Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin

Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is 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 was contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta general election and is represented by Rick Wilson of the United Conservative Party of Alberta.

Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin
Alberta electoral district
Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin within Alberta (2017 boundaries)
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Rick Wilson
United Conservative
District created2017
First contested2019
Last contested2019
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]43,798
Area (km²)4,220
Pop. density (per km²)10.4

Geography

The district is located south of Edmonton, named for the City of Wetaskiwin and the Hamlet of Maskwacis (which serves as a central community for the "four nations": the Cree Ermineskin, Samson, Montana and Louis Bull bands). It also includes the Pigeon Lake Reserve, which is shared by the four nations. Other towns and villages include Millet, Bittern Lake, Hay Lakes, and the summer villages that line the shores of Pigeon Lake.

History
Members for Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin
Assembly Years Member Party
See Wetaskiwin-Camrose 1993–2019
30th 2019– To be determined

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended joining most of Wetaskiwin-Camrose with parts of Battle River-Wainwright, Leduc-Beaumont, and Drayton Valley-Devon. The Commission decided to unite the five reserves around Maskwacis into a single riding to eliminate the province's last non-contiguous riding.[2]

Electoral results
Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election
Party Votes %
New Democratic6,79541.51%
Progressive Conservative4,76029.08%
Wildrose4,54427.76%
Others2721.66%

2019 Alberta General Election[3]
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
GreenDesmond G. Bull2561.3%
Alberta PartySherry Greene1,3826.9%
New DemocraticBruce Hinkley4,73723.7%
 Alberta AdvantageWesley Rea
263
1.3%
Freedom ConservativeDavid White5222.6%
United ConservativeRichard Wilson12,79664.1%
Total valid votes 19,956
Rejected, spoiled and declined 90
Registered electors 31,628
Turnout 63.2

References
  1. Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (Oct 2017). "Final Report" (PDF). p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  3. "Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin Official Results 2019 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
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