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Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater was a provincial
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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. 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 ...
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Boundary history


Representation history

The predecessor district Athabasca-Redwater 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.


Legislative election results


2012


2015


Student vote results


2012


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, Canada. History The original 25 districts were drawn u ...
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Canadian provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of Ontario, where districts in the Southern Ontario region are coterminous wh ...


References


External links


Elections AlbertaThe Legislative Assembly of Alberta
{{Authority control Alberta provincial electoral districts Athabasca, Alberta