Lesser Slave Lake (electoral district)
 Alberta electoral district
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2010 boundaries
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| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
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| District created | 1971 | ||
| First contested | 1971 | ||
| Last contested | 2015 | ||
Lesser Slave Lake is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It has existed since 1971 and is mandated to return a single member using the first past the post method of voting.
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the electoral districts of Grouard and Peace River. The district remained largely unchanged until the 1993 boundary redistribution when the electoral district was extended north to the Northwest Territories, Alberta border.
The 2003 boundary redistribution saw the district revert to similar boundaries that existed prior to 1993. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the district re-aligned with current municipal boundaries with a portion of land on the south end moved into Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock.
Lesser Slave Lake is one of two districts in the province that are exempted from meeting the criteria regarding average population due to low population and distance between settlements.
The electoral district was created in 1971. Prior to the districts creation the area had elected Social Credit MLA's. The first election saw a tight race between Social Credit candidate Dennis Barton and Progressive Conservative candidate Garth Roberts. Barton eke out a win with just 41% of the popular vote.
Barton would be defeated in the 1975 election by Progressive Conservative candidate Larry Shaben who rolled up a landslide majority. Shaben would serve four terms in office and hold three different cabinet portfolios under the governments of Peter Lougheed and Don Getty before retiring from office in 1989.
The third representative of the riding was Progressive Conservative candidate Pearl Calahasen who was elected to her first term in 1989 in a tight three way race winning less than half the popular vote. She would also serve some ministerial portfolios from 1996 to 2006 in the government of Ralph Klein. She is currently representing the district in her sixth term.
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