Banff-Kananaskis
Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Banff-Kananaskis 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.
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Banff-Kananaskis within Alberta (2017 boundaries). | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2017 | ||
| First contested | 2019 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 46,824 | ||
| Area (km²) | 15,939 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2.9 | ||
| Census division(s) | 6, 15 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Banff, MD of Bighorn, Canmore, MD of Foothills, ID #9, Kananaskis ID, Rocky View, Stoney, Tsuu T'ina | ||
Geography
The district is located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains and the adjacent foothills west of Calgary. Its largest communities are Banff and Canmore, and it contains the entirety of Banff National Park and Kananaskis Country, for which it is named. Stretching east to Calgary's border, some farming communities are also included, as well as the Treaty 7 communities of the Tsuu T'ina Nation and the Îyârhe Nakoda's Stoney Reserves.
History
| Members for Banff-Kananaskis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Banff-Cochrane 1940–2019 | ||||
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Miranda Rosin | UCP | |
| 31st | 2023–present | Sarah Elmeligi | NDP | |
The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended moving the city of Cochrane to the new riding of Airdrie-Cochrane, requiring a new name for Banff-Cochrane. The district gained small areas to the south and west from Airdrie, Chestermere-Rocky View and Livingstone-Macleod, including the entirety of Kananaskis Country. The commission also decided to join the Stoney Reserves and Tsuu T'ina Reserve into the same district for representation purposes.[2] In 2017, the Banff-Kananaskis electoral district had a population of 46,824, which was slightly above the provincial average of 46,803 for a provincial electoral district.[2]
In the 2019 Alberta general election, United Conservative Party candidate Miranda Rosin was elected with 51 per cent of the vote, defeating New Democratic Party incumbent candidate Cam Westhead with 42 per cent of the vote, and four other candidates.[3]
In the 2023 Alberta general election, Miranda Rosin was unseated by the NDP candidate Sarah Elmeligi, the NDP's only win in rural Alberta.[4]
Electoral results
2023
| 2023 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Sarah Elmeligi | 11,562 | 49.70 | +7.67 | ||||
| United Conservative | Miranda Rosin | 11,259 | 48.40 | -2.94 | ||||
| Green | Regan Boychuk | 336 | 1.44 | – | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Kyle Jubb | 105 | 0.45 | – | ||||
| Total | 23,262 | 98.93 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 252 | 1.07 | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,514 | 67.49 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 34,841 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from United Conservative | Swing | +5.31 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[5] | ||||||||
2019
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Miranda Rosin | 10,859 | 51.34 | -7.76 | $82,111 | |||
| New Democratic | Cameron Westhead | 8,890 | 42.03 | +3.50 | $59,158 | |||
| Alberta Party | Brenda Stanton | 941 | 4.45 | +4.41 | $7,334 | |||
| Liberal | Gwyneth Midgley | 228 | 1.08 | +0.83 | $500 | |||
| Alberta Independence | Anita Crowshoe | 154 | 0.73 | – | $1,818 | |||
| Independent | Dave Phillips | 80 | 0.38 | – | $500 | |||
| Total | 21,152 | 98.48 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 21,479 | 68.74 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 31,246 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | -5.63 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[6][7][8] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
2015
| Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic | 6,615 | 38.53 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | 5,886 | 34.28 | ||||
| Wildrose | 4,260 | 24.81 | ||||
| Green | 144 | 0.84 | ||||
| Liberal | 43 | 0.25 | ||||
| Alberta Party | 7 | 0.04 | ||||
| Independents | 214 | 1.25 | ||||
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder | ||||||