Leduc-Beaumont is a
provincial electoral district in
Alberta
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,
Canada
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. The district is one of
87 districts mandated to return a single
member (MLA) to the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from sin ...
using the
first past the post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
method of voting.
History
The electoral district was created in the
2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was named after the
City of Leduc and
Leduc County
Leduc County is a municipal district in Alberta, Canada that is immediately south of the City of Edmonton. It spans east to west and north to south, and has a population of 14,416. The municipal district is home to prairie parkland and several ...
and the
Town of Beaumont. It was created from the old electoral district of
Leduc-Beaumont-Devon
Leduc-Beaumont-Devon 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 2012.
The district and its antece ...
which was abolished when the town of
Devon
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was transferred into the new district of
Drayton Valley-Devon
Drayton Valley-Devon is a provincial electoral district in 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 p ...
. The other major change from the old riding was the move of land within
Camrose County
Camrose County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 10, around the City of Camrose.
Geography Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Camrose Cou ...
to
Battle River-Wainwright
Battle River-Wainwright 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.
History
The electoral di ...
. The Leduc-Beaumont district would have a population of 41,902 in 2010 which was 2.5% larger than the provincial average of 40,880.
The 2017 electoral boundaries re-distribution saw areas within the district annexed by the City of Edmonton be transferred to Edmonton constituencies, and the eastern border of this constituency was moved west to hug the eastern borders of the Town of Beaumont, Nisku Industrial Park and the City of Leduc. The land to the east of the new border would be added to the riding of
Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin
Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It ...
. The district would have a population of 48,337 in 2017, which was 3% above the provincial average of 46,803.
Boundary history
Representation history
The electoral district and its antecedent has elected Progressive Conservative MLAs with solid majorities going back to the 1970s. In the 2015 general election NDP candidate Shaye Anderson was elected, defeating Wildrose candidate Sharon Smith and incumbent George Rodgers. Anderson was appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs in
Rachel Notley
Rachel Anne Notley (born April 17, 1964) is a Canadian politician who served as the 17th premier of Alberta from 2015 to 2019, and has been the leader of the Opposition since 2019. She sits as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for ...
's cabinet.
Anderson was defeated in the 2019 general election by UCP candidate
Brad Rutherford
Brad Rutherford is a Canadian politician elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Leduc-Beaumont in the 30th Alberta Legislature.
Prior to his election to the Legislative Assembly, Rutherford served a ...
by 7,731 votes.
Elections
2012 general election
2015 general election
2019 general election
Senate nominee results
2012 Senate nominee election district results
Student vote results
2012 election
See also
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List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
Alberta provincial electoral districts are currently single member ridings that each elect one member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. There are 87 districts fixed in law in Alberta.
History
The original twenty five districts were drawn u ...
References
External links
Elections AlbertaThe Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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Alberta provincial electoral districts
Leduc, Alberta