Rocky Mountain House, town (1991 pop. 5,461), S central Alta., Canada, at the foot of the Rocky Mts. and the confluence of the North Saskatchewan and Clearwater rivers. Founded in 1799 as a fortified post of the North West Company in Blackfoot country and known as Blackfoot post, it was taken over (1821) and operated by the Hudson's Bay Company until 1875. It is now the gateway to a big-game hunting area.
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 Alberta electoral district |
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| Provincial electoral district | ||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| MLA | Ty Lund Progressive Conservative |
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| District created | 1971 | |
| First contested | 1971 | |
| Last contested | 2008 | |
Rocky Mountain House is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.
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Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Name | Party | Elected | Left Office | |
| Helen Hunley | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | 1979 | |
| John Murray Campbell | Progressive Conservative | 1979 | 1989 | |
| Ty Lund | Progressive Conservative | 1989 | present |
Election results
2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election results[1] | Turnout 47.76% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Ty Lund | 5,773 | 56.33% | |
| Liberal | Susan Scott | 1,266 | 12.35% | |
| Social Credit | Lavern Ahlstrom | 1,265 | 12.34% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Ed Wilhite | 807 | 7.87% | |
| Separation | Bruce Hutton | 503 | 4.91% | |
| Green | Jennifer Isaac | 335 | 3.27% | |
| NDP | Anthony Jones | 300 | 2.93% | |
| Total | 10,249 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 60 | |||
2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Rocky Mountain House[2] | Turnout 47.26% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank |
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| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 4,255 | 15.59% | 48.00% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 3,961 | 14.51% | 44.69% | 2 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 2,996 | 10.97% | 33.80% | 4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,881 | 10.55% | 32.50% | 3 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,748 | 10.07% | 31.00% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,461 | 9.02% | 27.76% | 6 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 2,409 | 8.82% | 27.18% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,082 | 7.63% | 23.49% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 2,063 | 7.56% | 23.27% | 10 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,444 | 5.28% | 16.29% | 9 | |
| Total Votes | 27,300 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 8,864 | 3.08 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 1,337 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
2008 general election
| 2008 Alberta general election results | Turnout 44.7% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Ty Lund | 6,192 | 62.2% | |
| Wildrose Alliance | Fanie van Heerden | 1,157 | 11.6% | |
| Liberal | Norm McDougall | 851 | 8.6% | |
| Green | Jennifer Ripley | 699 | 7.0% | |
| Social Credit | Wilf Tricker | 638 | 6.4% | |
| NDP | Jorge Souza | 279 | 2.8% | |
| Separation | Bruce Hutton | 120 | 1.2% | |
| Total | 9,936 | 100% | ||
Plebiscite results
1948 Electrification Plebiscite
District results from the first province-wide plebiscite on electricity regulation.
| Option A | Option B |
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| Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being continued by the Power Companies? | Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being made a publicly owned utility administered by the Alberta Government Power Commission? |
| 2,210 45.63% | 2,633 54.37% |
| Province wide result: Option A passed. | |
2004 Student Vote
| Participating Schools[3] |
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| Ecole Rocky Elementary |
| Sunchild First Nation 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[4] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Ty Lund | 21 | 51.22% | |
| Liberal | Susan Scott | 9 | 21.95% | |
| Green | Jennifer Isaac | 4 | 9.75% | |
| Social Credit | Lavern Ahlstrom | 2 | 4.88% | |
| NDP | Anthony Jones | 2 | 4.88% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Ed Wilhite | 2 | 4.88% | |
| Separation | Bruce Hutton | 1 | 2.44% | |
| Total | 41 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 5 | |||
References
- ^ "Rocky Mountain House Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/73.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
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