Peace River—Westlock

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Peace River—Westlock Riding created from Fort McMurray—Athabasca, Peace River Westlock—St. Paul, and Yellowhead
42nd	2015–Present		Arnold Viersen	Conservative

Profile

This riding is a typical conservative stronghold riding. There are several ridings in Alberta that the Conservative Party of Canada realistically expects to win, and this is one of them. However, the northern portion of the riding is less strongly conservative than the rest, with pockets of support for the NDP. Historically, this riding has been always right-leaning, with support beginning toward the old Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, shifting toward the right-wing Reform Alliance Party after the time of prime minister Brian Mulroney, and then held by the new Conservative Party of Canada since the unification of the Progressive Conservatives and Canadian Alliance in 2003.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Arnold Viersen	34,342	69.35	-8.46	–
	New Democratic	Cameron Alexis	7,127	14.39	+1.35	–
	Liberal	Chris Brown	6,360	12.84	+9.20	–
	Green	Sabrina Lee Levac	1,247	2.52	-1.34	–
	Libertarian	Jeremy Sergeew	443	0.89	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,519	100.00		$257,907.25
Total rejected ballots			170	0.34	–
Turnout			49,689	65.93	–
Eligible voters			75,362
	Conservative hold		Swing		-4.90
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	28,986	77.81
	New Democratic	4,859	21.10
	Green	1,436	3.85
	Liberal	1,357	3.64
	Others	616	1.65

2015 nomination contests

NDP

Announced Candidates:

Cameron Alexis (winner)

Conservative Party of Canada (Votes took place July 6th - 8th 2015)

Announced Candidates:

Terry Hogan ^[9]

Jackie Larsen ^[10]

Eris Moncur ^[11]

Arnold Viersen (winner)^[11]

Terry Hogan
Jackie Larsen
Eris Moncur
Arnold Viersen

Liberal Party: Christopher Brown, Communications Coordinator for the Town of Slave Lake.

Green Party (none announced) Christian Heritage Party of Canada (none announced)

References

Federal ridings in rural Alberta

Conservative	Banff—Airdrie Battle River—Crowfoot Bow River Edmonton—Wetaskiwin Foothills Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Grande Prairie—Mackenzie Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Lacombe Red Deer—Mountain View Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan Sturgeon River—Parkland Yellowhead

Federal ridings in the Canadian Prairies

Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Portage—Lisgar Provencher Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman

Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley Elmwood—Transcona Kildonan—St. Paul Saint Boniface—Saint Vital Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre

Saskatchewan (South, North)	Battlefords—Lloydminster Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek Cypress Hills—Grasslands Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Prince Albert Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan Regina—Lewvan Regina—Qu'Appelle Regina—Wascana Saskatoon—Grasswood Saskatoon—University Saskatoon West Souris—Moose Mountain Yorkton—Melville

Rural Alberta	Banff—Airdrie Battle River—Crowfoot Bow River Foothills Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Grande Prairie—Mackenzie Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Lacombe Red Deer—Mountain View Sturgeon River—Parkland Yellowhead

Edmonton and environs	Edmonton Centre Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton Mill Woods Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton Strathcona Edmonton West Edmonton—Wetaskiwin St. Albert—Edmonton Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan

Calgary	Calgary Centre Calgary Confederation Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary Heritage Calgary Midnapore Calgary Nose Hill Calgary Rocky Ridge Calgary Shepard Calgary Signal Hill Calgary Skyview

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