Chestermere-Rocky View

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Chestermere-Rocky View
Alberta electoral district
File:ChestermereRockyView in Alberta.jpg
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Leela Aheer
Wildrose
District created 2010
First contested 2012
Last contested 2015

Chestermere-Rocky View is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system.

History

The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from large portions of the old electoral district of Airdrie-Chestermere and Foothills-Rocky View.[1] The district surrounds the western, northern and eastern boundaries of the city of Calgary.

Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Chestermere-Rocky View
Assembly Years Member Party
See Airdrie-Chestermere 2004-2012 and Foothills-Rocky View 2004-2012
28th 2012–2014 Bruce McAllister Wildrose
2014–2015 Progressive Conservative
29th 2015–present Leela Aheer Wildrose

Representation history

The electoral district and its antecedent has been electing Progressive Conservative candidates with solid majorities in recent years. The former riding of Airdrie-Chestermere saw incumbent Rob Anderson cross the floor to the Wildrose Party while Foothills-Rocky View MLA Ted Morton remains a Progressive Conservative.

Legislature results

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Wildrose Bruce McAllister 10,374 58.5%
Progressive Conservative Ted Morton 6,237 35.2%
Liberal Siân Ramsden 584 3.3%
New Democratic Nathan Salmon 542 3.1%
Total Valid Votes 17,737
Wildrose pickup new district.
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2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Wildrose Leela Aheer 7,679 37.0% -21.5%
Progressive Conservative Bruce McAllister 7,457 36.0% +0.8%
New Democratic William Pelech 3,704 17.9% +14.8%
Independent Jamie Lall 1,096 5.3%
Green Coral Bliss Taylor 415 2.0%
Independent Matt Grant 384 1.9%
Total Valid Votes 20,735
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -10.4%


Senate nominee results

2012 Senate nominee election district results

Student vote results

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Ted Morton 258 29.22%
Wildrose Bruce McAllister 454 51.42%
     Liberal Siân Ramsden 126 14.27%
     NDP Nathan Salmon 45 5.10%
Total 883 100%

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References

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  2. http://www.studentvote.ca/ab2012/results/?id=53

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