Cardston-Taber-Warner is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
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 Alberta general election, 2012. 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 Alberta general election, 2012, and regained the seat in the Alberta general election, 2015, months after Bikman crossed to the PC Party.
History
The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution from the old ridings of Cardston-Chief Mountain and Taber-Warner. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw only one minor change made to the riding when the Blood Reserve was transferred to the district from Livingstone-Macleod.[1]
Boundary history
| 49 Cardston-Taber-Warner 2003 Boundaries[2] |
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| Bordering Districts |
| North |
East |
West |
South |
| Livingstone-Macleod and Little Bow |
Cypress-Medicine Hat |
British Columbia boundary |
Montana boundary |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. |
| Starting at the intersection of the Alberta-British Columbia boundary and the north boundary of Waterton Lakes National Park; then 1. in a generally easterly direction along the north park boundary to the right bank of the Waterton River; 2. downstream in a northeast direction to the intersection with the Belly River and the Blood Indian Reserve No. 148; 3. along the west, south and east boundary of the Indian Reserve to its intersection with the right bank of Pothole Creek; 4. upstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Sec. 8 in Twp. 7, Rge. 21 W4; 5. east along the north boundary of Secs. 8, 9, 10 and 11 to the east boundary of Sec. 11 in the Twp.; 6. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 1 in the Twp.; 7. east along the north boundary of Sec. 1 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 in Twp. 7, Rge. 20 W4 to the east boundary of Rge. 20 W4; 8. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 6; 9. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 7, Rge. 19 W4; 10. north along the east boundary of Secs. 6, 7 and 18 to the north boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 11. east along the north boundary of Secs. 17, 16, 15, 14 and 13 in Twp. 7, Rge. 19 W4 and Secs. 18, 17, 16 and 15 in Twp. 7, Rge. 18 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 22 in the Twp.; 12. north along the east boundary of Secs. 22, 27 and 34 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 7; 13. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 8, Rge. 17 W4; 14. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 15. west along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 3 to the east boundary of Sec. 4 in the Twp.; 16. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 4 in the Twp.; 17. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 9 in the Twp.; 18. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 9 and 16 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 16 in the Twp.; 19. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 20. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 21. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 20 in the Twp.; 22. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 20 in the Twp.; 23. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 20 and 19 to the east boundary of Rge. 18 W4; 24. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 24 in Twp. 8, Rge. 18 W4; 25. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 26 in the Twp.; 26. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 26 in the Twp.; 27. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 26 in the Twp.; 28. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 26 in the Twp.; 29. west along the north boundary of Secs. 26 and 27 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 34 in the Twp.; 30. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 34 in the Twp.; 31. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 34 and 33 to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in the Twp.; 32. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 8; 33. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 9, Rge. 18 W4; 34. north along the east boundary of Sec. 6 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 6; 35. west along the north boundary of the south half to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 6; 36. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 6 and 7 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 7 in the Twp.; 37. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4; 38. north along the east boundary to the right bank of the Oldman River; 39. downstream along the right bank of the Oldman River to the right bank of the South Saskatchewan River; 40. downstream along the right bank of the South Saskatchewan River to the east boundary of Rge. 13 W4; 41. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 1 in Twp. 7, Rge. 13 W4; 42. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 1 and 2 to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 43. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 44. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 9 in the Twp.; 45. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 9 in the Twp.; 46. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 9, 8 and 7 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 14 W4; 47. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 7, Rge. 14 W4; 48. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 14 in the Twp.; 49. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 14 in the Twp.; 50. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 14 and 15 to the east boundary of Sec. 16 in the Twp.; 51. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 16 in the Twp.; 52. west along the north boundary of Secs. 16, 17 and 18 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 15 W4; 53. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 4; 54. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 14 W4; 55. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 3; 56. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in Twp. 3, Rge. 11 W4 (Highway 879); 57. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29 and 20 in Twp. 2 to the right bank of the Milk River; 58. downstream along the right bank to the east boundary of Rge. 11 W4; 59. south along the east boundary to the south boundary of the province; 60. west along the south boundary to the Alberta-British Columbia boundary; 61. in a northwesterly direction to the starting point. |
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Electoral history
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 Bickman defeating Shimbashi by a wide margin to earn his first term in office.
Legislature results
1997 general election
2001 general election
2004 general election
2008 general election
2012 general election
2015 general election
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 Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,076 | 13.05% | 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 Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,407 | 10.21% | 30.64% | 2 |
| |
Independent |
Link Byfield |
2,263 |
9.60% |
28.81% |
4 |
|
Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 1,732 | 7.35% | 22.05% | 3 |
|
Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,649 | 7.00% | 20.99% | 6 |
|
Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 1,639 | 6.95% | 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
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.
2012 election
References
- ↑ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ↑ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 32–35.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
- ↑ "Cardston-Taber-Warner Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- ↑ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 386–391.
- ↑ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
- ↑ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ↑ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
External links
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