Athabasca-Redwater

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Athabasca-Redwater is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada.

The district was created in 2004 out of a large portion of Barhead-Westlock and Athabasca-Wabasca in the north as well as a portion of Redwater on the eastern side.

The district has three major towns Bon Accord, Alberta, Redwater, Alberta and Athabasca, Alberta The district is in north central Alberta just north of Edmonton. The district itself extends over 200km north of Edmonton.

Lesser Slave Lake borders to the north and west. Lac La Biche-St. Paul borders to the north and east. Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville, Edmonton Manning, Edmonton Castle Downs, Edmonton Decore and St. Albert border to the south. Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock and Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert border to the east.

Contents

1 Demographics
2 Local issues
3 Election results 2004
4 2004 Senator in waiting district results
5 Alberta Student Vote 2004

5.1 Participating schools in Athabasca-Redwater
5.2 Student Vote 2004 Results

6 External links

Demographics

Total Population
35,945

52.4% Male
47.6% Female

21.4% Married
45.3% Single never married

Population by Age

0-4 2,165 6.1%
5-19 8,835 24.8%
20-24 1,895 5.3%
25-44 10,450 29.4%
45-64 8,475 23.8%
65-74 2,415 6.8%
75+ 1,340 3.8%

Registered Voters
23,739

Source Alberta Government

Local issues

Condition of Northern Roads
Labour shortage in the oil patch

Election results 2004

2004 Results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% \|- \|bgcolor="#9999FF"\|	Progressive Conservative	Mike Cardinal	5,706	47.65% \|- \|bgcolor="lightcoral"\|	Liberal	Nicole Belland	3,258	27.20% \|- \|bgcolor="sandybrown"\|	N.D.P.	Peter Opryshko	1,407	11.75% \|- \|bgcolor="cadetblue"\|	Alberta Alliance	Sean Whelan	1,174	9.80% \|- \|bgcolor="yellowgreen"\|	Green	Luke de Smet	252	2.10% \|- \|bgcolor="lightgreen"\|	Social Credit	Leornd Fish	179	1.50%

2004 Senator in waiting district results

2004 Senator in Waiting Results: Athabasca-Redwater
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Rank \|- \|bgcolor="#9999FF"\|	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	4,599	15%	1 \|- \|bgcolor="#9999FF"\|	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	4,107	13%	2 \|- \|bgcolor="#9999FF"\|	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	3,815	12%	3 \|- \|bgcolor="gainsboro"\|	Independent	Link Byfield	3,403	11%	4 \|- \|bgcolor="cadetblue"\|	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	3,013	10%	7 \|- \|bgcolor="cadetblue"\|	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,817	9%	10 \|- \|bgcolor="cadetblue"\|	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,795	9%	8 \|- \|bgcolor="#9999FF"\|	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	2,464	8%	5 \|- \|bgcolor="#9999FF"\|	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,447	8%	6 \|- \|bgcolor="gainsboro"\|	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,189	7%	9

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Alberta Student Vote 2004

On November 19th 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools of all types, to parallel the 2004 Election results and to educate students about the electoral process. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 ridings.

Participating schools in Athabasca-Redwater

Guthrie School
H.A. Kostash School
Lilian Schick school
Namao school
Newbrook School
Sturgeon Composite High School
Thorhild Central School

Student Vote 2004 Results

2004 Student Vote Results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% \|- \|bgcolor="#9999FF"\|	Progressive Conservative	Mike Cardinal	337	36.4% \|- \|bgcolor="yellowgreen"\|	Green	Luke de Smet	185	20.0% \|- \|bgcolor="lightcoral"\|	Liberal	Nicole Belland	173	18.7% \|- \|bgcolor="sandybrown"\|	N.D.P.	Peter Opryshko	110	11.9% \|- \|bgcolor="cadetblue"\|	Alberta Alliance	Sean Whelan	69	7.5% \|- \|bgcolor="lightgreen"\|	Social Credit	Leornd Fish	52	5.6%

External links

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