Vegreville—Wainwright

Vegreville—Wainwright

Alberta electoral district
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)	117,230
Electors (2011)	83,038
Area (km²)	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

Vegreville—Wainwright was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015.

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:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Vegreville—Wainwright Riding created from Lakeland, Elk Island, Crowfoot and Wetaskiwin
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

Current member of Parliament

Its member of Parliament is Leon Benoit, a former economist and farmer. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 election. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session, he served as chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Leon Benoit	39,145	79.79	+2.71	$34,467
	New Democratic	Ray Stone	5,561	11.34	+1.89	$491
	Green	William Munsey	2,499	5.09	-3.12	$1,040
	Liberal	Ronald Williams	1,525	3.11	-2.13	$3,871
	Christian Heritage	Matthew Sokalski	327	0.67	*	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,057	100.00
Total rejected ballots			101	0.21	-0.06
Turnout			49,158	59.49	+5.46
Eligible voters			82,627	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Leon Benoit	34,493	77.08	+2.91	$38,483
	New Democratic	Ray Stone	4,230	9.45	+0.22	$2,949
	Green	William Munsey	3,676	8.21	+0.75	$34
	Liberal	Adam Campbell	2,345	5.24	-2.32	$3,949
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,744	100.00	$98,502
Total rejected ballots			120	0.27	+0.08
Turnout			44,864	54.03	-10.54

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leon Benoit	37,954	74.17	+0.6
	New Democratic	Len Legault	4,727	9.23	+1.0
	Liberal	Duff Stewart	3,873	7.56	-4.1
	Green	Brian Rozmahel	3,822	7.46	+1.0
	Western Block	Robert Peter Kratchmer	431	0.84
	Christian Heritage	Blaine William Stephan	364	0.71
Total valid votes			51,171	100.00
Total rejected ballots			95	0.19	-0.1
Turnout			51,266	64.57	+5.0

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Leon Benoit	33,800	73.5	–	$50,675
	Liberal	Duff Stewart	5,390	11.7	–	$16,450
	New Democratic	Len Legault	3,793	8.3	–	$501
	Green	James Kenney	2,976	6.5	–	$554
Total valid votes			45,959	100.0
Total rejected ballots			123	0.3
Turnout			46,082	59.6

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Vegreville—Wainwright (Code 48024) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
• Riding history for Vegreville—Wainwright from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada