Airdrie-Rocky View was a

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electoral district in

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, mandated to return a single

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to the

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using the

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method of voting from 1997 to 2004.

History

The riding was created in the 1997 electoral district re-distribution to encompass the area North and East of the

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. The former

Three Hills-Airdrie Three Hills-Airdrie 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 1993 to 1997. History The Three Hills-Ai ...

electoral district was split, with the north part of the riding merged with

Olds-Didsbury Olds-Didsbury was a provincial electoral district in central Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1963 to 1997. It is noteworthy as the ...

, to form Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, the south half forming the eastern portion of Airdrie-Rocky View. The southern portion of Olds-Didsbury and western portion of

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would also be transferred to Airdrie-Rocky View. The Airdrie-Rocky View electoral district was abolished in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution and the territory being formed into the new electoral districts of

Airdrie-Chestermere Airdrie-Chestermere 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. History The district was lo ...

to the East, and

Foothills-Rocky View Foothills-Rocky View was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from under the First Past the Post voting system 2004 to 2012. History The Foothills-Rocky V ...

to the West.

Election results

1997 general election

2001 general election

References

External links

Elections AlbertaThe Legislative Assembly of Albertaelection-atlas.ca - 1997 Airdrie-Rocky View
{{coord missing, Alberta Former provincial electoral districts of Alberta Airdrie, Alberta