Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright within Alberta (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] | 46,042 | ||
| Area (km²) | 10,091 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 4.6 | ||
| Census division(s) | 7, 10 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Makaoo 120, MD of Wainwright, Vermilion River, Lloydminster (Alberta portion), Vermilion, Wainwright, Chauvin, Dewberry, Edgerton, Irma, Kitscoty, Marwayne, Paradise Valley | ||
Geography edit
The district is coterminous with the municipal districts of Wainwright and Vermilion River in eastern Alberta. It is named for its three largest communities, Vermilion, Lloydminster, and Wainwright. Major thoroughfares include Highway 14, the Yellowhead Highway, the interprovincial Highway 17, and Highway 41.
History edit
| Members for Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Vermilion-Lloydminster 1993-2019 and Battle River-Wainwright 2004-2019 | ||||
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Garth Rowswell | United Conservative | |
| 31st | 2023– | |||
The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming Vermilion-Lloydminster, transferring its portion of Minburn County to Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville and absorbing the MD of Wainwright from Battle River-Wainwright.[2] Although the Commission recommended the name Vermilion-Wainwright for this district, the Legislative Assembly decided to retain Lloydminster in the name at the request of Vermilion-Lloydminster MLA Richard Starke.
Electoral results edit
2023 edit
| 2023 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Garth Rowswell | 13,097 | 74.40 | -4.44 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dawn Flaata | 3,075 | 17.47 | +7.54 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Darrell Dunn | 475 | 2.70 | -3.74 | ||||
| Wildrose Loyalty Coalition | Danny Hozack | 460 | 2.61 | – | ||||
| Independent | Matthew Powell | 351 | 1.99 | – | ||||
| Green | Tigra-Lee Campbell | 146 | 0.83 | – | ||||
| Total | 17,604 | 99.59 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 73 | 0.41 | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,677 | 52.40 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 33,733 | |||||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | -5.99 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[3] | ||||||||
2010s edit
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Garth Rowswell | 19,768 | 78.84% | -1.27 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ryan Clarke | 2,490 | 9.93% | -8.71 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Craig G. Peterson | 1,615 | 6.44% | – | ||||
| Freedom Conservative | Jim Mckinnon | 898 | 3.58% | – | ||||
| Alberta Advantage Party | Kelly Zeleny | 170 | 0.68% | – | ||||
| Independent | Robert McFadzean | 133 | 0.53% | – | ||||
| Total | 25,074 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 79 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 31,465 | 79.94% | – | |||||
| United Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "86 - Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | 6,512 | 43.74% | ||
| Wildrose | 5,415 | 36.37% | ||
| New Democratic | 2,776 | 18.64% | ||
| Others[a] | 186 | 1.25% | ||
- ^ Includes Liberal votes in Battle River-Wainwright (no candidate in Vermilion-Lloydminster).
References edit
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
- ^ "Final Report" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. October 1, 2017. p. 5.
- ^ "86 - Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 10, 2023.