Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 2010 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
Wildrose | ||
| District created | 2010 | ||
| First contested | 2012 | ||
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre is a provincial electoral district in central Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system.
History
The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the old electoral district of Rocky Mountain House which was expanded to include the town of Rimbey, Alberta which was previously in Lacombe-Ponoka. The riding also gained some land west of Sylvan Lake[1]
Boundary history
| 77 Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre 2010 Boundaries | |||
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| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Drayton Valley-Devon and West Yellowhead | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, Lacombe-Ponoka, and Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | British Columbia boundary | Banff-Cochrane |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
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Electoral history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Rocky Mountain House 1940-2012 | ||||
| 28th | 2012–present | Joe Anglin | Wildrose | |
The predecessor Rocky Mountain House had returned Progressive Conservative MLAs since 1971. From 1940 to 1970 popular Social Credit MLA Alfred Hooke represented the district. The current incumbent is Ty Lund who has served as an MLA for six terms since being first elected in 1989. Lund served many different cabinet portfolios in the government of Ralph Klein but hasn't returned to cabinet since the Premier retired in 2006.
Elections
2012 general election
| 2012 Alberta general election | Turnout % | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Wildrose | Joe Anglin | 7,647 | 51.26% | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Ty Lund | 6,145 | 41.19% | % | ||
| NDP | Doreen Broska | 703 | 4.71% | % | ||
| Liberal | Mason Sisson | 422 | 2.83% | % | * | |
| Total | ' | 100% | ||||
| Rejected Ballots | ' | |||||
| Eligible Electors | ||||||
| Swing % | ||||||
Senate nominee results
2012 Senate nominee election district results
Student vote results
2012 election
| 2012 Alberta Student Vote results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Diana McQueen | % | ||
| Wildrose | Dean Shular | % | ||
| Liberal | Mason Sisson | % | ||
| Alberta Party | % | |||
| NDP | % | |||
| Total | ' | 100% | ||
References
- ↑ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta". Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 22. Retrieved January 14, 2012.