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.
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Chestermere-Strathmore 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] | 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
editThe 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
edit| 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
edit2023
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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 | ||||||
References
edit- ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
- ^ "Final Report" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. October 1, 2017. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2018.
- ^ "Alberta election 2023 results: Chestermere-Strathmore | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- ^ "56 - Chestermere-Strathmore". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 9, 2023.