# Wetaskiwin-Camrose

Wetaskiwin-Camrose was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first past the post method of voting from 1993 to 2019.

## History

The district was created in the 1993 boundary re-distribution from the Wetaskiwin-Leduc and Camrose districts. It is located in rural central eastern Alberta. It includes its namesakes Wetaskiwin and Camrose as well as the town of Millet and the Samson 137 and Montana 139 Indian reserves.
The district and its antecedents had been favourable to electing Progressive Conservative candidates for the past few decades, however, this changed in the 2015 Alberta general election when New Democratic Bruce Hinkley who won his first term.
The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution saw a portion of land lying east of the city of Camrose transferred in the Battle River-Wainwright electoral district.
The Wetaskiwin-Camrose electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and portions of the district would form the newly created Camrose and Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin electoral districts.

### Boundary history

82 Wetaskiwin-Camrose 2003 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Leduc-Beaumont-Devon | Battle River-Wainwright | Drayton Valley-Calmar | Lacombe-Ponoka |
| riding map goes here | riding map goes here | | |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
| Starting at the centre line of Highway 2 and the north boundary of Twp. 47; then 1. east along the north boundary of Twp. 47 to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 48, Rge. 25 W4; 2. north along the east boundary of Sec. 3 to the north boundary of Sec. 2; 3. east along the north boundary of Secs. 2 and 1 in Rge. 25 W4 and Secs. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 in Rges. 24 W4 and 23 W4 and Secs. 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2 in Rge. 22 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 2 in Twp. 48, Rge. 22 W4; 4. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 47; 5. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4 (Highway 834); 6. south along the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 45; 7. west along the north boundary of Twp. 45 to the east boundary of Sec. 32, Twp. 45, Rge. 23 W4; 8. south along Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 to the north boundary of Twp. 44, Rge. 23 W4 at its intersection with the northeast corner of the Samson Indian Reserve No. 137 ; 9. southerly, westerly, northerly and easterly along the boundaries of the Samson Indian Reserve No. 137 and Montana Indian Reserve No. 139 to the north boundary of Twp. 44 at its intersection with the east boundary of Ermineskin Indian Reserve No. 138 (including the western part of the Samson Indian Reserve No. 137); 10. west, north and westerly along the boundaries of Indian Reserve No. 138 and Louis Bull Indian Reserve No. 138B to the north boundary of Sec. 30, Twp. 45, Rge. 26 W4; 11. west along the north boundary of Sec. 30 in Rge. 25 W4 and Sec. 25 in Rge. 26 W4 to the centre line of Highway 2; 12. north along the centre line to the starting point. ||||
| Note: ||||
86 Wetaskiwin-Camrose 2010 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Leduc-Beaumont | Battle River-Wainwright | Drayton Valley-Devon | Lacombe-Ponoka |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
| Note: ||||
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Wetaskiwin-Camrose :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Camrose 1909-1993 and Wetaskiwin-Leduc 1971-1993 |||||
| 23rd | 1993-1997 | Ken Rostad | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1997-2001 | LeRoy Johnson | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 2001-2004 | LeRoy Johnson | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 2004-2008 | LeRoy Johnson | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Verlyn Olson | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 2012-2015 | Verlyn Olson | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Bruce Hinkley | New Democrat |
| See Camrose and Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin after 2019 |||||

### Electoral history

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw incumbent Camrose MLA Ken Rostad run in the new electoral district. He picked up the new seat for the Progressive Conservative party facing a strong challenge from Liberal candidate Bob Prestage.
Rostad retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1997. His replacement in the legislature was Progressive Conservative candidate LeRoy Johnson. He won the district with a landslide to hold it for his party. He was re-elected to a second term in the 2001 general election with a bigger majority. He won a third term in office in 2004 and retired at the end of his third term in 2008. Progressive Conservative Verlyn Olson who was elected to his first term in the 2008 general election and second term in 2012, before losing to New Democratic Bruce Hinkley in the 2015 election.

## Legislative election results
### 1993

vte1993 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Ken Rostad | 6,297 | 46.01% | – |
| | Liberal | Bob Prestage | 4,962 | 36.26% | – |
| | New Democratic | Bruce Hinkley | 1,597 | 11.67% | – |
| | Social Credit | Henry Neumann | 829 | 6.06% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 13,685 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 26 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 21,364 | 64.18% | – |
| | 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: "Wetaskiwin-Camrose Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1997

vte1997 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | LeRoy Johnson | 7,244 | 58.56% | 12.54% |
| | New Democratic | Rick Jantz | 2,060 | 16.65% | 4.98% |
| | Social Credit | Karen Richert | 1,622 | 13.11% | 7.05% |
| | Liberal | Jody Saddleback | 1,166 | 9.43% | -26.83% |
| | Forum | Bruce Hinkley | 279 | 2.26% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,371 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 36 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 21,968 | 56.48% | -7.70% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 16.07% |
| Source(s) Source: "Wetaskiwin-Camrose Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2001

