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Grande Prairie-Wapiti
Alberta electoral district
	; 2004 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1993
First contested	1993
Last contested	2008

Grande Prairie Wapiti is an Albertan provincial electoral district, located in northwestern Alberta.

The riding was created in 1993 when the old Grande Prairie riding was split in this riding and Grande Prairie Smoky. Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency includes the southern half of the city of Grande Prairie and the surrounding areas to the west of the city. Its border with Grande Prairie Smoky within the city is Richmond Avenue and the Canadian National Railway. The constituency borders British Columbia to the west. Clockwise from the provincial border, the district also borders Dunvegan, Grande Prairie Smoky and West Yellowhead. Other major towns include Beaverlodge and Wembley.

The current MLA for this district is Progressive Conservative Wayne Drysdale. He won election in the district in the 2008 provincial election.

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Name	Party	Elected	Left Office
Wayne Jacques	Progressive Conservative	1993	2001
Gordon Graydon	Progressive Conservative	2001	2008
Wayne Drysdale	Progressive Conservative	2008	present

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results^[1]			Turnout 36.58%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Graydon	4,346	55.07%
	Liberal	Cibylla Rakestraw	1,681	21.30%
	NDP	Jerry MacDonald	971	12.30%
	Alberta Alliance	John Hilton-O'Brien	546	6.92%
	Green	Allan Webber	348	4.41%
Total			7,892	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			34

[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Grande Prairie Wapiti^[2]					Turnout 43.52%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	3,122	16.26%	50.36%	3
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	2,750	14.32%	44.36%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	2,488	12.96%	40.13%	1
	Independent	Link Byfield	2,127	11.08%	34.31%	4
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	1,727	9.00%	27.86%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,525	7.94%	24.60%	5
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,476	7.69%	23.81%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,346	7.01%	21.71%	8
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,331	6.93%	21.47%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,306	6.81%	21.07%	10
Total Votes			19,198	100%
Total Ballots			6,200	3.10 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,619

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

[edit] 2004 Student Vote

Participating Schools^[3]
Beaverlodge Elementary School
Helleny Taylor School
Kateri Mission Catholic School
Saint Joseph Catholic High School
St. Gerrard 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^[4]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Graydon	458	43.25%
	Green	Allan Webber	193	18.22%
	NDP	Jerry MacDonald	190	17.94%
	Liberal	Cibylla Rakestraw	182	17.19%
	Alberta Alliance	John Hilton-O'Brien	36	3.40%
Total			1,059	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			36

[edit] References

^ "Grande Prairie-Wapiti Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/57.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

[edit] External links

[2004_official-0] "Grande Prairie-Wapiti Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/57.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08.

[senresults2004-1] "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08.

[school-2] "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-27.

[stu2004-3] "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

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