Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre
 Alberta electoral district | |||
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 2010 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
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| District created | 2010 | ||
| First contested | 2012 | ||
| Last contested | 2015 | ||
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.
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
| 77 Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre 2010 Boundaries | |||
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| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Drayton Valley-Devon and West Yellowhead | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, Lacombe-Ponoka, and Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | British Columbia boundary | Banff-Cochrane |
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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 Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Rocky Mountain House 1940-2012 | ||||
| 28th | 2012–2014 | Joe Anglin | Wildrose | |
| 2014–2015 | Independent | |||
| 29th | 2015–Present | Jason Nixon | Wildrose | |
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.
Elections
2012 general election
| Alberta general election, 2012 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Wildrose | Joe Anglin | 7,647 | 51.26% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ty Lund | 6,145 | 41.19% | |||||
| New Democratic | Doreen Broska | 703 | 4.71% | |||||
| Liberal | Mason Sisson | 422 | 2.83% | |||||
2015 general election
| Alberta general election, 2015 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Wildrose | Jason Nixon | 6,670 | 40.1% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tammy Cote | 5,296 | 31.9% | |||||
| New Democratic | Hannah Schlamp | 2,789 | 16.8% | |||||
| Independent | Joe Anglin | 1,871 | 11.3% | |||||
Student vote results
2012 election
| 2012 Alberta Student Vote results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Diana McQueen | % | ||
| Wildrose | Dean Shular | |||
| Liberal | Mason Sisson | % | ||
| NDP | % | |||
| Total | ' | 100% | ||
References
- ↑ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 22. Retrieved January 14, 2012.