 Albertaelectoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Airdrie-Cochrane within theCalgary Metropolitan Region (2017 boundaries). | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
Alberta Party | ||
| District created | 2017 | ||
| First contested | 2019 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 51,170 | ||
| Area (km²) | 754 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 67.9 | ||
| Census division | 6 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Airdrie,Cochrane | ||
Airdrie-Cochrane is aprovincialelectoral district inAlberta, Canada. The district is one of87 districts mandated to return a singlemember (MLA) to theLegislative Assembly of Alberta using thefirst past the post method of voting. It was contested for the first time in the2019 Alberta election.
The district is located northwest of Calgary, containing the town ofCochrane, the part ofAirdrie west of 8 St SW and south of 1 Ave NW, and the rural area lying between the two communities. It borders Calgary's northern edge between theBow River andHighway 2.
| Members for Airdrie-Cochrane | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| SeeAirdrie 2012-2019 andBanff-Cochrane 1979-2019 | ||||
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Peter Guthrie | United Conservative | |
| 31st | 2023–2025 | |||
| 2025–2025 | Independent | |||
| 2025–present | Alberta Party | |||
The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended abolishing the three districts ofAirdrie,Banff-Cochrane andChestermere-Rocky View, completely reorganizing the ridings surrounding Calgary to reflect the rapid growth in the area, and creating Airdrie-Cochrane from parts of each.[2] In 2017, the Airdrie-Cochrane electoral district had a population of 51,170, which was 9 per cent above the provincial average of 46,803 for a provincial electoral district.[3]
In the2019 Alberta general election,United Conservative Party candidatePeter Guthrie was elected with 66 per cent of the vote, defeatingNew Democratic Party candidate Steve Durrell with 25 per cent of the vote, and three other candidates.[4]
| 2023 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Peter Guthrie | 18,074 | 60.10 | -5.89 | ||||
| New Democratic | Shaun Fluker | 11,223 | 37.32 | +12.08 | ||||
| Green | Michelle Overwater Giles | 393 | 1.31 | – | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Michael Andrusco | 199 | 0.66 | – | ||||
| Wildrose Loyalty Coalition | Ron Voss | 183 | 0.61 | – | ||||
| Total | 30,072 | 99.30 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 213 | 0.70 | ||||||
| Turnout | 30,285 | 66.37 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 45,633 | |||||||
| United Conservativehold | Swing | -8.98 | ||||||
Source(s) Source:Elections Alberta[5] | ||||||||
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Peter Guthrie | 18,777 | 65.99% | -1.70% | $57,030 | |||
| New Democratic | Steve Durrell | 7,183 | 25.24% | -4.34% | $12,497 | |||
| Alberta Party | Vern Raincock | 1,818 | 6.39% | – | $785 | |||
| Alberta Independence | Danielle Cameron | 345 | 1.21% | – | $1,640 | |||
| Freedom Conservative | Matthew Joseph Morrisey | 331 | 1.16% | – | $2,025 | |||
| Total | 28,454 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 87 | 62 | 13 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 38,568 | 74.04% | – | |||||
| United Conservativepickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s) Source:Elections Alberta[6][7][8] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". TheElections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
| Redistributed results,2015 Alberta election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildrose | 7,044 | 36.54% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | 6,006 | 31.15% | ||
| New Democratic | 5,703 | 29.58% | ||
| Others | 527 | 2.73% | ||