| Dunvegan-Central Peace | |
| Province: | Alberta |
| Prov-Status: | defunct |
| Prov-Created: | 2003 |
| Prov-Abolished: | 2012 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 2004 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2008 |
Dunvegan-Central Peace was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 2004 to 2012.
Following the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, Dunvegan was the only division with a population of less than 75% the provincial average, with its recorded population of 24,202. It is thus formally designated as a special consideration division, as opposed to a standard rural division. Because of its isolation, the constituency meets criteria in the Albertan election laws allowing for this discrepancy. Until 2004, the district of Dunvegan, with almost the same boundaries.
The constituency laid on the border with British Columbia. Major towns include Fairview, Falher, Grimshaw and Spirit River. The riding contained a large agricultural industry based on cattle farming, the border closure to live beef hurt the riding.
Peace River borders to the north and east. Lesser Slave Lake borders to the east. Grande Prairie Smoky and Grande Prairie Wapiti border to the south. Peace River South borders to the west in British Columbia
| 1 Dunvegan-Central Peace 2003 boundaries[1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Peace River | Peace River, Lesser Slave Lake | none | Grande Prairie-Smoky, Grande Prairie-Wapiti | |
| riding map goes here | map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here | |||
| Legal description from Electoral Divisions Act. S.A.. 2003. E-4.1. http://canlii.ca/t/53m7s. CanLii. | ||||
| Starting at the intersection of the west boundary of the Province of Alberta and the north boundary of Twp. 104; then 1. east along the north boundary to the 6th meridian; 2. south along the meridian to the north boundary of Twp. 96 ;3. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 2 W6; 4. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 85; 5. east along the north boundary to the 6th meridian; 6. south along the meridian to the north boundary of Twp. 83; 7. east along the north boundary of Twp. 83 to the east boundary of Rge. 23 W5; 8. south along the east boundary of Rge. 23 W5 to the north boundary of Twp. 82; 9. east along the north boundary of Twp. 82 to the right bank of the Peace River; 10. downstream along the right bank of the Peace River to the right bank of the Smoky River; 11. upstream along the right bank of the Smoky River to the north boundary of Twp. 80; 12. east along the north boundary of Twp. 80 to the east boundary of Rge. 22 W5; 13. south along the east boundary of Rge. 22 W5 to the north boundary of Sec. 18 in Twp. 80, Rge. 21 W5; 14. east along the north boundary of Secs. 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 and 13 in Rges. 21 and 20 to the east boundary of Rge. 20 W5; 15. south along the east boundary of Rge. 20 W5 to the north boundary of Twp. 78; 16. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 31, Twp. 78, Rge. 19 W5; 17. south along the east boundary of Secs. 31, 30, 19, 18 and 7 to the north boundary of Sec. 5 in the Twp.; 18. east along the north boundary of Secs. 5, 4 and 3 to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 19. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 77; 20. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 19 W5; 21. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 73; 22. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 24 W5; 23. north along the east boundary to the right bank of the Little Smoky River; 24. downstream along the right bank of the Little Smoky River to the right bank of the Smoky River; 25. upstream along the right bank of the Smoky River to the north boundary of Twp. 75; 26. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 76, Rge. 2 W6; 27. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 28. west along the north boundary of Secs. 3 and 4 to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in the Twp.; 29. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 5 in the Twp.; 30. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 5 in the Twp.; 31. south along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 5 in the Twp. and east boundary of the west half of Sec. 32 in Twp. 75, Rge. 2 W6 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 32 in the Twp.; 32. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 32 and 31 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 31 in the Twp.; 33. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 30 in the Twp.; 34. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 3 W6; 35. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 25 in Twp. 75, Rge. 3 W6; 36. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 25 and 26 to the east boundary of Sec. 27 in the Twp.; 37. south along the east boundary of Secs. 27, 22, 15, 10 and 3 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 74; 38. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 5 W6; 39. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 75, Rge. 5 W6; 40. west along the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11, 10, 9, 8 and 7 in Twp. 75, Rges. 5, 6 and 7 W6 and the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11 and 10 in Rge. 8 W6 to the east boundary of Sec. 16 in Twp. 75, Rge. 8 W6; 41. north along the east boundary of Secs. 16, 21, 28 and 33 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 75; 42. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 35 in Twp. 75, Rge. 10 W6; 43. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 26 in the Twp.; 44. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 27 in the Twp.; 45. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 22 in the Twp.; 46. west along the north boundary of Secs. 22, 21 and 20 to the east boundary of Sec. 19 in the Twp.; 47. south along the east boundary of Secs. 19 and 18 to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp.; 48. west along the north boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 75, Rge. 11 W6 to the east boundary of Sec. 11 in the Twp.; 49. south along the east boundary of Secs. 11 and 2 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 74; 50. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 75, Rge. 12 W6; 51. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 52. west along the north boundary of Secs. 3, 4 and 5 to the east boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp.; 53. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp.; 54. west along the north boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11, 10, 9, 8 and 7 in Twp. 75, Rge. 13 W6 to the west boundary of the Province; 55. north along the west boundary to the starting point. | ||||
| Note: District previously named Dunvegan | ||||
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Dunvegan-Central Peace[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Dunvegan 1986-2004 | ||||
| 26th | 2004-2008 | Hector Goudreau | PC | |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | |||
| See Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley 2012-2019 | ||||
The electoral district of Dunvegan-Central peace was created from Dunvegan in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution.[3] The first election in the new district was hotly contested between Progressive Conservative Hector Goudreau and Dale Lueken from the Alberta Alliance.
Lueken and Goudreau would face each other again in the 2008 general election. Goudreau easily held his seat and gained popular vote against Leuken. The construction of a nuclear power plant became a significant issue in that race.
The Dunvegan-Central Peace electoral district was dissolved following the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution to form Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley.[4]
| 2004 Senate nominee election results Dunvegan-Central Peace[5] | Turnout 53.72% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | |
| Total votes | 19,154 | 100% | ||||
| Total ballots | 6,207 | 3.09 votes per ballot | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,941 | |||||
| align=center colspan=7 | 15,168 eligible electors | |||||
| Participating schools[6] | |
|---|---|
| Eaglesham School | |
| Ecole Heritage | |
| Fairview High School | |
| Hines Creek Composite School | |
| Kennedy Elementary | |
| Rycroft School | |
| Saint Thomas More | |
| Savanna School | |
| Woking School |
| 2004 Alberta student vote results[7] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Progressive Conservative | Hector Goudreau | 218 | 29.90% | NDP | Leon Pendleton | 89 | 12.21% | Liberal | Don Thompson | 82 | 11.25% | Social Credit | Lanny Portsmouth | 60 | 8.23% | |
| Total | 729 | 100% | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||