Wild Rose (electoral district)

Wild Rose
Alberta electoral district
Wild Rose in relation to other Alberta ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1986
District abolished2013
First contested1988
Last contested2011
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]138,617
Electors (2011)90,193
Area (km²)[2]28,054.46
Census division(s)Division No. 6, Division No. 9, Division No. 15
Census subdivision(s)Calgary, Rocky View County, Airdrie, Cochrane, Mountain View County, Canmore, Clearwater County, Olds, Banff, Didsbury


Wild Rose was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015.

Geography

The district was located in the southwest part of Alberta, stretching from the British Columbia border to the outer northern suburbs of Calgary. Within the large riding were: the City of Airdrie, the towns of Olds, Didsbury, Cochrane, Canmore, Sundre, and Banff, the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8, Mountain View County, Improvement District No. 9, and parts of Clearwater County and Rocky View County. The Stoney First Nation was also located within the riding. The riding was bounded by British Columbia to the west, Calgary to the southeast and Red Deer to the northeast.

History

The electoral district was created in 1986 from Bow River, Red Deer and Macleod ridings. In the 2003 federal riding redistribution, about 30% of this district was transferred to Crowfoot riding, while about 4% of Red Deer riding was transferred to Wild Rose.

Since its creation, Wild Rose was one of the safest ridings in the country for the Conservative Party and its predecessors, which had won every election since 1993 by lopsided margins. Neither the Liberals nor the New Democrats had ever secured more than 15 percent of the vote in Wild Rose.

In the 2006 election, the Green Party finished a distant second with 10.84 percent of the popular vote, which was among the highest percentages received for the Green Party in that election. The Green Party candidate, Lisa Fox, was again the second-place finisher in the October 2008 election, finishing ahead of the Liberal, New Democratic and Libertarian candidates with 6,389 votes, but far behind the winner Richards, who won 72.9 percent of all votes cast (36,869 votes total).[3] In 2011 Richards defeated all of his opponents combined by a nearly three-to-one margin.

The riding was abolished in 2015. Most of the riding became Banff—Airdrie. A smaller part was transferred to Red Deer—Mountain View while a small portion went to Yellowhead.

List of Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Bow River, Red Deer and Macleod
34th  1988–1993     Louise Feltham Progressive Conservative
35th  1993–1997     Myron Thompson Reform
36th  1997–2000
 2000–2000     Alliance
37th  2000–2003
 2003–2004     Conservative
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011 Blake Richards
41st  2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Yellowhead, Banff—Airdrie, Red Deer—Mountain View,
Calgary Rocky Ridge, Calgary Skyview and Calgary Nose Hill

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Blake Richards 43,669 74.75 +1.83 $50,758.04
New Democratic Jeff Horvath 6,595 11.29 +3.04 $4,013.97
Green Mike MacDonald 4,071 6.97 –5.67 $5,269.70
Liberal John Reilly 3,908 6.69 +0.97 $43,225.20
Christian Heritage Randy Vanden Broek 181 0.31 – none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 58,424 99.78 – $108,607.98
Total rejected ballots 128 0.22 +0.01
Turnout 58,552 61.23 +5.05
Eligible voters 95,631
Conservative hold Swing –
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Blake Richards 36,869 72.92 +0.75 $47,931.16
Green Lisa Fox 6,390 12.64 +1.80 $14,362.07
New Democratic Jeff Horvath 4,169 8.25 +0.99 $5,000.62
Liberal Jenn Turcott 2,890 5.72 –4.03 $6,554.66
Libertarian Krista Zoobkoff 246 0.49 – none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 50,564 99.79 – $101,401.29
Total rejected ballots 107 0.21 –0.02
Turnout 50,671 56.18 –10.51
Eligible voters 90,193
Conservative hold Swing +1.27
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Myron Thompson 39,487 72.17 +1.57 $49,582.87
Green Sean Maw 5,929 10.84 +2.57 $8,652.76
Liberal Judy Stewart 5,331 9.74 –2.90 $8,249.46
New Democratic Shannon Nelles 3,968 7.25 –1.24 $2,036.33
Total valid votes/expense limit 54,715 99.77 – $90,129.54
Total rejected ballots 127 0.23 +0.02
Turnout 54,842 66.69 +5.19
Eligible voters 82,230
Conservative hold Swing +2.24
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Myron Thompson 33,337 70.60 –12.66 $41,324.92
Liberal Judy Stewart 5,971 12.65 +1.56 $22,692.12
New Democratic Jeff Horvath 4,009 8.49 +4.43 $5,296.46
Green Chris Foote 3,904 8.27 – $696.47
Total valid votes/expense limit 47,221 99.79 – $85,605.66
Total rejected ballots 101 0.21 –0.09
Turnout 47,322 61.51 –1.01
Eligible voters 76,939
Conservative hold Swing –7.11
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Alliance Myron Thompson 40,193 70.36 +6.57 $38,078
Progressive Conservative Truper McBride 7,370 12.90 –6.09 $17,837
Liberal Bryan E. Mahoney 6,334 11.09 –1.03 $8,304
New Democratic Anne Wilson 2,320 4.06 +0.50 $2,552
Independent Garnet T. Hammer 908 1.59 – $72
Total valid votes 57,125 99.69
Total rejected ballots 175 0.31 +0.11
Turnout 57,300 62.52 +2.05
Eligible voters 91,655
Alliance hold Swing +6.33
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Reform Myron Thompson 28,569 63.79 +0.04 $43,013
Progressive Conservative Bert Dyck 8,506 18.99 +3.48 $34,928
Liberal Bryan E. Mahoney 5,428 12.12 –2.08 $9,259
New Democratic Anne Wilson 1,594 3.56 +1.36 $2,614
Green Vanessa Violini 692 1.55 +0.61 $275
Total valid votes 44,789 99.80
Total rejected ballots 88 0.20 –0.06
Turnout 44,877 60.47 –5.70
Eligible voters 74,214
Reform hold Swing +1.76
Source: Elections Canada[14][15]
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Myron Thompson 30,986 63.75 +30.32
Progressive Conservative Louise Feltham 7,542 15.52 –32.72
Liberal Roy Shellnutt 6,902 14.20 +4.08
New Democratic Anne Wilson 1,067 2.20 –5.52
National Stuart Hughes 809 1.66 –
Independent Michael Leslie 562 1.16 –
Green Scott Chisholm Lamont 457 0.94 –
Natural Law Dale Doram 204 0.42 –
Independent Dave Strang 80 0.17 –
Total valid votes 48,609 99.74
Total rejected ballots 125 0.26 +0.08
Turnout 48,734 66.17 –11.67
Eligible voters 73,655
Reform gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +31.52
Source: Elections Canada[16][17][18]
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Louise Feltham 20,054 48.24 –
Reform Dal Brown 13,895 33.42 –
Liberal Cathy Richards 4,209 10.12 –
New Democratic Robin Slater 3,209 7.72 –
Confederation of Regions Dennis S. Combs 209 0.50 –
Total valid votes 41,576 99.82
Total rejected ballots 74 0.18 –
Turnout 41,650 77.83 –
Eligible voters 53,511
Progressive Conservative notional hold Swing –
Source: Elections Canada[19][20][21]

See also

References

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  3. ^ Elections Canada, Table of Official Voting Results, List of candidates by electoral district and individual results.
  4. ^ "Forty-First General Election 2011 — Poll-by-poll Results: Wild Rose". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2011.
  5. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2011). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2011 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
  6. ^ "Fortieth General Election 2008 — Poll-by-poll Results: Wild Rose". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2008.
  7. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2008). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2008 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
  8. ^ "Thirty-Ninth General Election 2006 — Poll-by-poll Results: Wild Rose". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2006.
  9. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2006). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2006 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
  10. ^ "Thirty-Eighth General Election 2004 — Poll-by-poll Results: Wild Rose". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2004.
  11. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2004). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2004 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
  12. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Wild Rose, Alberta (2000)". lop.parl.ca.
  13. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2000). Thirty-Seventh General Election, 2000: Official Voting Results (Report). Ottawa: Elections Canada. ISBN 0-662-65518-4.
  14. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Wild Rose, Alberta (1997)". lop.parl.ca.
  15. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1997). Thirty-Sixth General Election, 1997: Official Voting Results (Report). Ottawa: Elections Canada.
  16. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Wild Rose, Alberta (1993)". lop.parl.ca.
  17. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Thirty-Fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results (Report). Ottawa: Elections Canada. ISBN 0-662-60097-5.
  18. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Thirty-Fifth General Election, 1993: Contributions and Expenses of Registered Political Parties and Candidates (Report). Ottawa: Elections Canada. ISBN 0-662-61265-5.
  19. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Wild Rose, Alberta (1988)". lop.parl.ca.
  20. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Thirty-Fourth General Election, 1988: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Elections Canada. ISBN 0-662-56648-3.
  21. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Thirty-Fourth General Election, 1988: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses (Report). Ottawa: Elections Canada. ISBN 0-662-56925-3.


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