Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre
Alberta electoral district
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre within Alberta, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Jason Nixon
United Conservative
District created2010
First contested2012
Last contested2023

Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre is a provincial electoral district in central Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system. It includes the towns of Bentley, Eckville, Rimbey, Rocky Mountain House, and Sundre.

History

The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the old electoral district of Rocky Mountain House which was expanded to include the town of Rimbey, Alberta which was previously in Lacombe-Ponoka. The riding also gained some land west of Sylvan Lake.[1]

Boundary history

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre
Assembly Years Member Party
See Rocky Mountain House 1940-2012
28th 2012–2014 Joe Anglin Wildrose
2014–2015 Independent
29th 2015–2017 Jason Nixon Wildrose
2017–2019 United
Conservative
30th 2019–2023
31st 2023–

The predecessor Rocky Mountain House had returned Progressive Conservative MLAs since 1971. From 1940 to 1970 popular Social Credit MLA Alfred Hooke represented the district. The current incumbent is Jason Nixon who won the seat for the Wildrose Party in the 2015 election.

Legislative election results

2023

2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Jason Nixon 15,571 69.46 -12.18
Independent Tim Hoven 3,393 15.14 –
New Democratic Vance Buchwald 3,118 13.91 +4.81
Independent Fred Schwieger 135 0.60 –
Advantage Party Carol Nordlund Kinsey 103 0.46 -0.18
Wildrose Loyalty Coalition Tami Tatlock 96 0.43 –
Total 22,416 99.37 –
Rejected and declined 142 0.63
Turnout 22,558 64.89
Eligible voters 34,766
United Conservative hold Swing -13.66
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[2]

2019

2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Jason Nixon 20,579 81.64 +9.28
New Democratic Jeff Ible 2,293 9.10 -8.10
Alberta Party Joe Anglin 1,350 5.36 +4.85
Freedom Conservative Dawn Berard 303 1.20 –
Green Jane Drummond 286 1.13 +1.04
Alberta Independence David Rogers 185 0.73 –
Alberta Advantage Party Paula Lamoureux 161 0.64 –
Independent Gordon Francey 50 0.20 –
Total 25,207 99.26 –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 189 0.74
Turnout 25,396 75.36
Eligible voters 33,699
United Conservative notional hold Swing +8.69
Source(s)
Source: "80 - Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, 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. 386–393. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2015

2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wildrose Jason Nixon 6,670 40.11% -11.31%
Progressive Conservative Tammy Coté 5,296 31.85% -8.70%
New Democratic Hannah Schlamp 2,791 16.78% 11.58%
Independent Joe Anglin 1,871 11.25% –
Total 16,628 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 60 37 10
Eligible electors / turnout 32,578 51.26% -2.47%
Wildrose hold Swing -1.30%
Source(s)
Source: "77 - Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 411–412.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
Party Votes %
Wildrose 7,604 40.34
Progressive Conservative 6,036 32.02
New Democratic 3,242 17.20
Independent 1,856 9.85
Alberta Party 95 0.50
Green 18 0.10
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2012

2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wildrose Alliance Joe Anglin 7,664 51.42% –
Progressive Conservative Ty Lund 6,044 40.55% –
New Democratic Doreen Broska 776 5.21% –
Liberal Mason Sisson 420 2.82% –
Total 14,904 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 57 33 8
Eligible electors / turnout 27,863 53.72% –
Wildrose Alliance pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "77 - Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 456–458. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

Senate nominee election results

2012

Student vote results

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Diana McQueen %
Wildrose Dean Shular
  Liberal Mason Sisson %
  NDP %
Total 100%

References

  1. ^ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  2. ^ "80 - Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 10, 2023.

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Places adjacent to Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre
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