Wetaskiwin-Camrose is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 current districts in the province 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 1993 boundary redistribution from the Wetaskiwin-Leduc and Camrose districts. It is located in rural central eastern Alberta. It includes its namesakes Wetaskiwin and Camrose as well as the town of Millet and the Samson 137 and Montana 139 Indian reserves.
The district and its antecedents had been favourable to electing Progressive Conservative candidates for the past few decades, however, this changed in the most recent election. The current representative is New Democratic Bruce Hinkley who won his first term in the 2015 election.
History
The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from the old electoral districts of Camrose and Wetaskiwin-Leduc. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw a portion of land lying east of the city of Camrose transferred in the Battle River-Wainwright electoral district.[1]
Boundary history
| 82 Wetaskiwin-Camrose 2003 Boundaries[2] |
|---|
| Bordering Districts |
| North |
East |
West |
South |
| Leduc-Beaumont-Devon |
Battle River-Wainwright |
Drayton Valley-Calmar |
Lacombe-Ponoka |
| riding map goes here |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. |
| Starting at the centre line of Highway 2 and the north boundary of Twp. 47; then 1. east along the north boundary of Twp. 47 to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 48, Rge. 25 W4; 2. north along the east boundary of Sec. 3 to the north boundary of Sec. 2; 3. east along the north boundary of Secs. 2 and 1 in Rge. 25 W4 and Secs. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 in Rges. 24 W4 and 23 W4 and Secs. 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2 in Rge. 22 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 2 in Twp. 48, Rge. 22 W4; 4. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 47; 5. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4 (Highway 834); 6. south along the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 45; 7. west along the north boundary of Twp. 45 to the east boundary of Sec. 32, Twp. 45, Rge. 23 W4; 8. south along Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 to the north boundary of Twp. 44, Rge. 23 W4 at its intersection with the northeast corner of the Samson Indian Reserve No. 137 ; 9. southerly, westerly, northerly and easterly along the boundaries of the Samson Indian Reserve No. 137 and Montana Indian Reserve No. 139 to the north boundary of Twp. 44 at its intersection with the east boundary of Ermineskin Indian Reserve No. 138 (including the western part of the Samson Indian Reserve No. 137); 10. west, north and westerly along the boundaries of Indian Reserve No. 138 and Louis Bull Indian Reserve No. 138B to the north boundary of Sec. 30, Twp. 45, Rge. 26 W4; 11. west along the north boundary of Sec. 30 in Rge. 25 W4 and Sec. 25 in Rge. 26 W4 to the centre line of Highway 2; 12. north along the centre line to the starting point. |
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Electoral history
The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw incumbent Camrose MLA Ken Rostad run in the new electoral district. He picked up the new seat for the Progressive Conservative party facing a strong challenge from Liberal candidate Bob Prestage.
Rostad retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1997. His replacement in the legislature was Progressive Conservative candidate LeRoy Johnson. He won the district with a landslide to hold it for his party. He was re-elected to a second term in the 2001 general election with a bigger majority. He won a third term in office in 2004 and retired at the end of his third term in 2008. Progressive Conservative Verlyn Olson who was elected to his first term in the 2008 general election and second term in 2012, before losing to New Democratic Bruce Hinkley in the 2015 election.
The current representative in the district is New Democratic Bruce Hinkley who was elected to his first term in the 2015 general election.
Senate nominee results
2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Wetaskiwin-Camrose[9] |
Turnout 45.79% |
| Affiliation |
Candidate |
Votes |
% Votes |
% Ballots |
Rank |
|
Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 4,092 | 14.80% | 46.08% | 3 |
|
Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 4,064 | 14.69% | 45.77% | 2 |
|
Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 4,032 | 14.58% | 45.41% | 1 |
| |
Independent |
Link Byfield |
2,879 |
10.41% |
32.42% |
4 |
|
Alberta Alliance |
Michael Roth |
2,399 |
8.67% |
27.02% |
7 |
|
Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,396 | 8.66% | 26.98% | 6 |
|
Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,275 | 8.23% | 25.62% | 5 |
|
Alberta Alliance |
Vance Gough |
2,020 |
7.30% |
22.75% |
8 |
|
Alberta Alliance |
Gary Horan |
1,967 |
7.11% |
22.15% |
10 |
| |
Independent |
Tom Sindlinger |
1,533 |
5.55% |
17.26% |
9 |
| Total Votes |
27,657 |
100% |
| Total Ballots |
8,880 |
3.12 Votes Per Ballot |
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined |
2,201 |
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
Student Vote results
2004 election
| Participating Schools[10] |
|---|
| Camrose Composite High School |
| Ecole Parkdale School |
| Ecole Queen Elizabeth Junior High |
| Griffith Scott School |
| Our Lady of Mount Pleasant Jr./Sr. High |
| Sacred Heart School |
| Wetaskiwin Composite High School |
On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.
References
- ↑ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 22. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ↑ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 74–75.
- ↑ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
- ↑ "Wetaskiwin-Camrose results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ↑ "Wetaskiwin-Camrose results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ↑ "Wetaskiwin-Camrose Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ↑ "Wetaskiwin-Camrose Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ↑ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 563–569.
- ↑ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
- ↑ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ↑ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
