Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin

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Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin
Alberta electoral district
Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin 2017.svg
Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin within Alberta (2017 boundaries)
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Rick Wilson
United Conservative
District created2017
First contested2019
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]43,798
Area (km²)4,220
Pop. density (per km²)10.4

Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin 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 general election and is represented by Rick Wilson of the United Conservative Party of Alberta.

Geography[]

The district is located south of Edmonton, named for the City of Wetaskiwin and the Hamlet of Maskwacis (which serves as a central community for the "four nations": the Cree Ermineskin, Samson, Montana and Louis Bull bands). It also includes the Pigeon Lake Reserve, which is shared by the four nations. Other towns and villages include Millet, Bittern Lake, Hay Lakes, and the summer villages that line the shores of Pigeon Lake.

History[]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin
Assembly Years Member Party
See Wetaskiwin-Camrose 1993–2019
30th  2019–Present     Rick Wilson United Conservative

The district was created in the 2017 electoral district re-distribution when most of Wetaskiwin-Camrose joined with parts of Battle River-Wainwright, Leduc-Beaumont, and Drayton Valley-Devon. The Commission decided to unite the five reserves around Maskwacis into a single riding to eliminate the province's last non-contiguous riding. The resulting population of the Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin electoral district for 2017 was 43,798, which was 6% below the provincial average of 46,803.[2]

Electoral results[]

Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election
Party Votes %
New Democratic 6,795 41.51%
Progressive Conservative 4,760 29.08%
Wildrose 4,544 27.76%
Others 272 1.66%

2019 general election[]

2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Rick Wilson 12,796 64.12% 7.28%
New Democratic Bruce Hinkley 4,737 23.74% -17.77%
Alberta Party Sherry Greene 1,382 6.93%
Freedom Conservative David White 522 2.62%
Alberta Advantage Party Wesley Rea 263 1.32%
Green Desmond G. Bull 256 1.28%
Total 19,956
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 90
Eligible electors / Turnout 28,948 69.25%
United Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "74 - Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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