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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]

Westlock-Sturgeon
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1986
District abolished1993
First contested1986
Last contested1989

History

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Boundary history

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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

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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

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1986

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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

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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

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References

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

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