Legislature House of Commons First contested 1908 District webpage profile, map Province Alberta Elector 91,201 | District created 1907 Last contested 2011 Population (2011) 134,312 District abolished 2013 | |
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Census divisions Division No. 8, Alberta, Red Deer, Red Deer County, Sylvan Lake, Innisfail | ||
Red Deer was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 2015.
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History
This riding was created in 1907 from Calgary and Strathcona ridings. At the time this was an overwhelmingly rural riding taking in much of Central Alberta between the two major cities of Calgary and Edmonton. The only major urban centre was Red Deer, then a small town.
The constituency has been consistently reduced in geographic size over the years due to Red Deer's continued growth. In 2003, about 20% of the district was transferred to the Wetaskiwin riding.
The riding was represented by centre-right MPs from 1935 onward. Like most other Alberta ridings outside Calgary and Edmonton, the major right-wing party of the day usually wins by blowout margins. From 1972 to 2011, a non-conservative party has only won 20 percent of the vote once.
The riding was split almost in half for the 2015 election. The southern portion became Red Deer-Mountain View, while the northern portion was merged with Wetaskiwin to form Red Deer-Lacombe.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
Current Member of Parliament
Its Member of Parliament is Earl Dreeshen, a farmer and a teacher. He was first elected in 2008. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Election results
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote in 2000.
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997.
Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election.
Note: Unionist vote is compared to Liberal-Conservative vote in 1911 election.