Full results: Here’s how Central Alberta voted in Oct. 19 referendum

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More than 22.1 million ballots were cast, with up to 10 per person, which is the most in any Canadian electoral event.

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As for the various voting modes, 37.9 per cent of ballots were cast during Advance Voting. Election day saw 31.8 per cent of the total ballots cast; 29.4 per cent were cast by mail; and 1.0 per cent were cast on mobile devices in supportive living and long-term care facilities, treatment centres, and emergency shelters.

Here is the breakdown for the electoral divisions of Red Deer-South, Red Deer-North, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, Lacombe-Ponoka, and Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin:

*First number is turnout; in parentheses is yes or no with decision and percentage

Question 10 – Should Alberta remain a province of Canada, or should the Government of Alberta commence the legal process required under the Canadian Constitution to hold a binding provincial referendum on whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada?

• Red Deer-South: 69.8% (stay 70.7%)
• Red Deer-North: 63.6% (stay 69.7%)
• Innisfail-Sylvan Lake: 70.7% (stay 56.9%)
• Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills: 71.0% (stay 55.4%)
• Lacombe-Ponoka: 70.1% (stay 57.6%)
• Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin: 72.5% (stay 64.6%)
• Province: 70.4% (stay 74.9%)

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Question 1 – Do you support the Government of Alberta taking increased control over immigration for the purposes of decreasing immigration to more sustainable levels, prioritizing economic migration and giving Albertans first priority on new employment opportunities?

• Red Deer-South: 69.7% (yes 59.9%)
• Red Deer-North: 63.9% (yes 62.1%)
• Innisfail-Sylvan Lake: 70.4% (yes 73.0%)
• Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills: 71.2% (yes 75.2%)
• Lacombe-Ponoka: 70.0% (yes 71.8%)
• Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin: 72.5% (yes 65.3%)
• Province: 70.0% (yes 54.9%)

Question 2 – Do you support the Government of Alberta introducing a law mandating that only Canadian citizens, permanent residents and individuals with an Alberta-approved immigration status will be eligible for provincially-funded programs, such as health care, education and other social services?

• Red Deer-South: 68.2% (yes 58.1%)
• Red Deer-North: 61.7% (yes 61.5%)
• Innisfail-Sylvan Lake: 70.6% (yes 70.7%)
• Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills: 71.2% (yes 73.1%)
• Lacombe-Ponoka: 70.1% (yes 69.3%)
• Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin: 72.5% (yes 62.9%)
• Province: 70.1% (yes 52.5%)

Question 3 – Assuming that all Canadian citizens and permanent residents continue to qualify for social support programs as they do now, do you support the Government of Alberta introducing a law requiring all individuals with a non-permanent legal immigration status to reside in Alberta for at least 12 months before qualifying for any provincially-funded social support programs?

• Red Deer-South: 68.4% (yes 59.3%)
• Red Deer-North: 64.0% (yes 59.6%)
• Innisfail-Sylvan Lake: 70.1% (yes 71.7%)
• Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills: 71.2% (yes 73.8%)
• Lacombe-Ponoka: 70.3% (yes 70.2%)
• Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin: 72.4% (yes 63.3%)
• Province: 70.3% (yes 53.1%)

Question 4 – Assuming that all Canadian citizens and permanent residents continue to qualify for public health care and education as they do now, do you support the Government of Alberta charging a reasonable fee or premium to individuals with a non-permanent immigration status living in Alberta for their and their family’s use of the health care and education systems?

• Red Deer-South: 69.6% (yes 56.5%)
• Red Deer-North: 65.1% (yes 57.1%)
• Innisfail-Sylvan Lake: 69.7% (yes 69.8%)
• Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills: 71.2% (yes 73.0%)
• Lacombe-Ponoka: 70.5% (yes 68.4%)
• Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin: 72.6% (yes 62.0%)
• Province: 70.2% (yes 51.8%)

Question 5 – Do you support the Government of Alberta introducing a law requiring individuals to provide proof of citizenship, such as a passport, birth certificate or citizenship card, to vote in an Alberta provincial election?

• Red Deer-South: 69.7% (yes 64.1%)
• Red Deer-North: 63.8% (yes 65.9%)
• Innisfail-Sylvan Lake: 71.1% (yes 75.6%)
• Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills: 71.5% (yes 77.6%)
• Lacombe-Ponoka: 70.1% (yes 74.7%)
• Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin: 72.5% (yes 67.4%)
• Province: 70.4% (yes 58.1%)

Question 6 – Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to have provincial governments, and not the federal government, select the justices appointed to provincial King’s Bench and Appeal courts?

• Red Deer-South: 69.7% (yes 51.2%)
• Red Deer-North: 63.9% (yes 52.8%)
• Innisfail-Sylvan Lake: 69.3% (yes 66.2%)
• Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills: 71.2% (yes 68.5%)
• Lacombe-Ponoka: 69.8% (yes 64.75)
• Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin: 72.4% (yes 56.4%)
• Province: 70.3% (no 54.6%)

Question 7 – Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to abolish the unelected federal Senate?

• Red Deer-South: 70.1% (yes 54.1%)
• Red Deer-North: 63.9% (yes 54.8%)
• Innisfail-Sylvan Lake: 70.2% (yes 66.9%)
• Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills: 70.9% (yes 69.8%)
• Lacombe-Ponoka: 69.8% (yes 66.0%)
• Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin: 72.5% (yes 58.0%)
• Province: 70.3% (no 52.7%)

Question 8 – Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to allow provinces to opt out of federal programs that intrude on provincial jurisdiction such as health care, education and social services, without a province losing any of the associated federal funding for use in its social programs?

• Red Deer-South: 69.8% (no 52.0%)
• Red Deer-North: 63.8% (no 50.5%)
• Innisfail-Sylvan Lake: 70.4% (yes 62.3)
• Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills: 71.1% (yes 65.1%)
• Lacombe-Ponoka: 69.5% (yes 62.0%)
• Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin: 72.5% (yes 53.5%)
• Province: 70.3% (no 57.6%)

Question 9 – Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to better protect provincial rights from federal interference by giving a province’s laws dealing with provincial or shared areas of constitutional jurisdiction priority over federal laws when the province’s laws and federal laws conflict?

• Red Deer-South: 70.5% (yes 50.2%)
• Red Deer-North: 63.4% (yes 52.2%)
• Innisfail-Sylvan Lake: 70.2% (yes 64.3%)
• Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills: 70.9% (yes 67.7%)
• Lacombe-Ponoka: 69.9% (yes 64.1%)
• Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin: 72.5% (yes 55.7%)
• Province: 70.3% (no 55.8%)

(with file from Canadian Press)