Cardston-Taber-Warner

Cardston-Taber-Warner

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Broyce Jacobs Alberta PC Association
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2008

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. 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.

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.

Boundary history

49 Cardston-Taber-Warner 2003 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Livingstone-Macleod and Little Bow	Cypress-Medicine Hat	British Columbia boundary	Montana boundary
riding map goes here
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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53 Cardston-Taber-Warner 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Lethbridge-West, Little Bow and Livingstone-Macleod	Cypress-Medicine Hat	British Columbia boundary	Montana boundary
Riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Cardston-Taber-Warner
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–present		Broyce Jacobs	Progressive Conservative

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 Link Byfield on January 19, 2008.

Hinman would be defeated by Broyce Jacobs in the 2008 election held just weeks after his party merger.

Legislature results

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results			Turnout 49.22%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Hierath	5,157	59.18%	*
	Social Credit	Ken Rose	1,568	17.99%	*
	Liberal	James Jackson	1,471	16.88%	*
	NDP	Suzanne Sirias	518	5.95%	*
Total			8,714	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			18
17,741 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district				Swing N/A

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results			Turnout 53.17%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Broyce Jacobs	5,256	53.63%	-5.55%	*
	Alberta First	John Reil	2,557	26.09%	*
	Liberal	Ron Hancock	1,747	17.83%	0.95%	*
	NDP	Suzanne Sirias	240	2.45%	-3.50%
Total			9,800	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			21
18,470 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -15.82%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results			Turnout 46.76%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Alberta Alliance	Paul Hinman	3,885	43.98%	*
	Progressive Conservative	Broyce Jacobs	3,756	42.52%	-11.11%
	Liberal	Paula Shimp	783	8.86%	-8.97%	*
	Greens	Lindsay Ferguson	225	2.55%	*
	NDP	Luann Bannister	185	2.09%	-0.36%	*
Total			8,834	100%
Rejected Ballots			64
19,030 Eligible Electors
	Alberta Alliance pickup from Progressive Conservative				Swing 27.55%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results			Turnout 43.16%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Broyce Jacobs	4,374	46.02%	3.50%
	Wildrose Alliance	Paul Hinman	4,325	45.50%	1.52%
	Liberal	Ron Hancock	436	4.59%	-4.27%	*
	NDP	Suzanne Sirias	190	2.00%	-0.09%	*
	Greens	William Turner	180	1.89%	-0.66%	*
Total			9,505	100%
Rejected Ballots			27
22,084 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative pickup from Wildrose Alliance				Swing 2.51%

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election			Turnout %		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Shimbashi		%	%
	Wildrose	Gary Bikman		%	%
	Liberal			%	%	*
	NDP	Aaron Haugen		%	%	*
	Social Credit			%	%	*
	Alberta Party			%	%	*
Total			'	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			'
Eligible Electors
					Swing %

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Cardston-Taber-Warner					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
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
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Alberta Alliance	Paul Hinman	382	38.90%
	Progressive Conservative	Broyce Jacobs	367	37.37%
	Greens	Lindsay Ferguson	103	10.49%
	NDP	Luann Bannister	73	7.43%
	Liberal	Paula Shimp	57	5.81%
Total			982	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			46

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Shimbashi		%
	Wildrose	Gary Bikman		%
	Liberal			%
	Alberta Party			%
	NDP	Aaron Haugen		%
	Social Credit			%
Total			'	100%

External links

• Demographics for Cardston-Taber-Warner
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta