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Sherwood Park
Alberta electoral district
Sherwood Park within the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Kyle Kasawski
New Democratic
District created1986
First contested1986
Last contested2023

Sherwood Park is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

History

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The electoral district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution from the old electoral district of Edmonton-Sherwood Park. The 2010 boundary redistribution kept the district unchanged from its 2003 boundaries.[1]

Boundary history

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Representation history

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sherwood Park
Assembly Years Member Party
See Edmonton-Sherwood Park 1979-1986
21st 1986-1989 Peter Elzinga Progressive
Conservative
22nd 1989-1993
23rd 1993-1997 Bruce Collingwood Liberal
24th 1997-2001 Iris Evans Progressive
Conservative
25th 2001-2004
26th 2004-2008
27th 2008–2012
28th 2012–2015 Cathy Olesen
29th 2015–2019 Annie McKitrick New Democrat
30th 2019–2023 Jordan Walker United Conservative
31st 2023– Kyle Kasawski New Democrat

Prior to the electoral district's creation in the 1986 boundary redistribution. The Sherwood Park area had been returning Progressive Conservative MLA's in its antecedent districts since 1971.

The 1986 election returned former Member of Parliament Peter Elzinga who resigned his federal seat to run in the Alberta provincial election. He was appointed to the provincial cabinet by Premier Don Getty to serve as Minister of Agriculture.

Elzinga was re-elected in the 1989 election in a hotly contested race taking half of the popular vote. He kept his ministerial portfolio and did not run for office again in 1993 instead being hired to manage the first of a number of Progressive Conservative provincial campaigns for Premier Ralph Klein.

The 1993 election chose Liberal candidate Bruce Collingwood. The Liberals had made significant gains in the constituency the past two elections rising from 13% in 1986 to winning in 1993 with just under half the popular vote. Collingwood ran for a second term in office in 1997 but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Iris Evans.

Evans was appointed to the provincial cabinet in 1999 as Minister of Children's Services. She was re-elected with a landslide majority to her second term in 2001. Her popularity dropped significantly in the 2004 election as she fell to just under half the popular vote. Evans kept her seat in cabinet and she became Minister of Health and Wellness until 2006.

After 2006 when Premier Ed Stelmach came to power Evans was appointed as Minister of Employment and Immigration which she held until the 2008 election where she was returned to her fourth term with another landslide majority. After the election she became Minister of Finance until 2010 and then Minister of Intergovernmental Relations until Stelmach retired. She was not invited back into cabinet when Premier Allison Redford came to power in the fall of 2011.

Legislative election results

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2023

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2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Kyle Kasawski 13,108 50.27 +10.27
United Conservative Jordan Walker 11,447 43.90 -1.47
Alberta Party Sue Timanson 1,293 4.96 -8.18
Liberal Jacob Stacey 225 0.86 –
Total 26,073 –
Rejected and declined 128 0.63
Turnout 26,201 70.32
Eligible voters 37,259
New Democratic gain from United Conservative Swing +5.87
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[3]

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Jordan Walker 12,119 45.37 -2.96
New Democratic Annie McKitrick 10,685 40.00 -11.65
Alberta Party Sue Timanson 3,509 13.14 +13.12
Alberta Independence Brian Ilkuf 216 0.81 –
Alberta Advantage Party Chris Glassford 183 0.69 –
Total 26,712 99.34 –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 178 0.66
Turnout 26,890 76.69
Eligible voters 35,061
United Conservative notional gain from New Democratic Swing +4.35
Source(s)
Source: "81 - Sherwood Park, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 394–398. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.


2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Annie McKitrick 11,365 52.05 +45.74
Progressive Conservative Cathy Olesen 5,655 25.90 -19.72
Wildrose Linda Osinchuk 4,815 22.05 -8.97
Total valid votes 21,835
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 143
Registered electors / turnout 33,048 66.50 +3.76
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +32.73
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Sherwood Park". Retrieved July 9, 2018.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
Party Votes %
New Democratic 11,499 51.65
Progressive Conservative 5,866 26.35
Wildrose 4,893 21.98
Alberta Party 3 0.01
Liberal 1 0.00
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder


2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Cathy Olesen 8,747 45.62 -17.52
Wildrose Garnett Genuis 5,948 31.02
Liberal Dave Anderson 1,837 9.58 -16.48
New Democratic Sarah Michelin 1,210 6.31 +0.18
Independent James Ford 1,064 5.55
Alberta Party Chris Kuchmak 230 1.20
Social Credit Gordon Barrett 137 0.71
Total valid votes 19,173
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 184
Registered electors / turnout 30,851 62.74 +15.06
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -24.27
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results: Sherwood Park". Retrieved July 9, 2012.

Elections in the 2000s

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2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Iris Evans 9,312 63.14 +15.16
Liberal Louise Rogers 3,843 26.06 -10.83
New Democratic Katharine Hay 904 6.13 -0.45
Greens Rick Hoines 689 4.67 +2.28
Total 14,748
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 41
Eligible electors / Turnout 31,015 47.68
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +13.00
Source(s)
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 524–527.
2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Iris Evans 7,281 48.08 -16.09
Liberal Louise Rogers 5,587 36.89 +8.85
New Democratic Tim Sloan 996 6.58 -1.21
Social Credit Gordon Barrett 474 3.13
Alberta Alliance Cora Labonte 444 2.93
Greens Lynn Lau 362 2.39
Total 15,144
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 49
Eligible electors / Turnout 26,501 57.33
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -12.47%
Source(s)
"Sherwood Park Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Iris Evans 13,243 64.17 +16.28
Liberal Louise Rogers 5,787 28.04 -18.15
New Democratic Chris Harwood 1,606 7.79 +1.87
Total 20,636
Rejected, spoiled and declined 56
Eligible electors / Turnout 31,837 64.99
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +17.22
Source(s)
"2001 Statement of Official results Sherwood Park" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 7, 2010.

Elections in the 1990s

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1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Iris Evans 8,610 47.89 +7.51
Liberal Bruce Collingwood 8,305 46.19 -0.77
New Democratic Vaughn Dyrland 1,064 5.92 -5.85
Total 17,979
Rejected, spoiled and declined 32
Eligible electors / Turnout 27,815 64.75
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.14
Source(s)
"1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce Collingwood 7,798 46.96 +15.92
Progressive Conservative Doug Fulford 6,704 40.38 -6.28
New Democratic Jim Gurnett 1,955 11.77 -10.53
Natural Law Lorne Hoff 147 0.89
Total 16,604
Rejected, spoiled and declined 17
Eligible electors / Turnout 24,952 66.65
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +11.10%
Source(s)
"Sherwood Park results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Elections in the 1980s

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1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Peter Elzinga 6,462 46.66 -9.79
Liberal John Convey 4,299 31.04 +17.40
New Democratic Ted Paszek 3,088 22.30 -5.28
Total 13,849
Rejected, spoiled and declined 17
Eligible electors / Turnout 23,233 59.68
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -13.60
Source(s)
"Sherwood Park results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Peter Elzinga 6,377 56.45
New Democratic Ted Paszek 3,183 28.18
Liberal Steven Lindop 1,541 13.64
Representative Ernie Townsend 196 1.73
Total 11,297
Rejected, spoiled and declined 8
Eligible electors / Turnout 20,713 54.58
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
"Sherwood Park results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Senate nominee election results

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2004

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2004 Senate nominee election results: Sherwood Park[4] Turnout 57.30%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 6,044 16.68% 50.82% 2
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 4,383 12.10% 36.85% 1
  Independent Link Byfield 4,320 11.92% 36.32% 4
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 4,214 11.63% 35.43% 3
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 3,289 9.08% 27.65% 6
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 3,154 8.71% 26.52% 7
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,904 8.02% 24.42% 9
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,712 7.49% 22.80% 8
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,617 7.22% 22.00% 5
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,594 7.15% 21.81% 10
Total votes 36,231 100%
Total ballots 11,894 3.05 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 3,291

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

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Student vote results

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2004

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Participating schools[5]
Clover Bar Junior High School
F. R. Haythorne
Glen Allan Elementary
Holy Spirit Catholic School
Jean Vanier Catholic School
New Horizons School
Sherwood Heights Jr. High
St. Theresa Catholic 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[6]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Iris Evans 862 48.76%
  Liberal Louise Rogers 250 14.14%
Green Lynn Lau 249 14.08%
  NDP Tim Sloan 193 10.92%
Alberta Alliance Cora Labonte 134 7.58%
Social Credit Gordon Barrett 80 4.52%
Total 1,768 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 67

2012

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  2. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 66.
  3. ^ "81 - Sherwood Park". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  5. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  6. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
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