Lakeland (electoral district)

Lakeland

Alberta electoral district
Lakeland in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Shannon Stubbs Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	104,616
Electors (2015)	79,334
Area (km²)	31,877
Pop. density (per km²)	3.3
Census division(s)	Division No. 10, Division No. 12, Division No. 13
Census subdivision(s)	Athabasca, Bonnyville, Bonnyville No. 87, Lloydminster, St. Paul, St. Paul No. 19, Smoky Lake, Vegreville, Vermilion, Vermilion River

Lakeland is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004, and again since 2015. Its name is derived from the area's topography (and the former Lakeland County). The district's largest communities are Bonnyville, St. Paul, and the Alberta part of Lloydminster.

History

The district was created in 1996 from the Beaver River and Vegreville ridings. It was abolished in 2003, with parts transferred to Vegreville—Wainwright and Westlock—St. Paul. A small part was transferred to Athabasca.

The riding was re-created in 2013 from these same districts (Athabasca having been re-named to Fort McMurray—Athabasca) with a new set of boundaries, no longer including the northerly communities of Lac La Biche and Cold Lake, but extending further west to the towns of Athabasca and Waskatenau. Its 2011 population was 104,615.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Lakeland Riding created from Beaver River and Vegreville
36th	1997–2000		Leon Benoit	Reform
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
Riding dissolved into Athabasca, Vegreville—Wainwright, and Westlock—St. Paul
Riding re-created from Fort McMurray—Athabasca, Vegreville—Wainwright, and Westlock—St. Paul
42nd	2015–present		Shannon Stubbs	Conservative

Election results

2015–present

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Shannon Stubbs	39,882	72.81	-6.19	–
	Liberal	Garry Parenteau	7,500	13.69	+8.59	–
	New Democratic	Duane Zaraska	5,513	10.06	-1.16	–
	Green	Danielle Montgomery	1,283	2.34	-1.88	–
	Libertarian	Robert George McFadzean	601	1.10		–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,779	100.00		$240,908.69
Total rejected ballots			155	0.28	–
Turnout			54,934	69.24	–
Eligible voters			79,334
	Conservative hold		Swing		-7.39
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	32,529	78.99
	New Democratic	4,621	11.22
	Liberal	2,100	5.10
	Green	1,740	4.23
	Others	191	0.46

1997–2004

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Leon Benoit	29,348	65.45	+6.17	$46,423
	Liberal	Wayne Kowalski	9,050	20.18	+2.54	$40,607
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Pelletier	4,373	9.75	–8.06	$4,991
	New Democratic	Raymond Stone	2,069	4.61	+0.18	$3,570
Total valid votes			44,840	100.0
Total rejected ballots			132	0.29
Turnout			44,972	63.65
	Alliance hold		Swing		+1.82

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Reform	Leon Benoit	23,214	59.28	$46,821
	Progressive Conservative	Les Parsons	6,976	17.81	$29,332
	Liberal	Hansa Thaleshvar	6,911	17.64	$27,199
	New Democratic	John Williams	1,737	4.43	$992
	Independent	Valerie Doreen Morrow	321	0.81	$5,106
Total valid votes			39,159	100.0
Total rejected ballots			97	0.25
Turnout			39,256	56.61

See also

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

External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Elections Canada
• Website of the Parliament of Canada