The electoral district located in rural southwestern Alberta was created with minimal boundary changes in the 1997 boundary re-distribution from the old riding of Pincher Creek-Macleod. The district is named after Mount Livingstone and the town of Fort Macleod. The district also contains the communities of Pincher Creek and the municipality of the Crowsnest Pass.
The district and its antecedent have been favourable to electing Progressive Conservative candidates in the past few decades, but this history was broken in the 2012 Alberta general election when Wildrose candidate Pat Stier was elected.
History
The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution primarily from the old electoral district of Pincher Creek-Macleod.
Significant changes were made to the district in the 2010 boundary redistribution. The Blood Reserve was transferred to the electoral district of Cardston-Taber-Warner while land south of the town of High River that was in Highwood as well as a portion of land in that constituency in the north west and the portion of land that was part of the abolished Foothills-Rocky View electoral district south of Tsuu T'ina Nation was transferred into the electoral district.
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the Alberta-British Columbia boundary and the north boundary of Twp. 13; then 1. east along the north boundary of Twp. 13 to the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5; 2. north along the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5 to the south boundary of the Cataract Creek Snow Vehicle Forest Land Use Zone described in Order In Council 998/79; 3. northeasterly along the south boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 14 in Twp. 15, Rge. 3 W5; 4. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 22 in the Twp.; 5. north along the east boundary of Secs. 22 and 27 to the north boundary of Sec. 27; 6. west along the north boundary of Sec. 27 to the east boundary of Sec. 33; 7. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 15, Rge. 3 W5; 8. east along the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 4, Twp. 16, Rge. 2 W5; 9. north along the east boundary of Secs. 4, 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 to the north boundary of Twp. 16, Rge. 2 W5; 10. east along the north boundary of Twp. 16 to the east boundary of Sec. 6, Twp. 17, Rge. 28 W4; 11. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 5; 12. east along the north boundary of Secs. 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 in Twp. 17, Rge. 28 W4 and east along the north boundary of Secs. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 in Twp. 17, Rge. 27 W4; 13. east along the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 17, Rge. 26 W4 to the right bank of the Little Bow River; 14. downstream along the right bank to the east boundary of Rge. 25 W4; 15. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 18 in Twp. 11, Rge. 24 W4; 16. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 18 and 17 to the east boundary of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 17. south along the east boundary of Secs. 17, 8 and 5 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 10; 18. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 31 in Twp. 10, Rge. 24; W4; 19. south along the east boundary of Sec. 31 and 30 in the Twp. to the right bank of the Oldman River; 20. downstream along the Oldman River to the north boundary of the Blood Indian Reserve No. 148; 21. generally southeast, southwest, west and northeast along the boundary of the Blood Indian Reserve No. 148 to its intersection with the right bank of the Waterton River; 22. upstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Waterton Lakes National Park; 23. in a generally westerly direction along the north park boundary to the Alberta-British Columbia boundary; 24. in a generally northerly direction along the boundary to the starting point.
The electoral district was created in the 1997 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw Pincher Creek-Macleod Progressive Conservative incumbent David Coutts win more than half the popular vote over Liberal candidate Ernie Patterson to pick up the seat for his party.
The two would face each other again in the 2001 general election. Coutts would be re-elected with a larger majority to win his third term in office. Coutts won his fourth term in the 2004 election taking just over half of the popular vote in the riding. He retired from office at dissolution of the assembly in 2008.
The second representative of the district was Progressive Conservative MLA Evan Berger; elected to his first term in the 2008 general election.
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot
Student vote results
2004
Participating schools
Canyon School
Red Crow Community College
West Meadow 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.