Airdrie-Chestermere

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Airdrie-Chestermere
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
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2004 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created2003
District abolished2012
First contested 2004
Last contested 2008

Airdrie-Chestermere was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 2004 to 2012.

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History

The district was located to the east of Calgary in southern Alberta. It was created in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution from the old riding of Airdrie-Rocky View. The riding has an urban rural mix. It was named after the City of Airdrie and the City of Chestermere. The riding also covered Crossfield and the eastern half of Rocky View County as well as border areas of Calgary that have grown beyond into the district. [1]

The voters in the district and its antecedents primarily supported Progressive Conservative candidates in the past, but other right leaning parties polled well. The first representative was Progressive Conservative Carol Haley who had previously represented Airdrie-Rocky View, and the second was Rob Anderson who was elected as a Progressive Conservative in 2008 but crossed the floor to the Wildrose Alliance in early 2010. [2]

The riding was abolished in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution prior to the 2012 Alberta general election. The territory of the Aridrie-Chestermere district was divided amongst three new electoral districts, the northeast portion including Beiseker and Irricana was transferred to Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills electoral district, the territory covering the City of Airdrie and surrounding rural lands to the Airdrie electoral district, and the remainder to the Chestermere-Rocky View electoral district. [3]

Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Airdrie-Chestermere [5]
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Airdrie-Rocky View 1997-2004
26th 2004-2008 Carol Haley Progressive Conservative
27th 2008-2010 Rob Anderson
2010-2011 Wildrose Alliance
2011–2012Wildrose
See Airdrie and Chestermere-Rocky View 2012-2019

Electoral history

The electoral district was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution. The first election held that year saw Progressive Conservative incumbent Carol Haley who had previously represented the old ridings of Three Hills-Airdrie and Airdrie-Rocky View win the seat with a landslide over a crowded field of seven other candidates. She retired from office at dissolution in 2008.

The 2008 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Rob Anderson sweep to office. He crossed the floor to the Wildrose Alliance on January 4, 2010 citing dissatisfaction with the Progressive Conservative government and Premier Ed Stelmach.

Legislative election results

2004

2004 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Carol Louise Haley 6,84257.77%
Liberal John Burke1,63313.79%
Alberta Party Jeff Willerton1,0368.75%
Alberta Alliance Bradley Gaida7586.40%
New Democratic Grant Massie5694.80%
Greens Angela Scully4343.66%
Separation Bob Lefurgey3943.33%
Social Credit Jerry Gautreau1781.50%
Total11,844
Rejected, spoiled and declined44
Eligible electors / turnout30,09639.50%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Airdrie-Chestermere Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta . Retrieved March 20, 2010.

2008

2008 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Rob Anderson 9,37462.59%4.82%
Wildrose Jeff Willerton2,36215.77%
Liberal John Burke1,97313.17%-0.61%
Green David Brandreth6604.41%0.75%
New Democratic Bryan Young6094.07%-0.74%
Total14,978
Rejected, spoiled and declined21
Eligible electors / turnout38,98938.47%-1.03%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 1.42%

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Airdrie-Chestermere [6] Turnout 37.53%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
  Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 5,84619.10%56.57%1
 Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 3,91812.80%37.91%2
 Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 3,73912.22%36.18%5
 Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 3,32110.85%32.14%3
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough3,26010.65%31.55%8
 Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood2,8999.47%28.05%6
Independent Link Byfield 2,5988.49%25.14%4
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth1,8496.04%17.89%7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan1,7035.57%16.48%10
Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,4704.81%14.23%9
Total votes30,603100%
Total ballots10,3342.96 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined962

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

2004 student vote results

Participating schools [7]
Bert Church High School
Chestermere High School
Ecole Airdrie Middle School
George McDougall High School
Meadowbrook Middle School
Muriel Clayton Middle School
Our Lady Queen of Peace

On November 19, 2004, a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who had not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts, with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body who resided in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta student vote results [8]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Carol Haley 65239.16%
Green Angela Scully30818.50%
New Democratic Grant Massie18611.17%
Liberal John Burke17510.51%
Separation Bob Lefurgey1378.23%
Alberta Alliance Bradley Gaida855.11%
Alberta Party Jeff Willerton774.62%
Social Credit Jerry Gautreau452.70%
Total1,665100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined53

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References

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  8. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

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