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{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada}}
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{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name                =Battle River-Wainwright
| province            =Alberta
| image               =BattleRiverWainwright in Alberta.jpg
| caption             =2010 boundaries
| prov-rep            =
| prov-rep-link       =
| prov-rep-party      =
| prov-rep-party-link =
| prov-status         =defunct
| prov-created        =2003
| prov-abolished      =2019
| prov-created2       =
| prov-election-first =2004
| prov-election-last  =2015
}}
'''Battle River-Wainwright''' was a [[Provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[Alberta]], Canada mandated to return a single member to the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] using the [[first-past-the-post]] method of voting from 2004 to 2019.

==History==
The electoral district was created in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution primarily out of the old electoral district of [[Wainwright (provincial electoral district)|Wainwright]] which had been in existence since the 1913 boundary redistribution.

The [[2010 Alberta electoral redistribution|2010 electoral boundary re-distribution]] saw significant changes to the district with [[Paintearth County]] being moved into [[Drumheller-Stettler]]. The district also lost land to [[Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville]] that was south of [[Tofield, Alberta|Tofield]], [[Alberta]] within [[Beaver County, Alberta|Beaver County]]. However land was gained from three other electoral divisions that resided within [[Camrose County]].<ref name="changes">{{cite web|title=Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/egovdocs/2010/alch/9780986536717.pdf |date=June 2010 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |author=Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission |publisher=[[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]}}</ref>

Prior to the 2019 election this district was disbanded to make the [[Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright]] district.

