Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock

Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock is a current provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district will be one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election.

Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock
Alberta electoral district
Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock within Alberta (2017 boundaries)
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Glenn van Dijken
United Conservative
District created2017
First contested2019
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]46,920
Area (km²)23,699
Pop. density (per km²)2

Geography

The district is located in northern Alberta, containing the communities of Swan Hills, Barrhead, Westlock, Athabasca, and Smoky Lake. It stretches east into part of St. Paul County. Major transportation routes include Alberta Highways 2, 18, 28, and 33 (Grizzly Trail).

History
Members for Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock
Assembly Years Member Party
See Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock 2004-2019 and
Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater 2012-2019
30th 2019– Glenn van Dijken United Conservative

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended consolidating four electoral districts into three in northeastern Alberta, placing most of Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock and Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater, along with a small part of Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills, into the new district. The Commission recommended naming the district Athabasca-Barrhead, but the Assembly decided to retain Westlock in the name.[2]

Electoral results
Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta election
Party Votes %
Wildrose8,67640.67%
New Democratic6,54630.68%
Progressive Conservative6,08128.50%
Others320.15%
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeGlenn van Dijken16,82268.5%-0.67
New DemocraticTherese Taschuk4,78619.5%-11.18
Alberta PartyWayne Rufiange2,2329.1%
 IndependenceBuster Malcolm4421.8%
IndependentBrad Giroux2731.1%
Total valid votes 24,555
Rejected, spoiled and declined 142
Registered electors / Turnout 37,283/66.1%

References
  1. Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. "Final Report" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. 2017-10-01. p. 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-24.
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