Westlock—St. Paul

Westlock—St. Paul

Alberta electoral district
Westlock–St. Paul in relation to the other Alberta federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Brian Storseth Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	101,010
Electors (2011)	73,791
Area (km²)	22,918
Pop. density (per km²)	4.4
Census divisions	Division No. 10, Division No. 11, Division No. 12, Division No. 13
Census subdivisions	Sturgeon County, Cold Lake, Bonnyville No. 87, County of Vermilion River, Westlock County, Morinville, Lac La Biche County, St. Paul County No. 19, Bonnyville, St. Paul

Westlock–St. Paul (formerly known as Battle River) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It includes the counties of Westlock, Sturgeon, Thorhild, Smoky Lake, St. Paul and the municipal district of Bonnyville.

History

This riding was created in 2003 as "Westlock–St. Paul" from parts of Lakeland, Elk Island, St. Albert, Yellowhead and Athabasca ridings. After the 2004 election, it was re-named "Battle River".

In 2005, the riding was re-named "Westlock–St. Paul".

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Lakeland, Elk Island, St. Albert, Yellowhead and Athabasca prior to 2003
38th	2004–2006		David Chatters	Conservative
39th	2006–2008		Brian Storseth	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Brian Storseth. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Storseth	32,652	77.8	+5.1
	New Democratic	Lyndsay Henderson	5,103	12.2	+2.1
	Liberal	Rob Fox	2,569	6.1	-3.0%
	Green	Lisa Grant	1,634	3.9	-2.8
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,958	100.0
Total rejected ballots			166	0.4	+0.1
Turnout			42,124	56.5	+5.0
Eligible voters			74,575	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Storseth	27,338	72.7	4.5	$64,754
	New Democratic	Della Drury	3,809	10.1	+0.1	$107
	Liberal	Leila Houle	3,418	9.1	-5.9	$19,436
	Green	Aden Murphy	2,522	6.7	+1.8
	Christian Heritage	Sip Hofstede	510	1.4	--	$5,698
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,597	100.0	$90,419
Total rejected ballots			131	0.3	0.0
Turnout			37,728	51	-11

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Storseth	29,698	68.2	+1.5	$40,610
	Liberal	Cory Ollikka	6,531	15.0	-4.4	$26,436
	New Democratic	Peter Opryshko	4,368	10.0	+1.2	$2,393
	Green	Richard De Smet	2,136	4.9	-0.2	$963
	Independent	Werner Gisler	416	1.0	–	$2,212
	Independent	Clarence Schultz	381	0.9	–	$3,437
Total valid votes			43,530	100.0
Total rejected ballots			125	0.29	-0.09
Turnout			43,655	61.53	+4.97

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dave Chatters	26,435	66.7	–	$25,254
	Liberal	Joe Dion	7,694	19.4	–	$79,419
	New Democratic	Peggy Kirkeby	3,482	8.8	–	$2,112
	Green	John A. McDonald	2,037	5.1	–	$486
Total valid votes			39,568	100.0
Total rejected ballots			151	0.38
Turnout			39,719	56.56

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Alberta federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2003-2004)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2004-2005)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2005-present)
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Website of the Parliament of Canada