Chestermere-Rocky View

Chestermere-Rocky View 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 2012 to 2019.

Chestermere-Rocky View
Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created2010
District abolished2019
First contested2012
Last contested2015

History

Boundary history

Chestermere-Rocky View was created from large portions of the old electoral district of Airdrie-Chestermere and Foothills-Rocky View in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution.[1] The district surrounds the western, northern and eastern boundaries of the city of Calgary.

The electoral district was abolished in the 2017 electoral district re-distribution prior to the 2019 Alberta general election. The area east of Calgary (which contains a majority of Chestermere-Rocky View's population) will be transferred to Chestermere-Strathmore, the areas north of Highway 564 and east of Highway 2 will be transferred to Airdrie-East, the areas west of Highway 2 and north of the Bow River to Airdrie-Cochrane, and the areas west of Calgary (including the Tsuu T'ina Reserve) to Banff-Kananaskis.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Chestermere-Rocky View
Assembly Years Member Party
See Airdrie-Chestermere and Foothills-
Rocky View 2004-2012
28th 2012–2014 Bruce McAllister Wildrose
2014–2015 PC
29th 2015–2017 Leela Aheer Wildrose
2017-2019 UCP
See Airdrie-Cochrane, Airdrie-East, Banff-Kananaskis
and Chestermere-Strathmore 2019-

Representation history

The electoral district's antecedents had elected Progressive Conservative (PC) candidates with solid majorities. However, in 2012, Chestermere-Rocky View was picked up by the Wildrose Party with one of the best results in the province for that party.

MLA Bruce McAllister subsequently crossed the floor to the PCs during the premiership of Jim Prentice with most of the Wildrose caucus.[3] Although he was one of the few former Wildrose MLAs to win the PC nomination in his riding for the 2015 election, he was defeated by Wildrose candidate Leela Aheer by a slim margin.

Aheer then crossed the floor to the United Conservative Party (UCP) when the PCs and Wildrose decided to merge. She was named deputy leader of the UCP by leader Jason Kenney in late 2017.[4] As the riding will be abolished in 2019, Aheer has indicated her intent to run in Chestermere-Strathmore.

In its short existence, Chestermere-Rocky View therefore elected Wildrose MLAs twice, but neither served their full term with the party.

Legislature results

2012 general election
2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
WildroseBruce McAllister10,16558.36%–
Progressive ConservativeTed Morton6,15435.33%–
LiberalSian Ramsden5643.24%–
New DemocraticNathan Salmon5363.08%–
Total 17,419––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 59––
Eligible electors / Turnout 31,65255.22%–
Wildrose pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "54 - Chestermere-Rocky View Official Results 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015 general election
2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
WildroseLeela Aheer7,67637.04%-21.32%
Progressive ConservativeBruce McAllister7,45435.97%0.64%
New DemocraticWilliam James Pelech3,70617.88%14.80%
IndependentJamie Lall1,0935.27%–
GreenCoral Bliss Taylor4051.95%–
IndependentMatt Grant3911.89%–
Total 20,725––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 91––
Eligible electors / Turnout 34,92859.60%4.38%
Wildrose hold Swing -10.98%
Source(s)
Source: "54 - Chestermere-Rocky View Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Senate nominee results

Student vote results

2012 election
2012 Alberta Student Vote results[5]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeTed Morton25829.22%
WildroseBruce McAllister45451.42%
LiberalSiân Ramsden12614.27%
New DemocraticNathan Salmon455.10%
Total 883 100%

See also

References
  1. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "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 978-0-9865367-1-7. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  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. "9 Wildrose MLAs, including Danielle Smith, cross to Alberta Tories". CBC News. Edmonton, AB: CBC News. December 17, 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. Bellefontaine, Michelle (July 22, 2017). "Wildrose and PC members approve unite-the-right deal with 95% voting 'yes'". CBC News. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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