Cardston-Siksika

Cardston-Siksika is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was 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.

Cardston-Siksika
Alberta electoral district
Cardston-Siksika within Alberta (2017 boundaries).
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Joseph Schow
United Conservative
District created2017
First contested2019
Last contested2023
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]42,655
Area (km²)15,773
Pop. density (per km²)2.7
Census division(s)2, 3, 5

Geography

The district is located in southern Alberta, stretching from Namaka (east of Calgary) to the border with Montana. It contains all of Vulcan County, the northern portions of Lethbridge County and MD of Taber which includes Vauxhall and Hays, and all of Cardston County, as well as the Treaty 7 reserves of the Kainai and Siksika nations.

History
Members for Cardston-Siksika
Assembly Years Member Party
See Little Bow 1913–2019 and Cardston-
Taber-Warner 1997–2019
30th 2019–2023 Joseph Schow United Conservative
31st 2023–

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended reducing the number of districts in southern Alberta due to relatively slow population growth.[2] The creation of "Cardston/Siksika", was the final boundary change for the new riding. The first suggestion of the Boundary Commission was the "Taber/Vulcan" riding which extended from north of Vulcan to the Canada/U.S border, east to the Alberta/Saskatchewan border, north to Medicine Hat and west to the Bow River. Little Bow MLA Dave Schneider presented at all Boundary Commission meetings that Taber/Vulcan was much too large. The final review resulted in a change of the boundaries of the proposed riding to the present "Cardston/Siksika" riding.

Electoral results

2023 general election
2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeJoseph Schow10,55074.12+0.57
New DemocraticColleen Quintal2,52717.75+1.75
IndependentAngela Tabak8716.12–
Alberta IndependenceTerry Wolsey2511.76–
Solidarity MovementPär Wantenaar350.25–
Total 14,23499.55–
Rejected and declined 640.45
Turnout 14,29855.10
Eligible voters 25,951
United Conservative hold Swing -0.59
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[3]

2019 general election
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeJoseph Schow11,98073.551.01
New DemocraticKirby Smith2,60616.00-7.49
IndependentIan A. Donovan7274.46–
Alberta PartyCasey Douglass5893.62–
Freedom ConservativeJerry Gautreau2141.31–
LiberalCathleen McFarland1731.06–
Total 16,289––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 23628
Eligible electors / turnout 25,05065.15%–
United Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "54 - Cardston-Siksika, 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. 232–236. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2015 general election
Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta election
Wildrose5,44039.55
Progressive Conservative4,53832.99
New Democratic3,23123.49
Others5453.96

References
  1. Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. "Final Report" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. October 1, 2017. p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2018.
  3. "54 - Cardston-Siksika". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
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