Westlock-Sturgeon was a

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, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the

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using

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balloting from 1986 to 1993.

History

Boundary history

The riding was created for the 1986 election from parts of three ridings: the town of

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was transferred from Athabasca, while the part of

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around

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was transferred from St. Albert, along with a small part of

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. The riding was abolished only seven years later at the next redistribution. The northern half of the riding was transferred to

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, with

and the area east of it going to

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and the remainder to Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert.

Representation history

The riding's only MLA was Nicholas Taylor, who had led the

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through its decade-long drought. His election in 1986, along with three other Liberals in Edmonton and Calgary, was a breakthrough for the party. He was replaced by

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as party leader only two years later, but was re-elected in Westlock-Sturgeon in 1989. For the second term in a row, Taylor was the only Liberal MLA in rural Alberta. When the riding was abolished in 1993, he went on to serve as MLA for

Election results

1986

1989

References

External links

Elections AlbertaThe Legislative Assembly of Alberta
{{coord missing, Alberta Former provincial electoral districts of Alberta