Peace River (provincial Electoral District)
Peace River is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The district used single transferable vote from 1926 to 1957.
The electoral district was created in 1905 and contains the area in the most northwestern parts of Alberta, Canada along the Alberta, British Columbia and Northwest Territories border. In recent years, the district has been a Progressive Conservative strong hold, but candidates from every governing party have held this district since it was created. Incorporated towns include Peace River, High Level, Manning and Rainbow Lake. Ft. Vermillion and La Crete also have significant population.
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who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief.”
—Wendell Berry (b. 1934)
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