Red Deer—Mountain View

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Alberta electoral district
Red-Deer–Mountain-View 2013 Riding.png
Red Deer—Mountain View in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Earl Dreeshen
Conservative
District created2013
First contested2015
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]110,793
Electors (2015)86,737
Area (km²)[2]7,659
Pop. density (per km²)14.5
Census divisionsDivision No. 6, Division No. 8
Census subdivisionsCarstairs, Didsbury, Innisfail, Mountain View, Olds, Penhold, Red Deer, Red Deer County, Sundre

Red Deer—Mountain View is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Red Deer—Mountain View was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3] It was created mostly out of the southern half of Red Deer, combined with small portions of Crowfoot and Wild Rose.[4]

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Red Deer—Mountain View
Riding created from Crowfoot, Red Deer, and Wild Rose
42nd  2015–present     Earl Dreeshen Conservative

Election results[edit]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Earl Dreeshen 46,245 74.33 -5.04 $75,604.03
Liberal Chandra Lescia Kastern 8,356 13.43 +9.89 $9,454.54
New Democratic Paul Harris 5,233 8.41 -3.49 $13,948.08
Green Simon Oleny 1,621 2.61 -2.44
Libertarian James Walper 445 0.72 $1,554.01
Pirate Scott Milne 312 0.50 $155.90
Total valid votes/Expense limit 62,212 100.00   $225,554.46
Total rejected ballots 135 0.22
Turnout 62,347 71.88
Eligible voters 86,737
Conservative hold Swing -7.46
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 37,507 79.37
  New Democratic 5,626 11.91
  Green 2,384 5.04
  Liberal 1,673 3.54
  Others 65 0.14

References[edit]

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  3. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. ^ Report – Alberta
  5. ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Red Deer—Mountain View (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  6. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  7. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections