Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock

Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock
Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created2003
District abolished2019
First contested2004
Last contested2015

Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock 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 2004 to 2019.

The Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock electoral district included the towns of Barrhead, Morinville, Westlock, Swan Hills, and Legal as well as numerous smaller hamlets.

History

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The Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock electoral district was created in the 2004 electoral boundary re-distribution from the defunct Barrhead-Westlock riding which had formed in 1993. The riding was created by merging Barrhead-Westlock with the western portion of Redwater which had been split to make Athabasca-Redwater.[1]

The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution saw the boundaries revised to include a portion of land from the Lesser Slave Lake electoral district. The portion of land in the district that was part of Sturgeon County was transferred to Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert.[2]

The Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and portions of the district would form the newly created Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock and Morinville-St. Albert electoral districts.[3]

Boundary history

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Representation history

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock[6]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Barrhead-Westlock 1993-2004 and Redwater 1993-2004
26th 2004–2008 Ken Kowalski Progressive
Conservative
27th 2008–2012
28th 2012–2015 Maureen Kubinec
29th 2015–2017 Glenn van Dijken Wildrose
2017-2019 United Conservative
See Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock and Morinville-St. Albert 2019-

The riding was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution. Its predecessor districts Barrhead-Westlock had been solidly represented by Progressive Conservative and while Redwater saw a mixture of Liberal and Progressive Conservative MLA's returned in recent decades.

Former Speaker of the Assembly Ken Kowalski had served as a member in the area since winning a by-election in 1979. Prior to being Speaker he had previously held some cabinet portfolios in the Alberta government. He was returned to office when the district was created in 2004 and re-elected in 2008 with landslide pluralities.

The 2012 election saw a closely contested race with Progressive Conservative candidate Maureen Kubinec defeating former senator-in-waiting Link Byfield by a few hundred votes to hold the district.

Legislative election results

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2004

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2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ken Kowalski 7,066 59.30%
Liberal Alan Fiebich 2,310 19.39%
New Democratic Peggy Kirkeby 1,113 9.34%
Alberta Alliance Mike Radojcic 1,020 8.56%
Social Credit Carl Haugen 407 3.42%
Total 11,916
Rejected, spoiled and declined 41
Eligible electors / turnout 22,732 52.60%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Elections Alberta 2004 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008

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2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ken Kowalski 8,312 70.26% 10.96%
Liberal Leslie I. Penny 1,804 15.25% -4.14%
New Democratic Rodney M. Olstad 927 7.84% -1.51%
Green Daniel Evans 479 4.05%
Social Credit Carl Haugen 309 2.61% -0.80%
Total 11,831
Rejected, spoiled and declined 46
Eligible electors / turnout 24,792 47.91%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 7.55%
Source(s)

2012

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2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Maureen Kubinec 7,447 44.72% -25.53%
Wildrose Alliance Link Byfield 7,103 42.66%
New Democratic Trudy Grebenstein 983 5.90% -1.93%
Liberal Leslie Penny 931 5.59% -9.66%
Evergreen Lisa Grant 188 1.13%
Total 16,652
Rejected, spoiled and declined 52
Eligible electors / turnout 27,394 60.98%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -26.47%
Source(s)

2015

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2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wildrose Glenn van Dijken 7,206 39.35% -3.31%
New Democratic Tristan Turner 6,232 34.03% 28.13%
Progressive Conservative Maureen Kubinec 4,876 26.62% -18.10%
Total 18,314
Rejected, spoiled and declined 59
Eligible electors / turnout 28,176 65.21%
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 1.63%
Source(s)

Senate nominee election results

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2004

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2004 Senate nominee election results: Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock[7] Turnout 52.09%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 6,156 20.29% 59.70% 3
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,320 14.24% 41.89% 2
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 3,600 11.87% 34.91% 1
  Independent Link Byfield 3,279 10.81% 31.80% 4
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,459 8.11% 23.85% 6
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,356 7.77% 22.85% 7
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,230 7.35% 21.63% 5
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,133 7.03% 20.69% 10
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,130 7.02% 20.66% 8
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,674 5.51% 16.23% 9
Total votes 30,337 100%
Total ballots 10,312 2.94 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,530

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

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Student vote results

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2004

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Participating schools[8]
Barrhead Composite School
Dunstable School
Eleanor Hall School
Fort Assiniboine School
Morinville Community High School
St. Mary School
Westlock Elementary

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[9]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Ken Kowalski 317 32.68%
Liberal Alan Fiebich 228 23.51%
New Democratic Peggy Kirkeby 206 21.24%
Alberta Alliance Mike Radojcic 166 17.11%
Social Credit Carl Haugen 53 5.46%
Total 970 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 36

2012

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2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Maureen Kubinec %
Wildrose Link Byfield
Liberal %
New Democratic Bryan Young %
Total 100%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (February 2003). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
  5. ^ "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  6. ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  7. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  8. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  9. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
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