Bill before Legislature would redraw some southern electoral divisions
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EDMONTON – The Alberta government has introduced a bill to implement the final recommendations of the Electoral Boundaries Commission, which would affect parts of southern Alberta for the next election.
The independent commission issued its final report Oct. 19, after hearing submissions and studying census data. It would create three new electoral divisions, while eliminating three others through consolidation. The three new divisions would be Calgary-North East, Airdrie-Cochrane, and Edmonton-South.
Changes are proposed to the electoral map in the south. A group of seven divisions (Battle River-Wainwright, Drumheller-Stettler, Strathmore-Brooks, Little Bow, Cardston-Taber-Warner, Cypress-Medicine Hat, and Vermilion-Lloydminster) would be consolidated into six.
One of the biggest changes is a new division called Cardston-Siksika. The bowtie-shaped region takes in the Blood Reserve, Del Bonita, and Magrath in the south, narrows at a point that includes Coalhurst, then broadens to the north and includes the Siksika First Nation and Gleichen at the northern edge. Vulcan, Vauxhall, and Picture Butte are also included, while Waterton Lakes National Park moves to the Livingstone-Macleod division, which would now include High River but not Black Diamond/Turner Valley.
