Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland Explained

Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland
Province:Alberta
Prov-Rep:Shane Getson
Prov-Rep-Party:UCP
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:2017
Prov-Election-First:2019
Prov-Election-Last:2023
Demo-Pop:46546
Demo-Census-Date:2016
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area:5486

Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland 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.

Geography

The district is located northwest of Edmonton, containing all of Lac Ste. Anne County and part of Parkland County, taking its name from the two municipal districts. It also contains a portion of Sturgeon County. It includes the Treaty 6 reserves of the Alexander First Nation, the Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation, and the Paul Band at Wabamun Lake. The main towns and villages are Onoway, Wabamun, Alberta Beach and Mayerthorpe.

History

Members for Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Whitecourt-Ste. Anne 1993–2019
30th2019–2023Shane GetsonUnited Conservative
31st2023
The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended joining most of Whitecourt-Ste. Anne with parts of Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock, Spruce Grove-St. Albert, and Stony Plain in an effort to remove one district from central-western Alberta.[2]

Electoral results

2015

Notes and References

  1. [Statistics Canada]
  2. Web site: Final Report. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. Oct 2017. 52. 2018-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20180124071255/http://abebc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/EBC%20Final%20Report%202017%20NoMaps.pdf. 2018-01-24. dead.