# Battle River-Wainwright

Battle River-Wainwright was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 2004 to 2019.

## History

The electoral district was created in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution primarily out of the old electoral district of Wainwright which had been in existence since the 1913 boundary redistribution.
The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution saw significant changes to the district with Paintearth County being moved into Drumheller-Stettler. The district also lost land to Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville that was south of Tofield, Alberta within Beaver County. However land was gained from three other electoral divisions that resided within Camrose County.
Prior to the 2019 election this district was disbanded to make the Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright district.

### Boundary history

47 Battle River-Wainwright 2003 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville, Leduc-Beaumont-Devon and Vermilion-Lloydminster | Saskatchewan boundary | Drumheller-Stettler, Lacombe-Ponoka and Wetaskiwin-Camrose | Drumheller-Stettler |
| riding map goes here | riding map goes here | | |
| Legal description from Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1 ||||
| Starting at the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4 (Highway 834) with the north boundary of Twp. 47; then 1. east along the north boundary of Twp. 47 to the east boundary of Sec. 31 in Twp. 47, Rge. 16 W4; 2. south along the east boundary of Secs. 31, 30, 19, 18, 7 and 6 to the north boundary of Twp. 46; 3. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in Twp. 46, Rge. 14 W4; 4. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20 and 17 to the north boundary of Sec. 9 in the Twp.; 5. east along the north boundary of Secs. 9, 10, 11 and 12 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 14 W4; 6. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 46, Rge. 13 W4; 7. east along the north boundary of Secs. 6, 5, 4 and 3 to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 8. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 45; 9. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 46, Rge. 10 W4; 10. north along the east boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 46; 11. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 5 in Twp. 47, Rge. 10 W4; 12. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. and the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 5, 8 and 17 in Twp. 48, Rge. 10 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 13. east along the north boundary of Secs. 17, 16, 15, 14 and 13 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 10 W4; 14. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 18 in Twp. 48, Rge. 9 W4; 15. east along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 18 to the east boundary of Sec. 18; 16. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 17. east along the north boundary of Secs. 17, 16, 15 and 14 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 14 in the Twp.; 18. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 14 in the Twp.; 19. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 14 and 13 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 13 in the Twp.; 20. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in the Twp.; 21. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4; 22. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 48, Rge. 8 W4; 23. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 6 in the Twp.; 24. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of the Sec. 6 in the Twp.; 25. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 6 in the Twp.; 26. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 47; 27. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 33 in Twp. 47, Rge. 8 W4; 28. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 34 in the Twp.; 29. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of the Sec. 34 in the Twp.; 30. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 26 in the Twp.; 31. east along the north boundary of Secs. 26 and 25 to the east boundary of the west half of the Sec. 25 in the Twp.; 32. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 24 in the Twp.; 33. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 8 W4; 34. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 18 in Twp. 47, Rge. 7 W4; 35. east along the north boundary of Secs. 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 and 13 in Twp. 47, Rges. 7 and 6 W4 and the north boundary of Sec. 18 and 17 in Twp. 47, Rge. 5 W4 to the right bank of the Battle River; 36. downstream along the right bank to the east boundary of the Province; 37. south along the east boundary of the Province to the north boundary of Twp. 35; 38. west along the north boundary of Twp. 35 to the east boundary of Sec. 4 in Twp. 36, Rge. 2 W4; 39. north along the east boundary of Secs. 4, 9, 16 and 21 to the north boundary of Sec. 21; 40. west along the north boundary of Secs. 21, 20 and 19 in the Twp. and Secs. 24, 23 and 22 in Twp. 36, Rge. 3 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 28; 41. north along the east boundary of Secs. 28 and 33 in the Twp. and Secs. 4, 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 in Twp. 37, Rge. 3 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 37; 42. west along the north boundary of Twp. 37 to the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4; 43. south along the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 37; 44. west along the north boundary of Secs. 12 and 11 to the east boundary of Sec. 10; 45. south along the east boundary of Secs. 10 and 3 to the north boundary of Twp. 36; 46. west along the north boundary of Twp. 36 to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in Twp. 36, Rge. 9 W4; 47. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in the Twp. and Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17 and 8 in Twp. 35, Rge. 9 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 5 in the Twp.; 48. west along the north boundary of Secs. 5 and 6 to the east boundary of Rge. 10 W4; 49. south along the east boundary of Rge. 10 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 34; 50. west along the north boundary to the west shore of Sullivan Lake; 51. northwesterly along the west bank to the north boundary of Sec. 9 in Twp. 36, Rge. 15 W4; 52. west along the north boundary of Secs. 9, 8 and 7 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11 and 10 in Twp. 36, Rge. 16 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 16 in the Twp.; 53. north along the east boundary of Secs. 16, 21, 28 and 33 to the north boundary of Twp. 36; 54. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 37, Rge. 16 W4; 55. north along the east boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in Twps. 37, 38, 39 and 40 and the east boundary of Secs. 5 and 8 in Twp. 41, Rge. 16 W4 to the right bank of the Battle River; 56. upstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Twp. 42; 57. west along the north boundary of Twp. 42 to the east boundary of Rge. 19; 58. south along the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 24 in Twp. 42, Rge. 19 W4; 59. west along the north boundary of Secs. 24, 23, 22 and 21 to Highway 56; 60. north along Highway 56 to the north boundary of Twp. 45; 61. east along the north boundary of Twp. 45 to the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4; 62. north along the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4 to the starting point. ||||
| Note: ||||
51 Battle River-Wainwright 2010 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville, Strathcona-Sherwood Park and Vermilion-Lloydminster | Saskatchewan boundary | Lacombe-Ponoka, Leduc-Beaumont and Wetaskiwin-Camrose | Drumheller-Stettler |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
Members for Battle River-Wainwright :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Wainwright 1913-2004 |||||
| 26th | 2004-2008 | Doug Griffiths | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Doug Griffiths | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Doug Griffiths | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 2015–2017 | Wes Taylor | Wildrose |
| 29th | 2017–2019 | Wes Taylor | United Conservative |
| See Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright, Camrose and Drumheller-Stettler 2019– |||||

### Electoral history

The electoral district was created in the 2003 boundary redistribution mostly from the old Wainwright electoral district that had a long history going back to 1913. Since 1971 Progressive Conservative candidates had been returned to office here with large majorities.
The current incumbent and only representative so far is Doug Griffiths who was first elected in a 2002 by-election. He won the new district and his second term with a landslide majority which he also increased in the next election. In 2011 Griffiths was appointed to the cabinet in the government of Premier Allison Redford.

## Legislative election results
### 2004

vte2004 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Doug Griffiths | 6,406 | 65.02% | – |
| | Alberta Alliance | Orest Werezak | 1,442 | 14.64% | – |
| | Liberal | Gordon Rogers | 1,069 | 10.85% | – |
| | New Democratic | Len Legault | 616 | 6.25% | – |
| | Social Credit | Robin Skitteral | 320 | 3.25% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,853 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 32 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 20,368 | 48.53% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. |
| Source(s) Source: "Elections Alberta 2004 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2008

vte2008 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Doug Griffiths | 7,968 | 78.56% | 13.55% |
| | Liberal | Horst Schreiber | 1,260 | 12.42% | 1.57% |
| | Green | William Munsey | 483 | 4.76% | – |
| | New Democratic | Doris Bannister | 431 | 4.25% | -2.00% |
| Total | Total | Total | 10,142 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 129 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 21,064 | 48.76% | 0.23% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 7.88% |
| Source(s) The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 368–371. "Elections Alberta 2012 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2012

vte2012 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Doug Griffiths | 7,202 | 46.70% | -31.86% |
| | Wildrose | Dave Nelson | 6,709 | 43.51% | – |
| | New Democratic | Terry Zawalski | 776 | 5.03% | 0.78% |
| | Liberal | Amber Greenleese | 469 | 3.04% | -9.38% |
| | Alberta Party | Midge Lambert | 265 | 1.72% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 15,421 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 87 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 25,863 | 59.96% | 11.20% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -31.47% |
| Source(s) Source: "Elections Alberta 2012 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2015

vte2015 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Wildrose | Wes Taylor | 6,862 | 42.29% | -1.22% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Blake Prior | 5,057 | 31.17% | -15.54% |
| | New Democratic | Gordon Naylor | 3,807 | 23.46% | 18.43% |
| | Liberal | Ron Williams | 500 | 3.08% | 0.04% |
| Total | Total | Total | 16,226 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 41 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 25,371 | 64.12% | 4.15% |
| | Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | 3.96% |
| Source(s) Source: "Elections Alberta 2015 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

## Senate nominee election results
### 2004

| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Battle River-Wainwright | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Battle River-Wainwright | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Battle River-Wainwright | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Battle River-Wainwright | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Battle River-Wainwright | Turnout 48.33% | Turnout 48.33% |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 4,229 | 15.79% | 50.80% | 1 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 3,899 | 14.55% | 46.72% | 2 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 3,691 | 13.78% | 44.34% | 3 |
| | Independent | Link Byfield | 2,632 | 9.83% | 31.62% | 4 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,401 | 8.96% | 28.84% | 6 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 2,374 | 8.86% | 28.52% | 7 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,263 | 8.45% | 27.18% | 5 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 2,049 | 7.65% | 24.61% | 10 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,044 | 7.63% | 24.55% | 8 |
| | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,208 | 4.50% | 14.51% | 9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 26,790 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Total ballots | Total ballots | Total ballots | 8,325 | 3.22 votes per ballot | 3.22 votes per ballot | 3.22 votes per ballot |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,608 | 1,608 | 1,608 | 1,608 |
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

### 2012
## Student vote results
### 2004

* Participating schools
* Autumn Leaf School
* Central High Sedgewick Public School
* Coronation School
* Daysland School
* Dr. Folkins Community School
* Edgerton Public School
* Forestburg School
* Lougheed School
* Provost Public school
* Saint Thomas Aquinas 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 :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Doug Griffiths | 483 | 59.56% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Orest Werezak | 167 | 20.59% |
| | New Democratic | Len Legault | 71 | 8.76% |
| | Liberal | Gordon Rogers | 68 | 8.38% |
| | Social Credit | Robin Skitteral | 22 | 2.71% |
| Total | Total | Total | 811 | 100% |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 38 | 38 |

### 2012

2012 Alberta student vote results :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Doug Griffiths | % |
| | Wildrose | Dave Nelson |
| | Liberal | Amber Greenleese | % |
| | NDP | | % |
| Total | Total | Total | 100% |