===Boundary history===
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!colspan=4|47 Battle River-Wainwright 2003 boundaries<ref name="2003bound">{{Cite canlaw
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|-
!colspan=4|Bordering districts
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!North
!East
!West
!South
|-
|[[Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville]], [[Leduc-Beaumont-Devon]] and [[Vermilion-Lloydminster]]
|[[Saskatchewan]] boundary
|[[Drumheller-Stettler]], [[Lacombe-Ponoka]] and [[Wetaskiwin-Camrose]]
|Drumheller-Stettler
|-
|colspan=2 align=center|''riding map goes here''
|colspan=2 align=center|[[File:Whereisbattleriverwainwright.png]]
|-
!colspan=4|Legal description from {{Cite canlaw
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|abbr         =S.A.
|year         =2003
|chapter      =E-4.1
|section      =|subsection   =
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|-
|colspan=4|Starting at the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4 (Highway 834) with the north boundary of Twp. 47; then 1. east along the north boundary of Twp. 47 to the east boundary of Sec. 31 in Twp. 47, Rge. 16 W4; 2. south along the east boundary of Secs. 31, 30, 19, 18, 7 and 6 to the north boundary of Twp. 46; 3. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in Twp. 46, Rge. 14 W4; 4. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20 and 17 to the north boundary of Sec. 9 in the Twp.; 5. east along the north boundary of Secs. 9, 10, 11 and 12 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 14 W4; 6. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 46, Rge. 13 W4; 7. east along the north boundary of Secs. 6, 5, 4 and 3 to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in the Twp.; 8. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 45; 9. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 46, Rge. 10 W4; 10. north along the east boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 46; 11. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 5 in Twp. 47, Rge. 10 W4; 12. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. and the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 5, 8 and 17 in Twp. 48, Rge. 10 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 13. east along the north boundary of Secs. 17, 16, 15, 14 and 13 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 10 W4; 14. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 18 in Twp. 48, Rge. 9 W4; 15. east along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 18 to the east boundary of Sec. 18; 16. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 17. east along the north boundary of Secs. 17, 16, 15 and 14 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 14 in the Twp.; 18. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 14 in the Twp.; 19. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 14 and 13 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 13 in the Twp.; 20. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in the Twp.; 21. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4; 22. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 48, Rge. 8 W4; 23. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 6 in the Twp.; 24. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of the Sec. 6 in the Twp.; 25. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 6 in the Twp.; 26. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 47; 27. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 33 in Twp. 47, Rge. 8 W4; 28. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 34 in the Twp.; 29. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of the Sec. 34 in the Twp.; 30. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 26 in the Twp.; 31. east along the north boundary of Secs. 26 and 25 to the east boundary of the west half of the Sec. 25 in the Twp.; 32. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 24 in the Twp.; 33. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 8 W4; 34. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 18 in Twp. 47, Rge. 7 W4; 35. east along the north boundary of Secs. 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 and 13 in Twp. 47, Rges. 7 and 6 W4 and the north boundary of Sec. 18 and 17 in Twp. 47, Rge. 5 W4 to the right bank of the Battle River; 36. downstream along the right bank to the east boundary of the Province; 37. south along the east boundary of the Province to the north boundary of Twp. 35; 38. west along the north boundary of Twp. 35 to the east boundary of Sec. 4 in Twp. 36, Rge. 2 W4; 39. north along the east boundary of Secs. 4, 9, 16 and 21 to the north boundary of Sec. 21; 40. west along the north boundary of Secs. 21, 20 and 19 in the Twp. and Secs. 24, 23 and 22 in Twp. 36, Rge. 3 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 28; 41. north along the east boundary of Secs. 28 and 33 in the Twp. and Secs. 4, 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 in Twp. 37, Rge. 3 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 37; 42. west along the north boundary of Twp. 37 to the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4; 43. south along the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 37; 44. west along the north boundary of Secs. 12 and 11 to the east boundary of Sec. 10; 45. south along the east boundary of Secs. 10 and 3 to the north boundary of Twp. 36; 46. west along the north boundary of Twp. 36 to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in Twp. 36, Rge. 9 W4; 47. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in the Twp. and Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17 and 8 in Twp. 35, Rge. 9 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 5 in the Twp.; 48. west along the north boundary of Secs. 5 and 6 to the east boundary of Rge. 10 W4; 49. south along the east boundary of Rge. 10 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 34; 50. west along the north boundary to the west shore of Sullivan Lake; 51. northwesterly along the west bank to the north boundary of Sec. 9 in Twp. 36, Rge. 15 W4; 52. west along the north boundary of Secs. 9, 8 and 7 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11 and 10 in Twp. 36, Rge. 16 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 16 in the Twp.; 53. north along the east boundary of Secs. 16, 21, 28 and 33 to the north boundary of Twp. 36; 54. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 37, Rge. 16 W4; 55. north along the east boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in Twps. 37, 38, 39 and 40 and the east boundary of Secs. 5 and 8 in Twp. 41, Rge. 16 W4 to the right bank of the Battle River; 56. upstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Twp. 42; 57. west along the north boundary of Twp. 42 to the east boundary of Rge. 19; 58. south along the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 24 in Twp. 42, Rge. 19 W4; 59. west along the north boundary of Secs. 24, 23, 22 and 21 to Highway 56; 60. north along Highway 56 to the north boundary of Twp. 45; 61. east along the north boundary of Twp. 45 to the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4; 62. north along the east boundary of Rge. 19 W4 to the starting point.
|-
|colspan=4|'''Note:'''
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
!colspan=4|51 Battle River-Wainwright 2010 boundaries
|-
!colspan=4|Bordering districts
|-
!North
!East
!West
!South
|-
|[[Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville]], [[Strathcona-Sherwood Park]] and [[Vermilion-Lloydminster]]
|[[Saskatchewan]] boundary
|[[Lacombe-Ponoka]], [[Leduc-Beaumont]] and [[Wetaskiwin-Camrose]]
|[[Drumheller-Stettler]]
|-
|colspan=2 align=center|[[File:BattleRiverWainwright electoral district 2010.jpg|200px]]
|colspan=2 align=center|[[File:BattleRiverWainwright in Alberta.jpg|200px]]
|-
!colspan=4|Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
|-
|colspan=4|
|-
|colspan=4|
|}
{| class="wikitable" align=right
!colspan=5|Members for Battle River-Wainwright
|-
!Assembly
!Years
!colspan="2"|Member
!Party
|-
|align="center" colspan=5|''See [[Wainwright (provincial electoral district)|Wainwright]] 1913-2004''
|-
|[[26th Alberta Legislative Assembly|26th]]
|2004-2008
|rowspan=3|[[Doug Griffiths]]
|rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|rowspan=3|[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive<br />Conservative]]
|-
|[[27th Alberta Legislative Assembly|27th]]
|2008–2012
|-
|[[28th Alberta Legislative Assembly|28th]]
|2012–2015
|-
|rowspan=2|[[29th Alberta Legislative Assembly|29th]]
|2015–2017
|rowspan=2|[[Wes Taylor (politician)|Wes Taylor]]
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}|
|[[Wildrose Party|Wildrose]]
|-
|2017–2019
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP|background}}|
|[[United Conservative Party|United Conservative]]
|-
|align="center" colspan=5|''See [[Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright]], <br />[[Camrose (provincial electoral district)|Camrose]] and [[Drumheller-Stettler]] 2019–''
|}

===Electoral history===
The electoral district was created in the 2003 boundary redistribution mostly from the old Wainwright electoral district that had a long history going back to 1913. Since 1971 Progressive Conservative candidates had been returned to office here with large majorities.

The current incumbent and only representative so far is Doug Griffiths who was first elected in a 2002 by-election. He won the new district and his second term with a landslide majority which he also increased in the next election. In 2011 Griffiths was appointed to the cabinet in the government of Premier [[Allison Redford]].

==Legislative election results==

===2004===
{{2004 Alberta general election/Battle River-Wainwright}}

===2008===
{{2008 Alberta general election/Battle River-Wainwright}}

===2012===
{{2012 Alberta general election/Battle River-Wainwright}}

===2015===
{{2015 Alberta general election/Battle River-Wainwright}}

==Senate nominee election results==

===2004===
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="5" align=center|'''[[2004 Alberta Senate nominee election|2004 Senate nominee election results]]: Battle River-Wainwright'''<ref name="senresults2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf |title=Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results |publisher=Elections Alberta |access-date=February 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704143923/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf |archive-date=July 4, 2009 }}</ref>
| colspan="2"|'''Turnout 48.33%'''
|-
| colspan="2"| '''Affiliation'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''% votes'''
|'''% ballots'''
|'''Rank'''
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Bert Brown]]|4,229|15.79%|50.80%|1}}
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Betty Unger]]|3,899|14.55%|46.72%|2}}
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Cliff Breitkreuz]]|3,691|13.78%|44.34%|3}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|[[Link Byfield]]
|2,632
|9.83%
|31.62%
|4
{{CANelec|AB|PC|David Usherwood|2,401|8.96%|28.84%|6}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}}
|Michael Roth
|2,374
|8.86%
|28.52%
|7
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Jim Silye]]|2,263|8.45%|27.18%|5}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}}
|Gary Horan
|2,049
|7.65%
|24.61%
|10
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}}
|Vance Gough
|2,044
|7.63%
|24.55%
|8
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|[[Tom Sindlinger]]
|1,208
|4.50%
|14.51%
|9
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total votes'''
|'''26,790'''
|colspan="3"|'''100%'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total ballots'''
|'''8,325'''
|colspan="3"|'''3.22 votes per ballot'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, spoiled and declined'''
|colspan="4"|'''1,608'''
|}
''Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot''

==Student vote results==

===2004===
{| class="wikitable" align=right
!Participating schools<ref name="school">{{cite web|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm |title=School by School results |publisher=Student Vote Canada |access-date=2008-04-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005211819/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm |archive-date=October 5, 2007 }}</ref>
|-
|Autumn Leaf School
|-
|Central High Sedgewick Public School
|-
|Coronation School
|-
|Daysland School
|-
|Dr. Folkins Community School
|-
|Edgerton Public School
|-
|Forestburg School
|-
|Lougheed School
|-
|Provost Public school
|-
|Saint Thomas Aquinas 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.

{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="5" align="center"|'''2004 Alberta student vote results'''<ref name="stu2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm |title=Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates |publisher=Student Vote Canada |access-date=2008-04-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006095842/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm |archive-date=October 6, 2007 }}</ref>
|-
|colspan="2"| '''Affiliation'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Doug Griffiths]]|483|59.56%}}
{{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Orest Werezak|167|20.59%}}
{{CANelec|AB|NDP|Len Legault|71|8.76%}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Gordon Rogers
|68
|8.38%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|row}}
|[[Social Credit Party of Alberta|Social Credit]]
|Robin Skitteral
|22
|2.71%
|-
|colspan="3" align ="right"|'''Total'''
|'''811'''
|'''100%'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, spoiled and declined'''
|colspan="2"|'''38'''
|}

===2012===
{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="5" align=center|'''2012 Alberta student vote results'''
|-
|colspan="2"| '''Affiliation'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Doug Griffiths]]||%}}
{{CANelec|AB|Wildrose|Dave Nelson}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Amber Greenleese
|
|%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}}
|[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|
|
|%
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total'''
| 
|'''100%'''
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of Alberta provincial electoral districts]]
* [[Canadian provincial electoral districts]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/ Elections Alberta]
*[http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ The Legislative Assembly of Alberta]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150506055103/http://battleriver-wainwright.wildrose.ca/wes_taylor Website of Wes Taylor Wildrose MLA for Battle River-Wainwright]

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