This Act sets Alberta’s electoral divisions, gives the Chief Electoral Officer limited regulation-making power for certain buildings on division boundaries, and says no one may use subsection 5 to bypass expense limits.
ELECTORAL DIVISIONS ACT Chapter E‑4.3 Table of Contents 1 Electoral divisions 2 Names of electoral divisions 3 Description of electoral divisions 4 Regulations 5 Transitional 6 Repeal 7 Coming into force Schedule HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Electoral divisions 1 The electoral divisions for the purposes of the Election Act are the 87 electoral divisions established by this Act. Names of electoral divisions 2 The names of the electoral divisions are those set out in the Schedule. Description of electoral divisions 3 The boundaries of the electoral divisions are those described in the DVD prepared by the Chief Electoral Officer as directed by a resolution of the Legislative Assembly and tabled as Sessional Paper (624/2017). Regulations 4 Notwithstanding section 3, if the boundary between 2 electoral divisions passes through a building used for one or more residences, the Chief Electoral Officer, after consultation with the returning officers for those electoral divisions, may by regulation prescribe the electoral division in which the building is to be located for the purposes of the Election Act . Transitional 5 (1) A reference to an electoral division in the Election Act or the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act includes a reference to an electoral division established by this Act as if sections 1 to 4 of this Act were in force in circumstances where, with respect to the next general election, an act or a thing is required, authorized or permitted to be done or exercised under those Acts before a writ is issued for that general election. (2) Nothing in subsection (1) authorizes any person or organization in any way to circumvent, or attempt to circumvent, an expense limit set out in the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act . Repeal 6 The Electoral Divisions Act , SA 2010 cE‑4.2, is repealed. Coming into force 7 This Act, except section 5, comes into force on the day that a writ is issued under section 40 of the Election Act for the next general election. (NOTE: The writ issued under section 40 of the Election Act for a general election was issued on March 19, 2019.) Schedule Names of the Electoral Divisions 1 Calgary‑Acadia 2 Calgary‑Beddington 3 Calgary‑Bow 4 Calgary‑Buffalo 5 Calgary‑Cross 6 Calgary‑Currie 7 Calgary‑East 8 Calgary‑Edgemont 9 Calgary‑Elbow 10 Calgary‑Falconridge 11 Calgary‑Fish Creek 12 Calgary‑Foothills 13 Calgary‑Glenmore 14 Calgary‑Hays 15 Calgary‑Klein 16 Calgary‑Lougheed 17 Calgary‑Bhullar-McCall 18 Calgary‑Mountain View 19 Calgary‑North 20 Calgary‑North East 21 Calgary‑North West 22 Calgary‑Peigan 23 Calgary‑Shaw 24 Calgary‑South East 25 Calgary‑Varsity 26 Calgary‑West 27 Edmonton‑Beverly‑Clareview 28 Edmonton‑Castle Downs 29 Edmonton‑City Centre 30 Edmonton‑Decore 31 Edmonton‑Ellerslie 32 Edmonton‑Glenora 33 Edmonton‑Gold Bar 34 Edmonton‑Highlands‑Norwood 35 Edmonton‑Manning 36 Edmonton‑McClung 37 Edmonton‑Meadows 38 Edmonton‑Mill Woods 39 Edmonton‑North West 40 Edmonton‑Riverview 41 Edmonton‑Rutherford 42 Edmonton‑South 43 Edmonton‑South West 44 Edmonton‑Strathcona 45 Edmonton‑West Henday 46 Edmonton‑Whitemud 47 Airdrie‑Cochrane 48 Airdrie‑East 49 Athabasca‑Barrhead‑Westlock 50 Banff‑Kananaskis 51 Bonnyville‑Cold Lake‑St. Paul 52 Brooks‑Medicine Hat 53 Camrose 54 Cardston‑Siksika 55 Central Peace‑Notley 56 Chestermere‑Strathmore 57 Cypress‑Medicine Hat 58 Drayton Valley‑Devon 59 Drumheller‑Stettler 60 Fort McMurray‑Lac La Biche 61 Fort McMurray‑Wood Buffalo 62 Fort Saskatchewan‑Vegreville 63 Grande Prairie 64 Grande Prairie‑Wapiti 65 Highwood 66 Innisfail‑Sylvan Lake 67 Lac Ste. Anne‑Parkland 68 Lacombe‑Ponoka 69 Leduc‑Beaumont 70 Lesser Slave Lake 71 Lethbridge‑East 72 Lethbridge‑West 73 Livingstone‑Macleod 74 Maskwacis‑Wetaskiwin 75 Morinville‑St. Albert 76 Olds‑Didsbury‑Three Hills 77 Peace River 78 Red Deer‑North 79 Red Deer‑South 80 Rimbey‑Rocky Mountain House‑Sundre 81 Sherwood Park 82 Spruce Grove‑Stony Plain 83 St. Albert 84 Strathcona‑Sherwood Park 85 Taber‑Warner 86 Vermilion‑Lloydminster‑Wainwright 87 West Yellowhead 2017 cE-4.3 Sched.;2021 c20 s2