Livingstone-Macleod
Livingstone-Macleod is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 current districts in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Livingstone-Macleod within Alberta, 2017 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
United Conservative | ||
| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1997 | ||
| Last contested | 2019 | ||
The electoral district located in rural southwestern Alberta was created with minimal boundary changes in the 1997 boundary re-distribution from the old riding of Pincher Creek-Macleod. The district is named after Mount Livingstone and the town of Fort Macleod. The district also contains the communities of Pincher Creek and the municipality of the Crowsnest Pass.
The district and its antecedent have been favorable to electing Progressive Conservative candidates in the past few decades, but this history was broken in the 2012 Alberta general election when Wildrose candidate Pat Stier was elected.
History
The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution primarily from the old electoral district of Pincher Creek-Macleod.
Significant changes were made to the district in the 2010 boundary redistribution. The Blood Reserve was transferred to the electoral district of Cardston-Taber-Warner while land south of the town of High River that was in Highwood as well as a portion of land in that constituency in the north west and the portion of land that was part of the abolished Foothills-Rocky View electoral district south of Tsuu T'ina Nation was transferred into the electoral district.[1]
Boundary history
| 67 Livingstone-Macleod 2003 Boundaries[2] | |||
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| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Banff-Cochrane and Highwood | Lethbridge-West and Little Bow | none | Cardston-Taber-Warner |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Starting at the intersection of the Alberta-British Columbia boundary and the north boundary of Twp. 13; then 1. east along the north boundary of Twp. 13 to the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5; 2. north along the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5 to the south boundary of the Cataract Creek Snow Vehicle Forest Land Use Zone described in Order In Council 998/79; 3. northeasterly along the south boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 14 in Twp. 15, Rge. 3 W5; 4. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 22 in the Twp.; 5. north along the east boundary of Secs. 22 and 27 to the north boundary of Sec. 27; 6. west along the north boundary of Sec. 27 to the east boundary of Sec. 33; 7. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 15, Rge. 3 W5; 8. east along the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 4, Twp. 16, Rge. 2 W5; 9. north along the east boundary of Secs. 4, 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 to the north boundary of Twp. 16, Rge. 2 W5; 10. east along the north boundary of Twp. 16 to the east boundary of Sec. 6, Twp. 17, Rge. 28 W4; 11. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 5; 12. east along the north boundary of Secs. 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 in Twp. 17, Rge. 28 W4 and east along the north boundary of Secs. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 in Twp. 17, Rge. 27 W4; 13. east along the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 17, Rge. 26 W4 to the right bank of the Little Bow River; 14. downstream along the right bank to the east boundary of Rge. 25 W4; 15. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 18 in Twp. 11, Rge. 24 W4; 16. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 18 and 17 to the east boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 17. south along the east boundary of Secs. 17, 8 and 5 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 10; 18. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 31 in Twp. 10, Rge. 24; W4; 19. south along the east boundary of Sec. 31 and 30 in the Twp. to the right bank of the Oldman River; 20. downstream along the Oldman River to the north boundary of the Blood Indian Reserve No. 148; 21. generally southeast, southwest, west and northeast along the boundary of the Blood Indian Reserve No. 148 to its intersection with the right bank of the Waterton River; 22. upstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Waterton Lakes National Park; 23. in a generally westerly direction along the north park boundary to the Alberta-British Columbia boundary; 24. in a generally northerly direction along the boundary to the starting point. | |||
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| 71 Livingstone-Macleod 2010 Boundaries | |||
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| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Banff-Cochrane, Calgary-Lougheed, Chestermere-Rocky View and Highwood | Little Bow | British Columbia boundary | Cardston-Taber-Warner |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
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Electoral history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Livingstone-Macleod[3] | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Pincher Creek-Macleod 1993-1997 | ||||
| 24th | 1997–2001 | David Coutts | Progressive Conservative | |
| 25th | 2001–2004 | |||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | |||
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Evan Berger | ||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Pat Stier | Wildrose | |
| 29th | 2015–2017 | |||
| 2017–2019 | United Conservative | |||
| 30th | 2019–present | Roger Reid | ||
The electoral district was created in the 1997 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw Pincher Creek-Macleod Progressive Conservative incumbent David Coutts win more than half the popular vote over Liberal candidate Ernie Patterson to pick up the seat for his party.
The two would face each other again in the 2001 general election. Coutts would be re-elected with a larger majority to win his third term in office. Coutts won his fourth term in the 2004 election taking just over half of the popular vote in the riding. He retired from office at dissolution of the assembly in 2004.
The second representative of the district was Progressive Conservative MLA Evan Berger; elected to his first term in the 2008 general election.
Legislature results
1997 general election
| 1997 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Coutts | 5,337 | 50.96% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Ernie Patterson | 3,924 | 37.47% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Bob Bysouth | 703 | 6.71% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Gwen De Maere | 508 | 4.85% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,472 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 25 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 27,516 | 38.15% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Livingstone-Macleod Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2001 general election
| 2001 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Coutts | 6,340 | 60.69% | 9.72% | ||||
| Liberal | Ernie Patterson | 3,035 | 29.05% | -8.42% | ||||
| New Democratic | James Tweedie | 553 | 5.29% | 0.44% | ||||
| Alberta First | Larry Lybbert | 519 | 4.97% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,447 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 59 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 24,270 | 43.20% | 5.05% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 9.07% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Livingstone-Macleod Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Coutts | 5,097 | 51.02% | -9.67% | ||||
| Liberal | Craig Whitehead | 2,044 | 20.46% | -8.59% | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | George Lyster | 1,492 | 14.93% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Joyce Thomas | 628 | 6.29% | 0.99% | ||||
| Green | Chris Watts | 391 | 3.91% | – | ||||
| Separation | Jim Walker | 339 | 3.39% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,991 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 34 | 35 | 5 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 22,361 | 44.85% | 1.65% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -0.54% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Livingstone-Macleod Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2008 general election
| 2008 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Evan P. Berger | 6,037 | 64.18% | 13.17% | ||||
| Liberal | Mike Judd | 1,534 | 16.31% | -4.15% | ||||
| Wildrose | John W. McLeod | 988 | 10.50% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Phil Burpee | 476 | 5.06% | -1.23% | ||||
| Green | Bryan Hunt | 371 | 3.94% | 0.03% | ||||
| Total | 9,406 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 48 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 24,682 | 38.34% | -6.51% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 8.66% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "67 - Livingstone-Macleod, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2012 general election
| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Wildrose | Pat Stier | 8,577 | 48.05% | 37.55% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Evan P. Berger | 7,385 | 41.37% | -22.81% | ||||
| New Democratic | Matthew Halton | 944 | 5.29% | 0.23% | ||||
| Liberal | Alex MacDonald | 597 | 3.34% | -12.96% | ||||
| Evergreen | Larry Ashmore | 346 | 1.94% | – | ||||
| Total | 17,849 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 66 | 9 | 44 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 29,644 | 60.46% | 22.12% | |||||
| Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -20.60% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "71 - Livingstone-Macleod, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2015 general election
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Wildrose | Pat Stier | 7,362 | 39.89% | -8.17% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Evan P. Berger | 6,404 | 34.69% | -6.68% | ||||
| New Democratic | Aileen Burke | 4,228 | 22.91% | 17.62% | ||||
| Liberal | Alida Hess | 464 | 2.51% | -0.83% | ||||
| Total | 18,458 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 55 | 14 | 29 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 32,991 | 56.16% | -4.31% | |||||
| Wildrose hold | Swing | -0.74% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "71 - Livingstone-Macleod, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2019 general election
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Roger Reid | 17,644 | 70.64% | -3.94% | ||||
| New Democratic | Cam Gardner | 5,125 | 20.52% | -2.39% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Tim Meech | 1,276 | 5.11% | – | ||||
| Alberta Independence | Vern Sparkes | 430 | 1.72% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Dylin Hauser | 258 | 1.03% | -1.48% | ||||
| Green | Wendy Pergentile | 244 | 0.98% | – | ||||
| Total | 24,977 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 149 | 7 | 41 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 36,173 | 69.59% | 13.44% | |||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | -0.77% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "73 - Livingstone-Macleod, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
Senate nominee results
2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Livingstone-Macleod[4] | Turnout 44.79% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,969 | 16.02% | 49.30% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,972 | 11.99% | 36.92% | 2 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 2,762 | 11.15% | 34.31% | 4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,606 | 10.52% | 32.37% | 3 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,461 | 9.93% | 30.57% | 8 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,271 | 9.16% | 28.21% | 5 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 2,180 | 8.80% | 27.08% | 7 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,061 | 8.32% | 25.60% | 6 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 2,022 | 8.16% | 25.12% | 10 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,477 | 5.95% | 18.35% | 9 | |
| Total Votes | 24,781 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 8,051 | 3.08 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 1,964 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
Student Vote results
2004 election
| Participating Schools[5] |
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| Canyon School |
| Red Crow Community College |
| West Meadow School |
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.
| 2004 Alberta Student Vote results[6] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Coutts | 143 | 41.45% | |
| Liberal | Craig Whitehead | 73 | 21.16% | |
| Green | Chris Watts | 50 | 14.49% | |
| NDP | Joyce Thomas | 31 | 8.99% | |
| Separation | Jim Walker | 25 | 7.25% | |
| Alberta Alliance | George Lyster | 23 | 6.66% | |
| Total | 345 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 37 | |||
2012 election
| 2012 Alberta Student Vote results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Evan Berger | % | ||
| Wildrose | Pat Stier | |||
| Evergreen | Larry Ashmore | % | ||
| Liberal | Alex Macdonald | % | ||
| NDP | Matthew Halton | % | ||
| Total | 100% | |||
References
- "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 59–60.
- "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
- "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
- "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.