Peace River (provincial electoral district)
 Alberta electoral district
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2004 boundaries
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
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| District created | 1905 | ||
| First contested | 1905 | ||
| Last contested | 2015 | ||
Peace River is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The district used single transferable vote from 1926 to 1957.
The electoral district was created in 1905 and contains the area in the most northwestern parts of Alberta, Canada along the Alberta, British Columbia and Northwest Territories border. In recent years, the district has been a Progressive Conservative stronghold, but candidates from every governing party have held this district since it was created. In 2015, the constituency elected NDP MLA Debbie Jabbour. Incorporated towns include Peace River, High Level, Manning and Rainbow Lake. Ft. Vermillion and La Crete also have significant population.
The electoral district was established when the province was created in 1905. The district boundaries have been revised many times over the last century but have still consisted of a vast rural swath of North West Alberta.
The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the district gain a portion of land that belongs to the Municipal District of Northern Lights that was in the old Dunvegan-Central Peace district.
The electoral district was created in 1905 when the province was founded. The first election held that year was a two way race between Liberal candidate James Cornwall and Independent candidate Lucien Dubuc. Both were supporters of the Rutherford government.
The election results took weeks to come back. The results of the election were never released to the public and they were overturned by the cabinet due to significant irregularities and the riding was declared vacant. Dubuc who had won decided not to run again, but instead challenged the calling of a new election in court.
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