Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville

Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Jessica Littlewood New Democratic
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015

Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting.

The electoral district, which is located in rural east central Alberta just east of Edmonton, was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution. The current boundaries of the district comprise parts of Vegreville-Viking, Redwater and Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan. The district is named after the small city of Fort Saskatchewan and the town of Vegreville.

The current representative for this district is New Democrat Jessica Littlewood who was first elected in the 2015 provincial election. The district has also been represented by past Progressive Conservative Premier Ed Stelmach.

History

The electoral district was created in the 2003 boundary redistribution from the old electoral districts of Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan, Redwater and Vegreville-Viking.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw significant changes made to the district with land residing in Beaver County south of Tofield being moved to Battle River-Wainwright and land in Strathcona County north of Alberta Highway 16 being transferred into the electoral district from the old Strathcona electoral district.^[1]

Boundary history

55 Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville 2003 Boundaries[2]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Athabasca-Redwater	Lac La Biche-St. Paul and Vermilion-Lloydminster	Leduc-Beaumont-Devon, Strathcona and Edmonton-Manning	Battle River-Wainwright
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River with the south Fort Saskatchewan city boundary; then 1. downstream along the right bank of the river to the intersection with the north boundary of Twp. 57, Rge. 15 W4; 2. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 32; 3. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 32 and 29 in Twp. 56 to the north boundary of Sec. 20; 4. west along the north boundary of Sec. 20 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 20; 5. south along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 20 to the north boundary of Sec. 17; 6. west along the north boundary of Secs. 17 and 18 in Twp. 56, Rge. 15 W4 to the east boundary of Rge. 16 W4; 7. south along the east boundary of Rge. 16 to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in Twp. 55; 8. east along the north boundary of Sec. 7 to the east boundary of Sec. 7 in Twp. 55, Rge. 15 W4; 9. south along the east boundary of Secs. 7 and 6 to the north boundary of Twp. 54; 10. west along the north boundary of Twp. 54 to the east boundary of Rge. 16 W5; 11. south along the east boundary of Rge. 16 to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in Twp. 54; 12. east along the north boundary of Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in Rges. 15 and 14, Twp. 54 W4 to the east boundary of Rge. 14; 13. south along the east boundary of Rge. 14 to the north boundary of Sec. 19, Rge. 13, Twp. 53 W4; 14. east along the north boundary of Secs. 19, 20, 21 and 22 to the east boundary of Sec. 22; 15. south along the east boundary of Secs. 22 and 15 to the north boundary of Sec. 11; 16. east along the north boundary of Secs. 11 and 12 to the east boundary of Rge. 13 W4 (Highway 36); 17. south along Highway 36 to the north boundary of Sec. 23, Twp. 48, Rge. 13 W4; 18. west along the north boundary of Secs. 23, 22 and 21 to the east boundary of Sec. 20; 19. south along the east boundary of Secs. 20, 17, 8 and 5 in Twp. 48 and Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in Twp. 47 and the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17 and 8 in Twp. 46 (Highway 36) to the north boundary of Sec. 5; 20. west along the north boundary of Secs. 5 and 6 in Twp. 46, Rge. 13 W4 to the east boundary of Rge. 14 W4; 21. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 46, Rge. 14 W4; 22. west along the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11, 10 and 9 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 23. north along the east boundary of Secs. 17, 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 46 (Highway 26); 24. west along the north boundary of Twp. 46 (Highway 26) to the east boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 47, Rge. 16 W4; 25. north along the east boundary of Secs. 6, 7, 18, 19, 30 and 31 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 47; 26. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 18 W4; 27. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 48; 28. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 49, Rge. 19 W4; 29. north along the east boundary of Secs. 3, 10, 15, 22, 27 and 34 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 49; 30. west along the north boundary of Twp. 49 to the east boundary of Rge. 20 W4; 31. north along the east boundary of Rge. 20 to the north boundary of Sec. 1 in Twp. 50, Rge. 20 W4; 32. west along the north boundary of Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 1, 2 and 3 in Twp. 50, Rge. 21 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 9 in the Twp.; 33. north along the east boundary of Secs. 9, 16 and 21 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 21; 34. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 29 in the Twp.; 35. north along the east boundary of Sec. 29 to the north boundary of Sec. 29; 36. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 31 in the Twp.; 37. north along the east boundary to the north shore of Ministik Lake; 38. in a generally easterly direction along the north shore of the lake to the east boundary of Sec. 34 in Twp. 50, Rge. 21 W4; 39. north along the east boundary of Sec. 34 to the north boundary of Twp. 50; 40. east along the north boundary of Twp. 50 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 2 in Twp. 51, Rge. 20 W4; 41. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 2, 11 and 14 to the north boundary of Sec. 14; 42. west along the north boundary of Sec. 14 to the east boundary of Sec. 22; 43. north along the east boundary of Secs. 22, 27, 34 in Twp. 51 and the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 52 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 3; 44. west along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 3 to the east boundary of Sec. 4; 45. north along the east boundary of Sec. 4 to the north boundary of Sec. 4; 46. west along the north boundary of Sec. 4 to the east boundary of Sec. 8; 47. north along the east boundary of Sec. 8 to the north boundary of Sec. 8; 48. west along the north boundary of Secs. 8 and 7 to the east boundary of Rge. 21 W4; 49. north along the east boundary of Rge. 21 W4 to the west boundary of Elk Island National Park; 50. northerly along the west boundary to the intersection of the west park boundary with the north boundary of Twp. 54; 51. west along the north boundary of Twp. 54 to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 55, Rge. 20 W4; 52. north along the east boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17 and 20 to Highway 15; 53. west and southwesterly along Highway 15 to the east Fort Saskatchewan city boundary; 54. southerly and westerly along the city boundary to its intersection with the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River, the starting point.
Note:

60 Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater	Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills and Vermilion-Lloydminster	Edmonton-Manning, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, and Strathcona-Sherwood Park	Battle River-Wainwright
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville[3]
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan 1993–2004, Redwater 1993–2004 and Vegreville-Viking 1993–2004
26th	2004-2008		Ed Stelmach	Progressive Conservative
27th	2008-2012
28th	2012-2015		Jacquie Fenske	Progressive Conservative
29th	2015–present		Jessica Littlewood	New Democrat

Electoral history

The electoral district of Fort Saskatchewan was created in the boundary redistribution of 2004. The first election held in the district saw longtime Vegreville—Viking incumbent Ed Stelmach win the new district of his party. He took just under half the popular vote, defeating four other candidates.

Stelmach became leader of the Progressive Conservatives and premier of the province in December 2006. He stood for re-election in 2008 winning a landslide of nearly 78% of the popular vote. Progressive Conservative Jacquie Fenske won the district in the 2012 provincial election.

In the 2015 election, NDP candidate Jessica Littlewood won with a majority of 2,870, defeating Jacquie Fenske who finished second.

Legislature results

2004 general election

Alberta general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%[4]
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Stelmach	6,160	48.34%
	Liberal	Peter Schneider	3,160	24.80%
	New Democratic	Wes Buyarski	1,633	12.82%
	Alberta Alliance	Byron King	1,411	11.07%
	Social Credit	Mark Patterson	379	2.97%
Total valid votes			12,743	100.00%
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			47
Electors / turnout			24,831	51.49%
	Progressive Conservative notional hold

2008 general election

Alberta general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%[5]
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Stelmach	11,169	78.13%	+29.79%
	Liberal	Earl Woods	1,343	9.39%	-15.41%
	New Democratic	Clayton Marsden	1,233	8.63%	-4.19%
	Greens	Ryan Scheie	551	3.85%
Total valid votes			14,296	100.00%
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			63
Electors / turnout			29,513	48.65%	-2.84%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		22.61%

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jacquie Fenske	8,366	49.28%	-28.85%
	Wildrose	Shannon Stubbs	5,800	34.17%
	New Democratic	Chris Fulmer	1,556	9.17%	+0.54%
	Liberal	Spencer Dunn	845	4.98%	-4.41%
	Evergreen	Matt Levicki	229	1.35%	-2.5%
	Independent	Peter Schneider	180	1.06%
Total valid votes			16,976
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-31.51%

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Jessica Littlewood	7,910	45.00%	+35.83%
	Progressive Conservative	Jacquie Fenske	5,040	28.67%	-20.61%
	Wildrose	Joe Gosselin	3,610	20.54%	-13.63
	Liberal	Peter Schneider	448	2.55%	-2.43%
	Alberta Party	Derek Christensen	301	1.71%
	Green	Allison Anderson	268	1.52%	+0.17
Total valid votes			17,577	100.00%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		28.22%

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville[6]					Turnout 52.13%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	4,823	14.45%	45.03%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	4,007	12.00%	37.41%	1
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,805	11.40%	35.53%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	3,693	11.05%	34.48%	3
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	3,168	9.49%	29.58%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,984	8.94%	27.86%	10
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,875	8.61%	26.84%	8
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,873	8.60%	26.83%	6
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,597	7.78%	24.25%	9
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	2,561	7.68%	23.91%	5
Total Votes			33,386	100%
Total Ballots			10,710	3.12 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			2,235

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[7]
Andrew School
Fort Saskatchewan Christian School
Holden School
John Paul II High School
Lamont Elementary School
Our Lady of the Angels
Rudolph Henning School
Ryley School
Tofield School
Vegreville Composite High 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[8]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Stelmach	448	40.73%
	Liberal	Peter Schneider	197	17.91%
	NDP	Wes Buyarski	173	15.73%
	Alberta Alliance	Byron King	143	13.00%
	Social Credit	Mark Patterson	139	12.63%
Total			1,100	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			134

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jacquie Fenske		%
	Wildrose	Shannon Stubbs
	Liberal	Spencer Dunn		%
	NDP	Chris Fulmer		%
Total			'	100%

References

1. "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 20. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
2. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 41–43.
3. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
4. "Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
5. The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 418–423.
6. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
7. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
8. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta