Dunvegan-Central Peace

'''Dunvegan-Central Peace''' is an [[Alberta]] [[province|provincial]] [[electoral district]], located in northwestern Alberta. Following the [[Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution, 2004|Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution]] of [[2004]], Dunvegan was the only division with a population of less than 75% the provincial average, with its recorded population of 24,202. As a result, it is formally designated as a ''special consideration'' division as opposed to a standard rural division. Due to its isolation, the constituency meets criteria in the Albertan election laws that allow for this discrepancy. Prior to 2004 the district was named [[Dunvegan (electoral district)|Dunvegan]], the boundaries did not significantly change. The constituency lies on the border with [[British Columbia]]. Major towns include [[Fairview, Alberta (town)|Fairview]], [[Falher, Alberta|Falher]], [[Grimshaw, Alberta|Grimshaw]] and [[Spirit River, Alberta|Spirit River]]. The riding contains a large agricultural industry based on cattle farming, the border closure to live beef has hurt the riding. The current [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|MLA]] for this district is Progressive Conservative [[Hector Goudreau]]. He was re-elected in the district in the [[26th Alberta general election]] in a near photo finish race with Dale Lueken from the Alberta Alliance. [[Peace River (provincial electoral district)|Peace River]] borders to the north and east. [[Lesser Slave Lake (electoral district)|Lesser Slave Lake]] borders to the east. [[Grande Prairie Smoky]] and [[Grande Prairie Wapiti]] border to the south. [[Peace River South]] borders to the west in [[British Columbia]] ===Boundary history=== {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" !colspan=4|1 Dunvegan-Central Peace 2003 Boundaries |- !colspan=4|Bordering Districts |- !North !East !West !South |- |[[Peace River (provincial electoral district)|Peace River]] |Peace River, [[Lesser Slave Lake (electoral district)|Lesser Slave Lake]] |none |[[Grande Prairie-Smoky]], [[Grande Prairie-Wapiti]] |- |colspan=2 align=center|''riding map goes here'' |colspan=2 align=center|''map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here'' |- !colspan=4|Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. |- |colspan=4|Starting at the intersection of the west boundary of the Province of Alberta and the north boundary of Twp. 104; then 1. east along the north boundary to the 6th meridian; 2. south along the meridian to the north boundary of Twp. 96 ;3. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 2 W6; 4. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 85; 5. east along the north boundary to the 6th meridian; 6. south along the meridian to the north boundary of Twp. 83; 7. east along the north boundary of Twp. 83 to the east boundary of Rge. 23 W5; 8. south along the east boundary of Rge. 23 W5 to the north boundary of Twp. 82; 9. east along the north boundary of Twp. 82 to the right bank of the Peace River; 10. downstream along the right bank of the Peace River to the right bank of the Smoky River; 11. upstream along the right bank of the Smoky River to the north boundary of Twp. 80; 12. east along the north boundary of Twp. 80 to the east boundary of Rge. 22 W5; 13. south along the east boundary of Rge. 22 W5 to the north boundary of Sec. 18 in Twp. 80, Rge. 21 W5; 14. east along the north boundary of Secs. 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 and 13 in Rges. 21 and 20 to the east boundary of Rge. 20 W5; 15. south along the east boundary of Rge. 20 W5 to the north boundary of Twp. 78; 16. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 31, Twp. 78, Rge. 19 W5; 17. south along the east boundary of Secs. 31, 30, 19, 18 and 7 to the north boundary of Sec. 5 in the Twp.; 18. east along the north boundary of Secs. 5, 4 and 3 to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 19. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 77; 20. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 19 W5; 21. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 73; 22. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 24 W5; 23. north along the east boundary to the right bank of the Little Smoky River; 24. downstream along the right bank of the Little Smoky River to the right bank of the Smoky River; 25. upstream along the right bank of the Smoky River to the north boundary of Twp. 75; 26. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 76, Rge. 2 W6; 27. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 28. west along the north boundary of Secs. 3 and 4 to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in the Twp.; 29. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 5 in the Twp.; 30. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 5 in the Twp.; 31. south along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 5 in the Twp. and east boundary of the west half of Sec. 32 in Twp. 75, Rge. 2 W6 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 32 in the Twp.; 32. