Airdrie-Chestermere
 Alberta electoral district
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2004 boundaries
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 2003 |
| District abolished | 2012 |
| First contested | 2004 |
| Last contested | 2008 |
Airdrie-Chestermere was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.
The district was located to the east of Calgary in southern Alberta. It was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution from the old riding of Airdrie-Rocky View. The riding has an urban rural mix. It was named after the city of Airdrie and the town of Chestermere. In addition the riding also covered Crossfield and the eastern half of Rocky View County as well as border areas of Calgary that have grown beyond into the district.
The voters in the district and its antecedents primarily supported Progressive Conservative candidates in the past, but other right leaning parties polled well. The first representative was Progressive Conservative Carol Haley who had previously represented Airdrie-Rocky View and the second was Rob Anderson who was elected as a Progressive Conservative in 2008 but crossed the floor to the Wildrose Alliance in early 2010.
The riding was abolished when the writ was dropped for the 2012 Alberta general election and the land covering is now split between the ridings of Airdrie and Chestermere-Rocky View.
The electoral district was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution. The first election held that year saw Progressive Conservative incumbent Carol Haley who had previously represented the old riding's of Three Hills-Airdrie and Airdrie-Rocky View win the seat with a landslide over a crowded field of seven other candidates. She retired from office at dissolution in 2008.
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