Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Don MacIntyre Wildrose
District created	1993
First contested	1993
Last contested	2015

Innisfail-Sylvan Lake is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 current districts 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 1993 boundary redistribution from the old Innisfail electoral district that had existed since the province was created in 1905. It is located in rural central Alberta just south of the city of Red Deer. Communities include Innisfail, Sylvan Lake, Penhold, Bowden, Delburne, Elnora, Springbrook, Spruce View, Markerville and Dickson.

In recent decades the district has elected Progressive Conservative candidates with strong majorities, but in the 2012 election the district elected Wildrose Candidate Kerry Towle. After crossing the floor to the Progressive Conservatives Towle was defeated in the 2015 election by Wildrose candidate Don MacIntyre.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution primarily from the old electoral district of Innisfail. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw a portion of the district west of Sylvan Lake transferred to Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre and portions of land that were outside of the city of Red Deer in the Red Deer-North transferred in.^[1]

Boundary history

59 Innisfail-Sylvan Lake 2003 Boundaries[2]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Lacombe-Ponoka, Red Deer-North and Red Deer-South	Drumheller-Stettler	Banff-Cochrane and Rocky Mountain House	Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the east boundary of Rge. 4 W5 and the north boundary of Sec. 18 in Twp. 38 Rge. 3 W5; then 1. east along the north boundary of Secs. 18, 17, 16 and 15 to the east boundary of Sec. 22 in the Twp.; 2. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 23 in the Twp.; 3. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 23 in the Twp.; 4. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 23 in the Twp.; 5. east along the north boundary of Sec. 23 to the east boundary of Sec. 26; 6. north along the east boundary of Sec. 26 to the right bank of the Medicine River; 7. upstream along the right bank of the Medicine River to the north boundary of Twp. 38; 8. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 6 in Twp. 39, Rge. 2 W5; 9. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 6 in the Twp.; 10. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2 to the east boundary of Sec. 2 in the Twp.; 11. north along the east boundary of Secs. 2, 11 and 14 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 13 in the Twp.; 12. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 2 W5; 13. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in Twp. 39, Rge. 1 W5; 14. east along the north boundary of Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 8, 9 and 10 in Twp. 39, Rge. 28 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 15; 15. north along the east boundary of Sec. 15 to the right bank of the Blindman River; 16. downstream along the right bank of the Blindman River to the east boundary of Rge. 28 W4; 17. south along the east boundary of Rge. 28 to the north boundary of Twp. 38 (Highway 11A); 18. east along the north boundary of Twp. 38 (Highway 11A) to the west Red Deer city boundary; 19. south, southeast, east and north along the Red Deer city boundary to the intersection with Highway 11; 20. east along Highway 11 to the intersection with the right bank of the Red Deer River; 21. downstream along the right bank of the Red Deer River to the north boundary of Twp. 34 in Rge. 21 W4; 22. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 24 W4; 23. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 1 in Twp. 35, Rge. 24 W4; 24. west along the north boundary of Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 1 and 2 in Twp. 35, Rge. 25 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 25. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 34; 26. east along the north boundary of Twp. 34 to the east boundary of Sec. 33 in Twp. 34, Rge. 25 W4; 27. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 28 in the Twp.; 28. west along the north boundary of Secs. 28, 29 and 30 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 25, 26, 27 and 28 to the east boundary of Sec. 29 in Twp. 34, Rge. 26 W4; 29. south along the east boundary of Secs. 29, 20, 17 and 8 to the north boundary of Sec. 5; 30. west along the north boundary of Secs. 5 and 6 in the Twp. and Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 to the east boundary of Rge. 28 W4; 31. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 33; 32. west along the north boundary of Twp. 33 to the east boundary of Sec. 2 in Twp. 34, Rge. 2 W5; 33. north along the east boundary of Sec. 2 to the north boundary of Sec. 2; 34. west along the north boundary of Sec. 2 to the east boundary of Sec. 10 in the Twp.; 35. north along the east boundary of Sec. 10 to the north boundary of Sec. 10; 36. west along the north boundary of Secs. 10, 9, 8 and 7 in the Twp. and Secs. 12, 11, 10, 9, 8 and 7 in Twp. 34, Rge. 3 W5 and the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 34, Rge. 4 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 14; 37. north along the east boundary of Secs. 14 and 23 to the north boundary of Sec. 23, Twp. 34, Rge. 4 W5 (Highway 587); 38. west along the north boundary of Secs. 23 and 22 (Highway 587) to the east boundary of Sec. 28 in Twp. 34, Rge. 4 W5; 39. north along the east boundary of Secs. 28 and 33 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 4, 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 in Twp. 35 and the east boundary of Sec. 4 in Twp. 36, Rge. 4 W5 to the north boundary of Sec. 4 in Twp. 36; 40. west along the north boundary of Secs. 4, 5 and 6 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 5 W5; 41. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 30 in Twp. 36, Rge. 4 W5; 42. east along the north boundary of Secs. 30, 29, 28, 27, 26 and 25 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 4 W5; 43. north along the east boundary to the starting point.
Note:

64 Innisfail-Sylvan Lake 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Lacombe-Ponoka, Red Deer-North and Red Deer-South	Drumheller-Stettler	Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre	Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake[3]
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Innisfail 1905-1993
23rd	1993-1997		Gary Severtson	Progressive Conservative
24th	1997-2001
25th	2001-2004	Luke Ouellette
26th	2004-2008
27th	2008-2012
28th	2012–2014		Kerry Towle	Wildrose
	2014–2015			Progressive Conservative[4]
28th	2015–Present		Don MacIntyre	Wildrose

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from the old Innisfail riding. The first election held in 1993 saw incumbent Progressive Conservative Gary Severtson win the electoral district with over 50% of the popular vote. He was re-elected again in the 1997 general election, with an increase in his margin of victory nearly winning a landslide. Severtson retired at dissolution in 2001.

Luke Ouellette won his first election as a Progressive Conservative candidate in 2001. In that election he won nearly 75% of the popular vote to hold the seat. He was re-elected to a second term in the 2004 election. He fended off a strong challenge from Alberta Alliance leader Randy Thorsteinson.

Premier Ralph Klein appointed Ouelette to the cabinet after the 2004 election. He ran for a third term in the 2008 general election and won a larger vote share.

Legislature results

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[5]			Turnout 64.12%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Severtson	5,660	53.59%
	Liberal	Daryl Beck	2,294	21.72%	*
	Alliance	George Flake	1,381	13.08%
	New Democratic	Reg Stotz	544	5.15%
	Social Credit	Norm Bjornson	520	4.92%
	Independent	Len Scott	163	1.54%
Total			10,562
Rejected, spoiled and declined			22
Eligible electors / Turnout			16,507	%
	Progressive Conservative gain		Swing		N/A

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[6]			Turnout 56.79%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Severtson	7,012	59.62%	6.03%
	Liberal	Ray Reckseidler	2,206	18.76%	-2.96%
	Social Credit	Carl Thorsteinson	1,960	16.66%	11.74%
	New Democratic	Linda Neilson	583	4.96%	-0.19%
Total			11,761
Rejected, spoiled and declined			18
Eligible electors / Turnout			20,741	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		4.50%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[7]			Turnout 54.45%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Luke Ouellette	9,725	74.65%	15.03%
	Liberal	Garth Davis	2,652	20.35%	1.59%
	New Democratic	Eileen Teslenko	651	5.00%	0.04%
Total			13,028
Rejected, spoiled and declined			55
Eligible electors / Turnout			24,028	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		8.31%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[8]			Turnout 46.74%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Luke Ouellette	6,208	55.38%	-19.27%
	Alberta Alliance	Randy Thorsteinson	2,241	19.99%
	Liberal	Garth Davis	1,817	16.21%	-4.14%
	New Democratic	Chris Janke	585	5.22%	0.22%
	Social Credit	Wilf Tricker	359	3.20%
Total			11,210
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			48
Eligible electors / Turnout			24,087	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-19.63%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results[9]			Turnout 37.96%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Luke Ouellette	6,967	62.82%	7.44%
	Liberal	Garth Davis	1,539	13.88%	-2.33%
	Wildrose Alliance	Wayne Edmundson	1,215	10.96%	-9.03%
	New Democratic	Tophie Davis	702	6.33%	1.11%
	Green	Lisa Grant	545	4.91%	*
	Independent	Anthony Haggarty	122	1.10%
Total			11,090
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			51
Eligible electors / Turnout			29,348	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		4.86%

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Wildrose	Kerry Towle	7,091	46.22%
	Progressive Conservative	Luke Ouellette	6,149	40.08%
	Alberta Party	Danielle Klooster	749	4.88%
	New Democratic	Patricia Norman	712	4.64%
	Liberal	Les Vidok	641	4.18%

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Wildrose	Don MacIntyre	7,827	42.7%
	Progressive Conservative	Kerry Towle	5,138	28.0%
	New Democratic	Patricia Norman	4,250	23.2%
	Alberta Party	Danielle Klooster	1,134	6.2%

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Innisfail-Sylvan Lake[10]					Turnout 46.50%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	4,898	15.34%	50.13%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	4,418	13.83%	45.22%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	3,466	10.85%	35.47%	3
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	3,175	9.94%	32.49%	7
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,116	9.76%	31.89%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	3,061	9.58%	31.33%	5
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,887	9.04%	29.55%	6
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,729	8.54%	27.93%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,524	7.90%	25.83%	10
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,665	5.22%	17.04%	9
Total Votes			31,939	100%
Total Ballots			9,771	3.27 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,429

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[11]
Bowden Grandview
Delburne School
Poplar Ridge School
Spruce View 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[12]
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Luke Ouellette	233	55.48%
	Alberta Alliance	Randy Thorsteinson	63	15.00%
	Liberal	Garth Davis	43	10.24%
	Social Credit	Wilf Tricker	41	9.76%
	NDP	Chris Janke	40	9.52%
Total			420	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			13

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Luke Ouellette		%
	Wildrose	Kerry Towle
	Liberal	Les Vidok		%
	Alberta Party	Danielle Klooster
	NDP	Patricia Norman		%
Total			'	100%

References

1. "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 21. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
2. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 47–49.
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. "Wildrose MLAs leave party to join PCs". Global Edmonton. November 24, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
5. "Innisfail-Sylvan Lake results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
6. "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
7. "Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
8. "Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
9. The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 438–443.
10. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
11. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
12. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

External links

• Electoral Divisions Act 2003
• Demographics for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake
• Riding Map for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
• Student Vote Alberta 2004