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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Modified | Monsieur November 20, 2004 10:43pm |
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Lesser Slave Lake is a vast riding in north-central Alberta, stretching almost 400 kilometres from top to bottom and 300 kilometres from side to side. Before the 2004 redistribution, the riding touched the N.W.T. border, though it now stops shy of it. The riding has expanded east, taking in a vast swath of what used to be Athabasca-Wabasca. Affected settlements include Flatbush, Hondo, Smith, Sandy Lake, Wabasca-Desmarais and Chipewyan Lake. Major communities in the riding include Slave Lake and High Prairie. With just 27,577 people, this riding is Alberta's second-least populous electoral district.
Just over half of Lesser Slave Lake voters are aboriginal, the highest percentage in Alberta. Incomes are somewhat low, at $51,739 for the average household, and about 14 per cent of residents are considered low income. Forty per cent don't have a high school diploma. More than four in five were born in Alberta, while fewer than three per cent are immigrants. Agriculture, followed by educational services, is the major employer.
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