# 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. 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 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Red Deer-North | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act ||||
| Starting 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 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Red Deer-North | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act ||||

### Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Red Deer-South :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Red Deer 1905-1986 |||||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | John Oldring | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | John Oldring | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Victor Doerksen | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1997–2001 | Victor Doerksen | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 2001–2004 | Victor Doerksen | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 2004–2008 | Victor Doerksen | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Cal Dallas | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 2012-2015 | Cal Dallas | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Barb Miller | New Democratic |
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Jason Stephan | United Conservative |
| 31st | 2023– | Jason Stephan | United Conservative |
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

1986 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | John Oldring | 4,023 | 56.31% | – |
| | New Democratic | Connie Barnaby | 1,667 | 23.33% | – |
| | Liberal | Lionel Lizee | 1,455 | 20.36% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,145 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 27 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 17,339 | 41.36% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. |
| Source(s) Source: "Red Deer-South Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1989

1989 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | John Oldring | 4,637 | 49.59% | -6.72% |
| | Liberal | Roxanne V. Prior | 2,874 | 30.73% | 10.37% |
| | New Democratic | Linda Ross | 1,840 | 19.68% | -3.65% |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,351 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 38 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 18,795 | 49.95% | 8.59% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -7.06% |
| Source(s) Source: "Red Deer-South Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1993

1993 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Victor Doerksen | 5,663 | 46.50% | -3.09% |
| | Liberal | Don Sinclair | 4,879 | 40.06% | 9.33% |
| | Social Credit | Randy Thorsteinson | 882 | 7.24% | – |
| | New Democratic | Malcolm Reville | 639 | 5.25% | -14.43% |
| | Natural Law | Ken Arnold | 116 | 0.95% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,179 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 20 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 20,180 | 60.45% | 10.50% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -6.21% |
| Source(s) Source: "Red Deer-South Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1997

1997 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Victor Doerksen | 5,751 | 47.03% | 0.53% |
| | Liberal | Larry Pimm | 4,966 | 40.61% | 0.55% |
| | Social Credit | Randy Thorsteinson | 1,145 | 9.36% | 2.12% |
| | New Democratic | Joanne Stanley | 367 | 3.00% | -2.25% |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,229 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 27 | 12 | 3 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 21,537 | 56.92% | -3.53% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -0.01% |
| Source(s) Source: "Red Deer-South Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2001

2001 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Victor Doerksen | 7,684 | 60.10% | 13.07% |
| | Liberal | Garfield Marks | 3,927 | 30.72% | -9.89% |
| | New Democratic | Erika Bullwinkle | 512 | 4.00% | 1.00% |
| | Alberta First | Bob Argent | 459 | 3.59% | – |
| | Independent | Ryan Lamarche | 203 | 1.59% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,785 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 34 | 12 | 2 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 25,283 | 50.71% | -6.21% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 11.48% |
| Source(s) Source: "Red Deer-South Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2004

2004 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Victor Doerksen | 5,373 | 44.91% | -15.19% |
| | Liberal | Walter Kubanek | 4,077 | 34.08% | 3.36% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Patti Argent | 1,418 | 11.85% | – |
| | New Democratic | Jeff Sloychuk | 835 | 6.98% | 2.97% |
| | Separation | Judy Milne | 261 | 2.18% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 11,964 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 46 | 23 | 0 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 27,486 | 43.69% | -7.01% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -9.28% |
| Source(s) Source: |||||||
* Results of the Separation Party compared to Alberta First Party

### 2008

vte2008 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cal Dallas | 7,139 | 56.18% | 11.27% |
| | Liberal | Diane Kubanek | 3,414 | 26.86% | -7.21% |
| | Wildrose Alliance | Ed Klop | 949 | 7.47% | – |
| | Green | Evan Bedford | 609 | 4.79% | – |
| | New Democratic | Teresa Bryanton | 597 | 4.70% | -2.28% |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,708 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 47 | 17 | 1 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 34,703 | 36.76% | -6.94% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 9.24% |
| 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. 512–517. |||||||

### 2012

vte2012 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cal Dallas | 7,048 | 43.60% | -12.58% |
| | Wildrose Alliance | Nathan Stephan | 5,612 | 34.71% | 27.25% |
| | New Democratic | Lorna S. Watkinson-Zimmer | 1,707 | 10.56% | 5.86% |
| | Liberal | Jason Chilibeck | 1,195 | 7.39% | -19.47% |
| | Alberta Party | Serge Gingras | 604 | 3.74% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 16,166 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 81 | 43 | 7 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 32,708 | 49.69% | 12.94% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -10.21% |
| Source(s) Source: "76 - Red Deer-South, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2015

vte2015 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Barb Miller | 7,024 | 35.86% | 25.30% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Darcy Mykytyshyn | 5,414 | 27.64% | -15.96% |
| | Wildrose | Norman Wiebe | 4,812 | 24.56% | -10.15% |
| | Alberta Party | Serge Gingras | 1,035 | 5.28% | 1.55% |
| | Liberal | Deborah Checkel | 738 | 3.77% | -3.62% |
| | Green | Ben Dubois | 274 | 1.40% | – |
| | Independent | Patti Argent | 232 | 1.18% | – |
| | Independent | William Berry | 60 | 0.31% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 19,589 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 49 | 43 | 9 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 37,771 | 52.02% | 2.32% |
| | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | -0.33% |
| Source(s) Source: "76 - Red Deer-South, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2019

vte2019 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Conservative | Jason Stephan | 16,159 | 60.31% | 8.11% |
| | New Democratic | Barb Miller | 6,844 | 25.54% | -10.31% |
| | Alberta Party | Ryan Mcdougall | 3,244 | 12.11% | 6.82% |
| | Freedom Conservative | Teah-Jay Cartwright | 299 | 1.12% | – |
| | Green | Lori Curran | 246 | 0.92% | -0.48% |
| Total | Total | Total | 26,792 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 161 | 58 | 12 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 37,495 | 71.92% | 19.90% |
| | United Conservative gain from New Democratic | United Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | Swing | 13.27% |
| Source(s) Source: "79 - Red Deer-South, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2023

vte2023 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Conservative | Jason Stephan | 13,469 | 56.06 | -4.25 |
| | New Democratic | Michelle Baer | 9,976 | 41.52 | +15.98 |
| | Green | Ashley MacDonald | 274 | 1.14 | +0.22 |
| | Wildrose Loyalty Coalition | Jesse Stretch | 160 | 0.67 | – |
| | Solidarity Movement | Pamela Liebenberg | 146 | 0.61 | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 24,025 | 99.36 | – |
| Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | 155 | 0.64 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,180 | 61.81 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 39,120 |
| | United Conservative hold | United Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -10.11 |
| Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta |||||||

## Senate nominee election results
### 2004

| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-South | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-South | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-South | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-South | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-South | Turnout 44.58% | Turnout 44.58% |
| | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank |
| | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 3,837 | 13.64% | 42.81% | 2 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,708 | 13.18% | 41.37% | 1 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 3,192 | 11.35% | 35.61% | 7 |
| | Independent | Link Byfield | 3,068 | 10.91% | 34.23% | 4 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,865 | 10.18% | 31.97% | 3 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,439 | 8.67% | 27.21% | 6 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,438 | 8.66% | 27.20% | 8 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,376 | 8.45% | 26.51% | 5 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 2,257 | 8.02% | 25.18% | 10 |
| | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,955 | 6.94% | 21.81% | 9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 28,135 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Total ballots | Total ballots | Total ballots | 8,963 | 3.14 votes per ballot | 3.14 votes per ballot | 3.14 votes per ballot |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 3,290 | 3,290 | 3,290 | 3,290 |
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

### 2012

| 2012 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-South | 2012 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-South | 2012 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-South | 2012 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-South | 2012 Senate nominee election results: Red Deer-South | Turnout % | Turnout % |
| | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank |
| | Progressive Conservative | Doug Black | 5,552 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Scott Tannas | 4,979 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Mike Shaikh | 4,053 |
| | Wildrose | Rob Gregory | 4,004 |
| | Wildrose | Raymond Germain | 3,954 |
| | Wildrose | Victor Marciano | 3,361 |
| | Evergreen | Elizabeth Johannson | 1,867 |
| | Independent | Len Bracko | 1,472 |
| | Independent | David Fletcher | 1,435 |
| | Independent | Ian Urquhart | 1,364 |
| | Independent | Paul Frank | 1,301 |
| | Independent | William Exelby | 942 |
| | Independent | Perry Chahal | 726 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 35,010 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Total ballots | Total ballots | Total ballots | 0 | 0 votes per ballot | 0 votes per ballot | 0 votes per ballot |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Voters had the option of selecting three candidates on the ballot.

## Student vote results
### 2004

* Participating schools
* Eastview Middle School
* St. Francis of Assisi Middle School
* St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School
* Westpark 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 results :
| | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Victor Doerksen | 355 | 29.81% |
| | NDP | Jeff Sloychuk | 294 | 24.68% |
| | Liberal | Walter Kubanek | 277 | 23.26% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Patti Argent | 194 | 16.29% |
| | Separation | Judy Milne | 71 | 5.96% |
| Total | Total | Total | 1,191 | 100% |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 38 | 38 |

### 2012

* Participating schools
* École Secondaire Notre Dame High School
During the week of April 16, 2012 - 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 results :
| | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cal Dallas | 115 | 32.95% |
| | Wildrose | Nathan Stephan | 68 | 19.48% |
| | NDP | Lorna Watkinson-Zimmer | 55 | 15.76% |
| | Liberal | Jason Chilibeck | 52 | 14.90% |
| | Alberta Party | Serge Gingras | 29 | 8.31% |
| Total | Total | Total | 349 | 100% |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 30 | 30 |