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 32 and 31 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 31 in the Twp.; 33. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 30 in the Twp.; 34. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 3 W6; 35. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 25 in Twp. 75, Rge. 3 W6; 36. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 25 and 26 to the east boundary of Sec. 27 in the Twp.; 37. south along the east boundary of Secs. 27, 22, 15, 10 and 3 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 74; 38. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 5 W6; 39. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 75, Rge. 5 W6; 40. west along the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11, 10, 9, 8 and 7 in Twp. 75, Rges. 5, 6 and 7 W6 and the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11 and 10 in Rge. 8 W6 to the east boundary of Sec. 16 in Twp. 75, Rge. 8 W6; 41. north along the east boundary of Secs. 16, 21, 28 and 33 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 75; 42. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 35 in Twp. 75, Rge. 10 W6; 43. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 26 in the Twp.; 44. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 27 in the Twp.; 45. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 22 in the Twp.; 46. west along the north boundary of Secs. 22, 21 and 20 to the east boundary of Sec. 19 in the Twp.; 47. south along the east boundary of Secs. 19 and 18 to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp.; 48. west along the north boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 75, Rge. 11 W6 to the east boundary of Sec. 11 in the Twp.; 49. south along the east boundary of Secs. 11 and 2 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 74; 50. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 75, Rge. 12 W6; 51. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 52. west along the north boundary of Secs. 3, 4 and 5 to the east boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp.; 53. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp.; 54. west along the north boundary of Sec. 7 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11, 10, 9, 8 and 7 in Twp. 75, Rge. 13 W6 to the west boundary of the Province; 55. north along the west boundary to the starting point. |- |colspan=4|'''Note:''' District previously named Dunvegan |} {| class="wikitable" align=right !colspan=5|Members of the Legislative Assembly for Dunvegan-Central Peace |- !Assembly !Years !colspan="2"|Member !Party |- |align="center" colspan=5|''See [[Dunvegan (electoral district)|Dunvegan]] 1986-2004'' |- |[[26th Alberta Legislative Assembly|26th]] |2004-2008 |rowspan=2 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives}}| |rowspan=2|[[Hector Goudreau]] |rowspan=2|[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] |- |[[27th Alberta Legislative Assembly|27th]] |2008-present |} ===Electoral history=== The electoral district of Dunvegan-Central peace was created from Dunvegan in the 2004 boundary redistribution. The first election in the new district was hotly contested between Progressive Conservative Hector Goudreau and Dale Lueken from the Alberta Alliance. Lueken and Goudreau would face each other again in the 2008 general election. Goudreau easily held his seat and gained popular vote against Leuken. The construction of a nuclear power plant became a significant issue in that race. ===2004 general election=== {| class="wikitable" | colspan="3" align=center|'''[[Alberta general election, 2004|2004 Alberta general election]] results''' | colspan="2"|'''Turnout 54.88%''' |colspan="2" align=center|'''Swing''' |- |colspan="2"| '''Affiliation''' |'''Candidate''' |'''Votes''' |'''%''' |'''Party''' |'''Personal''' {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Hector Goudreau]] |3,670 |44.46% |colspan=2 align=center|* {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Canadian Alliance/row}} |[[Alberta Alliance Party|Alberta Alliance]] |Dale Lueken |3,332 |40.36% |colspan=2 align=center|* {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Don Thompson |689 |8.35% |colspan=2 align=center|* {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]] |Leon Pendleton |446 |5.40% |colspan=2 align=center|* {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[Social Credit Party of Alberta|Social Credit]] |Lanny Portsmouth |118 |1.43% |colspan=2 align=center|* |- |colspan="3" align ="right"|'''Total''' |'''8,261''' |colspan=3|'''100%''' |- |colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, Spoiled and Declined''' |colspan="4"|'''63''' |- |align=center colspan=7|'''15,168 Eligible Electors''' {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |colspan=4|'''Progressive Conservative pickup new district''' |colspan=2|'''Swing N/A''' |} ===2004 Senate nominee election district results=== {| class="wikitable" | colspan="5" align=center|'''[[Alberta