Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock

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Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock 2017.svg
Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock within Alberta (2017 boundaries)
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Glenn van Dijken
United Conservative
District created2017
First contested 2019
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Population (2016) [1] 46,920
Area (km²)23,699
Pop. density (per km²)2

Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock is a current 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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Geography

The district is located in northern Alberta, containing the communities of Swan Hills, Barrhead, Westlock, Athabasca, and Smoky Lake. It stretches east into part of St. Paul County. Major transportation routes include Alberta Highways 2, 18, 28, and 33 (Grizzly Trail).

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock 2004-2019 and
Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater 2012-2019
30th  2019–2023   Glenn van Dijken United Conservative
31st  2023–Present

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended consolidating four electoral districts into three in northeastern Alberta, placing most of Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock and Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater, along with a small part of Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills, into the new district. The Commission recommended naming the district Athabasca-Barrhead, but the Assembly decided to retain Westlock in the name. [2] In 2017, the Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock electoral district had a population of 46,920, which was slightly above the provincial average of 46,803 for an provincial electoral district. [3]

The district first elected United Conservative MLA Glenn van Dijken who had previously been elected to Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock as a Wildrose candidate in 2015. [4] Glenn van Dijken defeated his next closest challenger NDP candidate, day home operator and former Smoky Lake councillor Therese Taschuck by over 12,000 votes. [5]

Electoral results

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Glenn van Dijken 15,63174.32+5.81
New Democratic Landen Tischer5,40125.68+6.19
Total21,03299.21–
Rejected and declined1670.79
Turnout21,19960.08
Eligible voters35,286
United Conservative hold Swing -0.19
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [6]

2019

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
United Conservative Glenn van Dijken 16,82268.51%-0.66%$41,428
New Democratic Therese Taschuk4,78619.49%-11.19%$63,567
Alberta Party Wayne Rufiange2,2329.09%–$3,538
Alberta Independence Buster Malcolm4421.80%–$968
Independent Brad Giroux2731.11%–$3,038
Total24,555––
Rejected, spoiled and declined725316
Eligible electors / turnout34,04972.53%–
United Conservative notional hold Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [7] [8] [9]
Change is based on re-distributed results from the 2015 Alberta general election.
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

2015

Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta election
PartyVotes%
Wildrose 8,67640.67%
New Democratic 6,54630.68%
Progressive Conservative 6,08128.50%
Others320.15%

See also

References

  1. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ↑ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN   978-1-988620-04-6 . Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ Alberta. Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 33. ISBN   978-1-988620-04-6. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 4, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Glenn van Dijken wins Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock". Town and County Today. Great West Newspapers. April 23, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ Short, Dylan (April 15, 2019). "Riding profile: Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock". Edmonton Journal. Post Media. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ "49 - Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  7. ↑ "49 - Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  8. ↑ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 197–203. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  9. ↑ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN   978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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