FPNP) 244 Jacob Strydhorst (CHP) 186		Brian Jean
Lethbridge		Rick Casson 32,212		Michael Cormican 4,405		Mark Sandilands 6,713		Amanda Swager 3,420		Geoffrey Capp (CHP) 1,091		Rick Casson
Macleod		Ted Menzies 35,333		Isabel Paynter 2,701		Stan Knowlton 3,055		Jared McCollum 4,160		Marc Slingerland (CHP) 422		Ted Menzies
Medicine Hat		LaVar Payne 26,949		Beverley Botter 2,640		Wally Regehr 4,187		Kevin Dodd 2,338		Dean Shock (IND) 970 David Patrick (IND) 580 Frans Vandestroet (CHP) 363		Monte Solberg†
Peace River		Chris Warkentin 29,288		Liliane Maisonneuve 2,833		Adele Boucher Rymhs 6,105		Jennifer Villebrun 3,295		Edwin Siggelkow (CAP) 374 Melanie Simard (Libert.) 315		Chris Warkentin
Red Deer		Earl Dreeshen 33,226		Garfield Marks 2,863		Stuart Somerville 5,040		Evan Bedford 4,332				Bob Mills†
Vegreville—Wainwright		Leon Benoit 34,493		Adam Campbell 2,345		Raymond Stone 4,230		Will Munsey 3,876				Leon Benoit
Westlock—St. Paul		Brian Storseth 27,338		Leila Houle 3,416		Della Drury 3,808		Aden Murphy 2,522		Sip Hofstede (CHP) 510		Brian Storseth
Wetaskiwin		Blaine Calkins 32,528		Rita Dillon 2,362		Tim Robson 3,636		Les Parsons 3,375		Shawn Mann (CAP) 269		Blaine Calkins
Wild Rose		Blake Richards 36,681		Jenn Turcott 2,882		Jeff Horvath 4,352		Lisa Fox 6,390		Krista Zoobkoff (Libert.) 248		Myron Thompson†
Yellowhead		Rob Merrifield 26,863		Mohamed El-Rafih 1,489		Ken Kuzminski 4,567		Monika Schaefer 3,437		John Wierenga (CHP) 606 Melissa Brade (CAP) 408		Rob Merrifield

2006 - 39th General Election

Electoral District	Candidates											Incumbent
		Liberal		Conservative		NDP		Green		Other
Crowfoot		Adam Campbell 2,908		Kevin Sorenson 43,210		Ellen Parker 3,875		Cameron Wigmore 2,347				Kevin Sorenson
Fort McMurray—Athabasca		Mel Buffalo 4,663		Brian Jean 20,400		Roland Lefort 4,602		Ian Hopfe 1,547		John Malcolm (FPNP) 337		Brian Jean
Lethbridge		Michael Cormican 5,859		Rick Casson 35,061		Melanee Thomas 7,135		Andrea Sheridan 1,846		Marc Slingerland (CHP) 1,458 Howard Fosyth (Ind.) 735		Rick Casson
Macleod		Bernie Kennedy 4,596		Ted Menzies 37,534		Joyce Thomas 3,251		Larry Ashmore 3,075		Myron Wolf Child (Ind.) 1,055 Catherine Whelan Costen (CAP) 235		Ted Menzies
Medicine Hat		Bev Botter 3,737		Monte Solberg 35,670		Wally Regehr 3,598		Kevin Dodd 1,746				Monte Solberg
Peace River		Tanya Kappo 4,573		Chris Warkentin 27,785		Susan Thompson 5,427		Zane Lewis 1,102		Bill Given (Ind.) 9,882		Charlie Penson†
Red Deer		Luke Kurata 4,636		Bob Mills 38,375		Kelly Bickford 5,034		Tanner Wade Waldo 2,618				Bob Mills
Vegreville—Wainwright		Duff Stewart 3,873		Leon Benoit 37,954		Len Legault 4,727		Brian Rozmahel 3,822		Robert Kratchmer (WBP) 431 Blaine William Stephan (CHP) 364		Leon Benoit
Westlock—St. Paul		Cory Ollikka 6,531		Brian Storseth 29,698		Peter Opryshko 4,368		Richard De Smet 2,136		Werner Gisler (Ind.) 416 Clarence Shultz (Ind.) 381		David Chatters†
Wetaskiwin		Peter Crossley 4,371		Blaine Calkins 35,776		Jim Graves 4,441		Tom Lampman 3,016				Dale Johnston†
Wild Rose		Judy Stewart 5,331		Myron Thompson 39,487		Shannon Nelles 3,968		Sean Maw 5,929				Myron Thompson
Yellowhead		Nancy Love 4,066		Rob Merrifield 30,640		Noel Lapierre 4,712		Monika Schaefer 2,856		John Wierenga (CHP) 765		Rob Merrifield

2004 - 38th General Election

Key map

1. Fort McMurray-Athabasca
2. Crowfoot
3. Lethbridge
4. Macleod
5. Medicine Hat
6. Peace River
7. Red Deer
8. Vegreville-Wainwright
9. Westlock-St. Paul
10. Wetaskiwin
11. Wild Rose
12. Yellowhead

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2000 - 37th General Election