Stony Plain (electoral district)

Stony Plain

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Erin Babcock New Democratic
District created	1905
First contested	1905
Last contested	2015

Stony Plain originally styled Stonyplain 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. From 1926 to 1957 Single Transferable Vote was used in the district.

The district was created in 1905 when Alberta became a province. The riding in its original boundaries stretched from the west Edmonton city limits to the British Columbia border. In 100 years the riding has significantly decreased in size to a small fraction of its former area. The riding was named Stonyplain from 1905 to 1909 before being changed to Stony Plain in the 1909 boundary re-distribution.

History

The electoral district of Stony Plain originally styled Stonyplain has existed since the province of Alberta was created in 1905. The riding was renamed to Stony Plain in 1909 and has kept that name since. The original boundaries of the riding took it to the British Columbia from Edmonton city limits but it has since shrunk to a fraction of its original size.^[1]

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the riding transfer land north of Alberta Highway 16 to the electoral district of Whitecourt-Ste. Anne.

Boundary history

77 Stony Plain 2003 Boundaries[2]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	Edmonton-Calder, Edmonton-Meadowlark, Edmonton-McClung, Edmonton-Whitemud, Leduc-Beaumont-Devon	Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	Drayton Valley-Calmar
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the right bank of the Pembina River and the north boundary of Twp. 54; then 1. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 33 in Twp. 54, Rge. 6 W5; 2. south along the east boundary of Secs. 33, 28, 21, 16, 9 and 4 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 33 and 28 in Twp. 53, Rge. 6 W5 to the north shore of Isle Lake; 3. in a generally northeasterly direction along the north shore to the north boundary of Twp. 53; 4. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in Twp. 53, Rge. 5 W5; 5. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 28 in the Twp.; 6. east along the north boundary of ecs. 28, 27, 26 and 25 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 30, 29, 28, 27, 26 and 25 in Twp. 53, Rges. 4 and 3 W5 and the north boundary of Secs. 30 and 29 in Twp. 53, Rge. 2 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 29; 7. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 21 in the Twp.; 8. east along the north boundary of Secs. 21, 22, 23 and 24 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Sec. 19 in Twp. 53, Rge. 1 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 30 in the Twp.; 9. north along the east boundary of Secs. 30 and 31 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 6 and 7 in Twp. 54, Rge. 1 W5 to the north boundary of Sec. 8 in the Twp.; 10. east along the north boundary of Secs. 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 54, Rge. 28 W4 and the north boundary of Secs. 7, 8 and 9 in Twp. 54, Rge. 27 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 9 in the Twp.; 11. south along the east boundary of Secs. 9 and 4 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 33, 28, 21, 16 and 9 in Twp. 53, Rge. 27 W4 to the north Spruce Grove city boundary; 12. westerly, southerly, easterly and north along the city boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 52; 13. east along the north boundary to the west Edmonton city boundary; 14. southerly and easterly along the city boundary to the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River; 15. upstream along the right bank to the east boundary of Sec. 21, Twp. 50, Rge. 6 W5; 16. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 21; 17. west along the north boundary of Secs. 21 and 20 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 30 in the Twp.; 18. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 30; 19. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 7 W5; 20. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 50; 21. west along the north boundary to the right bank of the Pembina River; 22. downstream along the right bank of the Pembina River to the starting point.
Note:

81 Stony Plain 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Spruce Grove-St. Albert and Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	Edmonton-Meadowlark and Edmonton-South West	Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	Drayton Valley-Devon and Leduc-Beaumont
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Stony Plain[3]
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1905–1909		John McPherson	Liberal
2nd	1909–1913
3rd	1913–1917		Conrad Weidenhammer	Conservative
4th	1917–1921	Frederick Lundy
5th	1921–1926		Willard Washburn	United Farmers
6th	1926–1930
7th	1930–1935	Donald Macleod
8th	1935–1939		William Hayes	Social Credit
	1939–1940		Vacant
9th	1940–1944		Cornelia Wood	Social Credit
10th	1944–1948
11th	1948–1952
12th	1952–1955
13th	1955–1959		John McLaughlin	Liberal
14th	1959–1963		Cornelia Wood	Social Credit
15th	1963–1967
	1967			Independent Social Credit
16th	1967–1971		Ralph Jespersen	Social Credit
17th	1971–1975		William Purdy	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975–1979
19th	1979–1982
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989	Jim Heron
22nd	1989–1993		Stan Woloshyn	NDP
	1993			Progressive Conservative
23rd	1993–1997
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004
26th	2004–2008	Fred Lindsay
27th	2008-2012
28th	2012–2015	Ken Lemke
29th	2015–		Erin Babcock	NDP

Electoral history

The electoral district of Stony Plain was created when the province was first formed in 1905. It is one of only a couple districts to survive intact for every boundary redistribution.

The first election in 1905 saw a three way battle which was handily won by Liberal candidate John McPherson. He was re-elected in 1909 and stood for a third term in 1913 before being defeated by Conservative party candidate Conrad Weidenhammer.

Weidenhammer only represented the district before retiring in 1917. Conservative Frederick Lundy won a tight race to hold the district. He ran for a second term in the 1921 election but was defeated by United Farmers candidate Willard Washburn in a landslide.

Washburn held the district for two terms before retiring in 1930. The United Farmers ran candidate Donald Macleod who held the district in a tight race over Liberal candidate George Bryan. Macleod was defeated in 1935 finished a very distant third place to Social Credit candidate William Hayes.

Hayes died on April 2, 1939 vacating his seat.^[4] The vacancy would not be filled before the 1940 election. Cornelia Wood was nominated to be the Social Credit candidate, she won the district for her party in a tight race that went to ballot transfers. Wood was re-elected for three terms before being defeated by Liberal candidate John McLaughlin in 1955. McLaughlin would be defeated by Wood again in 1959. The two ran against each other twice more with Wood coming up the winner each time.

Wood lost her nomination race to run as the Social Credit candidate again in the 1967 general election to Ralph Jespersen.^[5] She later left the Social Credit caucus on April 24, 1967 to run as an Independent Social Credit candidate.^[6] She would be defeated finishing a distant fourth place in a landslide by Jespersen.

Jespersen would only last a single term in office before being defeated by William Purdy in the 1971 general election. Purdy was re-elected three more times before retiring at dissolution in 1986. His replacement in the legislature was Progressive Conservative candidate Jim Heron. Heron served a term in office before being defeated by New Democrat Stan Woloshyn.

Woloshyn only stayed with the NDP caucus for a few years before crossing the floor to the Progressive Conservative caucus on February 23, 1993. He ran for re-election as a Progressive Conservative that year and won. In 1996 Premier Ralph Klein appointed him to the provincial cabinet. He won re-election again in 1997 and 2001 before retiring in 2004.

Fred Lindsay replaced Woloshyn in 2004 as the Progressive Conservative MLA for the riding and was re-elected in 2008. Former mayor Ken Lemke retained the riding for the PCs in the 2012 election.

Stony Plain is currently represented by Erin Babcock who won the riding for the Alberta New Democratic Party in the 2015 election.

Legislature results

1905 general election

1905 Alberta general election results[7]			Turnout N/A		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	John McPherson	354	57.94%
	Independent	Dan Brox	187	30.61%
	Conservative	Conrad Weidenhammer	70	11.45%
Total			611
Rejected, spoiled and declined			Unknown
Eligible electors / Turnout			Unknown	%
	Liberal pickup new district				Swing N/A

1909 general election

1909 Alberta general election results[8]			Turnout 83.79%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	John McPherson	398	43.74%	-14.20%
	Independent	Dan Brox	250	27.47%	*	-3.14%
	Independent	Charlie Cropley	154	16.92%
	Conservative	John McKinley	108	11.87%	0.42%
Total			910
Rejected, spoiled and declined			Unknown
Eligible electors / Turnout			1,086	%
	Liberal hold				Swing -8.67%

1913 general election

1913 Alberta general election results[9]			Turnout 80.15%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Conservative	Conrad Weidenhammer	577	61.06%	49.19%
	Liberal	John McPherson	368	38.94%	-4.80%
Total			945
Rejected, spoiled and declined			Unknown
Eligible electors / Turnout			1,179	%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		27.00%

1917 general election

1917 Alberta general election results[10]			Turnout Unknown		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Conservative	Frederick Lundy	744	51.35%	-9.71%
	Liberal	F.A. Smith	705	48.65%	9.71%
Total			1,449
Rejected, spoiled and declined			Unknown
Eligible electors / Turnout			Unknown	%
	Conservative hold		Swing		-9.71%

1921 general election

1921 Alberta general election results[11]			Turnout 74.25%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	United Farmers	Willard Washburn	1,001	50.03%
	Liberal	Jake Miller	647	32.33%	-16.32%
	Conservative	Frederick Lundy	306	15.29%	-36.06%
	Independent	Dan Brox	47	2.35%
Total			2,001
Rejected, spoiled and declined			Unknown
Eligible electors / Turnout			2,695	%
	United Farmers gain from Conservative		Swing		33.18%

1926 general election

Alberta general election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes 1st count	%	Votes final count	%	∆%
	United Farmers	Willard Washburn	759	40.72%	938	65.92%	-9.31%
	Conservative	Frederick Lundy	414	22.21%	485	34.08%	6.92%
	Liberal	Richard Oatway	368	19.74%	–	–	-12.59%
	Independent Liberal	M. McKinley	323	17.33%	–	–
Total			1,864	100%	1,423	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			203
Eligible Electors / Turnout			2,997	74.25%
	United Farmers hold		Swing		-8.12%
Source: "Stony Plain Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 10, 2010.

1930 general election

1930 Alberta general election results[12]			Turnout 69.21%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	United Farmers	Donald Macleod	1,406	53.00%	12.28%
	Liberal	George Bryan	1,247	47.00%	27.26%
Total			2,653
Rejected, spoiled and declined			219
Eligible electors / Turnout			4,150	%
	United Farmers hold		Swing		19.77%

1935 general election

1935 Alberta general election results[13]			Turnout 82.83%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Social Credit	William Hayes	2,832	59.16%	*
	Liberal	George Bryan	1,472	30.75%	-16.25%
	United Farmers	Donald Macleod	312	6.52%	-46.48%
	Conservative	R.C. Johnson	171	3.57%	*
Total			4,787
Rejected, spoiled and declined			177
Eligible electors / Turnout			5,993	%
	Social Credit pickup from United Farmers				Swing 37.71%

1940 general election

1940 Alberta general election results[14]			Turnout 72.63%					1st Count Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	1st	%	2nd	3rd	%	Party	Personal
	Social Credit	Cornelia Wood	1,914	44.72%		2,195	57.75%	-14.44%	*
	Independent	W.J. Connolly	1,228	28.69%		1,606	42.25%	*
	Co-operative Commonwealth	T.J. Hardwick	942	22.01%				*
	Independent Farmer	George Bevington	196	4.58%				*
Total			4,280	100%	?	3,801	100%
Exhausted Ballots			0		?	?
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			168
6,124 Eligible Electors
	Social Credit hold						1st Count Swing -21.57%

1944 general election

1944 Alberta general election results[15]			Turnout 69.96%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Social Credit	Cornelia Wood	2,557	65.10%	7.35%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Anderson	1,371	34.90%	12.89%	*
Total			3,928
Rejected, spoiled and declined			48
Eligible electors / Turnout			5,683	%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		10.12%