vte2001 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | LeRoy Johnson | 9,090 | 72.36% | 13.80% |
| | Liberal | Stewart Larkin | 1,671 | 13.30% | 3.88% |
| | New Democratic | Philip Penrod | 1,420 | 11.30% | -5.35% |
| | Independent | Ben Lussier | 382 | 3.04% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,563 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 19 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 22,866 | 55.02% | -1.45% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 8.57% |
| Source(s) Source: "Wetaskiwin-Camrose Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2004

vte2004 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | LeRoy Johnson | 6,177 | 54.65% | -17.70% |
| | Liberal | Keith Elliott | 2,713 | 24.00% | 10.70% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Dale Trefz | 1,194 | 10.56% | – |
| | New Democratic | Clay Lawson | 909 | 8.04% | -3.26% |
| | Social Credit | Janice H. Wolter | 309 | 2.73% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 11,302 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 41 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 24,198 | 46.88% | -8.15% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -14.20% |
| Source(s) Source: "Wetaskiwin-Camrose Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2008

vte2008 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Verlyn Olson | 7,726 | 65.89% | 11.23% |
| | Liberal | Keith Elliott | 1,646 | 14.04% | -9.97% |
| | New Democratic | Sarah E. Mowat | 1,078 | 9.19% | 1.15% |
| | Wildrose | Tyler Knelsen | 818 | 6.98% | – |
| | Green | Midge Lambert | 458 | 3.91% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 11,726 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 37 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 27,652 | 42.54% | -4.34% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 10.60% |
| Source(s) Source: "Wetaskiwin-Camrose Official Results 2008 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2012

vte2012 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Verlyn Olson | 7,486 | 52.25% | -13.63% |
| | Wildrose | Trevor Miller | 4,562 | 31.84% | 24.87% |
| | New Democratic | Bruce Hinkley | 1,586 | 11.07% | 1.88% |
| | Liberal | Owen Chubb | 501 | 3.50% | -10.54% |
| | Evergreen | Mike Donnelly | 191 | 1.33% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 14,326 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 77 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 28,173 | 51.12% | 8.58% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -15.72% |
| Source(s) Source: "Wetaskiwin-Camrose Official Results 2012 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2015

vte2015 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Bruce Hinkley | 7,531 | 43.87% | 32.80% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Verlyn Olson | 5,951 | 34.67% | -17.59% |
| | Wildrose | Bill Rock | 3,685 | 21.47% | -10.38% |
| Total | Total | Total | 17,167 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 76 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 31,527 | 54.69% | 3.57% |
| | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | -5.60% |
| Source(s) Source: "Wetaskiwin-Camrose Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

## Senate nominee election results
### 2004

| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Wetaskiwin-Camrose | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Wetaskiwin-Camrose | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Wetaskiwin-Camrose | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Wetaskiwin-Camrose | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Wetaskiwin-Camrose | Turnout 45.79% | Turnout 45.79% |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 4,092 | 14.80% | 46.08% | 3 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 4,064 | 14.69% | 45.77% | 2 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 4,032 | 14.58% | 45.41% | 1 |
| | Independent | Link Byfield | 2,879 | 10.41% | 32.42% | 4 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 2,399 | 8.67% | 27.02% | 7 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,396 | 8.66% | 26.98% | 6 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,275 | 8.23% | 25.62% | 5 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,020 | 7.30% | 22.75% | 8 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,967 | 7.11% | 22.15% | 10 |
| | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,533 | 5.55% | 17.26% | 9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 27,657 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Total ballots | Total ballots | Total ballots | 8,880 | 3.12 votes per ballot | 3.12 votes per ballot | 3.12 votes per ballot |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 2,201 | 2,201 | 2,201 | 2,201 |
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

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

* Participating schools
* Camrose Composite High School
* Ecole Parkdale School
* Ecole Queen Elizabeth Junior High
* Griffith Scott School
* Our Lady of Mount Pleasant Jr./Sr. High
* Sacred Heart School
* Wetaskiwin Composite High 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 had 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 than where they were physically located.
2004 Alberta student vote :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | LeRoy Johnson | 477 | 48.33% |
| | NDP | Clay Lawson | 213 | 21.58% |
| | Liberal | Keith Elliott | 190 | 19.25% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Dale Trefz | 64 | 6.48% |
| | Social Credit | Monika Schaefer | 43 | 4.36% |
| Total | Total | Total | 987 | 100% |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 35 | 35 |

### 2012

2012 Alberta student vote results :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Verlyn Olson | % |
| | Wildrose | Trevor Miller |
| | Liberal | Owen Chubb | % |
| | NDP | Bruce Hinkley | % |
| | Evergreen | Mike Donnelly |
| Total | Total | Total | 100% |