Senate nominee election, 2004|2004 Senate nominee election results]]: Dunvegan-Central Peace''' | colspan="2"|'''Turnout 53.72%''' |- | colspan="2"| '''Affiliation''' |'''Candidate''' |'''Votes''' |'''% Votes''' |'''% Ballots''' |'''Rank''' {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Betty Unger]] |2,407 |12.57% |38.78% |2 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |Progressive Conservative |[[Bert Brown]] |2,328 |12.15% |37.51% |1 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Canadian Alliance/row}} |[[Alberta Alliance Party|Alberta Alliance]] |Gary Horan |2,192 |11.44% |35.32% |10 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Canadian Alliance/row}} |Alberta Alliance |Vance Gough |2,180 |11.38% |35.12% |8 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Canadian Alliance/row}} |Alberta Alliance |Michael Roth |2,103 |10.98% |33.88% |7 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |Progressive Conservative |[[Cliff Breitkreuz]] |2,017 |10.53% |32.50% |3 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |[[Link Byfield]] |1,989 |10.38% |32.05% |4 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |Progressive Conservative |[[Jim Silye]] |1,437 |7.50% |23.15% |5 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |Progressive Conservative |David Usherwood |1,350 |7.05% |21.75% |6 {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |[[Tom Sindlinger]] |1,151 |6.02% |11.54% |9 |- |colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total Votes''' |'''19,154''' |colspan="3"|'''100%''' |- |colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total Ballots''' |'''6,207''' |colspan="3"|'''3.09 Votes Per Ballot''' |- |colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, Spoiled and Declined''' |colspan="4"|'''1,941''' |- |align=center colspan=7|'''15,168 Eligible Electors''' |} ''Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot'' ===2008 general election=== {| class="wikitable" | colspan="3" align=center|'''[[Alberta general election, 2008|2008 Alberta general election]] results''' | colspan="2"|'''Turnout 48.71%''' |colspan="2" align=center|'''Swing''' |- |colspan="2"| '''Affiliation''' |'''Candidate''' |'''Votes''' |'''%''' |'''Party''' |'''Personal''' {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Hector Goudreau]] |4,147 |51.99% |colspan=2 align=center|7.33% {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Canadian Alliance/row}} |[[Wildrose Alliance Party|Wildrose Alliance]] |Dale Lueken |2,339 |29.33% |colspan=2 align=center| -11.03% {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]] |Nathan Macklin |1,202 |15.07% |9.67% |align=center|* {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Bob Woken |288 |3.61% | -4.74% |align=center|* |- |colspan="3" align ="right"|'''Total''' |'''7,976''' |colspan=4|'''100%''' |- |colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, Spoiled and Declined''' |colspan="4"|'''59''' |- |align=center colspan=7|'''16,497 Eligible Electors''' {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |colspan=4|'''Progressive Conservative hold''' |colspan=2|'''Swing 9.18%''' |} ==Alberta Student Vote 2004== {| class="wikitable" align=right !Participating Schools |- |Eaglesham School |- |Ecole Heritage |- |Fairview High School |- |Hines Creek Composite School |- |Kennedy Elementary |- |Rycroft School |- |Saint Thomas More |- |Savanna School |- |Woking 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. {| class="wikitable" | colspan="5" align="center"|'''[[Alberta Student Vote, 2004|2004 Alberta Student Vote]] results''' |- | colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top" | '''Affiliation''' | valign="top" |'''Candidate''' | valign="top" |'''Votes''' | valign="top" |'''%''' {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Canadian Alliance/row}} |[[Alberta Alliance Party|Alberta Alliance]] |Dale Lueken |280 |38.41% {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Hector Goudreau]] |218 |29.90% {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]] |Leon Pendleton |89 |12.21% {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]] |Don Thompson |82 |11.25% {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}} |[[Social Credit Party of Alberta|Social Credit]] |Lanny Portsmouth |60 |8.23% |- |colspan="3" align ="right"|'''Total''' |'''729''' |'''100%''' |- |colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, Spoiled and Declined''' |colspan="2"|'''25''' |} == External links == *[http://www.canlii.org/ab/laws/sta/e-4.1/20050211/whole.html Electoral Divisions Act 2003] *[http://www.finance.gov.ab.ca/aboutalberta/ped_profiles/2004_new_boundaries/Dunvegan-Central%20Peace.pdf Demographics for Dunvegan-Central Peace] *[http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/maps%5Cnb%5C01_a1.pdf Riding Map for Dunvegan-Central Peace] *[http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta] *[http://www.discoverthepeacecountry.com/htmlpages/dunvegan.html Discover the Peace Country - Dunvegan] {{AB-ED}} {{coord missing|Alberta}}