Livingstone-Macleod

Livingstone-Macleod

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Pat Stier Wildrose
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2015

Livingstone-Macleod is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 current districts in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

The electoral district located in rural southwestern Alberta was created with minimal boundary changes in the 1997 boundary re-distribution from the old riding of Pincher Creek-Macleod. The district is named after Mount Livingstone and the town of Fort Macleod. The district also contains the communities of Pincher Creek and the municipality of the Crowsnest Pass.

The district and its antecedent have been favorable to electing Progressive Conservative candidates in the past few decades, but this history was broken in the Alberta general election, 2012 when Wildrose candidate Pat Stier was elected.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution primarily from the old electoral district of Pincher Creek-Macleod.

Significant changes were made to the district in the 2010 boundary redistribution. The Blood Reserve was transferred to the electoral district of Cardston-Taber-Warner while land south of the town of High River that was in Highwood as well as a portion of land in that constituency in the north west and the portion of land that was part of the abolished Foothills-Rocky View electoral district south of Tsuu T'ina Nation was transferred into the electoral district.

Boundary history

67 Livingstone-Macleod 2003 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Banff-Cochrane and Highwood	Lethbridge-West and Little Bow	none	Cardston-Taber-Warner
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 Twp. 13; then 1. east along the north boundary of Twp. 13 to the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5; 2. north along the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5 to the south boundary of the Cataract Creek Snow Vehicle Forest Land Use Zone described in Order In Council 998/79; 3. northeasterly along the south boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 14 in Twp. 15, Rge. 3 W5; 4. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 22 in the Twp.; 5. north along the east boundary of Secs. 22 and 27 to the north boundary of Sec. 27; 6. west along the north boundary of Sec. 27 to the east boundary of Sec. 33; 7. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 15, Rge. 3 W5; 8. east along the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 4, Twp. 16, Rge. 2 W5; 9. north along the east boundary of Secs. 4, 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 to the north boundary of Twp. 16, Rge. 2 W5; 10. east along the north boundary of Twp. 16 to the east boundary of Sec. 6, Twp. 17, Rge. 28 W4; 11. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 5; 12. east along the north boundary of Secs. 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 in Twp. 17, Rge. 28 W4 and east along the north boundary of Secs. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 in Twp. 17, Rge. 27 W4; 13. east along the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 17, Rge. 26 W4 to the right bank of the Little Bow River; 14. downstream along the right bank to the east boundary of Rge. 25 W4; 15. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 18 in Twp. 11, Rge. 24 W4; 16. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 18 and 17 to the east boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 17. south along the east boundary of Secs. 17, 8 and 5 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 10; 18. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 31 in Twp. 10, Rge. 24; W4; 19. south along the east boundary of Sec. 31 and 30 in the Twp. to the right bank of the Oldman River; 20. downstream along the Oldman River to the north boundary of the Blood Indian Reserve No. 148; 21. generally southeast, southwest, west and northeast along the boundary of the Blood Indian Reserve No. 148 to its intersection with the right bank of the Waterton River; 22. upstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Waterton Lakes National Park; 23. in a generally westerly direction along the north park boundary to the Alberta-British Columbia boundary; 24. in a generally northerly direction along the boundary to the starting point.
Note:

71 Livingstone-Macleod 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Banff-Cochrane, Calgary-Lougheed, Chestermere-Rocky View and Highwood	Little Bow	British Columbia boundary	Cardston-Taber-Warner
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Livingstone-Macleod
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Pincher Creek-Macleod 1993-1997
24th	1997–2001		David Coutts	Progressive Conservative
25th	2001–2004
26th	2004–2008
27th	2008–2012		Evan Berger
28th	2012–2015		Pat Stier	Wildrose
29th	2015–present

The electoral district was created in the 1997 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw Pincher Creek-Macleod Progressive Conservative incumbent David Coutts win more than half the popular vote over Liberal candidate Ernie Patterson to pick up the seat for his party.

The two would face each other again in the 2001 general election. Coutts would be re-elected with a larger majority to win his third term in office. Coutts won his fourth term in the 2004 election taking just over half of the popular vote in the riding. He retired from office at dissolution of the assembly in 2004.

The second representative of the district was Progressive Conservative MLA Evan Berger; elected to his first term in the 2008 general election.

Legislature results

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results

Turnout 38.15%

Swing

Affiliation

Candidate

Votes

%

Party

Personal

Progressive Conservative

David Coutts

5,337

50.97%

Liberal

Ernie Patterson

3,924

37.47%

*

Social Credit

Bob Bysouth

703

6.71%

*

New Democratic

Gwen De Maere

508

4.85%

Total

10,472

100%

Rejected, Spoiled and Declined

25

27,516 Eligible Electors

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results			Turnout 43.29%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	David Coutts	6,340	60.69%	9.72%	Liberal	Ernie Patterson	3,035	29.05%	-8.42%
	New Democratic	James Tweedie	553	5.29%	0.44%
	Alberta First	Larry Lybbert	519	4.97%
Total			10,447
Rejected, spoiled and declined			59
Eligible electors / Turnout			24,270	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		9.07%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results			Turnout 45.01%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	David Coutts	5,097	51.02%	-9.67%
	Liberal	Craig Whitehead	2,044	20.46%	-8.59%
	Alberta Alliance	George Lyster	1,492	14.93%
	New Democratic	Joyce Thomas	628	6.29%	1.00%
	Green	Chris Watts	391	3.91%	*
	Separation	Jim Walker	339	3.39%	-1.58%1
Total			9,991
Rejected, spoiled and declined			74
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,361	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-9.13%

1. Results compared to Alberta First Party in 2001

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results			Turnout 38.34%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Evan Berger	6,037	64.18%	13.16%
	Liberal	Mike Judd	1,534	16.31%	-4.15%
	Wildrose Alliance	Jack Macleod	988	10.50%	-4.43%
	New Democratic	Phil Burpee	476	5.06%	-1.23%
	Green	Bryan Hunt	371	3.95%	0.04%	*
Total			9,406
Rejected, spoiled and declined			58
Eligible electors / Turnout			24,682	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		8.66%

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wildrose	Pat Stier	8,577	48.05%	37.55%
	Progressive Conservative	Evan P. Berger	7,385	41.37%	-22.81%
	New Democratic	Matthew Halton	944	5.29%	0.23%
	Liberal	Alex MacDonald	597	3.34%	-12.96%
	Evergreen	Larry Ashmore	346	1.94%	–
Total			17,849	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			66	9	44
Eligible electors / turnout			29,644	60.46%	22.12%
	Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-20.60%
Source(s) Source: "71 - Livingstone-Macleod, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Wildrose	Pat Stier	7,357	39.9%
	Progressive Conservative	Evan Berger	6,410	34.7%
	New Democratic	Aileen Burke	4,226	22.9%
	Liberal	Alida Hess	459	2.5%

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Livingstone-Macleod					Turnout 44.79%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	3,969	16.02%	49.30%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	2,972	11.99%	36.92%	2	Independent	Link Byfield	2,762	11.15%	34.31%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,606	10.52%	32.37%	3
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,461	9.93%	30.57%	8
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	2,271	9.16%	28.21%	5
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,180	8.80%	27.08%	7
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,061	8.32%	25.60%	6
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,022	8.16%	25.12%	10	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,477	5.95%	18.35%	9
Total Votes			24,781	100%
Total Ballots			8,051	3.08 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,964

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools
Canyon School
Red Crow Community College
West Meadow 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	%
	Progressive Conservative	David Coutts	143	41.45%	Liberal	Craig Whitehead	73	21.16%
	Green	Chris Watts	50	14.49%	NDP	Joyce Thomas	31	8.99%
	Separation	Jim Walker	25	7.25%
	Alberta Alliance	George Lyster	23	6.66%
Total			345	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			37

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results

Affiliation

Candidate

Votes

%

Progressive Conservative

Evan Berger

%

Wildrose

Pat Stier

Evergreen

Larry Ashmore

%

Liberal

Alex Macdonald

%

NDP

Matthew Halton

%

Total

'

100%

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta