Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock

Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock

Alberta electoral district
2004 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Ken Kowalski Alberta PC Association
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2008

Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock is a rural provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 2003 and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta under the first past the post electoral system.

History

The electoral district was created in the 2003 boundary redistribution from the old Barrhead-Westlock riding that had existed since 1993. The riding was created by merging Barrhead-Westlock with the western portion of Redwater which had been split to make Athabasca-Redwater.

The second iteration of the district came in 2010 when the boundaries were revised to gain a portion of land from the Lesser Slave Lake electoral district. The portion of land in the district that was part of Sturgeon County was transferred to Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert.

Boundary history

46 Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock 2003 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Lesser Slave Lake	Athabasca-Redwater	Grande Prairie-Smoky	Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the east boundary of Rge. 14 W5 and the north boundary of Twp. 67; then 1. east along the north boundary to the right bank of the Athabasca River; 2. upstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Twp. 64; 3. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 34, Twp. 64, Rge. 25 W4; 4. south along the east boundary of Secs. 34, 27, 22, 15, 10 and 3 in Twps. 64 and 63 to the north boundary of Twp. 62; 5. east along the north boundary of Twp. 62 to the east boundary of Sec. 33 in Twp. 62, Rge. 25 W4; 6. south along the east boundary of Secs. 33, 28, 21 and 16 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 15; 7. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 15, 14 and 13 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 13; 8. south along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 13 and 12 to the north boundary of Sec. 1 in Twp. 62, Rge. 25 W4; 9. east along the north boundary of Sec. 1 in Twp. 62, Rge. 25 W4 to the east boundary of Rge. 25 W4; 10. south along the east boundary of Rge. 25 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 61; 11. east along the north boundary of Twp. 61 to the east boundary of Rge. 23 W4; 12. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 12, Twp. 61, Rge. 23 W4; 13. west along the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11 and 10 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 9 in the Twp.; 14. south along the east boundary of Secs. 9 and 4 in the Twp. and along the east boundary of Secs. 33, 28, 21, 16, 9 and 4 in Twp. 60 and the east boundary of Secs. 33, 28, 21 and 16 in Twp. 59, Rge. 23 W4; 15. east along the north boundary of Sec. 10, Twp. 59, Rge. 23 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 10 in the Twp.; 16. south along the east boundary of Secs. 10 and 3 in the Twp. and Secs. 33, 28 and 21 in Twp. 58 to the north boundary of Sec. 16 in Twp. 58; 17. west along the north boundary of Secs. 16, 17 and 18 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 13, 14, 15 and 16 in Twp. 58, Rge. 24 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 17; 18. south along the east boundary of Secs. 17, 8 and 5 in Twp. 58 and the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in Twps. 57 and 56 and the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20 and 17 in Twp. 55 to the north boundary of Sec. 8; 19. west along the north boundary of Secs. 8 and 7 in Rge. 24 W4 and the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11 and 10 in Rge. 25 W4 to the centre line of Highway 2; 20. north along the centre line of Highway 2 to the north boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 58, Rge. 25 W4; 21. west along the north boundary of Secs. 5 and 6 in Twp. 58, Rge. 25 and Secs. 1, 2 and 3 in Twp. 58, Rge. 26 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 3; 22. south along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 3 in Twp. 58, Rge. 26 W4 and the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 34 in Twp. 57, Rge. 26 to the north boundary of Sec. 27; 23. west along the north boundary of Secs. 27 and 28 in Twp. 57, Rge. 26 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 28; 24. south along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 28, 21 and 16 to the north boundary of Sec. 9, Twp. 57, Rge 26 W4; 25. west along the north boundary of Secs. 9, 8 and 7 to the east boundary of Rge. 27; 26. south along the east boundary of Rge. 27 to the north boundary of Sec. 1 in Twp. 57, Rge. 27 W4; 27. west along the north boundary of Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 8; 28. north along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 8 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 8, Twp. 57, Rge. 27 W4; 29. west along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 8 in Twp. 57, Rge. 27 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 7; 30. north along the east boundary of Secs. 7 and 18 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 18 in Twp. 57, Rge 27 W4; 31. west along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 18 and Secs. 13 and 14 in Twp. 57, Rge. 1 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 15; 32. south along the east boundary of Secs. 15, 10 and 3 in Twp. 57, Rge. 1 W5 and Secs. 34, 27 and 22 in Twp. 56, Rge. 1 W5 to the north boundary of the south half of Section 22; 33. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 22, 21, 20 and 19 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 2 W5; 34. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 56; 35. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 6, Twp. 57, Rge. 2 W5; 36. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 6 and 7 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 7; 37. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 3 W5; 38. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 13, Twp. 57, Rge. 3 W5; 39. west along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 13 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 13; 40. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 13 and 24 in the Twp. to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 24; 41. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 24 and 23 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 22 in the Twp.; 42. north along the east boundary of Secs. 22, 27 and 34 to the north boundary of Twp. 57; 43. west along the north boundary to the right bank of the Pembina River; 44. upstream along the right bank to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 18, Twp. 57, Rge. 5 W5; 45. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 18, 19, 30 and 31 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 57; 46. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3, Twp. 58, Rge. 6 W5; 47. north along the east boundary of Secs. 3, 10, 15 and 22 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 22; 48. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 28 in the Twp.; 49. north along the east boundary of Secs. 28 and 33 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 58; 50. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 4, Twp. 59, Rge. 6 W5; 51. north along the east boundary of Secs. 4, 9, 16 and 21 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Sec. 21; 52. west along the north boundary of Secs. 21, 20 and 19 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 24, 23, 22 and 21 in Twp. 59, Rge. 7 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 29 in the Twp.; 53. north along the east boundary of Secs. 29 and 32 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 59; 54. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 9 W5; 55. north along the east boundary to the right bank of the Athabasca River; 56. downstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Twp. 60; 57. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 11 W5; 58. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 63; 59. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 14 W5; 60. north along the east boundary to the starting point.
Note:

50 Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Lesser Slave Lake	Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater	Grande Praire-Smoky, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	Spruce Grove-St. Albert
riding map goes here		map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Barrhead-Westlock 1993-2004 and Redwater 1993-2004
26th	2004–2008		Ken Kowalski	Progressive Conservative
27th	2008–present

The riding has been held since it was created by Progressive Conservative MLA and Speaker of the Assembly Ken Kowalski. Kowalski had served as a member since winning a by-election in 1979 and had previously held some cabinet portfolios in the Alberta government. He was returned for both his terms in 2004 and 2008 in this district with landslide pluralities.

Legislature results

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results			Turnout 52.73%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Kowalski	7,066	59.30%	*
	Liberal	Alan Fiebich	2,310	19.39%	*
	NDP	Peggy Kirkeby	1,113	9.34%	*
	Alberta Alliance	Mike Radojcic	1,020	8.56%	*
	Social Credit	Carl Haugen	407	3.41%	*
Total			11,916	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			71
22,732 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district				Swing N/A

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results			Turnout 52.73%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Kowalski	8,312	70.26%	10.96%
	Liberal	Leslie Penny	1,804	15.25%	-4.14%	*
	NDP	Rodney Olstad	927	7.83%	-1.51%	*
	Greens	Daniel Evans	479	4.05%	*
	Social Credit	Carl Haugen	309	2.61%	-0.80%
Total			11,831	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			51
26,708 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 7.55%

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election			Turnout %		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Maureen Kubinec		%	%
	Wildrose	Link Byfield		%	%
	Liberal			%	%	*
	NDP	Bryan Young		%	%	*
Total			'	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			'
Eligible Electors
					Swing %

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock					Turnout 52.09%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	6,156	20.29%	59.70%	3
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	4,320	14.24%	41.89%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	3,600	11.87%	34.91%	1
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,279	10.81%	31.80%	4
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,459	8.11%	23.85%	6
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,356	7.77%	22.85%	7
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	2,230	7.35%	21.63%	5
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,133	7.03%	20.69%	10
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,130	7.02%	20.66%	8
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,674	5.51%	16.23%	9
Total Votes			30,337	100%
Total Ballots			10,312	2.94 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,530

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools
Barrhead Composite School
Dunstable School
Eleanor Hall School
Fort Assiniboine School
Morinville Community High School
St. Mary School
Westlock Elementary

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	Ken Kowalski	317	32.68%
	Liberal	Alan Fiebich	228	23.51%
	NDP	Peggy Kirkeby	206	21.24%
	Alberta Alliance	Mike Radojcic	166	17.11%
	Social Credit	Carl Haugen	53	5.46%
Total			970	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			36

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Maureen Kubinec		%
	Wildrose	Link Byfield		%
	Liberal			%
	Alberta Party			%
	NDP	Bryan Young		%
Total			'	100%

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta