Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills

Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Dave Hanson United Conservative
District created	2010
First contested	1971
Last contested	2015

Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills is a provincial electoral district in northern Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting.

The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution, and was first contested in the 2012 election. It was last contested in the 2015 election, when it returned Dave Hanson of the Wildrose Party.

History

Boundary history

The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the electoral district of Lac La Biche-St. Paul which was altered to bound current municipal boundaries. Two Hills was added to the name at the request of local residents.

The Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended splitting the district up in 2017, creating Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche and Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul, while transferring the area around Two Hills to Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville and a small area to Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock.

65 Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Fort McMurray-Conklin	Bonnyville-Cold Lake	Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville and Lesser Slave Lake	Vermilion-Lloydminster
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Lac La Biche-St. Paul 1993-2012
28th	2012-2015		Shayne Saskiw	Wildrose
29th	2015-2017		Dave Hanson
	2017-2019			United Conservative
See Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche, Bonnyville-Cold Lake- St. Paul and Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville after 2019

Electoral history

Since the riding was renamed, it has been represented only by the Wildrose Party of Alberta, although its antecedent had been held by several parties, most prominently the Progressive Conservatives. The first MLA was Shayne Saskiw, who was elected in 2012 and resigned prior to the 2015 election. The current incumbent MLA is Dave Hanson who won the district in the 2015 election.

Legislature results

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wildrose	Shayne Saskiw	5,949	46.56%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Danyluk	5,418	42.40%	-28.88%
	New Democratic	Phil Johnson	706	5.53%	-5.42%
	Liberal	John Nowak	704	5.51%	-12.26%
Total valid votes			12,777	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			99	–	–
Electors / turnout			21,729	59.26%	+15.03%
	Wildrose notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+37.72%
Source(s) "Election Results - LAC LA BICHE-ST. PAUL-TWO HILLS". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wildrose	Dave Hanson	4,760	38.65%	-7.91%
	New Democratic	Catherine Harder	4,213	34.21%	+28.68%
	Progressive Conservative	Darrell Younghans	3,002	24.38%	-18.02%
	Green	Brian Deheer	340	2.76%
Total valid votes			12,315
Rejected, spoiled and declined			73
Electors/turnout			23,476	52.77%	-6.49%
	Wildrose hold		Swing		-18.30%

Graphical representation

2012

5.5%	5.5%	42.4%	46.6%
NDP	Liberal	Progressive Conservative	Wildrose

2015

	34.2%	24.4%	38.7%
	New Democrat	Progressive Conservative	Wildrose

Student vote results

2012 student election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation		Candidate
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Danyluk
	Wildrose	Shayne Saskiw
	Liberal	John Nowak
	New Democratic	Phil Johnson

External links

• Elections Alberta