Spruce Grove-Stony Plain is a

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electoral district in

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. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the

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using the

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method of voting. It was contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election.

Geography

The district is located west of

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, containing the City of Spruce Grove and the Town of Stony Plain. The district boundaries match the municipal boundaries of the two communities. It is bisected by Highway 16A and bordered by the

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to the North.

History

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended abolishing

Spruce Grove-St. Albert Spruce Grove-St. Albert was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta under the first past the post voting system from 2012 to 2019. History The electoral distri ...

and Stony Plain, creating a district that is well above the provincial average in population. The Commission reasoned this was preferable to placing part of either community in a neighbouring district.

Electoral results

Elections in the 2010s

References

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