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Livingstone-Macleod

Livingstone-Macleod is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 current districts in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

The electoral district located in rural southwestern Alberta was created with minimal boundary changes in the 1997 boundary re-distribution from the old riding of Pincher Creek-Macleod. The district is named after Mount Livingstone and the town of Fort Macleod. The district also contains the communities of Pincher Creek and the municipality of the Crowsnest Pass.

The district and its antecedent have been favourable to electing Progressive Conservative candidates in the past few decades, but this history was broken in the 2012 Alberta general election when Wildrose candidate Pat Stier was elected.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution primarily from the old electoral district of Pincher Creek-Macleod.

Significant changes were made to the district in the 2010 boundary redistribution. The Blood Reserve was transferred to the electoral district of Cardston-Taber-Warner while land south of the town of High River that was in Highwood as well as a portion of land in that constituency in the north west and the portion of land that was part of the abolished Foothills-Rocky View electoral district south of Tsuu T'ina Nation was transferred into the electoral district.

Boundary history

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Livingstone-Macleod
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Pincher Creek-Macleod and Cardston-Chief Mountain
24th 1997–2001 David Coutts Progressive Conservative
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012 Evan Berger
28th 2012–2015 Pat Stier Wildrose
29th 2015–2017
2017–2019 United Conservative
30th 2019–2023 Roger Reid
31st 2023–present Chelsae Petrovic

The electoral district was created in the 1997 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw Pincher Creek-Macleod Progressive Conservative incumbent David Coutts win more than half the popular vote over Liberal candidate Ernie Patterson to pick up the seat for his party.

The two would face each other again in the 2001 general election. Coutts would be re-elected with a larger majority to win his third term in office. Coutts won his fourth term in the 2004 election taking just over half of the popular vote in the riding. He retired from office at dissolution of the assembly in 2008.

The second representative of the district was Progressive Conservative MLA Evan Berger; elected to his first term in the 2008 general election.

Legislative election results

2023

2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Chelsae Petrovic 16,491 66.94 -3.70
New Democratic Kevin Van Tighem 6,492 26.35 +5.83
Alberta Party Kevin Todd 975 3.96 -1.15
Alberta Independence Corrie Reed Toone 353 1.43 -0.29
Liberal Dylin Hauser 194 0.79 -0.25
Independent Erik Abildgaard 130 0.53
Total 24,635 99.51
Rejected and declined 122 0.49
Turnout 24,757 64.47
Eligible voters 38,398
United Conservative hold Swing -4.77
Source(s)

2019

2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Roger Reid 17,644 70.64 -2.97
New Democratic Cam Gardner 5,125 20.52 -0.93
Alberta Party Tim Meech 1,276 5.11 +3.18
Alberta Independence Vern Sparkes 430 1.72
Liberal Dylin Hauser 258 1.03 -0.79
Green Wendy Pergentile 244 0.98 +0.24
Total 24,977 99.22
Rejected, spoiled and declined 197 0.78
Turnout 25,174 69.59
Eligible voters 36,173
United Conservative notional hold Swing -1.02
Source(s)
Source: "73 - Livingstone-Macleod, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015

2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wildrose Pat Stier 7,362 39.89% -8.17%
Progressive Conservative Evan P. Berger 6,404 34.69% -6.68%
New Democratic Aileen Burke 4,228 22.91% 17.62%
Liberal Alida Hess 464 2.51% -0.83%
Total 18,458
Rejected, spoiled and declined 55 14 29
Eligible electors / turnout 32,991 56.16% -4.31%
Wildrose hold Swing -0.74%
Source(s)
Source: "71 - Livingstone-Macleod, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
Party Votes %
Wildrose 7,775 40.37
Progressive Conservative 6,402 33.24
New Democratic 4,130 21.44
Alberta Party 372 1.93
Liberal 351 1.82
Green 142 0.74
Social Credit 87 0.45
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2012

2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wildrose Pat Stier 8,577 48.05% 37.55%
Progressive Conservative Evan P. Berger 7,385 41.37% -22.81%
New Democratic Matthew Halton 944 5.29% 0.23%
Liberal Alex MacDonald 597 3.34% -12.96%
Evergreen Larry Ashmore 346 1.94%
Total 17,849
Rejected, spoiled and declined 66 9 44
Eligible electors / turnout 29,644 60.46% 22.12%
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -20.60%
Source(s)
Source: "71 - Livingstone-Macleod, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008

2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Evan P. Berger 6,037 64.18% 13.17%
Liberal Mike Judd 1,534 16.31% -4.15%
Wildrose John W. McLeod 988 10.50%
New Democratic Phil Burpee 476 5.06% -1.23%
Green Bryan Hunt 371 3.94% 0.03%
Total 9,406
Rejected, spoiled and declined 48 7 3
Eligible electors / turnout 24,682 38.34% -6.51%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 8.66%
Source(s)
Source: "67 - Livingstone-Macleod, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004

2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative David Coutts 5,097 51.02% -9.67%
Liberal Craig Whitehead 2,044 20.46% -8.59%
Alberta Alliance George Lyster 1,492 14.93%
New Democratic Joyce Thomas 628 6.29% 0.99%
Green Chris Watts 391 3.91%
Separation Jim Walker 339 3.39%
Total 9,991
Rejected, spoiled and declined 34 35 5
Eligible electors / turnout 22,361 44.85% 1.65%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.54%

2001

2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative David Coutts 6,340 60.69% 9.72%
Liberal Ernie Patterson 3,035 29.05% -8.42%
New Democratic James Tweedie 553 5.29% 0.44%
Alberta First Larry Lybbert 519 4.97%
Total 10,447
Rejected, spoiled and declined 59
Eligible electors / turnout 24,270 43.20% 5.05%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 9.07%
Source(s)
Source: "Livingstone-Macleod Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative David Coutts 5,337 50.96%
Liberal Ernie Patterson 3,924 37.47%
Social Credit Bob Bysouth 703 6.71%
New Democratic Gwen De Maere 508 4.85%
Total 10,472
Rejected, spoiled and declined 25
Eligible electors / turnout 27,516 38.15%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Livingstone-Macleod Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Livingstone-Macleod Turnout 44.79%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 3,969 16.02% 49.30% 1
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 2,972 11.99% 36.92% 2
  Independent Link Byfield 2,762 11.15% 34.31% 4
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,606 10.52% 32.37% 3
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,461 9.93% 30.57% 8
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,271 9.16% 28.21% 5
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,180 8.80% 27.08% 7
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,061 8.32% 25.60% 6
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,022 8.16% 25.12% 10
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,477 5.95% 18.35% 9
Total votes 24,781 100%
Total ballots 8,051 3.08 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,964

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools
Canyon School
Red Crow Community College
West Meadow School

On November 19, 2004 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative David Coutts 143 41.45%
  Liberal Craig Whitehead 73 21.16%
Green Chris Watts 50 14.49%
  NDP Joyce Thomas 31 8.99%
Separation Jim Walker 25 7.25%
Alberta Alliance George Lyster 23 6.66%
Total 345 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 37

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Evan Berger %
Wildrose Pat Stier
Evergreen Larry Ashmore %
  Liberal Alex Macdonald %
  NDP Matthew Halton %
Total 100%

References

  1. ^ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  2. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 59–60.
  3. ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  4. ^ "73 - Livingstone-Macleod". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  5. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  6. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  7. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

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