Cardston-Taber-Warner
Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1996
District abolished2017
First contested1997
Last contested2015

Cardston-Taber-Warner 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 1996 and 2019.

The district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution when Cardston-Chief Mountain and Taber-Warner were merged. The district comprises most of southern southwest Alberta on the United States-Canada border. It is mostly rural and contains a wide range of topography from Mountains to farmlands, including Waterton Lakes National Park and the Blood Reserve. Cardston-Taber-Warner and its antecedents have a long history that dates back to the old Cardston riding in the Northwest Territories.

The district has been held by right of center parties since it was created in 1997, and has held the distinction of being one rural riding not continuously held by the Progressive Conservatives in Alberta before many were lost in the 2012 Alberta general election. The Progressive Conservatives elected Ron Hirath and then Broyce Jacobs and the Alberta Alliance captured the district in 2004 holding it for a term before Broyce Jacobs won it back in 2008. The Wildrose Party won the district when Gary Bikman won it in the 2012 Alberta general election, and regained the seat in the 2015 Alberta general election, months after Bikman crossed to the PC Party.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary re-distribution from the old ridings of Cardston-Chief Mountain and Taber-Warner.

The 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution saw only one minor change made to the riding when the Blood Reserve was transferred to the district from Livingstone-Macleod.[1]

The Cardston-Taber-Warner electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and portions of the district would form the newly created Cardston-Siksika and Taber-Warner electoral districts.[2]

Boundary history

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Cardston-Taber-Warner[4]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Cardston-Chief Mountain 1993-1997
and Taber-Warner 1963-1997
24th 1997–2001 Ron Hierath Progressive Conservative
25th 2001–2004 Broyce Jacobs
26th 2004–2008 Paul Hinman Alberta Alliance
2008 Wildrose Alliance
27th 2008–2012 Broyce Jacobs Progressive Conservative
28th 2012–2014 Gary Bikman Wildrose
2014–2015 Progressive Conservative
29th 2015–2017 Grant Hunter Wildrose
2017-2019 United Conservative
See Cardston-Siksika and Taber-Warner 2019-

Cardston-Taber-Warner was contested six times in general elections, each time changing its MLA. The first election held in 1997 saw Taber-Warner incumbent Ron Hierath run for his second term in office in the district. He ran against three other candidates taking 60% of the vote to pick up the new district for the Progressive Conservatives.

Hierath retired at dissolution in 2001. He was replaced by Progressive Conservative candidate Broyce Jacobs who the district easily over Alberta First Party leader John Reil who made a strong second place showing in the field of four candidates.

Jacobs stood for a second term in office in the 2004 general election but was defeated in a hotly contested race by Alberta Alliance candidate Paul Hinman. The Senate nominee election district results also favored the Alberta Alliance well with the three Alliance candidates finishing in the top four spots.

Hinman became leader of the Alberta Alliance in 2005. He would lead his party to a merger with the unregistered Wildrose Party headed by party President Link Byfield on January 19, 2008. However Hinman would be defeated by Jacobs in the 2008 election held just weeks after his party merger.

Jacobs would be forced into retirement in the run up to the 2012 election after he lost his party nomination meeting to Pat Shimbashi. The general election saw the Wildrose party reclaim the district with candidate Gary Bikman defeating Shimbashi by a wide margin to earn his first term in office. Bikman subsequently crossed the floor to the PCs in 2014.[5]

Wildrose re-gained the riding in 2015, with Grant Hunter becoming its last MLA. He also crossed the floor, joining the United Conservative Party when the PCs and Wildrose decided to merge in 2017.[6]

Legislature results

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRon Hierath5,15759.18%
Social CreditKen Rose1,56817.99%
LiberalJames Jackson1,47116.88%
New DemocraticSuzanne Sirias5185.94%
Total 8,714
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18
Eligible electors / turnout 17,74149.22%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Cardston-Taber-Warner Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeBroyce Jacobs5,25653.63%−5.55%
Alberta FirstJohn Reil2,55726.09%
LiberalRon Hancock1,74717.83%0.95%
New DemocraticSuzanne Sirias2402.45%−3.50%
Total 9,800
Rejected, spoiled and declined 21
Eligible electors / turnout 18,470 53.17%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −15.82%
Source(s)
Source: "Cardston-Taber-Warner Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 9, 2020.

