Electoral district of Sierra

Sierra西艾拉 Xī'àilāシエラ ShieraEnderronian Parliament 	Sierra西艾拉 Xī'àilāシエラ ShieraEnderronian Parliament 	Sierra西艾拉 Xī'àilāシエラ ShieraEnderronian Parliament 	Sierra西艾拉 Xī'àilāシエラ ShieraEnderronian Parliament
Location of Sierra 	Location of Sierra 	Location of Sierra 	Location of Sierra
District Details 	District Details 	District Details 	
Created 	1946 	 	
Dates current 	1946–1966, 1982– 	 	
MP 	Vince Stanton 	 	
Party 	National 	 	
Namesake 	Sierra Prefecture 	 	
Electors 	155,987 	 	
Area 	17,607 km² 	 	
Demographic 	Rural 	 	
Sierra is an electoral district of the Enderronian Parliament in Sierra Prefecture, first contested at the 1946 federal election. It covers the entire prefecture of Sierra, and is the most populous and largest electoral district by land area in Enderron. It was abolished in 1966, and recreated in 1982; in the intervening period it was replaced by an almost-identical district named Sierra South.
The sitting member, since the 2002 federal election, is Vince Stanton, a member of the Enderron National Party.
==History==
Historically, the Sierra region was split between strongly pro-Social Democrats territory in the urban areas like the capital Los Prados and the mining regions, and more conservative-leaning areas in the agricultural plains. Through the early post-independence years, the United Party's overall dominance of nationwide politics gave it a slight edge in Sierra and allowed it to hold the seat continuously throughout its first incarnation.
The seat of Sierra was abolished in 1966 and split into two seats: Sierra North (covering mainly what is now Greenberg) and Sierra South (covering mostly modern-day Sierra). Sierra North was renamed Van Buren in 1970. It and Sierra South were both lost to the SDP when the United government was soundly defeated at the 1970 election. The more conservative Van Buren returned to United at the 1974 election, while Sierra South was won by left-wing independent Brian Callister, who held it until 1982.
Greenberg seceded from Sierra in 1979, and the seat of Van Buren became Greenberg, while Sierra South was renamed back to Sierra, and became the at-large electorate for the remaining portion of Sierra Prefecture.
The National Party has held Sierra continuously since 1995, and has come to dominate the prefecture at the federal level. It is currently the party's second-safest seat in parliament, with a 14.89 percent swing required to lose it. However, most political commentators regard Sierra as being less safe than its margin implies, due to several unique features of Sierran politics: Sierrans tend to vote for particular candidates, especially community-based and incumbent members, rather than along political lines. Therefore, sitting members are usually not defeated, and large swings can occur when sitting incumbents retire.
Since the 2000s, the centre-right Liberal Party has often declined to run candidates in the seat, in an unofficial agreement between the local Liberal and National branches.
==Members==
# 	Member 	Member 	Party 	Term
First incarnation (1946–1966) 	First incarnation (1946–1966) 	First incarnation (1946–1966) 	First incarnation (1946–1966) 	First incarnation (1946–1966)
1 	width="3%" 	Edward Thornton 	United 	1946–1963
2 	 	Keith Martin 	United 	1963–1966
Second incarnation (1982–present)	Second incarnation (1982–present)	Second incarnation (1982–present)	Second incarnation (1982–present)	Second incarnation (1982–present)
3 	 	Darrell Dexter 	National 	1982–1986
4 	 	Tash McKinley 	Social Democrats 	1986–1995
(3) 	 	Darrell Dexter 	National 	1995–2002
5 	 	Vince Stanton 	National 	2002–
==Election results==
Enderronian federal election, 2018: Sierra	Enderronian federal election, 2018: Sierra	Enderronian federal election, 2018: Sierra	Enderronian federal election, 2018: Sierra	Enderronian federal election, 2018: Sierra	Enderronian federal election, 2018: Sierra
Party 	Party 	Candidate 	Votes 	% 	±%
 	National 	Vince Stanton 	65,149 	47.82 	+6.58
 	Social Democrats 	Joseph Liu 	19,618 	14.40 	–3.14
 	Democrats 	Sue Flannery 	16,962 	12.45 	–5.64
 	Sierra 	Alicia Hadaway 	16,267 	11.94 	–2.27
 	Greens 	Tamiko Yu 	7,602 	5.58 	+0.15
 	Christian Alliance 	Woody Lee 	3,447 	2.53 	+2.53
 	National Democrats 	Zach Basil 	2,343 	1.72 	+1.72
 	Libertarian 	Kurt Staffer 	1,935 	1.42 	–1.31
 	Liberty Conservative 	Melissa Dickson 	1,839 	1.35 	+0.59
 	Independent 	Luis De Santiago 	1,076 	0.79 	+0.79
Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	136,239 	93.37 	–1.50
Informal votes 	Informal votes 	Informal votes 	9,674 	6.63 	+1.50
Turnout 	Turnout 	Turnout 	145,913 	93.54 	+2.23
Two-candidate-preferred result 	Two-candidate-preferred result 	Two-candidate-preferred result 	Two-candidate-preferred result 	Two-candidate-preferred result 	Two-candidate-preferred result
 	National 	Vince Stanton 	99,305 	64.89 	–3.95
 	Social Democrats 	Joseph Liu 	36,934 	27.11 	+3.95
 	National hold 	National hold 	Swing 	–3.95