Airdrie-East
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 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Airdrie-East within the Calgary Metropolitan Region (2017 boundaries). | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
United Conservative | ||
| District created | 2017 | ||
| First contested | 2019 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 49,978 | ||
| Area (km²) | 714 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 70 | ||
| Census division(s) | 6 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Airdrie, Rocky View, Wheatland | ||
Airdrie-East is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election.
History
| Members for Airdrie-East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Airdrie and Chestermere-Rocky View 2012-2019 | ||||
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Angela Pitt | United Conservative | |
| 31st | 2023–present | |||
The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended abolishing Airdrie and Chestermere-Rocky View, completely reorganizing the ridings surrounding Calgary to reflect the rapid growth in the area.[2] In 2017, the Airdrie-East electoral district had a population of 49,978, which was 7 per cent above the provincial average of 46,803 for a provincial electoral district.[3]
In the 2019 Alberta general election, United Conservative Party candidate and incumbent from the former Airdrie electoral district, Angela Pitt was elected with 67 per cent of the vote, defeating New Democratic Party candidate Roxie Baez Zamora with 20 per cent of the vote, and four candidates.[4]
In the 2023 Alberta general election, Angela Pitt was re-elected on a reduced majority.[5]