WILD ROSE (ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

Profile
Population, 2001	101,690
Electors	82,230
Area (km²)	27,778
Population density (people per km²)	4

'Wild Rose' is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. It had been called a safe seat for the Conservative Party of Canada.

Contents

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

Geography

The district is in the southwest part of Alberta. Within the large riding are the cities and towns of Airdrie, Olds, Didsbury, Cochrane, Canmore, and Banff, as well as the municipal district of Bighorn, the county of Mountain View, Improvement district No.9 (Banff), parts of Clearwater and Rocky View. The Stoney First Nation is also located within the riding. The riding is bounded by British Columbia to the west, Calgary to the southeast and Red Deer to the northeast.

History

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.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:
#1988-1993: Louise Feltham - Progressive Conservative
#1993-present: Myron Thompson - Reform (1993-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)

Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Myron Thompson, a former life insurance agent and school principal and teacher. He was first elected in 1993. In the last parliamentary session he served as a member on the 'Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness'.

Election results

In the 2006 election, Wild Rose was notable for the Green Party finishing a distant second where the result of 10.84% was among the highest percentages received for the Green Party in that election.
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|Conservative
|Myron Thompson
|Sundre
|align="right"|39,487
|align="right"|72.16%
|align="right"|+1.57%
|align="right"|$52,003
|Green
|Sean Maw
|Cochrane
|align="right"|5,929
|align="right"|10.84%
|align="right"|+2.58%
|align="right"|$8,652
|Liberal
|Judy Stewart
|Cochrane
|align="right"|5,331
|align="right"|9.74%
|align="right"|-2.90%
|align="right"|$8,736
|New Democratic Party
|Shannon Nelles
|Airdrie
|align="right"|3,972
|align="right"|7.26%
|align="right"|-1.22%
|align="right"|$2,057
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|54,715
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|127
!align="right"|0.23%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|54,842
!align="right"|66.69%
!align="right"|
|-
|Conservative
|Myron Thompson
|align="right"|33,337
|align="right"|70.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$41,324
|Liberal
|Judy Stewart
|align="right"|5,971
|align="right"|12.64%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$22,911
|New Democratic Party
|Jeff Horvath
|align="right"|4,009
|align="right"|8.48%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$4,672
|Green
|Chris Foote
|align="right"|3,904
|align="right"|8.26%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$696
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|47,221
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|101
!align="right"|0.21%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|47,322
!align="right"|61.51%
!align="right"|
|-
|Canadian Alliance
|Myron Thompson
|align="right"|40,193
|align="right"|70.35%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$38,078
|Progressive Conservative
|Truper McBride
|align="right"|7,370
|align="right"|12.90%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$17,837
|Liberal
|Bryan Mahoney
|align="right"|6,334
|align="right"|11.08%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$8,304
|New Democratic Party
|Anne Wilson
|align="right"|2,320
|align="right"|4.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$2,552
|Independent
|Garnet T. Hammer
|align="right"|908
|align="right"|1.58%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$72
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|57,125
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|175
!align="right"|0.31%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|57,300
!align="right"|62.52%
!align="right"|
|}
|-
|Reform
|Myron Thompson
|align="right"|28,569
|align="right"|63.78%
|
|align="right"|$43,013
|Progressive Conservative
|Bert Dyck
|align="right"|8,506
|align="right"|18.99%
|
|align="right"|$34,928
|Liberal
|Bryan Mahoney
|align="right"|5,428
|align="right"|12.11%
|
|align="right"|$9,259
|New Democratic Party
|Anne Wilson
|align="right"|1,594
|align="right"|3.55%
|
|align="right"|$2,614
|Green
|Vanessa Violini
|align="right"|692
|align="right"|1.54%
|
|align="right"|$275
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|44,789
!align="right"|100.00%
!
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|88
!align="right"|0.20%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|44,877
!align="right"|60.47%
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See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Alberta federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Library of Parliament Riding Profile

★ Expenditures - 2004

★ Expenditures - 2000

★ Expenditures - 1997

★ Elections Canada

★ Website of the Parliament of Canada