Chestermere-Strathmore

Chestermere-Strathmore is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district will be 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, and won by Leela Aheer of the United Conservative Party.

Chestermere-Strathmore

Alberta electoral district
Chestermere-Strathmore within the Calgary Metropolitan Region (2017 boundaries).
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Chantelle de Jonge United Conservative
District created	2017
First contested	2019
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	48,203
Area (km²)	1,582
Pop. density (per km²)	30.5
Census division(s)	5, 6
Census subdivision(s)	Chestermere, Rocky View, Strathmore, Wheatland

Geography

The district is located east of Calgary, containing the City of Chestermere, the Town of Strathmore and sections of Rocky View County and Wheatland County. Its borders are formed by the City of Calgary to the west, the Bow River to the south, Highway 564 to the north, and RR242, RR 241 west of Namaka, and Siksika 146 to the east.

History

Members for Chestermere-Strathmore
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Chestermere-Rocky View 2012-2019 and Strathmore-Brooks 1997-2019
30th	2019–2023		Leela Aheer	United Conservative
31st	2023–		Chantelle de Jonge	United Conservative

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended abolishing Strathmore-Brooks and Chestermere-Rocky View, completely reorganizing the ridings surrounding Calgary to reflect the rapid growth in the area.^[2]

Leela Aheer stood down at the 2023 Alberta general election and was succeeded by Chantelle de Jonge.^[3]

Electoral results

2023

v t e 2023 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Chantelle de Jonge	15,362	69.68	+1.20
	New Democratic	Raj Jessel	6,119	27.75	+12.15
	Alberta Independence	Kerry Lambert	264	1.20	+0.60
	Independent	Terry Nicholls	258	1.17	+0.68
	Solidarity Movement	Jed Laboucane	45	0.20	–
Total			22,048	99.29	–
Rejected and declined			158	0.71
Turnout			22,206	58.18
Eligible voters			38,167
	United Conservative hold		Swing		-5.47
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta[4]

2019

v t e 2019 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Leela Sharon Aheer	15,612	68.48	-3.57
	New Democratic	Melissa Langmaid	3,558	15.61	-2.69
	Freedom Conservative	Derek Fildebrandt	1,683	7.38	–
	Alberta Party	Jason Avramenko	1,460	6.40	+5.49
	Liberal	Sharon L. Howe	238	1.04	+0.46
	Alberta Independence	Roger Dean Walker	136	0.60	–
	Independent	Terry Nicholls	112	0.49	–
Total			22,799	99.25	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			173	0.75
Turnout			22,972	67.12
Eligible voters			34,226
	United Conservative notional hold		Swing		-0.44
Source(s) Source: "56 - Chestermere-Strathmore, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 243–248. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2015

Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta election
	Wildrose	7,402	44.67
	Progressive Conservative	4,537	27.38
	New Democratic	3,031	18.29
	Green	301	1.82
	Alberta Party	152	0.92
	Liberal	96	0.58
	Others	1,052	6.35
Source(s) Source: Ridingbuilder

See also

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