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Dunvegan-Central Peace
Alberta electoral district
	; 2004 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	2004
First contested	2004
Last contested	2008

Dunvegan-Central Peace is an Alberta provincial electoral district, located in northwestern Alberta.

Following the 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, the boundaries did not significantly change.

The constituency lies on the border with British Columbia. Major towns include Fairview, Falher, Grimshaw and 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 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 borders to the north and east. 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

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

	Name	Party	Elected	Left Office
See Dunvegan 1986-2004
	Hector Goudreau	Progressive Conservative	2004	present

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results^[1]			Turnout 54.88%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Hector Goudreau	3,670	44.46%
	Alberta Alliance	Dale Lueken	3,332	40.36%
	Liberal	Don Thompson	689	8.35%
	NDP	Leon Pendleton	446	5.40%
	Social Credit	Lanny Portsmouth	118	1.43%
Total			8,261	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			63
15,168 Eligible Electors

[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Dunvegan-Central Peace^[2]					Turnout 53.72%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	2,407	12.57%	38.78%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	2,328	12.15%	37.51%	1
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	2,192	11.44%	35.32%	10
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,180	11.38%	35.12%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	2,103	10.98%	33.88%	7
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,017	10.53%	32.50%	3
	Independent	Link Byfield	1,989	10.38%	32.05%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	1,437	7.50%	23.15%	5
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	1,350	7.05%	21.75%	6
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,151	6.02%	11.54%	9
Total Votes			19,154	100%
Total Ballots			6,207	3.09 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,941
15,168 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

[edit] 2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results^[3]			Turnout 48.71%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Hector Goudreau	4,147	51.99%
	Wildrose Alliance	Dale Lueken	2,339	29.33%
	NDP	Nathan Macklin	1,202	15.07%
	Liberal	Bob Woken	288	3.61%
Total			7,976	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			59

[edit] Alberta Student Vote 2004

Participating Schools^[4]
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.

2004 Alberta Student Vote results^[5]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alberta Alliance	Dale Lueken	280	38.41%
	Progressive Conservative	Hector Goudreau	218	29.90%
	NDP	Leon Pendleton	89	12.21%
	Liberal	Don Thompson	82	11.25%
	Social Credit	Lanny Portsmouth	60	8.23%
Total			729	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			25

[edit] References

^ "Dunvegan-Central Peace Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/01.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
^ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. p. 172.
^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

[edit] External links

[2004_official-0] "Dunvegan-Central Peace Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/01.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08.

[senresults2004-1] "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08.

[2008_official-2] The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. p. 172.

[school-3] "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-18.

[stu2004-4] "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

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