Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills

Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills
Alberta electoral district

2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 

Dave Hanson
Wildrose

District created 2010
First contested 1971
Last contested 2015

Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills is a provincial electoral district in northern Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting.

The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution, and was first contested in the 2012 election. It was last contested in the 2015 election, when it returned Dave Hanson of the Wildrose Party.

History

The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the electoral district of Lac La Biche-St. Paul which was altered to bound current municipal boundaries. Two Hills was added to the name at the request of local residents.[1]

Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills
Assembly Years Member Party
See Lac La Biche-St. Paul 1993-2012
28th 2012 Shayne Saskiw Wildrose
29th 2015 Dave Hanson Wildrose

Electoral history

Since the riding was renamed, it has been represented only by the Wildrose Party of Alberta, although its antecedent had been held by several parties, most prominently the Progressive Conservatives. The first MLA was Shayne Saskiw, who was elected in 2012 and resigned prior to the 2015 election. The current incumbent MLA is Dave Hanson who won the district in the 2015 election.

Legislature results

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes%
WildroseShayne Saskiw 5,949 46.56%
Progressive ConservativeRay Danyluk 5,418 42.40%
New DemocraticPhil Johnson 706 5.53%
LiberalJohn Nowak 704 5.51%
Total Valid Votes 12,777
Wildrose pickup new district.

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
WildroseDave Hanson 4,760 38.65% -7.91
New DemocraticCatherine Harder 4,213 34.21% +28.68
Progressive ConservativeDarrell Younghans 3,002 24.38% -18.02
GreenBrian Deheer 340 2.76%
Total valid votes 12,315
Wildrose hold Swing -18.30%

Student vote results

2012 student election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation Candidate
Progressive ConservativeRay Danyluk
WildroseShayne Saskiw
LiberalJohn Nowak
New DemocraticPhil Johnson

References

  1. "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2012.

External links

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