1948 general election

1948 Alberta general election results[16]			Turnout 68.92%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Social Credit	Cornelia Wood	2,188	53.41%	-11.69%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Anderson	1,037	25.31%	-9.59%
	Liberal	William Robertson	872	21.28%	*
Total			4,097
Rejected, spoiled and declined			222
Eligible electors / Turnout			6,267	%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-10.64%

1952 general election

1952 Alberta general election results[17]			Turnout 68.73%				1st Count Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	1st	%	2nd	%	Party	Personal
	Social Credit	Cornelia Wood	1,991	46.62%	2,177	58.73%	-6.79%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Evien	1,218	28.52%	1,530	41.27%	3.21%	*
	Liberal	Charles Wudel	1,062	24.86%			3.58%	*
Total			4,271	100%	3,707	100%
Exhausted Ballots			0		564
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			345
6,716 Eligible Electors
	Social Credit hold					1st Count Swing -5.00%

1955 general election

1955 Alberta general election results[18]			Turnout 71.43%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	John McLaughlin	2,865	52.95%	28.09%	*
	Social Credit	Cornelia Wood	1,788	33.04%	-13.58%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Evien	758	14.01%	-14.51%
Total			5,411
Rejected, spoiled and declined			427
Eligible electors / Turnout			8,173	%
	Liberal pickup from Social Credit				Swing 20.84%

1959 general election

1959 Alberta general election results[19]			Turnout 66.22%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Social Credit	Cornelia Wood	2,880	46.47%	13.43%
	Liberal	John McLaughlin	2,091	33.73%	-19.22%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Clarkson	1,227	19.80%
Total			6,198
Rejected, spoiled and declined			29
Eligible electors / Turnout			9,403	%
	Social Credit pickup from Liberal				Swing 16.33%

1963 general election

1963 Alberta general election results[20]			Turnout 62.28%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Social Credit	Cornelia Wood	2,716	41.83%	-4.64%
	Liberal	John McLaughlin	1,921	29.59%	-4.14%
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Germaniuk	903	13.91%	-5.89
	Alberta Unity Movement	Rudolph Zander	595	9.16%	*
	New Democratic	Conrad Fuhr	358	5.51%
Total			6,493
Rejected, spoiled and declined			12
Eligible electors / Turnout			10,445	%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-4.39%

1967 general election

1967 Alberta general election results[21]			Turnout 64.94%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Social Credit	Ralph Jespersen	2,316	36.43%	-5.40%	*
	New Democratic	Maurice McCullagh	1,855	29.18%	23.67%
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Flanagan	1,670	26.26%	12.35%
	Independent Social Credit	Cornelia Wood	517	8.13%	*	-33.70%
Total			6,358
Rejected, spoiled and declined			31
Eligible electors / Turnout			9,838	%
	Social Credit pickup from Independent Social Credit				Swing -14.54%

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results[22]			Turnout 68.83%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	William Purdy	3,348	48.48%	22.22%
	Social Credit	Ralph Jespersen	2,788	40.37%	3.94%
	New Democratic	Michael Crowson	770	11.15%	-18.03%
Total			6,906
Rejected, spoiled and declined			44
Eligible electors / Turnout			10,098	%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit		Swing		13.08%

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election results[23]			Turnout 58.82%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	William Purdy	5,109	63.53%	15.05%
	Social Credit	Dean Throness	1,113	13.84%	-26.53%	*
	New Democratic	Jim Bell	923	11.48%	0.33%
	Liberal	Betty Howery	628	7.81%	*
	Independent Progressive Conservative	Arthur Killoran	269	3.34%	*
Total			8,042
Rejected, spoiled and declined			28
Eligible electors / Turnout			13,720	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		20.79%

