Red Deer (electoral district)

Red Deer

Alberta electoral district
Red Deer in relation to the other Alberta federal electoral districts (2003 map)
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1907
District abolished	2013
First contested	1908
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	134,312
Electors (2011)	91,201
Area (km²)	4,103.13
Census divisions	Division No. 8
Census subdivisions	Red Deer, Red Deer County, Sylvan Lake, Innisfail

Red Deer was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 2015.

This riding was created in 1907 from Calgary and Strathcona ridings. At the time this was an overwhelmingly rural riding taking in much of Central Alberta between the two major cities of Calgary and Edmonton. The only major urban centre was Red Deer, then a small town.

The constituency has been consistently reduced in geographic size over the years due to Red Deer's continued growth. In 2003, about 20% of the district was transferred to the Wetaskiwin riding.

The riding was represented by centre-right MPs from 1935 onward. Like most other Alberta ridings outside Calgary and Edmonton, the major right-wing party of the day usually wins by blowout margins. From 1972 to 2011, a non-conservative party has only won 20 percent of the vote once.

The riding was split almost in half for the 2015 election. The southern portion became Red Deer-Mountain View, while the northern portion was merged with Wetaskiwin to form Red Deer-Lacombe.

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Its Member of Parliament is Earl Dreeshen, a farmer and a teacher. He was first elected in 2008. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.