Red Deer-South is a

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for the

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, Canada. The district was created from

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in 1986. Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency borders

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at the

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, Taylor Drive, Ross Street, 30th Avenue and 39th Street. At the

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, the constituency is bounded by

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. The current MLA for this district is Jason Stephan from the United Conservative Party.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1985 boundary redistribution from the

provincial electoral district. The city of Red Deer had been contained in a single electoral district since 1888 when it first started returning members to the

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. The city was split into South and Red Deer-North. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw adjustments made to the boundary with Red Deer-North to equalize the population between the two constituencies.

Boundary history

Representation history

Since the electoral district was created in 1986, the voters of Red Deer-South have returned Progressive Conservative candidates in every election until 2015, joining the province-wide NDP victory. The first representative was John Oldring who served two terms in office. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of

Don Getty Donald Ross Getty (August 30, 1933 – February 26, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as the 11th premier of Alberta between 1985 and 1992. A member of the Progressive Conservatives, he served as Energy Minister and Federal and Intergo ...

in his second term and retired in 1993 after a failed leadership bid for the Progressive Conservative Party. Victor Doerksen was the second MLA for the district. He was first elected in 1993 after a very hotly contested election with a Liberal candidate. He would eke out his second term in 1997 facing another strong challenge from the Liberals. His third term would be won with the highest popular vote in the history of the riding. He would be appointed to cabinet in the government of

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shortly after the election and hold his portfolio until 2006 when he resigned to run for leadership of the Progressive Conservatives. After his bid for leadership failed he retired from office in 2008. The next representative was Cal Dallas, elected to his first term in 2008. He was appointed Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations by Premier

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in October 2011.

Legislature results

1986 general election

1989 general election

1993 general election

1997 general election

2001 general election

2004 general election

#Results of the Separation Party compared to Alberta First Party

2008 general election

2012 general election

2015 general election

2019 general election

2023 general election

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

''Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.''

2012 Senate nominee election district results

''Voters had the option of selecting three candidates on the ballot.''

Student vote results

2004 election

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 had 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 who reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.

2012 election

During the week of April 16, 2012 - April 20, 2012 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2012 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who had not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 86 of the 87 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Students from École Secondaire Notre Dame High School participated in the vote on April 19, 2012.

References

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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