Airdrie-Rocky View
Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Airdrie-Rocky View was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1997 to 2004.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1997 |
| District abolished | 2004 |
| First contested | 1997 |
| Last contested | 2001 |
History
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Airdrie-Rocky View | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Three Hills-Airdrie electoral district from 1993 to 1997, Drumheller electoral district from 1971 to 1997 and Olds-Didsbury electoral district from 1963 to 1997 |
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| 24th | 1997–2001 | Carol Louise Haley | Progressive Conservative | |
| 25th | 2001–2004 | |||
| See Airdrie-Chestermere electoral district from 2004 to 2012 and Foothills-Rocky View electoral district from 2004 to 2012 |
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The riding was created in the 1997 electoral district re-distribution to encompass the area north and east of the city of Calgary. The former Three Hills-Airdrie electoral district was split, with the north part of the riding merged with Olds-Didsbury, to form Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, the south half forming the eastern portion of Airdrie-Rocky View. The southern portion of Olds-Didsbury and western portion of Drumheller would also be transferred to Airdrie-Rocky View.
The Airdrie-Rocky View electoral district was abolished in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution and the territory being formed into the new electoral districts of Airdrie-Chestermere to the east, and Foothills-Rocky View to the west.[2]
Election results
1997
| 1997 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Carol Louise Haley | 8,492 | 69.06% | – | ||||
| Liberal | James Welsh | 2,197 | 17.87% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Peter Smits | 1,125 | 9.15% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Doris Bannister | 482 | 3.92% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,296 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 24 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 22,998 | 53.57% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Airdrie-Rocky View Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2001
| 2001 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Carol Louise Haley | 13,195 | 79.91% | 10.84% | ||||
| Liberal | Carol L'Abbee | 2,043 | 12.37% | -5.50% | ||||
| Independent | Tom Humble | 683 | 4.14% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Christopher Hill | 592 | 3.59% | -0.33% | ||||
| Total | 16,513 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 25 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 30,546 | 54.14% | 0.57% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 8.17% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Airdrie-Rocky View Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||