Airdrie-Cochrane

Airdrie-Cochrane is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election.

Airdrie-Cochrane
Alberta electoral district
Airdrie-Cochrane within the Calgary Metropolitan Region (2017 boundaries).
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Peter Guthrie
United Conservative
District created2017
First contested2019
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]51,170
Area (km²)754
Pop. density (per km²)67.9
Census divisions6
Census subdivisionsAirdrie, Cochrane

Geography

The district is located northwest of Calgary, containing the City of Cochrane, the part of Airdrie west of 8 St SW and south of 1 Ave NW, and the rural area lying between the two communities. It borders Calgary's northern edge between the Bow River and Highway 2.

History
Members for Airdrie-Cochrane
Assembly Years Member Party
See Airdrie 2012-2019 and Banff-Cochrane 1979-2019
30th 2019– Peter Guthrie United Conservative

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended abolishing Airdrie, Banff-Cochrane and Chestermere-Rocky View, completely reorganizing the ridings surrounding Calgary to reflect the rapid growth in the area,[2] and creating Airdrie-Cochrane from parts of each.

Electoral results
Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta election
Wildrose7,04436.54%
Progressive Conservative6,00631.15%
New Democratic5,70329.58%
Others5272.73%
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativePeter Guthrie18,77766.0%
New DemocraticSteven Durrell7,18325.2%
Alberta PartyVern Raincock1,8186.4%
 IndependenceDanielle Cameron
345
1.2%
Freedom ConservativeMatthew Morrisey3311.2%
Total valid votes 28,454
Rejected, spoiled and declined 162
Eligible voters 38,568
Turnout 74.0%
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References
  1. Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. "Final Report" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. 2017-10-01. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-24.
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