Peace River—Westlock is a federal

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, Canada, that has been represented in the

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since 2015. Peace River—Westlock was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the

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, scheduled for October 19, 2015. It was created out of parts of

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, Yellowhead, and

Westlock—St. Paul Westlock—St. Paul (briefly known as Battle River) was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. It included Westlock County, Sturgeon C ...

. Conservative Arnold Viersen, a former mechanic, has been the riding's MP since 2015.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the

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realistically expects to win, and this is one of them. However, the northern portion of the riding is less strongly conservative than the rest, with pockets of support for the

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. Historically, this riding has been always right-leaning, with support beginning toward the old Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, shifting toward the right-populist Reform Party after the time of prime minister

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, and then held by the new Conservative Party of Canada since the unification of the Progressive Conservatives and Canadian Alliance in 2003.

Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peace River-Westlock Alberta federal electoral districts Barrhead, Alberta Westlock County Whitecourt