Strathcona-Sherwood Park
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 Alberta electoral district |
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| File:StrathconaSherwoodPark in Alberta.jpg
2010 boundaries
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
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| District created | 2010 | ||
| First contested | 2012 | ||
Strathcona-Sherwood Park 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.
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History
The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the old Strathcona electoral district which had a portion of land split off north of Alberta Highway 16 to Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville.[1]
Boundary history
| 82 Strathcona-Sherwood Park 2010 Boundaries | |||
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| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Mill Creek and Sherwood Park | Battle River-Wainwright and Leduc-Beaumont |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
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Electoral history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Strathcona-Sherwood Park |
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Strathcona 2004-2012 | ||||
| 28th | 2012-2015 | Dave Quest | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 2015-present | Estefania Cortes-Vargas | New Democrat | |
The electoral district was created in 2010. The area has been returning Progressive Conservative MLA's in recent elections. The current incumbent is Dave Quest who was first elected as MLA for Strathcona in 2008.
Legislature results
2012 general election
| Alberta general election, 2012 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dave Quest | % | ||||||
| Wildrose | Paul Nemetchek | % | ||||||
| Liberal | John Murray | % | % | * | ||||
| New Democratic | Mike Scott | % | ||||||
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| Rejected, spoiled and declined | ||||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | % | |||||||
Senate nominee results
2012 Senate nominee election district results
Student vote results
2012 election
| 2012 Alberta Student Vote results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Dave Quest | % | ||
| Wildrose | Paul Nemetchek | |||
| Liberal | John Murray | % | ||
| NDP | Mike Scott | % | ||
| Total | ' | 100% | ||
References
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