Airdrie (electoral district)
 Alberta electoral district | |||
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 2010 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
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| District created | 2010 | ||
| First contested | 2012 | ||
| Last contested | 2015 | ||
Airdrie is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. This riding consists of the entire city of Airdrie and was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system.
History
The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the old Airdrie-Chestermere.[1]
Boundary history
| 47 Airdrie 2010 Boundaries | |||
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| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | Banff-Cochrane | Chestermere-Rocky View |
| Riding map goes here |  |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
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Electoral history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Aidrie | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Airdrie-Chestermere 2004-2012 and Foothills-Rocky View 2004-2012 | ||||
| 28th | 2012–2014 | Rob Anderson | Wildrose | |
| 2014–2015 | Progressive Conservative | |||
| 29th | 2015–present | Angela Pitt | Wildrose | |
The electoral district was created in 2010. The area has been returning Progressive Conservative MLA's in recent elections. The current incumbent is Rob Anderson who was first elected as MLA for Airdrie-Chestermere in 2008 as a Progressive Conservative candidate but crossed the floor to the Wildrose in 2010. Anderson was re-elected under the Wildrose banner in the 2012 provincial election.
Legislature results
2012 general election
| Alberta general election, 2012 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Wildrose | Rob Anderson | 9,568 | 58.2% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kelly Hegg | 5,376 | 32.7% | |||||
| New Democratic | Bryan Young | 685 | 4.2% | |||||
| Liberal | Joel Steacy | 525 | 3.2% | |||||
| Independent | Jeff Willerton | 297 | 1.8% | |||||
| Total | 16,451 | |||||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 113% | |||||||
| Eligible Electors / Turnout | 31,258 | 52.9% | ||||||
| Wildrose pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2012 Provincial General Election for the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. 27 Apr 2012. pp. 276–280. | ||||||||
2015 general election
| Alberta general election, 2015 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Wildrose | Angela Pitt | 7,499 | 35.1% | -23.1% | ||||
| New Democratic | Chris Noble | 6,368 | 29.8% | +25.6% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Brown | 6,168 | 28.9% | -3.8% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Jeremy Klug | 913 | 4.3% | |||||
| Independent | Jeff Willerton | 400 | 1.9% | +0.1% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,348 | |||||||
| Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -9.7% | ||||||
Student vote results
2012 election
| 2012 Alberta Student Vote results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Kelly Hegg | % | ||
| Wildrose | Rob Anderson | |||
| Liberal | % | |||
| NDP | Bryan Young | % | ||
| Total | ' | 100% | ||
References
- ↑ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 19. Retrieved January 14, 2012.