Airdrie-Rocky View

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]

Airdrie-Rocky View

Alberta electoral district
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
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
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

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

v t e 1997 Alberta general election
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

v t e 2001 Alberta general election
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.

See also

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