Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright
Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright 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 election.
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|---|---|---|---|
 Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright within Alberta (2017 boundaries). | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
United Conservative | ||
| District created | 2017 | ||
| First contested | 2019 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 46,042 | ||
| Area (km²) | 10,091 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 4.6 | ||
| Census divisions | 7, 10 | ||
| Census subdivisions | Makaoo 120, MD of Wainwright, Vermilion River, Lloydminster (Alberta portion), Vermilion, Wainwright, Chauvin, Dewberry, Edgerton, Irma, Kitscoty, Marwayne, Paradise Valley | ||
Geography
The district is coterminous with the municipal districts of Wainwright and Vermilion River in eastern Alberta. It is named for its three largest communities, Vermilion, Lloydminster, and Wainwright. Major thoroughfares include Highway 14, the Yellowhead Highway, the interprovincial Highway 17, and Highway 41.
History
| Members for Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Vermilion-Lloydminster 1993-2019 and Battle River-Wainwright 2004-2019 | ||||
| 30th | 2019– | Garth Rowswell | United Conservative | |
The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming Vermilion-Lloydminster, transferring its portion of Minburn County to Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville and absorbing the MD of Wainwright from Battle River-Wainwright.[2] Although the Commission recommended the name Vermilion-Wainwright for this district, the Legislative Assembly decided to retain Lloydminster in the name at the request of Vermilion-Lloydminster MLA Richard Starke.
Electoral results
2010s
| Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | 6,512 | 43.74% | ||
| Wildrose | 5,415 | 36.37% | ||
| New Democratic | 2,776 | 18.64% | ||
| Others[lower-alpha 1] | 186 | 1.25% | ||
- Includes Liberal votes in Battle River-Wainwright (no candidate in Vermilion-Lloydminster).
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| The 2019 general election will be held on April 16. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ryan Clarke | |||||||
| Independent | Robert McFazdean | |||||||
| Freedom Conservative | Jim McKinnon | |||||||
| Alberta Party | Craig G. Peterson | |||||||
| United Conservative | Garth Rowswell | |||||||
| Alberta Advantage | Kelly Zeleny | |||||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||||
References
- Statistics Canada: 2016
- "Final Report" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. 2017-10-01. p. 5.