Vegreville—Wainwright

Vegreville—Wainwright

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Alberta


caption = Vegreville—Wainwright in relation to the other Alberta federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 48024
fed-created = 2003
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 2004
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Leon Benoit
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 111427
demo-electors = 79393
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 30240
demo-cd = Division No. 7, Division No. 10, Division No. 11, Division No. 12
demo-csd = Strathcona County, Lloydminster, Leduc County, Vermilion River County No. 24, St. Paul County No. 19, Beaver County, Vegreville, Wainwright, Vermilion, Lamont County

Vegreville—Wainwright is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

History

This riding was created in 2003 from Lakeland, Elk Island and Crowfoot ridings. It now represents the counties of Lamont, Two Hills, Minburn, Strathcona, Beaver, Vermilion River, Flagstaff, the municipal districts of Vermilion River and Provost.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

#2004-present: Leon Benoit - Conservative - He previously represented Lakeland and Vegreville ridings.

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Leon Benoit, a former economist and farmer. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 election. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session, he served as chair on the 'Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates'.

Election results

CanElec4|2006

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Alberta federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1277 Library of Parliament Riding Profile]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Expenditures - 2004]
* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]


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