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results[24]			Turnout 61.17%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	William Purdy	6,927	58.94%	-3.59%
	Social Credit	Oscar Venoasen	2,274	19.35%	5.51%	*
	Liberal	Andy McKinnon	1,250	10.64%	2.83%
	New Democratic	Sara Johnson	1,218	10.36%	-1.12%
	Independent Conservative	Eleanor Louden	83	0.71%	*
Total			11,752
Rejected, spoiled and declined			?
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,212	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.55%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results[25]			Turnout 66.98%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	William Purdy	10,210	59.77%	0.83%
	New Democratic	Jim Bell	2,905	17.01%	6.65%
	Western Canada Concept	John Parkes	2,337	13.68%	*
	Independent	Ernie Clintberg	1,048	6.14%
	Social Credit	Ralph Eikeland	299	1.75%	-17.60%	*
	Alberta Reform Movement	Murray Fuhr	202	1.18%	*
	Independent	Dick Martens	80	0.47%
Total			17,081
Rejected, spoiled and declined			14
Eligible electors / Turnout			25,523	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.74%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results[26]			Turnout 66.98%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Heron	4,535	43.63%	-16.14%
	New Democratic	Rick Hardy	3,046	29.30%	12.29%
	Representative	Ernie Clintberg	1,343	12.92%	6.78%
	Liberal	Ed Wilson	1,285	12.36%	*
	Western Canada Concept	Richard Dougherty	186	1.79%	-11.89%
Total			10,395
Rejected, spoiled and declined			12
Eligible electors / Turnout			21,923	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-14.22%

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results[27]			Turnout 55.10%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	New Democratic	Stan Woloshyn	4,699	37.32%	8.02%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Heron	4,604	36.56%	-7.07%
	Liberal	Dan Fitze	2,732	21.70%	9.34%
	Social Credit	John Torringa	557	4.42%	*
Total			12,592
Rejected, spoiled and declined			8
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,866	%
	NDP pickup from Progressive Conservative				Swing 7.55%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[28]			Turnout 60.12%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Stan Woloshyn	4,855	41.32%	4.76%	4.00%
	Liberal	Albert Schatzke	4,607	39.21%	17.51%
	New Democratic	Laurence Johnson	1,481	12.60%	-23.96%
	Social Credit	Gary Morton	674	5.74%	1.32%
	Natural Law	Lois Burger	133	1.13%
Total			11,750
Rejected, spoiled and declined			14
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,569	%
Incumbent Stan Woloshyn crossed the floor between the 1989 and 1993 elections.
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-10.76%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[29]			Turnout 60.00%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Stan Woloshyn	6,267	48.92%	7.60%
	Liberal	Peter Marchiel	3,906	30.49%	-8.72%
	Social Credit	Pat Hansard	1,742	13.60%	7.86%	*
	New Democratic	Felice Young	895	6.99%	-5.61%
Total			12,810
Rejected, spoiled and declined			20
Eligible electors / Turnout			21,383	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		8.16%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[30]			Turnout 58.04%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Stan Woloshyn	9,197	67.20%	18.28%
	Liberal	Monika Cappis	3,228	23.59%	-6.90%
	New Democratic	Stephen Lindop	1,261	9.21%	2.22%
Total			13,686
Rejected, spoiled and declined			52
Eligible electors / Turnout			23,668	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		12.59%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[31]			Turnout 48.32%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Lindsay	5,581	44.51%	-22.69%
	Liberal	Bill Fraser	3,381	26.97%	3.38%
	Alberta Alliance	Marilyn Burns	1,904	15.19%
	New Democratic	Ruth Yanor	1,362	10.86%	1.65%
	Social Credit	Henry Neumann	310	2.47%	*
Total			12,538	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			67
26,086 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-13.04%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results[32]			Turnout 42.29%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Lindsay	8,467	63.38%	18.87%
	Liberal	Bill Fraser	2,552	19.10%	-7.87%
	New Democratic	Shelina Brown	976	7.31%	-3.55%
	Wildrose Alliance	Sandy Pariseau	793	5.94%	-9.25%
	Green	Nora Shea	571	4.27%	*
Total			13,359	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			56
31,720 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		13.37%

