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By Curtis Galbraith

Provincial Politics

Big changes proposed for Peace Country ridings in new Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission report

Oct 29, 2025 | 2:10 PM

An interim report from the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission recommends that two Peace Country ridings be combined into one.

The proposal, if approved, would see Central Peace-Notley and Peace River combined into Peace River-Notley.

The new constituency would run from the northern edge of Yellowhead County up to the northern boundary of the County of Northern Lights. The total population would be just over 48,600.

The two constituencies are both currently represented by cabinet ministers, Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen in Central Peace-Notley and Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams in Peace River.

The changes would also see Saddle Hills County move from Central Peace-Notley to Grande Prairie-Wapiti. Mackenzie County and Paddle Prairie would also move from Peace River to a new riding called Mackenzie.

Most of the current Lesser Slave River constituency would also move to Mackenzie, along with Mackenzie County and Paddle Prairie.

Parts of Big Lakes County would move to Peace River-Notley.

The MD of Lesser Slave River, and all the municipalities within its boundaries, would move to another new constituency called Slave Lake-Athabasca-Westlock.

There would be no other changes for Grande Prairie-Wapiti. The Grande Prairie constituency would stay as it is now.

The commission says public meetings on the proposed changes are planned for January.

Written submissions can also be sent in between Nov. 3 and Dec. 19. A link to do this, plus the interim report and maps of the proposed new constituencies, can be found on the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission website.