Airdrie-Chestermere
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Airdrie-Chestermere is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It was created in 2004 with two thirds of the new riding previously existing as the old riding of Airdrie-Rocky View.
Airdrie-Chestermere is a primaraly urban riding bordering the city of Calgary on the north and east. Contained within is the city of Airdrie, the largest suburb of Calgary, as well as the towns of Chestermere and Crossfield. It represents the eastern half of the Municipal District of Rocky View.
Voters in the region have supported the Progressive Conservatives for virtually the entire last three decades, except for the winter of 1992 when Liberal candidate Don MacDonald won a by-election. He was defeated by current incumbent Carol Hayley in the 1993 election.
[edit] Demographics
Total population
37,651
50.6% male
49.3% female
Population by age
- 0-4 2,600 6.9%
- 5-19 10,135 27.0%
- 20-24 2,095 5.6%
- 25-44 12,390 33.0%
- 45-64 8,295 22.1%
- 65-74 1,360 3.6%
- 75+ 645 1.7%
[edit] Election Results 2004
| 2004 Election Results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Carol Haley | 6,842 | 57.85% | |
| Liberal | John Burke | 1,633 | 13.81% | |
| Alberta Party | Jeff Willerton | 1,036 | 8.76% | |
| Alliance Party | Bradley Gaida | 758 | 6.41% | |
| N.D.P. | Grant Massie | 569 | 4.81% | |
| Green | Angela Scully | 434 | 3.67% | |
| Separation Party | Bob Lefurgey | 377 | 3.19% | |
| Social Credit | Jerry Gautreau | 178 | 1.51% | |
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