ALBERTA ELECTORAL BOUNDARY RE-DISTRIBUTION, 2004

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Current electoral laws in Alberta, Canada fix the number of legislature seats at 83. Prior to the 26th general election, the ''Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission'' was given the task of re-distributing the province's electoral divisions. In February 2003, the Commission recommended 83 new divisions as follows:

'No.'	'Name'	'Pop. (2001)'	'Var. to Prov. Avg.'	'Var. to Cat. Avg.'
1	Dunvegan-Central Peace	24,202	(32.70%)	N/A
2	Calgary Bow	39,604	10.20%	5.10%
3	Calgary Buffalo	39,357	9.50%	4.40%
4	Calgary Cross	39,524	9.90%	4.90%
5	Calgary Currie	39,340	9.40%	4.40%
6	Calgary East	38,655	7.50%	2.60%
7	Calgary Egmont	37,423	4.10%	(0.70%)
8	Calgary Elbow	38,906	8.20%	3.20%
9	Calgary Fish Creek	36,457	1.40%	(3.30%)
10	Calgary Foothills	36,415	1.30%	(3.40%)
11	Calgary Fort	39,155	8.90%	3.90%
12	Calgary Glenmore	37,770	5.10%	0.20%
13	Calgary Hays	36,258	0.90%	(3.80%)
14	Calgary Lougheed	36,702	2.10%	(2.60%)
15	Calgary MacKay	37,803	5.20%	0.30%
16	Calgary McCall	36,458	1.40%	(3.20%)
17	Calgary Montrose	39,276	9.20%	4.20%
18	Calgary Mountain View	39,586	10.10%	5.10%
19	Calgary North Hill	38,465	7.00%	2.10%
20	Calgary North West	39,246	9.20%	4.20%
21	Calgary Nose Hill	38,622	7.40%	2.50%
22	Calgary Shaw	35,966	0.00%	(4.60%)
23	Calgary Varsity	39,691	10.40%	5.30%
24	Calgary West	38,187	6.20%	1.30%
25	Edmonton Beverly Clareview	37,797	5.10%	0.30%
26	Edmonton Calder	37,190	3.40%	(1.30%)
27	Edmonton Castle Downs	37,570	4.50%	(0.30%)
28	Edmonton Centre	35,096	(2.40%)	(6.90%)
29	Edmonton Decore	35,570	(1.10%)	(5.60%)
30	Edmonton Ellerslie	35,707	(0.70%)	(5.20%)
31	Edmonton Glenora	36,766	2.30%	(2.40%)
32	Edmonton Gold Bar	37,052	3.10%	(1.70%)
33	Edmonton Highlands Norwood	38,418	6.90%	2.00%
34	Edmonton Jasper Place	36,483	1.50%	(3.20%)
35	Edmonton Manning	37,410	4.10%	(0.70%)
36	Edmonton McClung	38,266	6.40%	1.50%
37	Edmonton Mill Creek	36,545	1.70%	(3.00%)
38	Edmonton Mill Woods	38,339	6.60%	1.70%
39	Edmonton Riverview	37,059	3.10%	(1.70%)
40	Edmonton Rutherford	36,420	1.30%	(3.30%)
41	Edmonton Strathcona	37,014	3.00%	(1.80%)
42	Edmonton Whitemud	37,402	4.00%	(0.70%)
43	Airdrie-Chestermere	37,651	4.70%	5.70%
44	Athabasca-Redwater	34,772	(3.30%)	4.70%
45	Banff-Cochrane	35,593	(1.00%)	(0.10%)
46	Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock	35,086	(2.40%)	5.60%
47	Battle River-Wainwright	31,042	(13.70%)	(6.50%)
48	Bonnyville-Cold Lake	31,289	(13.00%)	(12.20%)
49	Drayton Valley-Calmar	34,279	(4.70%)	3.20%
50	Cardston-Taber-Warner	31,755	(11.70%)	(4.40%)
51	Cypress-Medicine Hat	31,513	(12.30%)	(11.50%)
52	Drumheller-Stettler	33,483	(6.90%)	0.80%
53	Foothills-Rocky View	33,397	(7.10%)	0.60%
54	Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville	36,172	0.60%	1.50%
55	Grande Prairie Smoky	36,178	0.60%	1.60%
56	Grande Prairie Wapiti	32,987	(8.20%)	(7.40%)
57	Highwood	31,410	(12.60%)	(11.80%)
58	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake	36,076	0.30%	8.60%
59	Lac La Biche-St. Paul	35,230	(2.00%)	6.10%
60	Lacombe-Ponoka	35,065	(2.50%)	5.60%
61	Leduc-Beaumont-Devon	37,378	4.00%	4.90%
62	Lesser Slave Lake	27,731	(22.90%)	(16.50%)
63	Lethbridge East	34,684	(3.50%)	(2.60%)
64	Lethbridge West	32,695	(9.10%)	(8.20%)
65	Little Bow	32,897	(8.50%)	(1.00%)
66	Livingstone-Macleod	33,534	(6.70%)	1.00%
67	Medicine Hat	35,889	(0.20%)	0.70%
68	Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	32,738	(8.90%)	(1.40%)
69	Peace River	31,655	(11.90%)	(4.70%)
70	Red Deer North	36,115	0.50%	1.40%
71	Red Deer South	36,424	1.30%	2.30%
72	Rocky Mountain House	33,313	(7.30%)	0.30%
73	Sherwood Park	35,360	(1.60%)	(0.70%)
74	Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert	37,216	3.50%	4.50%
75	St. Albert	39,160	8.90%	9.90%
76	Stony Plain	37,410	4.10%	12.60%
77	Strathcona	36,435	1.30%	2.30%
78	Strathmore-Brooks	38,140	6.10%	7.10%
79	Vermilion-Lloydminster	30,675	(14.70%)	(13.90%)
80	West Yellowhead	29,349	(18.40%)	(11.60%)
81	Wetaskiwin-Camrose	37,750	5.00%	6.00%
82	Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	32,251	(10.30%)	(2.90%)
83	Wood Buffalo	42,971	19.50%	20.60%

As a result of the re-distribution, Calgary gained two seats. Edmonton lost one seat, and one ''special consideration'' division was eliminated. Dunvegan is the sole remaining "special" division - due to its isolation it is allowed to have a population below 75% of the provincial average. Lesser Slave Lake is now considered to be a standard rural division as its boundaries were re-drawn so that its population is slightly above 75% of the provincial average. One urbanized division outside Calgary and Edmonton was added, and two rural seats were eliminated.