Airdrie-East
Airdrie-East 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Airdrie-East within the Calgary Metropolitan Region (2017 boundaries). | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
United Conservative | ||
| District created | 2017 | ||
| First contested | 2019 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 49,978 | ||
| Area (km²) | 714 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 70 | ||
| Census division(s) | 6 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Airdrie, Rocky View, Wheatland | ||
Geography
The district is located northeast of Calgary, containing most of Airdrie, except the area west of 8 St SW and south of 1 Ave NW. It stretches west past Keoma to RR253.
History
| Members for Airdrie-East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Airdrie and Chestermere-Rocky View 2012-2019 | ||||
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Angela Pitt | United Conservative | |
| 31st | 2023–present | |||
The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended abolishing Airdrie and Chestermere-Rocky View, completely reorganizing the ridings surrounding Calgary to reflect the rapid growth in the area.[2] In 2017, the Airdrie-East electoral district had a population of 49,978, which was 7 per cent above the provincial average of 46,803 for a provincial electoral district.[3]
In the 2019 Alberta general election, United Conservative Party candidate and incumbent from the former Airdrie electoral district, Angela Pitt was elected with 67 per cent of the vote, defeating New Democratic Party candidate Roxie Baez Zamora with 20 per cent of the vote, and four candidates.[4]
In the 2023 Alberta general election, Angela Pitt was re-elected on a reduced majority.[5]
Electoral results
2023 general election
| 2023 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Angela Pitt | 15,215 | 62.01 | -5.31 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dan Nelles | 8,697 | 35.45 | +15.53 | ||||
| Green | Michael Jacobsen | 623 | 2.54 | – | ||||
| Total | 24,535 | 99.38 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 153 | 0.62 | ||||||
| Turnout | 24,688 | 61.84 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 39,924 | |||||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | -10.42 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[6] | ||||||||
2019 general election
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Angela Pitt | 16,764 | 67.32 | -0.37 | $62,714 | |||
| New Democratic | Roxie Baez Zamora | 4,960 | 19.92 | -9.63 | $13,180 | |||
| Alberta Party | Alex Luterbach | 2,371 | 9.52 | – | $4,646 | |||
| Freedom Conservative | Rick Northey | 482 | 1.94 | – | $1,511 | |||
| Alberta Independence | Jeff Olson | 213 | 0.86 | – | $1,655 | |||
| Independent | Richard Absalom D. Herdman | 112 | 0.45 | – | $500 | |||
| Total | 24,902 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 168 | 33 | 6 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 35,729 | 70.18 | – | |||||
| United Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[7][8][9] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
2015 general election
| Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildrose | 7,044 | 36.54% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | 6,006 | 31.15% | ||
| New Democratic | 5,703 | 29.58% | ||
| Others | 527 | 2.73% | ||
References
- Statistics Canada: 2016
- Alberta. Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. pp. 25–26. ISBN 978-1-988620-04-6. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 4, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- Alberta. Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-988620-04-6. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 4, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- 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. 192–196. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- "Alberta election 2023 results: Airdrie-East | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- "48 - Airdrie-East". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
- "48 - Airdrie-East, 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. 192–196. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.