Cardston-Siksika

Cardston-Siksika
Alberta electoral district
Cardston-Siksika within Alberta (2017 boundaries).
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
TBD
District created 2017
First contested 2019
Demographics
Population (2016)[1] 42,655
Area (km²) 15,773
Pop. density (per km²) 2.7
Census divisions 2, 3, 5

Cardston-Siksika is a future provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district will be 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 will be contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election.

Geography

The district is located in southern Alberta, stretching from Namaka (east of Calgary) to the border with Montana. It contains all of Vulcan County, the northern portions of Lethbridge County and the MD of Taber, and all of Cardston County, as well as the Treaty 7 reserves of the Kainai and Siksika nations. Only one road connects the northern portion of the district with its southern portion, the Highway 509 bridge over the Oldman River west of Lethbridge.

History

Members for Cardston-Siksika
Assembly Years Member Party
See Little Bow 1913–2019 and Cardston-
Taber-Warner 1997–2019
30th 2019– To be determined

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended reducing the number of districts in southern Alberta due to relatively slow population growth.[2] The creation of this riding stirred some controversy, as incumbent MLA for Little Bow Dave Schneider expressed unwillingness to visit the two reserves it would include, saying "these people don't traditionally vote". Schneider later apologized for his "choice of words",[3] and announced he would retire from politics rather than run in the new seat.

Electoral results

2010s

Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta election
Wildrose5,44039.55
Progressive Conservative4,53832.99
New Democratic3,23123.49
Others5453.96
Alberta general election, 2019
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeJoseph Schow
Total valid votes
Rejected, spoiled, and declined
Registered electors
Turnout

References

  1. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ↑ "Final Report" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. 2017-10-01. p. 42.
  3. ↑ Michelle Bellefontaine (CBC) (2018-01-18). "Alberta MLA apologizes for saying 'these people don't traditionally vote' about Indigenous constituents". Retrieved 2018-03-12.
Chestermere-Strathmore Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Brooks-Medicine Hat
 
 
Highwood Taber-Warner
Livingstone-Macleod    Cardston-Siksika     Lethbridge-West
Taber-Warner
Montana
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