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Alberta AlliancePaul Hinman3,88543.98%
Progressive ConservativeBroyce Jacobs3,75642.52%-11.12%
LiberalPaula Shimp7838.86%-8.96%
GreensLindsay Ferguson2252.55%
New DemocraticLuann Bannister1852.09%-0.35%
Total 8,834
Rejected, spoiled and declined 47
Eligible electors / turnout 19,03046.67%-6.44%
Alberta Alliance gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -13.04%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeBroyce Jacobs4,37446.02%3.50%
Wildrose AlliancePaul Hinman4,32545.50%2.98%
LiberalRon Hancock4364.59%-4.28%
New DemocraticSuzanne Sirias1902.00%-0.10%
GreenWilliam Turner1801.89%-0.66%
Total 9,505
Rejected, spoiled and declined 14
Eligible electors / turnout 19,90547.82%1.15%
Progressive Conservative gain from Alberta Alliance Swing -0.47%

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
WildroseGary Bikman6,11654.57%9.07%
Progressive ConservativePatrick Shimbashi4,26938.09%-7.93%
New DemocraticAaron Haugen4824.30%2.30%
LiberalHelen McMenamin3413.04%-1.54%
Total 11,208
Rejected, spoiled and declined 54
Eligible electors / turnout 24,84545.33%-2.49%
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 7.98%
Source(s)
Source: "53 - Cardston-Taber-Warner Official Results 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
WildroseGrant Hunter5,12641.79%-12.78%
Progressive ConservativeBrian Brewin4,35635.51%-2.58%
New DemocraticAaron Haugen2,40719.62%15.32%
Alberta PartyDelbert Bodnarek3783.08%
Total 12,267
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18
Eligible electors / turnout 23,91851.36%6.03%
Wildrose hold Swing -5.10%
Source(s)
Source: "53 - Cardston-Taber-Warner Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Cardston-Taber-Warner[7] Turnout 46.43%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 3,672 15.58% 46.75% 8
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown3,07613.05%39.16%1
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 2,961 12.56% 37.70% 7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 2,775 11.77% 35.33% 10
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger2,40710.21%30.64%2
  Independent Link Byfield 2,263 9.60% 28.81% 4
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz1,7327.35%22.05%3
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood1,6497.00%20.99%6
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye1,6396.95%20.87%5
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,395 5.93% 17.76% 9
Total Votes 23,569 100%
Total Ballots 7,855 3.00 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 980

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2012 Senate nominee election district results

Student Vote

2004 election

Participating Schools[8]
Glenwood School
Magrath Junior Senior High School
Raymond Jr. High School
St. Marys School
Taber Christian School
Tween Valley Christian School
W.R. Myers High 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[9]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Alberta AlliancePaul Hinman38238.90%
Progressive ConservativeBroyce Jacobs36737.37%
GreenLindsay Ferguson10310.49%
New DemocraticLuann Bannister737.43%
LiberalPaula Shimp575.81%
Total 982 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 46

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativePat Shimbashi4270%
WildroseGary Bikman6111%
LiberalHelen McNenamin341%
New DemocraticAaron Haugen482%
Social Credit%
Total 100%

See also

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. Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
  4. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  5. "9 Wildrose MLAs, including Danielle Smith, cross to Alberta Tories". CBC News. Edmonton, AB: CBC News. December 17, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  6. Bellefontaine, Michelle (July 22, 2017). "Wildrose and PC members approve unite-the-right deal with 95% voting 'yes'". CBC News. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  7. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  8. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  9. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

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