Whitecourt-Ste. Anne

Whitecourt-Ste. Anne was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1993 to 2019.^[1]

Whitecourt-Ste. Anne

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1993
District abolished	2019
First contested	1993
Last contested	2015

Communities within the boundaries of the Whitecourt-Ste. Anne electoral district include Mayerthorpe, Onoway and Whitecourt.

History

The district was created in 1993 from the previous Whitecourt, Stony Plain and a portion of Barrhead electoral districts.

The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution saw land north of Alberta Highway 16 from within Stony Plain transferred to this district.^[2]

Boundary history

83 Whitecourt-Ste. Anne 2003 boundaries[3]
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock	Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert	Grande Prairie-Smoky, West Yellowhead	Drayton Valley-Calmar, Stony Plain
riding map goes here
Legal description from Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
Starting at the intersection of the east boundary of Rge. 14 W5 and the north boundary of Twp. 63; then 1. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 11 W5; 2. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 60; 3. east along the north boundary to the right bank of the Athabasca River; 4. upstream along the right bank to the east boundary of Rge. 9 W5; 5. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 59; 6. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 32, Twp. 59, Rge. 7 W5; 7. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32 and 29 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 21 in the Twp.; 8. east along the north boundary of Secs. 21, 22, 23 and 24 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 19, 20 and 21 in Twp. 59, Rge. 6 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 21 in the Twp.; 9. south along the east boundary of Secs. 21, 16, 9 and 4 in the Twp. and Secs. 33 and 28 in Twp. 58 to the north boundary of Sec. 22 in Twp. 58, Rge. 6 W5; 10. east along the north boundary of Sec. 22 to the east boundary of Sec. 22; 11. south along the east boundary of Secs. 22, 15, 10 and 3 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 57; 12. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 31, Twp. 57, Rge. 5 W5; 13. south along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 31, 30, 19 and 18 in the Twp. to the right bank of the Pembina River; 14. downstream along the right bank of the Pembina River to the north boundary of Twp. 57; 15. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 34, Twp. 57, Rge. 3 W5; 16. south along the east boundary of Secs. 34, 27 and 22 in the Twp. to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 23 in the Twp.; 17. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 23 and 24 in the Twp. to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 24; 18. south along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 24 and 13 in the Twp. to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 13; 19. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 3 W5; 20. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 7, Twp. 57, Rge. 2 W5; 21. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of the Sec. 7; 22. south along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 7 and 6 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 56; 23. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 2 W5; 24. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 19 in Twp. 56, Rge. 1 W5; 25. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 19, 20, 21 and 22 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 22; 26. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 14 in the Twp.; 27. east along the north boundary of Sec. 14 to the Alexander Indian Reserve No. 134; 28. south along the Alexander Indian Reserve No. 134 to the north shore of Sandy Lake at its intersection with the east boundary of Sec. 35, Twp. 55, Rge. 1 W5; 29. south along the east boundary of Secs. 35, 26, 23, 14, 11 and 2 in Twp. 55 and the east boundary of Secs. 35, 26, 23 and 14 in Twp. 54 to the north boundary of Sec. 11 in the Twp. 54 (Highway 633); 30. west along Highway 633 to the east boundary of Sec. 7 in Twp. 54 Rge. 1 W5; 31. south along the east boundary of Secs. 7 and 6 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 31 and 30 in Twp. 53, Rge. 1 W5 to the north boundary of Sec. 19 in the Twp.; 32. west along the north boundary of Sec. 19 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 24, 23, 22 and 21 in Twp. 53, Rge. 2 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 29 in the Twp.; 33. north along the east boundary of Sec. 29 to the north boundary of Sec. 29; 34. west along the north boundary of Secs. 29 and 30 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 in Twp. 53, Rges. 3 and 4 W5 and the north boundary of Secs. 25, 26, 27 and 28 in Twp. 53, Rge. 5 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in the Twp.; 35. north along the boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 53; 36. west along the north boundary to the west shore of Isle Lake; 37. in a generally southwesterly direction along the west bank to the east boundary of Sec. 28 in Twp. 53, Rge. 6 W5; 38. 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. 54, Rge. 6 W5 to the north boundary of Twp. 54; 39. west along the north boundary to the right bank of the Pembina River; 40. upstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Twp. 50; 41. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 16 W5; 42. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 57; 43. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 18 W5; 44. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 58; 45. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 19 W5; 46. north along the east boundary to the right bank of the Athabasca River; 47. downstream along the right bank to the east boundary of Rge. 16 W5; 48. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 61; 49. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 15 W5; 50. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 62; 51. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 14 W5; 52. north along the east boundary to the starting point.
Note:

87 Whitecourt-Ste. Anne 2010 boundaries[4]
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock and Grande Prairie-Smoky	Spruce Grove-St. Albert	West Yellowhead	Drayton Valley-Devon and Stony Plain
Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Whitecourt-Ste. Anne[5]
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Stony Plain 1905–1993 and Whitecourt 1971–1993
23rd	1993–1997		Peter Trynchy	Progressive Conservative
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004		George VanderBurg
26th	2004–2008
27th	2008–2012
28th	2012–2015
29th	2015–2019		Oneil Carlier	New Democrat
See Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland and West Yellowhead 2019–

The electoral district was created in 1993 primarily from the districts of Whitecourt and Stony Plain. Long-time Progressive Conservative incumbent Peter Trynchy, who had been in the legislature since 1971 and held numerous cabinet portfolios, ran for re-election that year. Trynchy faced a tough fight to keep his seat from Liberal candidate Jurgen Preugschas. Trynchy ran for his final term in office in the 1997 election. He won a large majority to easily retain his seat.^[6]

The second member to represent the riding is George VanderBurg. He was elected to his first term with a landslide majority in the 2001 general election. He won a second term with a greatly reduced margin in the 2004 general election. VanderBurg was appointed to a cabinet portfolio in the Alberta government for the first time in 2006. He won his third term in office with a larger margin against Senator-in-waiting Link Byfield in the 2008 general election. In the 2012 general election, he retained his seat for a fourth term in office by a narrow margin over the Wildrose candidate, Maryann Chichak.

VanderBurg lost the seat in the 2015 general election to Oneil Carlier of the NDP, falling to third place behind Wildrose candidate John Bos. Following his election victory, Carlier was named Minister of Agriculture and Forestry in the new government.

Legislative election results

1993

v t e 1993 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Trynchy	5,600	48.23%	–
	Liberal	Jurgen Preugschas	4,310	37.12%	–
	New Democratic	Connie Oskoboiny	912	7.86%	–
	Social Credit	Earle Cunningham	570	4.91%	–
	Independent	Walter Bllznicenko	218	1.88%	–
Total			11,610	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			30	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			18,285	63.66%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

v t e 1997 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Trynchy	5,759	54.33%	6.10%
	Liberal	Sara Lynn Burrough	2,954	27.87%	-9.26%
	Social Credit	Earle Cunningham	1,183	11.16%	6.25%
	New Democratic	Chauncey Featherstone	704	6.64%	-1.21%
Total			10,600	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			42	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			18,970	56.10%	-7.56%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		7.68%
Source(s) Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

v t e 2001 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Vanderburg	7,579	68.66%	14.33%
	Liberal	Derril Butler	2,890	26.18%	-1.69%
	New Democratic	Wade Franko	570	5.16%	-1.48%
Total			11,039	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			39	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			20,462	54.14%	-1.96%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		8.01%
Source(s) Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004

v t e 2004 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Vanderburg	5,073	52.74%	-15.92%
	Alberta Alliance	David Dow	2,331	24.23%	–
	Liberal	George Higgerty	1,219	12.67%	-13.51%
	New Democratic	Leah Redmond	996	10.35%	5.19%
Total			9,619	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			51	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			20,681	46.76%	-7.38%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.99%
Source(s) Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008

v t e 2008 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Vanderburg	6,019	60.60%	7.86%
	Wildrose	Link Byfield	2,146	21.61%	–
	Liberal	Mike Gray	1,106	11.14%	-1.54%
	New Democratic	Leah Redmond	661	6.66%	-3.70%
Total			9,932	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			45	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			22,396	44.55%	-2.21%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		5.24%
Source(s) Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 2008 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2012

v t e 2012 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Vanderburg	6,371	45.92%	-14.68%
	Wildrose	Maryann Chichak	6,003	43.26%	21.66%
	New Democratic	Blue Knox	757	5.46%	-1.20%
	Liberal	Vern Hardman	744	5.36%	-5.77%
Total			13,875	–	–
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			67	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			25,712	54.22%	9.68%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-18.17%
Source(s) Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 2012 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015

v t e 2015 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Oneil Carlier	5,442	35.90%	30.44%
	Wildrose	John Bos	4,996	32.96%	-10.31%
	Progressive Conservative	George Vanderburg	4,721	31.14%	-14.77%
Total			15,159	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			79	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			28,345	53.76%	-0.46%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		0.14%
Source(s) Source: "Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Whitecourt-Ste. Anne[7]					Turnout 46.84%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% votes	% ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	5,610	22.39%	64.36%	3
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,254	12.98%	37.33%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	2,649	10.57%	30.39%	1
	Independent	Link Byfield	2,373	9.47%	27.23%	4
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,221	8.87%	25.48%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,081	8.31%	23.88%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,026	8.09%	23.24%	10
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	1,907	7.62%	21.88%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,646	6.57%	18.89%	5
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,286	5.13%	14.76%	9
Total votes			25,053	100%
Total ballots			8,716	2.87 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined			970

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools[8]
Evansview Elementary School
Grasmere School
Mayerthorpe Junior Senior High School
Onoway High School
Percy Baxter School
Sangudo Jr/Sr High School
St. Josephs 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[9]
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	George VanderBurg	437	46.15%
	NDP	Leah Redmond	212	22.39%
	Alberta Alliance	David Dow	210	22.17%
	Liberal	George Higgerty	88	9.29%
Total			947	100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined			48

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	George VanderBurg		%
	Wildrose	Maryann Chichak
	Liberal	Vern Hardman		%
	NDP			%
Total				100%

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts

References

1. "Election results for Whitecourt-Ste. Anne". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
2. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
3. Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
4. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
5. "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.
6. "Tories choose replacement for veteran MLA". CBC News. November 6, 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
7. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
8. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
9. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

Further reading

• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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