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Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater was a
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in
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mandated to return a single member to the
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using
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balloting from 2012 to 2019.


History

The electoral district was created in the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution from the electoral old district of
Athabasca-Redwater Athabasca-Redwater 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 in rural northern ...
. The electoral district boundaries were updated to align the district to current municipal boundaries along the sparsely populated north and western boundaries. The Athabasca-Sturgeon electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and portions of the district would incorporate the Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock and Morinville-St. Albert electoral districts for the
2019 Alberta general election The 2019 Alberta general election was held on April 16, 2019, to elect 87 members to the 30th Alberta Legislature. In its first general election contest, the Jason Kenney-led United Conservative Party (UCP) won 54.88% of the popular vote and 63 ...
.


Boundary history


Representation history

The predecessor district
Athabasca-Redwater Athabasca-Redwater 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 in rural northern ...
that existed from 2004 to 2012. Its antecedents had returned Progressive Conservative candidates since the 1970s while old Redwater returned Liberal candidates until 1997. The current incumbent is Progressive Conservative MLA Jeff Johnson who won his first term in office in the 2008 election with a landslide majority.


Legislature results


2012 general election


2015 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
{{AlbertaElections Alberta provincial electoral districts Athabasca, Alberta