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Lemke	7,010	45.83%	−17.55%
	Wildrose	Hal Tagg	5,675	37.10%	+31.16%
	New Democratic	Linda Robinson	1,224	8.00%	+0.69%
	Liberal	Arlin Biffert	1,042	6.81%	−12.29%
	Alberta Party	Kurtis Ewanchuk	207	1.35%
	Evergreen	Matt Burnett	138	0.90%	−3.37%
Total			16,460
Rejected, spoiled and declined
Eligible electors / Turnout			27,243	60.42%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		18.30%

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015: Stony Plain, Alberta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Erin Babcock	7,261	38.09%	+30.09%
	Wildrose	Kathy Rondeau	5,591	29.33%	-7.77%
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Lemke	4,801	25.18%	-17.65%
	Liberal	Mike Hanlon	654	3.43%	-3.38%
	Alberta Party	Sandy Simmie	538	2.82%	+1.47%
	Green	Matt Burnett	220	1.15%	+0.25%
Total			19,065
Rejected, spoiled and declined
Eligible electors / Turnout			28,303	67.36%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		6.94%

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Stony Plain[33]					Turnout 48.33%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	5,469	16.67%	50.51%	3
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	4,753	14.49%	43.90%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,783	11.53%	34.94%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	3,684	11.23%	34.03%	1
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,978	9.08%	27.51%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,690	8.20%	24.85%	10
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,591	7.90%	23.93%	8
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,364	7.21%	21.83%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	2,322	7.07%	21.45%	5
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,173	6.62%	20.07%	9
Total Votes			32,807	100%
Total Ballots			10,827	3.03 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,779

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Plebiscite results

1948 Electrification Plebiscite

District results from the first province wide plebiscite on electricity regulation.

Option A	Option B
Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being continued by the Power Companies?	Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being made a publicly owned utility administered by the Alberta Government Power Commission?
1,360     35.88%	2,430     64.12%
Province wide result: Option A passed.

1957 liquor plebiscite

1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite results: Stony Plain[34]
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	2,372	72.01%
	No	922	27.99%
Total Votes		2,864	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined		38
8,663 Eligible Electors, Turnout 38.64%

On October 30, 1957 a stand-alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. 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.^[35]

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.^[34]

Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Stony Plain voted in favour of the proposal by a landslide majority. Voter turnout in the district was abysmal falling well under the province wide average of 46%.^[34]

Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957.^[34] The Social Credit government in power at the time did not considered the results binding.^[36] However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act.^[37]

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.^[38]

Student Vote results

2004 Student Vote

Participating Schools[39]
High Park School
John Paul II School
Muir Lake School
Seba Beach School
St. Johns School of Alberta
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School
Wabamun 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 have 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 that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta Student Vote results[40]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Lindsay	297	38.27%
	NDP	Ruth Yanor	183	23.58%
	Liberal	Bill Fraser	124	15.98%
	Alberta Alliance	Marilyn Burns	123	15.85%
	Social Credit	Henry Neumann	49	6.32%
Total			776	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			19

2012 Student vote

2012 Alberta Student Vote results[41]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Lemke	329	33.43%
	Wildrose	Hal Tagg	275	27.95%
	Liberal	Arlin Biffert	150	15.24
	NDP	Linda Robinson	95	9.65%
	Evergreen	Matthew Burnett	73	7.42%
	Alberta Party	Kurtis Ewanchuk	62	6.30%
Total			984	100%

2015 Student vote

2015 Alberta Student Vote results[42]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	NDP	Erin Babcock	480	33.50%
	Wildrose	Kathy Rondeau	320	22.33%
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Lemke	228	15.91%
	Liberal	Mike Hanlon	178	12.42%
	Alberta Party	Sandy Simmie	126	8.79%
	Green	Matt Burnett	101	7.05%
Total			1433	100%

References

External links

• Electoral Divisions Act 2003
• Demographics for Stony Plain
• Riding Map for Stony Plain
• Student Vote Alberta 2004
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta