Airdrie (electoral district)

Airdrie 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 2012 to 2019.

Airdrie

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	2010
District abolished	2019
First contested	2012
Last contested	2015

History

The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution primarily from the abolished Airdrie-Chestermere electoral district, with a small portion west of the city of Airdrie from the abolished Foothills-Rocky View electoral district.^[1]

The Airdrie electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and portions of the district would form the newly created Airdrie-Cochrane and Airdrie-East electoral districts.^[2]

Boundary history

47 Airdrie 2010 boundaries
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	Banff-Cochrane	Chestermere-Rocky View
Riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Airdrie
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Airdrie-Chestermere and Foothills-Rocky View 2004-2012
28th	2012–2014		Rob Anderson	Wildrose
	2014–2015			PC
29th	2015–2017		Angela Pitt	Wildrose
	2017–2019			UCP
See Airdrie-Cochrane and Airdrie-East 2019-

The electoral district was created in 2010. Incumbent Airdrie-Chestermere MLA Rob Anderson, who had been elected as a PC in 2008 but crossed the floor to Wildrose, was elected in Airdrie under the Wildrose banner in 2012. However, he subsequently crossed the floor back to the PCs.^[3]

Wildrose would re-gain the seat in 2015, sending Angela Pitt to the Legislative Assembly. Amongst the candidates Pitt defeated was PC candidate and Mayor of Airdrie Peter Brown.^[4] She would also cross the floor, joining the new United Conservative Party when the PCs and Wildrose decided to merge in 2017.

The riding was abolished when the 29th Legislature expired. Therefore, Airdrie has twice elected Wildrose MLAs, but neither served their full term with the party.

Legislative election results

2012

v t e 2012 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wildrose	Rob Anderson	9,568	58.16%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Kelly Hegg	5,376	32.68%	–
	New Democratic	Bryan Young	685	4.16%	–
	Liberal	Joel M. Steacy	525	3.19%	–
	Independent	Jeff Willerton	297	1.81%	–
Total			16,451	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			79	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			31,258	52.88%	–
	Wildrose pickup new district.
Source(s) Sources: "Airdrie Official Results 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2012 Provincial General Election for the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF). Elections Alberta. April 27, 2012. pp. 276–280.

2015

v t e 2015 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wildrose	Angela Pitt	7,499	35.08%	-23.08%
	New Democratic	Chris Noble	6,388	29.88%	25.72%
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Brown	6,181	28.91%	-3.77%
	Alberta Party	Jeremy Klug	912	4.27%	–
	Independent	Jeff Willerton	399	1.87%	0.06%
Total			21,379	–	–
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			103	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			40,045	53.64%	0.76%
	Wildrose hold		Swing		-10.14%
Source(s) Source: "Airdrie Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Student vote results

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Kelly Hegg		%
	Wildrose	Rob Anderson
	Liberal			%
	New Democratic	Bryan Young		%
Total				100%

See also

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