Battle River-Wainwright

Battle River-Wainwright

Alberta electoral district
File:BattleRiverWainwright in Alberta.jpg 2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Wes Taylor Wildrose
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015

Battle River-Wainwright is a provincial electoral district in rural central east Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 2003 and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

History

The electoral district was created in the 2003 redistribution primarily out of the old electoral district of Wainwright which had been in existence since the 1913 boundary redistribution.

The 2010 boundary change saw significant changes to the district with Paintearth County being moved into Drumheller-Stettler. The district also lost land to Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville that was south of Tofield, Alberta within Beaver County. However land was gained from three other electoral divisions that resided within Camrose County.

Boundary history

47 Battle River-Wainwright 2003 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville, Leduc-Beaumont-Devon and Vermilion-Lloydminster	Saskatchewan boundary	Drumheller-Stettler, Lacombe-Ponoka and Wetaskiwin-Camrose	Drumheller-Stettler
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Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4 (Highway 834) with the north boundary of Twp. 47; then 1. east along the north boundary of Twp. 47 to the east boundary of Sec. 31 in Twp. 47, Rge. 16 W4; 2. south along the east boundary of Secs. 31, 30, 19, 18, 7 and 6 to the north boundary of Twp. 46; 3. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in Twp. 46, Rge. 14 W4; 4. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20 and 17 to the north boundary of Sec. 9 in the Twp.; 5. east along the north boundary of Secs. 9, 10, 11 and 12 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 14 W4; 6. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 46, Rge. 13 W4; 7. east along the north boundary of Secs. 6, 5, 4 and 3 to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 8. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 45; 9. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 46, Rge. 10 W4; 10. north along the east boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 46; 11. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 5 in Twp. 47, Rge. 10 W4; 12. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. and the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 5, 8 and 17 in Twp. 48, Rge. 10 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 13. east along the north boundary of Secs. 17, 16, 15, 14 and 13 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 10 W4; 14. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 18 in Twp. 48, Rge. 9 W4; 15. east along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 18 to the east boundary of Sec. 18; 16. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 17. east along the north boundary of Secs. 17, 16, 15 and 14 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 14 in the Twp.; 18. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 14 in the Twp.; 19. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 14 and 13 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 13 in the Twp.; 20. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in the Twp.; 21. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4; 22. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 48, Rge. 8 W4; 23. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 6 in the Twp.; 24. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of the Sec. 6 in the Twp.; 25. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 6 in the Twp.; 26. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 47; 27. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 33 in Twp. 47, Rge. 8 W4; 28. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 34 in the Twp.; 29. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of the Sec. 34 in the Twp.; 30. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 26 in the Twp.; 31. east along the north boundary of Secs. 26 and 25 to the east boundary of the west half of the Sec. 25 in the Twp.; 32. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 24 in the Twp.; 33. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 8 W4; 34. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 18 in Twp. 47, Rge. 7 W4; 35. east along the north boundary of Secs. 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 and 13 in Twp. 47, Rges. 7 and 6 W4 and the north boundary of Sec. 18 and 17 in Twp. 47, Rge. 5 W4 to the right bank of the Battle River; 36. downstream along the right bank to the east boundary of the Province; 37. south along the east boundary of the Province to the north boundary of Twp. 35; 38. west along the north boundary of Twp. 35 to the east boundary of Sec. 4 in Twp. 36, Rge. 2 W4; 39. north along the east boundary of Secs. 4, 9, 16 and 21 to the north boundary of Sec. 21; 40. west along the north boundary of Secs. 21, 20 and 19 in the Twp. and Secs. 24, 23 and 22 in Twp. 36, Rge. 3 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 28; 41. north along the east boundary of Secs. 28 and 33 in the Twp. and Secs. 4, 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 in Twp. 37, Rge. 3 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 37; 42. west along the north boundary of Twp. 37 to the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4; 43. south along the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 37; 44. west along the north boundary of Secs. 12 and 11 to the east boundary of Sec. 10; 45. south along the east boundary of Secs. 10 and 3 to the north boundary of Twp. 36; 46. west along the north boundary of Twp. 36 to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in Twp. 36, Rge. 9 W4; 47. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in the Twp. and Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17 and 8 in Twp. 35, Rge. 9 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 5 in the Twp.; 48. west along the north boundary of Secs. 5 and 6 to the east boundary of Rge. 10 W4; 49. south along the east boundary of Rge. 10 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 34; 50. west along the north boundary to the west shore of Sullivan Lake; 51. northwesterly along the west bank to the north boundary of Sec. 9 in Twp. 36, Rge. 15 W4; 52. west along the north boundary of Secs. 9, 8 and 7 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11 and 10 in Twp. 36, Rge. 16 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 16 in the Twp.; 53. north along the east boundary of Secs. 16, 21, 28 and 33 to the north boundary of Twp. 36; 54. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 37, Rge. 16 W4; 55. north along the east boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in Twps. 37, 38, 39 and 40 and the east boundary of Secs. 5 and 8 in Twp. 41, Rge. 16 W4 to the right bank of the Battle River; 56. upstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Twp. 42; 57. west along the north boundary of Twp. 42 to the east boundary of Rge. 19; 58. south along the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 24 in Twp. 42, Rge. 19 W4; 59. west along the north boundary of Secs. 24, 23, 22 and 21 to Highway 56; 60. north along Highway 56 to the north boundary of Twp. 45; 61. east along the north boundary of Twp. 45 to the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4; 62. north along the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4 to the starting point.
Note:

