Airdrie-Chestermere

Airdrie-Chestermere 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 2004 to 2012.

Airdrie-Chestermere

Alberta electoral district
2004 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	2003
District abolished	2012
First contested	2004
Last contested	2008

History

The district was located to the east of Calgary in southern Alberta. It was created in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution from the old riding of Airdrie-Rocky View. The riding has an urban rural mix. It was named after the cities of Airdrie and Chestermere. The riding also covered Crossfield and the eastern half of Rocky View County as well as border areas of Calgary that have grown beyond into the district.^[1]

The voters in the district and its antecedents primarily supported Progressive Conservative candidates in the past, but other right leaning parties polled well. The first representative was Progressive Conservative Carol Haley who had previously represented Airdrie-Rocky View, and the second was Rob Anderson who was elected as a Progressive Conservative in 2008 but crossed the floor to the Wildrose Alliance in early 2010.^[2]

The riding was abolished in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution prior to the 2012 Alberta general election. The territory of the Aridrie-Chestermere district was divided amongst three new electoral districts, the northeast portion including Beiseker and Irricana was transferred to Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills electoral district, the territory covering the City of Airdrie and surrounding rural lands to the Airdrie electoral district, and the remainder to the Chestermere-Rocky View electoral district.^[3]

Boundary history

43 Airdrie-Chestermere 2003 boundaries[4]
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	Strathmore-Brooks	Calgary-Cross, Calgary-Fort, Calgary-Hays Calgary-McCall, Calgary-Mackay, Calgary-Montrose, Foothills-Rocky View	Highwood
riding map goes here		Airdrie-Chestermere
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act
Starting at the intersection of the north boundary of Sec. 13 in Twp. 29, Rge. 1 W5 and the centre line of Highway 2; then 1. east along the north boundary of Sec. 13 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Sec. 15, 14 and 13 in Twp. 29, Rge. 29 W4 and the north boundary of Secs. 18 and 17 in Twp. 29, Rge. 28 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 2. south along the east boundary of Secs. 17 and 8 to the north boundary of Sec. 4 in the Twp.; 3. east along the north boundary of Secs. 4, 3, 2 and 1 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 28 W4; 4. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 28; 5. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 25 W4; 6. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 26; 7. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 35 in Twp. 26, Rge. 25 W4; 8. south along the east boundary of Secs. 35 and 26 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 23 in the Twp.; 9. west along the north boundary of Secs. 23, 22, 21, 20 and 19 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 26 W4; 10. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 25; 11. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in Twp. 25, Rge. 26 W4; 12. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32 and 29 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 20 in the Twp.; 13. west along the north boundary of Sec. 20 to the east boundary of Sec. 19 in the Twp.; 14. south along the east boundary of Secs. 19 and 18 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp.; 15. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 27; 16. south along the east boundary of Rge. 27 to the right bank of the Bow River; 17. upstream along the right bank of the Bow River to the southerly extension of 88 Street SE in the City of Calgary; 18. north along the extension of 88 Street SE to the east Calgary city boundary; 19. north and west along the east city boundary to its intersection with the centre line of Highway 2; 20. north along the centre line of Highway 2 to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 26, Rge. 1 W5 (Highway 566); 21. west along the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11 and 10 to the east boundary of Sec. 16 in the Twp.; 22. north along the east boundary of Secs. 16, 21, 28 and 33 in Twp. 26 and Secs. 4, 9, 16 and 21 in Twp. 27 to the north boundary of Sec. 22 in Twp. 27, Rge. 1 W5; 23. east along the north boundary of Secs. 22, 23 and 24 to the centre line of Highway 2; 24. north along Highway 2 to the starting point.
Note:

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Airdrie-Chestermere[5]
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Airdrie-Rocky View 1997-2004
26th	2004-2008		Carol Haley	Progressive Conservative
27th	2008-2010		Rob Anderson
	2010-2011			Wildrose Alliance
	2011–2012			Wildrose
See Airdrie and Chestermere-Rocky View 2012-2019

Electoral history

The electoral district was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution. The first election held that year saw Progressive Conservative incumbent Carol Haley who had previously represented the old ridings of Three Hills-Airdrie and Airdrie-Rocky View win the seat with a landslide over a crowded field of seven other candidates. She retired from office at dissolution in 2008.

The 2008 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Rob Anderson sweep to office. He crossed the floor to the Wildrose Alliance on January 4, 2010 citing dissatisfaction with the Progressive Conservative government and Premier Ed Stelmach.

Legislative election results

2004

v t e 2004 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Carol Louise Haley	6,842	57.77%	–
	Liberal	John Burke	1,633	13.79%	–
	Alberta Party	Jeff Willerton	1,036	8.75%	–
	Alberta Alliance	Bradley Gaida	758	6.40%	–
	New Democratic	Grant Massie	569	4.80%	–
	Greens	Angela Scully	434	3.66%	–
	Separation	Bob Lefurgey	394	3.33%	–
	Social Credit	Jerry Gautreau	178	1.50%	–
Total			11,844	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			44	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			30,096	39.50%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Airdrie-Chestermere Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 20, 2010.

2008

v t e 2008 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Anderson	9,374	62.59%	4.82%
	Wildrose	Jeff Willerton	2,362	15.77%	–
	Liberal	John Burke	1,973	13.17%	-0.61%
	Green	David Brandreth	660	4.41%	0.75%
	New Democratic	Bryan Young	609	4.07%	-0.74%
Total			14,978	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			21	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			38,989	38.47%	-1.03%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		1.42%
Source(s) Source: "Airdrie-Chestermere Official Results 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 346–351.

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Airdrie-Chestermere[6]					Turnout 37.53%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% votes	% ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	5,846	19.10%	56.57%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,918	12.80%	37.91%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	3,739	12.22%	36.18%	5
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	3,321	10.85%	32.14%	3
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	3,260	10.65%	31.55%	8
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,899	9.47%	28.05%	6
	Independent	Link Byfield	2,598	8.49%	25.14%	4
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,849	6.04%	17.89%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,703	5.57%	16.48%	10
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,470	4.81%	14.23%	9
Total votes			30,603	100%
Total ballots			10,334	2.96 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined			962

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

2004 student vote results

Participating schools[7]
Bert Church High School
Chestermere High School
Ecole Airdrie Middle School
George McDougall High School
Meadowbrook Middle School
Muriel Clayton Middle School
Our Lady Queen of Peace

On November 19, 2004, a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who had not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts, with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body who resided in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta student vote results[8]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Carol Haley	652	39.16%
	Green	Angela Scully	308	18.50%
	New Democratic	Grant Massie	186	11.17%
	Liberal	John Burke	175	10.51%
	Separation	Bob Lefurgey	137	8.23%
	Alberta Alliance	Bradley Gaida	85	5.11%
	Alberta Party	Jeff Willerton	77	4.62%
	Social Credit	Jerry Gautreau	45	2.70%
Total			1,665	100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined			53

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts