Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
Wild Rose electoral district Wild Rose in relation to other Alberta ridings
Legislature House of Commons District created 1986 District abolished 2013 First contested 1988 Last contested 2011 District webpage profile , map Population (2011 )[ 1] 138,617 Electors (2011)90,193 Area (km²)[ 2] 28,054.46 Census division(s) Division No. 6 , Division No. 9 , Division No. 15 Census subdivision(s) Calgary , Rocky View County , Airdrie , Cochrane , Mountain View County , Canmore , Clearwater County , Olds , Banff , Didsbury
Wild Rose was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015. It had been considered a safe seat for the Conservative Party of Canada .
The district was located in the southwest part of Alberta, stretching from the British Columbia border to the outer northern suburbs of Calgary . Within the large riding were: the City of Airdrie , the towns of Olds , Didsbury , Cochrane , Canmore , Sundre , and Banff , the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 , Mountain View County , Improvement District No. 9 , and parts of Clearwater County and Rocky View County . The Stoney First Nation was also located within the riding. The riding was bounded by British Columbia to the west, Calgary to the southeast and Red Deer to the northeast.
The electoral district was created in 1986 from Bow River , Red Deer and Macleod ridings.
In 2003, about 30% of this district was transferred to Crowfoot riding and about 4% of Red Deer riding was transferred to this district.
Since its creation Wild Rose was one of the safest ridings in the country for the Conservative Party and its predecessors, which had won every election since 1993 by lopsided margins. Neither the Liberals nor the New Democrats had ever secured more than 15 percent of the vote in Wild Rose. In the 2006 election, the Green Party finished a distant second with 10.84 percent of the popular vote, which was among the highest percentages received for the Green Party in that election. The Green Party candidate, Lisa Fox, was again the second-place finisher in the October 2008 election, finishing ahead of the Liberal, New Democratic and Libertarian candidates with 6,389 votes, but far behind the winner Richards, who won 72.9 percent of all votes cast (36,869 votes total).[ 3]
The riding was abolished in 2015. Most of the riding became Banff—Airdrie . A smaller part was transferred to Red Deer—Mountain View while a small portion went to Yellowhead .
List of Members of Parliament [ edit ] This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada :
2011 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Blake Richards 43,669
74.7
+1.8
$49,673
New Democratic Jeff Horvath
6,595
11.3
+3.1
$3,784
Green Michael MacDonald
4,071
7.0
-5.6
$5,270
Liberal John Reilly 3,908
6.7
+1.0
$43,616
Christian Heritage Randy VandenBroek
181
0.3
–
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
58,424 100.0
Total rejected ballots
128 0.2 0.0
Turnout
58,552 61.7 +6
Eligible voters
94,970 – –
2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Blake Richards 36,869
72.9
+0.4
$50,972
Green Lisa Fox
6,390
12.6
+1.8
$14,559
New Democratic Jeff Horvath
4,169
8.2
+0.9
$5,001
Liberal Jenn Turcott
2,890
5.7
-4.0
$6,555
Libertarian Krista Zoobkoff
246
0.5
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
50,564 100.0 $101,401
Total rejected ballots
107 0.2 0.0
Turnout
50,671 56 -9
2006 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Conservative Myron Thompson 39,487
72.2
+1.6
$52,003
Green Sean Maw
5,929
10.8
+2.6
$8,652
Liberal Judy Stewart
5,331
9.7
-2.9
$8,736
New Democratic Shannon Nelles
3,972
7.3
-1.2
$2,057
Total valid votes
54,715 100.0
Total rejected ballots
127 0.2 0.0
Turnout
54,842 66.7 +5.2
2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Alliance Myron Thompson 40,193
70.4
+6.6
$38,078
Progressive Conservative Truper McBride
7,370
12.9
-6.1
$17,837
Liberal Bryan Mahoney
6,334
11.1
-1.0
$8,304
New Democratic Anne Wilson
2,320
4.1%
+0.5
$2,552
Independent Garnet T. Hammer
908
1.6
–
$72
Total valid votes
57,125 100.0
Total rejected ballots
175 0.3
Turnout
57,300 62.5 +2.0
1997 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Expenditures
Reform Myron Thompson 28,569
63.8
+0.4
$43,013
Progressive Conservative Bert Dyck
8,506
19.0
+3.6
$34,928
Liberal Bryan Mahoney
5,428
12.1
-2.0
$9,259
New Democratic Anne Wilson
1,594
3.6
+1.3
$2,614
Green Vanessa Violini
692
1.5
+0.6
$275
Total valid votes
44,789 100.0
Total rejected ballots
88 0.2
Turnout
44,877 60.5
51°23′N 115°28′W / 51.39°N 115.47°W / 51.39; -115.47
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