Strathmore-Brooks

Strathmore-Brooks
Alberta electoral district
	2004 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1996
District abolished	2019
First contested	1997
Last contested	2015

Strathmore-Brooks was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1997 to 2019.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary re-distribution from most of the old electoral district of Bow Valley.[1]

The 2004 electoral boundary re-distribution saw the boundaries revised to include a portion of land from the dissolved Drumheller-Chinook electoral district, and losing a small portion of the south-east portion of the district to Little Bow.[2]

The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution saw the electoral district completely untouched using exactly the same boundaries as set in 2003.[3]

The Strathmore-Brooks electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and portions of the district would form the Brooks-Medicine Hat, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills and Chestermere-Strathmore electoral districts.[4]

Boundary history

79 Strathmore-Brooks 2003 Boundaries[5]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	Drumheller-Stettler and Cypress-Medicine Hat	Airdrie-Chestermere	Little Bow and Cypress-Medicine Hat
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the east boundary of Rge. 25 W4 and the north boundary of Sec. 7 in Twp. 28 W4; then 1. east along the north boundary of Secs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in Rges. 24, 23 and 22 and Secs. 7, 8 and 9 in Twp. 28, Rge. 21 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 9 in the Twp.; 2. south along the east boundary of Secs. 9 and 4 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 33, 28 and 21 in Twp. 27, Rge. 21 W4 to the intersection with the Canadian National Railway (CNR) right-of-way; 3. in a northeasterly direction along the CNR right-of-way to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 1, Twp. 28, Rge. 20 W4; 4. north along the east boundary of the west half to the north boundary of Sec. 1; 5. east along the north boundary of Sec. 1 to the south Drumheller town boundary; 6. easterly and southerly along the town boundary to its most southeasterly point of the town boundary and the right bank of the Red Deer River; 7. downstream along the right bank of the Red Deer River to the east boundary of Rge. 11 W4; 8. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 13; 9. west along the north boundary to the right bank of the Bow River; 10. upstream along the right bank of the Bow River to its intersection with the south boundary of the Siksika Indian Reserve No. 146; 11. generally north, northwest and southwest along the Siksika Indian Reserve No. 146 boundary to the right bank of the Bow River; 12. upstream along the right bank to the east boundary of Rge. 27 W4; 13. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in Twp. 25, Rge. 26 W4; 14. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 18 in the Twp.; 15. north along the east boundary of Secs. 18 and 19 to the north boundary of Sec. 20 in the Twp.; 16. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 29 in the Twp.; 17. north along the east boundary of Secs. 29 and 32 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 25; 18. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 26 W4; 19. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 19 in Twp. 26, Rge. 25 W4; 20. east along the north boundary of Secs. 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 26; 21. north along the east boundary of Secs. 26 and 35 to the north boundary of Twp. 26; 22. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 25; 23. north along the east boundary of Rge. 25 to the starting point.
Note:

83 Strathmore-Brooks 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Drumheller-Stettler and Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	Cypress-Medicine Hat	Chestermere-Rocky View	Little Bow

Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
See Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note: The district remained unchanged in 2010.[3]

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Strathmore-Brooks
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Bow Valley 1971–1993
24th	1997–2001		Lyle Oberg	Progressive Conservative
25th	2001–2004
26th	2004–2006
	2006			Independent
	2006–2008			Progressive Conservative
27th	2008–2012		Arno Doerksen	Progressive Conservative
28th	2012–2014		Jason Hale	Wildrose
28th	2014–2015		Jason Hale	Progressive Conservative
29th	2015–2016		Derek Fildebrandt	Wildrose
	2016			Independent[6]
	2016–2017			Wildrose
	2017			United Conservative
	2017–2018			Independent
	2018–2019			Freedom Conservative
See Brooks-Medicine Hat, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills and Chestermere-Strathmore 2019–

The electoral district was created in 1997. The first election that year saw Progressive Conservative incumbent Lyle Oberg win the new district with over 70% of the popular vote. Oberg had served as MLA for Bow Valley from 1993 to 1997 before it was abolished.

After the election Oberg was appointed to serve in the cabinet of Premier Ralph Klein. He ran for his third term in the 2001 general election and won. He took a slightly higher percentage of the popular vote.

Oberg ran for his third term in the district and fourth as an MLA. His popularity started to slide. He was re-elected with a reduced majority losing over 10% of his popular vote.

Controversy would follow in 2006 after Oberg resigned his cabinet post to seek the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party in the wake of Ralph Klein's resignation. He was removed from Progressive Conservative caucus days later on March 22, 2006 and forced to sit as an Independent after suggesting that he knew where the skeletons were in the closet of the Progressive Conservative government.

Oberg ran for leadership of the party as an Independent and lost. He was readmitted to the caucus on July 25, 2006 by Premier Ed Stelmach and returned to cabinet. Oberg did not stand for re-election in 2008. The election that year returned Progressive Conservative candidate Arno Doerksen with a landslide majority.

In the 2012 General Election, Wildrose candidate Jason Hale defeated Doerksen by a comfortable margin as the party went on to dominate rural southern Alberta.

In December 2014, Hale crossed the floor with 8 other Wildrose MLAs to the Progressive Conservative Party. In January 2015, Derek Fildebrandt announced that he would seek the Wildrose nomination to challenge Hale. Hale announced his retirement from politics soon afterwards.

Fildebrandt went on to win the riding by a huge margin over PC candidate Molly Douglass in the 2015 General Election.[7] Fildebrandt was subsequently appointed the Official Opposition Shadow Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.

On July 22, Wildrose and PC members voted to join and form the United Conservative Party of Alberta (UCP). Fildebrandt was officially recognized as a UCP MLA on July 24. However, he was again removed from caucus and, this time, permanently banned from re-joining the UCP after a string of scandals including an illegal hunting charge that had not been disclosed to the party.[8]

In 2018 Fildebrandt joined, and became leader of, the Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta (previously known as Alberta First, the Separation Party of Alberta, and the Western Freedom Party).

Legislature results

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Lyle Oberg	7,235	72.57%	–
	Liberal	Roger Nelson	1,272	12.76%	–
	Social Credit	Dan Borden	862	8.65%	–
	New Democratic	Richard Knutson	600	6.02%	–
Total			9,969	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			24	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			21,271	46.98%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Strathmore-Brooks Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Lyle Oberg	8,585	75.09%	2.51%
	Liberal	Barry Morishita	1,774	15.52%	2.76%
	Independent	Christopher Sutherland	511	4.47%	–
	New Democratic	Don MacFarlane	290	2.54%	-3.48%
	Social Credit	Rudy Martens	273	2.39%	-6.26%
Total			11,433	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			29	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			24,372	47.03%	0.05%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.12%
Source(s) Source: "Strathmore-Brooks Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Lyle Oberg	5,916	64.05%	-11.04%
	Liberal	Carrol Jaques	1,178	12.75%	-2.76%
	Alberta Alliance	Mark D. Ogden	831	9.00%	–
	Separation	Jay Kolody	576	6.24%	–
	New Democratic	Don MacFarlane	416	4.50%	1.97%
	Social Credit	Rudy Martens	319	3.45%	1.07%
Total			9,236	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			67	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			25,686	36.22%	-10.81%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.14%
Source(s) Source:"79 - Strathmore-Brooks Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Arno Doerksen	7,623	74.56%	10.51%
	Liberal	Gerry Hart	991	9.69%	-3.06%
	Wildrose Alliance	Amanda H. Shehata	935	9.15%	0.15%
	Green	Chris Bayford	362	3.54%	–
	New Democratic	Brian Stokes	313	3.06%	-1.44%
Total			10,224	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			54	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			28,755	35.74%	-0.47%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		6.78%
Source(s) Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 548–551.

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wildrose	Jason Hale	8,157	55.58%	46.44%
	Progressive Conservative	Arno Doerksen	5,743	39.13%	-35.43%
	New Democratic	Brad Bailey	409	2.79%	-0.27%
	Liberal	Alex Wychopen	299	2.04%	-7.66%
	Separation	Glen Dundas	68	0.46%	–
Total			14,676	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			60	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			27,996	52.64%	16.89%
	Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-24.21%
Source(s) Source: "83 - Strathmore-Brooks Official Results 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wildrose	Derek Fildebrandt	8,652	52.55%	-3.03%
	Progressive Conservative	Molly Douglass	4,452	27.04%	-12.09%
	New Democratic	Lynn MacWilliam	2,463	14.96%	12.17%
	Green	Mike Worthington	322	1.96%	–
	Alberta Party	Einar B. Davison	304	1.85%	–
	Liberal	Ali Abdulbaki	200	1.21%	-0.82%
	Alberta First	Glen Dundas	72	0.44%	–
Total			16,465	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			36	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			33,215	49.68%	-2.96%
	Wildrose hold		Swing		4.53%
Source(s) Source: "83 - Strathmore-Brooks Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Strathmore-Brooks[9]					Turnout 36.18%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	4,999	18.61%	59.79%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,754	13.98%	44.90%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	3,160	11.77%	37.80%	5
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,949	10.98%	35.27%	3
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,651	9.87%	31.71%	6
	Independent	Link Byfield	2,546	9.48%	30.45%	4
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,972	7.34%	23.59%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,957	7.29%	23.41%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,598	5.95%	19.11%	10
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,271	4.73%	15.20%	9
Total Votes			26,857	100%
Total Ballots			8,361	3.21 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			932

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[10]
Eastbrook Elementary
Hussar School
Lathom Colony School
Newell Christian School
Sacred Heart Academy
Strathmore High 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[11]
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Lyle Oberg	319	47.12%
	Liberal	Carrol Jaques	112	16.54%
	Separation	Jay Kolody	86	12.70%
	Alberta Alliance	Mark Ogden	69	10.19%
	NDP	Don Macfarlane	67	9.90%
	Social Credit	Rudy Martens	24	3.55%
Total			677	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			24

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Arno Doerksen		%
	Wildrose	Jason Hale
	Liberal	Alex Wychopen		%
	NDP	Brad Bailey		%
Total				100%

References

Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 1996). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9865367-1-7. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9865367-1-7. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-1-988620-04-6. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
"Wildrose's Derek Fildebrandt suspended for 'unacceptable' comment on social media". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
"Alberta Election 2015: Wildrose's Derek Fildebrandt wins Strathmore-Brooks | Globalnews.ca". 2015-05-05.
"'A very fiery and short political career': Derek Fildebrandt barred from rejoining UCP". Calgary Herald. 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
"Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
"School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
"Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

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[1996boundarychanges-1] Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 1996). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.

[2003changes-2] Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9865367-1-7. Retrieved May 29, 2020.

[2010changes-3] Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9865367-1-7. Retrieved May 29, 2020.

[2017boundarychanges-4] Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-1-988620-04-6. Retrieved May 29, 2020.

[2003bound-5] Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1

[:0-6] "Wildrose's Derek Fildebrandt suspended for 'unacceptable' comment on social media". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-07-27.

[7] "Alberta Election 2015: Wildrose's Derek Fildebrandt wins Strathmore-Brooks | Globalnews.ca". 2015-05-05.

[8] "'A very fiery and short political career': Derek Fildebrandt barred from rejoining UCP". Calgary Herald. 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2018-05-10.

[senresults2004-9] "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2010.

[school-10] "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-27.

[stu2004-11] "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

Former Alberta provincial electoral districts
North	Athabasca Athabasca-Lac La Biche Athabasca-Redwater Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater Athabasca-Wabasca Barrhead Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock Barrhead-Westlock Beaver River Bonnyville Bonnyville-Cold Lake Clearwater Dunvegan Dunvegan-Central Peace Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley Edson Fort McMurray Fort McMurray-Conklin Grande Prairie-Smoky Grouard Lac La Biche Lac La Biche-McMurray Lac La Biche-St. Paul Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills Pakan Pembina Redwater Redwater-Andrew Smoky River Spirit River Spirit River-Fairview Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert St. Paul Sturgeon Victoria Westlock-Sturgeon Whitecourt Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Whitford
Edmonton	Edmonton Edmonton-Avonmore Edmonton-Belmont Edmonton-Beverly Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont Edmonton-Calder Edmonton-Centre Edmonton East Edmonton-Glengarry Edmonton-Highlands Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly Edmonton-Kingsway Edmonton-Mayfield Edmonton-Meadowlark Edmonton-Mill Creek Edmonton North Edmonton North East Edmonton-Norwood Edmonton-Ottewell Edmonton-Parkallen Edmonton-Roper Edmonton-Sherwood Park Edmonton West Jasper West Strathcona Strathcona Centre Strathcona East Strathcona South Strathcona West
Central	Acadia Acadia-Coronation Alexandra Battle River-Wainwright Bruce Chinook Clover Bar Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan Didsbury Drayton Valley Drayton Valley-Calmar Drumheller Drumheller-Chinook Drumheller-Gleichen Gleichen Hand Hills Hand Hills-Acadia Hanna-Oyen Innisfail Lac Ste. Anne Lacombe Lacombe-Stettler Leduc Leduc-Beaumont-Devon Lloydminster Olds Olds-Didsbury Ponoka Ponoka-Rimbey Red Deer Ribstone Rocky Mountain House Sedgewick Sedgewick-Coronation Spruce Grove-St. Albert Stettler Stony Plain Three Hills Three Hills-Airdrie Vegreville Vegreville-Bruce Vegreville-Viking Vermilion Vermilion-Lloydminster Vermilion-Viking Wainwright Wetaskiwin Wetaskiwin-Camrose Wetaskiwin-Leduc Willingdon Willingdon-Two Hills
Calgary	Calgary Calgary Bowness Calgary Centre Calgary-Egmont Calgary-Forest Lawn Calgary-Fort Calgary-Hawkwood Calgary-Mackay Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill Calgary-McKnight Calgary-Millican Calgary-Montrose Calgary-North Hill Calgary-Nose Creek Calgary-Nose Hill Calgary Queens Park Calgary South Calgary Victoria Park Centre Calgary North Calgary South Calgary
South	Airdrie Airdrie-Chestermere Airdrie-Rocky View Banff Banff-Cochrane Bow Valley Bow Valley-Empress Cardston Cardston-Chief Mountain Cardston-Taber-Warner Chestermere-Rocky View Claresholm Cochrane Coronation Cypress Cypress-Redcliff Empress Foothills-Rocky View High River Lethbridge Lethbridge City Lethbridge District Little Bow Macleod Medicine Hat Medicine Hat-Redcliff Nanton Nanton-Claresholm Okotoks Okotoks-High River Pincher Creek Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Pincher Creek-Macleod Redcliff Rocky Mountain Rosebud Strathmore-Brooks Taber Warner

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