Red Deer was a provincial electoral district representing the city of Red Deer

Red Deer, Alberta

Red Deer is a city in Central Alberta, Canada. It is located near the midpoint of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor and is surrounded by Red Deer County. It is Alberta's third-most-populous city – after Calgary and Edmonton. The city is located in aspen parkland, a region of rolling hills...

, Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...

 from 1905 to 1986. The district was split into Red Deer North

Red Deer North

Red Deer North is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....

 and Red Deer South

Red Deer South

Red Deer South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.The district was created from Red Deer in 1986....

 in 1986.

For most of the districts history, it was a swing riding, with no party being able win with a second representative until the Progressive Conservatives in the 70's.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

	Name	Party	Elected	Left Office	John T. Moore John T. Moore John Thomas Moore was a politician from Alberta, Canada.Moore was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1905 Alberta general election defeating high profile Conservative candidate and the founder of Red Deer Leonard Gaetz....	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	1905	1909	Edward Michener Edward Michener Edward Michener was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He was born in Tintern, Ontario.Edward was acclaimed as Mayor of Red Deer, Alberta. In the 1904 Mayoral race, he held that position for 2 terms until 1906....	Independent	1909	1910	Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	1910	1918	John Gaetz John Gaetz John Jost Gaetz was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1918 to 1921 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government.-Early life:...	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	1918	1921	George Wilbert Smith George Wilbert Smith George Wilbert Smith was a teacher, businessman and politician on the municipal and provincial levels of government in Alberta, Canada...	United Farmers United Farmers of Alberta The United Farmers of Alberta is an association of Alberta farmers that has served many different roles throughout its history as a lobby group, a political party, and as a farm-supply retail chain. Since 1934 it has primarily been an agricultural supply cooperative headquartered in Calgary...	1921	1931	William Ernest Payne William Ernest Payne William Ernest Payne was a lawyer and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1931 to 1935 sitting with the Conservative caucus in opposition.-Early life:...	Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	1931	1935	Alfred Hooke Alfred Hooke Alfred "Alf" John Hooke was a teacher, provincial politician and author from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit party in government...	Social Credit	1935	1940	Alfred Speakman Alfred Speakman Alfred Speakman was a politician from Alberta, Canada.-Federal political career:...	Independent	1940	1943	David A. Ure	Social Credit	1943	1954	William Cameron Kirby	Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	1954 (elected in a by-election)	1959	William Ure William Ure William Kenneth Ure was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1971 sitting with the governing Social Credit caucus....	Social Credit	1959	1971	James Foster James L. Foster James "Jim" L. Foster was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1979 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus...	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	1971	1979	Norman Magee Norman Magee Norman Frederick Magee is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1982 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus....	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	1979	1982	Jim McPherson Jim McPherson (politician) James "Jim" McPherson was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1986 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	1982	1986

1905 general election

Returning Officer
Frank L. Farley

1905 Alberta general election Alberta general election, 1905 The Alberta general election of 1905 was the first general election held in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on 9 November 1905, to elect members of the Alberta legislature to the 1st Alberta Legislative Assembly, shortly after the province was created out of the Northwest Territories...  results			font style="font-size: 90%;">Turnout Unknown
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	John T. Moore John T. Moore John Thomas Moore was a politician from Alberta, Canada.Moore was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1905 Alberta general election defeating high profile Conservative candidate and the founder of Red Deer Leonard Gaetz....	524	48.03%	Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	Leonard Gaetz	479	43.90%	Independent	Alexander McKenzie	88	8.07%
Total			1,091	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			8

1940 general election

1940 Alberta general election Alberta general election, 1940 The Alberta general election of 1940 was the ninth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada, was held on March 21, 1940 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....						font-size: 90%;">Turnout %Turnout %
Affiliation		Candidate	1st	%	Votes	%	Count	Independent	Alfred Speakman Alfred Speakman Alfred Speakman was a politician from Alberta, Canada.-Federal political career:...	2,760	36.99%	2,354	42.80%	2nd	Social Credit	J.H. McCulloch	2,110	38.23%	1,368	24.78%	Independent Progressive	Alban MacLellan Alban MacLellan Alban Erskine MacLellan was a railway foreman and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1940 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.-Political career:...	971	57.20%	2nd	Eliminated 2nd
Valid Ballots			5,814	100%	3,722	100%
Exhausted Ballots					2,092	2 Counts

1943 by-election

December 18, 1943 by-election						font-size: 90%;">Turnout %
Affiliation		Candidate	1st	%	Votes	%	Count	Social Credit	David Ure	2,110	38.23%	2,539	57.20%	2nd	Independent	Wilfred J. Edgar	2,042	36.99%	2,354	42.80%	2nd	Cooperative Commonwealth Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	E.P. Johns	1,368	24.78%	Eliminated 2nd
Valid Ballots			5,520	100%	4,839	100%
Exhausted Ballots					627	2 Counts

1957 liquor plebiscite

1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite results: Grande Prairie
Question A: Do you approve additional types of outlets for the sale of beer, wine and spirituous liquor subject to a local vote?
Ballot Choice		Votes	%
	Yes	3,565	56.88%
	No	2,703	43.12%
Total Votes		6,268	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined		80
14,151 Eligible Electors, Turnout 44.86%

On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta

Alberta

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. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive debate in the Legislature. The plebiscite was intended to deal with the growing demand for reforming antiquated liquor control laws.

The plebiscite was conducted in two parts. Question A asked in all districts, asked the voters if the sale of liquor should be expanded in Alberta, while Question B asked in a handful of districts within the corporate limits of Calgary and Edmonton asked if men and woman were allowed to drink together in establishments.

Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Red Deer voted in favour of the proposal with a solid majority. Voter turnout in the district was slightly under the province wide average of 46%.

Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957. The Social Credit government in power at the time did not considered the results binding. However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act.

Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the Plebiscite were designated Local Option Zones by the Alberta Liquor Control Board and considered effective dry zones, business owners that wanted a license had to petition for a binding municipal plebiscite in order to be granted a license.