Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre

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Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre 2017.svg
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre within Alberta, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Jason Nixon
United Conservative
District created2010
First contested 2012
Last contested 2023

Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre is a provincial electoral district in central 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. It includes the towns of Bentley, Eckville, Rimbey, Rocky Mountain House, and Sundre.

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History

The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the old electoral district of Rocky Mountain House which was expanded to include the town of Rimbey, Alberta which was previously in Lacombe-Ponoka. The riding also gained some land west of Sylvan Lake. [1]

Boundary history

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Rocky Mountain House 1940-2012
28th 2012–2014 Joe Anglin Wildrose
2014–2015 Independent
29th 2015–2017 Jason Nixon Wildrose
2017–2019 United
Conservative
30th 2019–2023
31st 2023–

The predecessor Rocky Mountain House had returned Progressive Conservative MLAs since 1971. From 1940 to 1970 popular Social Credit MLA Alfred Hooke represented the district. The current incumbent is Jason Nixon who won the seat for the Wildrose Party in the 2015 election.

Legislative election results

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Jason Nixon 15,57169.46-12.18
Independent Tim Hoven3,39315.14
New Democratic Vance Buchwald3,11813.91+4.81
Independent Fred Schwieger1350.60
Advantage Party Carol Nordlund Kinsey1030.46-0.18
Wildrose Loyalty Coalition Tami Tatlock960.43
Total22,41699.37
Rejected and declined1420.63
Turnout22,55864.89
Eligible voters34,766
United Conservative hold Swing -13.66
Source(s)

2019

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Jason Nixon 20,57981.64+9.28
New Democratic Jeff Ible2,2939.10-8.10
Alberta Party Joe Anglin 1,3505.36+4.85
Freedom Conservative Dawn Berard3031.20
Green Jane Drummond2861.13+1.04
Alberta Independence David Rogers1850.73
Alberta Advantage Party Paula Lamoureux1610.64
Independent Gordon Francey500.20
Total25,20799.26
Rejected, spoiled and declined1890.74
Turnout25,39675.36
Eligible voters 33,699
United Conservative notional hold Swing +8.69
Source(s)
Source: "80 - Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
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. 386–393. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2015

2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Wildrose Jason Nixon 6,67040.11%-11.31%
Progressive Conservative Tammy Coté5,29631.85%-8.70%
New Democratic Hannah Schlamp2,79116.78%11.58%
Independent Joe Anglin 1,87111.25%
Total16,628
Rejected, spoiled and declined603710
Eligible electors / turnout32,57851.26%-2.47%
Wildrose hold Swing -1.30%
Source(s)
Source: "77 - Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 411–412.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
PartyVotes%
Wildrose 7,60440.34
Progressive Conservative 6,03632.02
New Democratic 3,24217.20
Independent 1,8569.85
Alberta Party 950.50
Green 180.10
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2012

2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Wildrose Alliance Joe Anglin 7,66451.42%
Progressive Conservative Ty Lund 6,04440.55%
New Democratic Doreen Broska7765.21%
Liberal Mason Sisson4202.82%
Total14,904
Rejected, spoiled and declined57338
Eligible electors / turnout27,86353.72%
Wildrose Alliance pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "77 - Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 456–458. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

Senate nominee election results

2012

Student vote results

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Diana McQueen %
Wildrose Dean Shular
  Liberal Mason Sisson%
  NDP %
Total100%

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References

  1. "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  2. "80 - Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 10, 2023.