51 Battle River-Wainwright 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville, Strathcona-Sherwood Park and Vermilion-Lloydminster	Saskatchewan boundary	Lacombe-Ponoka, Leduc-Beaumont and Wetaskiwin-Camrose	Drumheller-Stettler
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Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Battle River-Wainwright
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Wainwright 1913-2004
26th	2004-2008	Doug Griffiths		Progressive Conservative
27th	2008–2012
28th	2012–2015
29th	2015–present	Wes Taylor		Wildrose

Electoral history

The electoral district was created in the 2003 boundary redistribution mostly from the old Wainwright electoral district that had a long history going back to 1913. Since 1971 Progressive Conservative candidates had been returned to office here with large majorities.

The current incumbent and only representative so far is Doug Griffiths who was first elected in a 2002 by-election. He won the new district and his second term with a landslide majority which he also increased in the next election. In 2011 Griffiths was appointed to the cabinet in the government of Premier Allison Redford.

Legislature results

2004 general election

Alberta general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Griffiths	6,406	65.02%
	Alberta Alliance	Orest Werezak	1,442	14.64%
	Liberal	Gordon Rogers	1,069	10.85%
	New Democratic	Len Legault	616	6.25%
	Social Credit	Robin Skitteral	320	3.24%
Total			9,853
Rejected, spoiled and declined			45
Eligible electors / Turnout			20,368	48.60%
Source:

2008 general election

Alberta general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Griffiths	7,968	78.56%	13.54%
	Liberal	Horst Schreiber	1,260	12.43%	1.58%
	Green	Will Munsey	483	4.76%
	New Democratic	Doris Bannister	431	4.25%	-2.00%
Total			10,142
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			148
Eligible Electors / Turnout			22,343	46.06%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		7.55%
Source:

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Griffiths	7,205	46.71%
	Wildrose	Dave Nelson	6,710	43.50%
	New Democratic	Terry Zawalski	775	5.02%
	Liberal	Amber Greenleese	469	3.04%
	Alberta Party	Midge Lambert	265	1.72%

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Wildrose	Wes Taylor	6,790	41.8
	Progressive Conservative	Blake Prior	5,056	31.2
	New Democratic	Gordon Naylor	3,808	23.5
	Liberal	Ron Williams	573	3.5
Total			16,227

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Battle River-Wainwright					Turnout 48.33%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	4,229	15.79%	50.80%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,899	14.55%	46.72%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	3,691	13.78%	44.34%	3
	Independent	Link Byfield	2,632	9.83%	31.62%	4
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,401	8.96%	28.84%	6
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,374	8.86%	28.52%	7
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	2,263	8.45%	27.18%	5
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,049	7.65%	24.61%	10
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,044	7.63%	24.55%	8
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,208	4.50%	14.51%	9
Total Votes			26,790	100%
Total Ballots			8,325	3.22 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,608

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools
Autumn Leaf School
Central High Sedgewick Public School
Coronation School
Daysland School
Dr. Folkins Community School
Edgerton Public School
Forestburg School
Lougheed School
Provost Public school
Saint Thomas Aquinas School

On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Griffiths	483	59.56%
	Alberta Alliance	Orest Werezak	167	20.59%
	New Democratic	Len Legault	71	8.76%
	Liberal	Gordon Rogers	68	8.38%
	Social Credit	Robin Skitteral	22	2.71%
Total			811	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			38

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Griffiths		%
	Wildrose	Dave Nelson
	Liberal	Amber Greenleese		%
	NDP			%
Total			'	100%

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
• Website of Wes Taylor Wildrose MLA for Battle River-Wainwright