Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin

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Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin 2017.svg
Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin within Alberta (2017 boundaries)
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Rick Wilson
United Conservative
District created2017
First contested 2019
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Population (2016) [1] 43,798
Area (km²)4,220
Pop. density (per km²)10.4

Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin 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 general election and is represented by Rick Wilson of the United Conservative Party of Alberta.

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Geography

The district is located south of Edmonton, named for the city of Wetaskiwin and the hamlet of Maskwacis (which serves as a central community for the "four nations": the Cree Ermineskin, Samson, Montana and Louis Bull bands). It also includes the Pigeon Lake Reserve, which is shared by the four nations. Other towns and villages include Millet, Bittern Lake, Hay Lakes, and the summer villages that line the shores of Pigeon Lake.

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Wetaskiwin-Camrose 1993–2019
30th  2019–2023   Rick Wilson United Conservative
31st  2023–Present

The district was created in the 2017 electoral district re-distribution when most of Wetaskiwin-Camrose joined with parts of Battle River-Wainwright, Leduc-Beaumont, and Drayton Valley-Devon. The Commission decided to unite the five reserves around Maskwacis into a single riding to eliminate the province's last non-contiguous riding. The resulting population of the Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin electoral district for 2017 was 43,798, which was 6% below the provincial average of 46,803. [2]

Legislative election results

Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election
PartyVotes%
New Democratic 6,79541.51%
Progressive Conservative 4,76029.08%
Wildrose 4,54427.76%
Others2721.66%

2019

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Rick Wilson 12,79664.12%7.28%
New Democratic Bruce Hinkley 4,73723.74%-17.77%
Alberta Party Sherry Greene1,3826.93%–
Freedom Conservative David White5222.62%–
Alberta Advantage PartyWesley Rea2631.32%–
Green Desmond G. Bull2561.28%–
Total19,956––
Rejected, spoiled and declined90––
Eligible electors / turnout28,94869.25%–
United Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "74 - Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Rick Wilson 11,64067.54+3.42
New Democratic Katherine Swampy4,80127.86+4.12
Independent Marie Rittenhouse5203.02–
Green Justin Fuss1871.09-0.20
Solidarity Movement Suzanne Jubb860.50–
Total17,23499.68–
Rejected and declined550.32
Turnout17,28958.01
Eligible voters29,805
United Conservative hold Swing -0.35
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [3]

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. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ "74 - Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 10, 2023.

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