Alberta Electoral Boundary Re-distribution, 2004


From 2004–2012, electoral laws in Alberta, Canada fixed the number of legislature seats at 83. Prior to the 26th general election, the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission was given the task of re-distributing the province's electoral divisions. In February 2003, the Commission recommended 83 divisions as follows:
No.NamePop.Var. to Prov. Avg.Var. to Cat. Avg.
1Dunvegan-Central Peace24,202N/A
2Calgary-Bow39,6045.10%
3Calgary-Buffalo39,3579.50%4.40%
4Calgary-Cross39,5249.90%4.90%
5Calgary-Currie39,3409.40%4.40%
6Calgary-East38,6557.50%2.60%
7Calgary-Egmont37,4234.10%
8Calgary-Elbow38,9068.20%3.20%
9Calgary-Fish Creek36,4571.40%
10Calgary-Foothills36,4151.30%
11Calgary-Fort39,1558.90%3.90%
12Calgary-Glenmore37,7705.10%0.20%
13Calgary-Hays36,2580.90%
14Calgary-Lougheed36,7022.10%
15Calgary-Mackay37,8035.20%0.30%
16Calgary-McCall36,4581.40%
17Calgary-Montrose39,2769.20%4.20%
18Calgary-Mountain View39,5865.10%
19Calgary-North Hill38,4657.00%2.10%
20Calgary-North West39,2469.20%4.20%
21Calgary-Nose Hill38,6227.40%2.50%
22Calgary-Shaw35,9660.00%
23Calgary-Varsity39,6915.30%
24Calgary-West38,1876.20%1.30%
25Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview37,7975.10%0.30%
26Edmonton-Calder37,1903.40%
27Edmonton-Castle Downs37,5704.50%
28Edmonton-Centre35,096
29Edmonton-Decore35,570
30Edmonton-Ellerslie35,707
31Edmonton-Glenora36,7662.30%
32Edmonton-Gold Bar37,0523.10%
33Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood38,4186.90%2.00%
34Edmonton Jasper Place36,4831.50%
35Edmonton Manning37,4104.10%
36Edmonton McClung38,2666.40%1.50%
37Edmonton Mill Creek36,5451.70%
38Edmonton-Mill Woods38,3396.60%1.70%
39Edmonton Riverview37,0593.10%
40Edmonton Rutherford36,4201.30%
41Edmonton-Strathcona37,0143.00%
42Edmonton-Whitemud37,4024.00%
43Airdrie-Chestermere37,6514.70%5.70%
44Athabasca-Redwater34,7724.70%
45Banff-Cochrane35,593
46Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock35,0865.60%
47Battle River-Wainwright31,042
48Bonnyville-Cold Lake31,289
49Drayton Valley-Calmar34,2793.20%
50Cardston-Taber-Warner31,755
51Cypress-Medicine Hat31,513
52Drumheller-Stettler33,4830.80%
53Foothills-Rocky View33,3970.60%
54Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville36,1720.60%1.50%
55Grande Prairie Smoky36,1780.60%1.60%
56Grande Prairie Wapiti32,987
57Highwood31,410
58Innisfail-Sylvan Lake36,0760.30%8.60%
59Lac La Biche-St. Paul35,2306.10%
60Lacombe-Ponoka35,0655.60%
61Leduc-Beaumont-Devon37,3784.00%4.90%
62Lesser Slave Lake27,731
63Lethbridge East34,684
64Lethbridge West32,695
65Little Bow32,897
66Livingstone-Macleod33,5341.00%
67Medicine Hat35,8890.70%
68Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills32,738
69Peace River31,655
70Red Deer North36,1150.50%1.40%
71Red Deer South36,4241.30%2.30%
72Rocky Mountain House33,3130.30%
73Sherwood Park35,360
74Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert37,2163.50%4.50%
75St. Albert39,1608.90%9.90%
76Stony Plain37,4104.10%
77Strathcona36,4351.30%2.30%
78Strathmore-Brooks38,1406.10%7.10%
79Vermilion-Lloydminster30,675
80West Yellowhead29,349
81Wetaskiwin-Camrose37,7505.00%6.00%
82Whitecourt-Ste. Anne32,251
83Wood Buffalo42,971

As a result of the re-distribution, Calgary gained two seats. Edmonton lost one seat, and one special consideration division was eliminated. Dunvegan is the sole remaining "special" division - due to its isolation it is allowed to have a population below 75% of the provincial average. Lesser Slave Lake is now considered to be a standard rural division as its boundaries were re-drawn so that its population is slightly above 75% of the provincial average. One urbanized division outside Calgary and Edmonton was added, and two rural seats were eliminated.