Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills

Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first-past-the-post balloting from 2012 to 2019.

Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	2010
District abolished	2017
First contested	2012
Last contested	2015

The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution, and was first contested in the 2012 election. It was last contested in the 2015 election, when it returned Dave Hanson of the Wildrose Party.

History

Boundary history

The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the electoral district of Lac La Biche-St. Paul which was altered to bound current municipal boundaries. Two Hills was added to the name at the request of local residents.^[1]

The Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended splitting the district up in 2017, creating Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche and Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul, while transferring the area around Two Hills to Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville and a small area to Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock.^[2]

65 Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills 2010 boundaries[3]
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Fort McMurray-Conklin	Bonnyville-Cold Lake	Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville and Lesser Slave Lake	Vermilion-Lloydminster
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Lac La Biche-St. Paul 1993-2012
28th	2012-2015		Shayne Saskiw	Wildrose
29th	2015-2017		Dave Hanson
	2017-2019			United Conservative
See Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche, Bonnyville-Cold Lake- St. Paul and Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville after 2019

Electoral history

Since the riding was renamed, it has been represented only by the Wildrose Party of Alberta, although its antecedent had been held by several parties, most prominently the Progressive Conservatives. The first MLA was Shayne Saskiw, who was elected in 2012 and resigned prior to the 2015 election.^[4] Dave Hanson was elected to represent the district in the 2015 election.

Legislative election results

2012

v t e 2012 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wildrose	Shayne Saskiw	5,949	46.56%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Danyluk	5,418	42.40%	-28.88%
	New Democratic	Phil Johnson	706	5.53%	-5.42%
	Liberal	John Nowak	704	5.51%	-12.26%
Total valid votes			12,777	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			99	–	–
Electors / turnout			21,729	59.26%	+15.03%
	Wildrose notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+37.72%
Source(s) "Election Results - LAC LA BICHE-ST. PAUL-TWO HILLS". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 1, 2020.

2015

v t e 2015 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wildrose	Dave Hanson	4,760	38.65%	-7.91%
	New Democratic	Catherine Harder	4,213	34.21%	+28.68%
	Progressive Conservative	Darrell Younghans	3,002	24.38%	-18.02%
	Green	Brian Deheer	340	2.76%	–
Total valid votes			12,315	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			73	–	–
Electors/turnout			23,476	52.77%	-6.49%
	Wildrose hold		Swing		-18.30%
Source(s) "Election Results - LAC LA BICHE-ST. PAUL-TWO HILLS". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 1, 2020.

Graphical representation

2012

5.5%	5.5%	42.4%	46.6%
NDP	Liberal	Progressive Conservative	Wildrose

2015

	34.2%	24.4%	38.7%
	New Democrat	Progressive Conservative	Wildrose

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts

References

1. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9865367-1-7. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
2. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-1-988620-04-6. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
3. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
4. "Wildrose MLA Shayne Saskiw leaving Alberta legislature". CBC News. March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta