Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills
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 2010 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
United Conservative | ||
| 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
Boundary 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]
The Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended splitting the district up in 2017, creating Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche and Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul, while transferring the area around Two Hills to Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville and a small area to Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock.
| 65 Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills 2010 Boundaries | |||
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| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Fort McMurray-Conklin | Bonnyville-Cold Lake | Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville and Lesser Slave Lake | Vermilion-Lloydminster |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
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| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Lac La Biche-St. Paul 1993-2012 | ||||
| 28th | 2012-2015 | Shayne Saskiw | Wildrose | |
| 29th | 2015-2017 | Dave Hanson | ||
| 2017-2019 | United Conservative | |||
| See Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche, Bonnyville-Cold Lake- St. Paul and Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville after 2019 | ||||
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 | % | ±% | ||||
| Wildrose | Shayne Saskiw | 5,949 | 46.56% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ray Danyluk | 5,418 | 42.40% | -28.88% | ||||
| New Democratic | Phil Johnson | 706 | 5.53% | -5.42% | ||||
| Liberal | John Nowak | 704 | 5.51% | -12.26% | ||||
| Total Valid Votes | 12,777 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 99 | |||||||
| Electors/turnout | 21,729 | 59.26% | +15.03% | |||||
| Wildrose notional gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +37.72% | ||||||
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2015 general election
| Alberta general election, 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Wildrose | Dave Hanson | 4,760 | 38.65% | -7.91% | ||||
| New Democratic | Catherine Harder | 4,213 | 34.21% | +28.68% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Darrell Younghans | 3,002 | 24.38% | -18.02% | ||||
| Green | Brian Deheer | 340 | 2.76% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 12,315 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 73 | |||||||
| Electors/turnout | 23,476 | 52.77% | -6.49% | |||||
| Wildrose hold | Swing | -18.30% | ||||||
Graphical representation
| 5.5% | 5.5% | 42.4% | 46.6% |
| NDP | Liberal | Progressive Conservative | Wildrose |
| 34.2% | 24.4% | 38.7% | |
| New Democrat | Progressive Conservative | Wildrose |
Senate nominee results
Student vote results
2012 student election
| 2012 Alberta Student Vote results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Ray Danyluk | |||
| Wildrose | Shayne Saskiw | |||
| Liberal | John Nowak | |||
| New Democratic | Phil Johnson | |||
References
- ↑ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.