Airdrie-Chestermere

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. In addition 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 remained to the Chestermere-Rocky View electoral district.[3]

Boundary history

43 Airdrie-Chestermere 2003 Boundaries[4]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	Strathmore-Brooks	Calgary-Cross, Calgary-Fort, Calgary-Hays Calgary-McCall, Calgary-Mackay, Calgary-Montrose, Foothills-Rocky View	Highwood
riding map goes here		Airdrie-Chestermere
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the north boundary of Sec. 13 in Twp. 29, Rge. 1 W5 and the centre line of Highway 2; then 1. east along the north boundary of Sec. 13 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Sec. 15, 14 and 13 in Twp. 29, Rge. 29 W4 and the north boundary of Secs. 18 and 17 in Twp. 29, Rge. 28 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 2. south along the east boundary of Secs. 17 and 8 to the north boundary of Sec. 4 in the Twp.; 3. east along the north boundary of Secs. 4, 3, 2 and 1 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 28 W4; 4. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 28; 5. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 25 W4; 6. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 26; 7. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 35 in Twp. 26, Rge. 25 W4; 8. south along the east boundary of Secs. 35 and 26 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 23 in the Twp.; 9. west along the north boundary of Secs. 23, 22, 21, 20 and 19 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 26 W4; 10. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 25; 11. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in Twp. 25, Rge. 26 W4; 12. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32 and 29 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 20 in the Twp.; 13. west along the north boundary of Sec. 20 to the east boundary of Sec. 19 in the Twp.; 14. south along the east boundary of Secs. 19 and 18 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp.; 15. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 27; 16. south along the east boundary of Rge. 27 to the right bank of the Bow River; 17. upstream along the right bank of the Bow River to the southerly extension of 88 Street SE in the City of Calgary; 18. north along the extension of 88 Street SE to the east Calgary city boundary; 19. north and west along the east city boundary to its intersection with the centre line of Highway 2; 20. north along the centre line of Highway 2 to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 26, Rge. 1 W5 (Highway 566); 21. west along the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11 and 10 to the east boundary of Sec. 16 in the Twp.; 22. north along the east boundary of Secs. 16, 21, 28 and 33 in Twp. 26 and Secs. 4, 9, 16 and 21 in Twp. 27 to the north boundary of Sec. 22 in Twp. 27, Rge. 1 W5; 23. east along the north boundary of Secs. 22, 23 and 24 to the centre line of Highway 2; 24. north along Highway 2 to the starting point.
Note:

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

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 have 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 that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

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