Airdrie-Rocky View
Airdrie-Rocky View was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1997 to 2004.[1]
Defunct provincial electoral district | |
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Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
District created | 1997 |
District abolished | 2004 |
First contested | 1997 |
Last contested | 2001 |
History
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Airdrie-Rocky View | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
See Three Hills-Airdrie electoral district from 1993-1997, Drumheller electoral district from 1971-1997 and Olds-Didsbury electoral district from 1963-1997 |
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24th | 1997–2001 | Carol Louise Haley | Progressive Conservative | |
25th | 2001–2004 | |||
See Airdrie-Chestermere electoral district from 2004-2012 and Foothills-Rocky View electoral district from 2004-2012 |
The riding was created in the 1997 electoral district re-distribution to encompass the area North and East of the City of Calgary. The former Three Hills-Airdrie electoral district was split, with the north part of the riding merged with Olds-Didsbury, to form Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, the south half forming the eastern portion of Airdrie-Rocky View. The southern portion of Olds-Didsbury and western portion of Drumheller would also be transferred to Airdrie-Rocky View.
The Airdrie-Rocky View electoral district was abolished in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution and the territory being formed into the new electoral districts of Airdrie-Chestermere to the East, and Foothills-Rocky View to the West.[2]
Election results
1997 general election
1997 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Carol Louise Haley | 8,492 | 69.06% | – | ||||
Liberal | James Welsh | 2,197 | 17.87% | – | ||||
Social Credit | Peter Smits | 1,125 | 9.15% | – | ||||
New Democratic | Doris Bannister | 482 | 3.92% | – | ||||
Total | 12,296 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 24 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 22,998 | 53.57% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Airdrie-Rocky View Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
2001 general election
2001 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Carol Louise Haley | 13,195 | 79.91% | 10.84% | ||||
Liberal | Carol L'Abbee | 2,043 | 12.37% | -5.50% | ||||
Independent | Tom Humble | 683 | 4.14% | – | ||||
New Democratic | Christopher Hill | 592 | 3.59% | -0.33% | ||||
Total | 16,513 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 25 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 30,546 | 54.14% | 0.57% | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 8.17% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Airdrie-Rocky View Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
Also see
References
- "Election results for Airdrie-Rocky View". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (February 2003). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
Further reading
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved 25 May 2020.