Red Deer-South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. The district was created from Red Deer in 1986. Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency borders Red Deer North at the Red Deer River, Taylor Drive, Ross Street, 30th Avenue and 39th Street. At the city limits, the constituency is bounded by Innisfail-Sylvan Lake.

The current MLA for this district is Jason Stephan from the United Conservative Party.

History The electoral district was created in the 1985 boundary redistribution from the Red Deer provincial electoral district. The city of Red Deer had been contained in a single electoral district since 1888 when it first started returning members to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. The city was split into South and Red Deer-North.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw adjustments made to the boundary with Red Deer-North to equalize the population between the two constituencies.

Boundary history 72 Red Deer-South 2003 boundariesBordering districtsNorthEastWestSouthRed Deer-NorthInnisfail-Sylvan LakeInnisfail-Sylvan LakeInnisfail-Sylvan Lakeriding map goes heremap in relation to other districts in Alberta goes hereLegal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions ActStarting at the intersection of the west City of Red Deer boundary with the right bank of the Red Deer River near the northerly extension of 60 Avenue; then 1. generally northeast along the right bank of the Red Deer River to Taylor Drive; 2. southeast along Taylor Drive to Ross Street (50 Street); 3. east along Ross Street (50 Street) and its extension to the east boundary of the City of Red Deer (Range Road 271); 4. south, west, northwest and north along the City of Red Deer boundary to the starting point. 76 Red Deer-South 2010 boundariesBordering districtsNorthEastWestSouthRed Deer-NorthInnisfail-Sylvan LakeInnisfail-Sylvan LakeInnisfail-Sylvan LakeLegal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act

Representation history Members of the Legislative Assembly for Red Deer-SouthAssemblyYearsMemberPartySee Red Deer 1905-198621st1986–1989John OldringProgressiveConservative22nd1989–199323rd1993–1997Victor Doerksen24th1997–200125th2001–200426th2004–200827th2008–2012Cal Dallas28th2012-201529th2015–2019Barb MillerNew Democratic30th2019–2023Jason StephanUnited Conservative31st2023–present Since the electoral district was created in 1986, the voters of Red Deer-South have returned Progressive Conservative candidates in every election until 2015, joining the province-wide NDP victory. The first representative was John Oldring who served two terms in office. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Don Getty in his second term and retired in 1993 after a failed leadership bid for the Progressive Conservative Party.

Victor Doerksen was the second MLA for the district. He was first elected in 1993 after a very hotly contested election with a Liberal candidate. He would eke out his second term in 1997 facing another strong challenge from the Liberals. His third term would be won with the highest popular vote in the history of the riding. He would be appointed to cabinet in the government of Ralph Klein shortly after the election and hold his portfolio until 2006 when he resigned to run for leadership of the Progressive Conservatives. After his bid for leadership failed he retired from office in 2008.

The next representative was Cal Dallas, elected to his first term in 2008. He was appointed Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations by Premier Allison Redford in October 2011.

Legislative election results

1986

1989

1993

1997

2001

2004

Results of the Separation Party compared to Alberta First Party

2008

2012

2015

2019

2023

Senate nominee election results

2004 2004 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-SouthTurnout 44.58%AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRankMichael Roth3,19211.35%35.61%7IndependentLink Byfield3,06810.91%34.23%4Vance Gough2,4388.66%27.20%8Gary Horan2,2578.02%25.18%10IndependentTom Sindlinger1,9556.94%21.81%9Total votes28,135100%Total ballots8,9633.14 votes per ballotRejected, spoiled and declined3,290Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

2012 2012 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-SouthTurnout %AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRankTotal votes35,010100%Total ballots00 votes per ballotRejected, spoiled and declined0Voters had the option of selecting three candidates on the ballot.

Student vote results

2004 Participating schoolsEastview Middle SchoolSt. Francis of Assisi Middle SchoolSt. Thomas Aquinas Middle SchoolWestpark Middle 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 had 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 who reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta student vote resultsAffiliationCandidateVotes%NDPJeff Sloychuk29424.68%LiberalWalter Kubanek27723.26%Total1,191100%Rejected, spoiled and declined38

2012 Participating schoolsÉcole Secondaire Notre Dame High School During the week of April 16, 2012 to April 20, 2012, a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2012 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who had not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 86 of the 87 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Students from École Secondaire Notre Dame High School participated in the vote on April 19, 2012. 2012 Alberta student vote resultsAffiliationCandidateVotes%NDPLorna Watkinson-Zimmer5515.76%LiberalJason Chilibeck5214.90%Total349100%Rejected, spoiled and declined30

See also List of Alberta provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

External links Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta