Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills
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 Alberta electoral district |
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| Provincial electoral district | ||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| MLA | Richard Marz Progressive Conservative |
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| District created | 1997 | |
| First contested | 1997 | |
| Last contested | 2008 | |
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.
It contains the Kneehill County and most of Mountain View County.
This riding in south-central Alberta stretches from the Red Deer River in the east to the area around Cremona in the west. In the 2004 redistribution the boundaries changed somewhat, with an agricultural section in the far west transferred to Banff-Cochrane, while in the southeast a section of the old Drumheller-Chinook riding - including the community of Carbon - was added. Major communities include Olds, Didsbury, Carstairs, Trochu and Three Hills, as well as Olds College.
Agriculture is the major employer, with retail a distant second. While most of Alberta is benefiting from an oil and gas boom, this constituency has been left behind. Household incomes, at $53,174, are below the Alberta average.[1] Seven per cent of residents are considered low income. More than two-thirds of the people here were born in Alberta, while seven per cent are immigrants. People of German origin make up nine per cent of the population. More than 96 per cent say their language at home is English, the second-highest rate in Alberta. (2001 census)
Right-leaning parties have fared well in this riding. Richard Marz, the incumbent, is a Conservative and has held this seat for a decade. In his first election win in 1997, the runner-up was Social Credit candidate Don MacDonald. In 2001, Social Credit ran third, behind Marz, who won easily, and second-place finisher Liberal Gayleen Roelfsema. In 2004, Marz was re-elected, well ahead of Liberal Tony Vonesch and Alberta Alliance Gordon Quantz.
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[edit] Election results
[edit] 2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election results[2] | Turnout 56.73% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Marz | 7,277 | 59.40% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gordon Quantz | 2,023 | 16.51% | |
| Liberal | Tony Vonesch | 1,336 | 10.91% | |
| Separation | Brian Vasseur | 746 | 6.09% | |
| Green | Sarah Henckel-Sutmoller | 469 | 3.83% | |
| NDP | Christopher Davies | 257 | 2.10% | |
| Social Credit | Myrna Kissick | 143 | 1.16% | |
| Total | 12,251 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 70 | |||
[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills[3] | Turnout 56.98% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank |
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| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 6,517 | 19.24% | 59.43% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 4,721 | 13.94% | 43.05% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 3,687 | 10.89% | 33.62% | 5 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 3,483 | 10.28% | 31.76% | 4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 3,439 | 10.15% | 31.36% | 3 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,969 | 8.77% | 27.08% | 6 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,816 | 8.31% | 25.68% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 2,500 | 7.38% | % | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 2,263 | 6.68% | 20.64% | 10 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,478 | 4.36% | 13.48% | 9 | |
| Total Votes | 33,873 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 10,966 | 3.09 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 1,409 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
[edit] 2008 general election
| 2008 Election Results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Richard Marz | 7,786 | 64.3% | |
| Wildrose Alliance | Curt Engel | 2,487 | 20.54% | |
| Liberal | Tony Vonesch | 1,041 | 8.6% | |
| Green | Kate Haddow | 525 | 4.34% | |
| NDP | Andy Davies | 269 | 2.22% | |
[edit] 2004 Student Vote
| Participating Schools[4] |
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| Acme School |
| Carbon School |
| Didsbury High School |
| Dr. Elliott School |
| Prairie Christian Academy |
| Three Hills School |
| Trochu Valley School |
| Westglen 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[5] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Marz | 449 | 42.20% | |
| Green | Sarah Henckel-Sutmoller | 170 | 15.98% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gordon Quantz | 154 | 14.47% | |
| Liberal | Tony Vonesch | 120 | 11.28% | |
| Separation | Brian Vasseur | 109 | 10.24% | |
| NDP | Christopher Davies | 41 | 3.85% | |
| Social Credit | Myrna Kissick | 21 | 1.98% | |
| Total | 1,064 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 19 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ CBC.ca | Alberta Votes 2008 | Riding Profiles
- ^ Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
- ^ Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ School by School results. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
- ^ Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
