Vegreville—Wainwright
Former federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Vegreville—Wainwright was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015.
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 Alberta electoral district | |
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Vegreville—Wainwright in relation to the other Alberta federal electoral districts | |
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 2003 |
| District abolished | 2013 |
| First contested | 2004 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
| District webpage | profile, map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011)[1] | 117,230 |
| Electors (2011) | 83,038 |
| Area (km²)[2] | 29,882.24 |
| Census division(s) | Division No. 7, Division No. 10, Division No. 11, Division No. 12 |
| Census subdivision(s) | Strathcona County, Lloydminster, Two Hills, Leduc County, County of Vermilion River, County of St. Paul No. 19, County of Two Hills No. 21, Beaver County, Vegreville, Wainwright, Vermilion, Lamont County |
History
This riding was created in 2003 from Lakeland, Elk Island and Crowfoot ridings. It now represents Lamont County, the County of Two Hills No. 21, the County of Minburn No. 27, Strathcona County, Beaver County, the County of Vermilion River, Flagstaff County, the Municipal District of Provost No. 52, and the Alberta portion of Lloydminster.
Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Vegreville—Wainwright | ||||
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| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Lakeland, Elk Island, Crowfoot and Wetaskiwin |
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| 38th | 2004–2006 | Leon Benoit | Conservative | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Battle River—Crowfoot, Lakeland, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan and Edmonton—Wetaskiwin |
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Election results
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Leon Benoit | 39,145 | 79.80 | +2.71 | $64,471.55 | |||
| New Democratic | Ray Stone | 5,561 | 11.34 | +1.88 | $490.67 | |||
| Green | William Munsey | 2,499 | 5.09 | –3.12 | $1,040.38 | |||
| Liberal | Ron Williams | 1,525 | 3.11 | –2.13 | $3,758.89 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Matthew Sokalski | 327 | 0.67 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,057 | 99.79 | – | $101,365.25 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 101 | 0.21 | –0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 49,158 | 58.67 | +4.64 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 83,790 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.29 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4] | ||||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Leon Benoit | 34,493 | 77.09 | +2.92 | $36,021.61 | |||
| New Democratic | Ray Stone | 4,230 | 9.45 | +0.22 | $2,948.62 | |||
| Green | William Munsey | 3,676 | 8.22 | +0.75 | $158.36 | |||
| Liberal | Adam Campbell | 2,345 | 5.24 | –2.33 | $2,586.45 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 44,744 | 99.73 | – | $98,501.61 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 120 | 0.27 | +0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 44,864 | 54.03 | –10.54 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 83,038 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.57 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Leon Benoit | 37,954 | 74.17 | +0.63 | $46,569.68 | |||
| New Democratic | Len Legault | 4,727 | 9.24 | +0.98 | $1,262.58 | |||
| Liberal | Duff Stewart | 3,873 | 7.57 | –4.16 | $7,173.09 | |||
| Green | Brian Rozmahel | 3,822 | 7.47 | +0.99 | $9,327.62 | |||
| Western Block | Robert Peter Kratchmer | 431 | 0.84 | – | $1,061.44 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Blaine William Stephan | 364 | 0.71 | – | $410.28 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,171 | 99.81 | – | $90,645.30 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 95 | 0.19 | –0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,266 | 64.57 | +5.01 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 79,393 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Leon Benoit | 33,800 | 73.54 | – | $50,675.44 | |||
| Liberal | Duff Stewart | 5,390 | 11.73 | – | $17,172.70 | |||
| New Democratic | Len Legault | 3,793 | 8.25 | – | $501.18 | |||
| Green | James (Jim) Kenney | 2,976 | 6.48 | – | $554.15 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,959 | 99.73 | – | $87,006.65 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 123 | 0.27 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 46,082 | 59.56 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 77,374 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||