The district was created in the 1993 boundary re-distribution from the
Wetaskiwin-Leduc and
Camrose districts. It is located in rural central eastern Alberta. It includes its namesakes
Wetaskiwin and
Camrose as well as the town of Millet and the Samson 137 and Montana 139 Indian reserves. The district and its antecedents had been favourable to electing Progressive Conservative candidates for the past few decades, however, this changed in the 2015 Alberta general election when New Democratic Bruce Hinkley who won his first term. The
2010 electoral boundary re-distribution saw a portion of land lying east of the city of
Camrose transferred in the
Battle River-Wainwright electoral district. The Wetaskiwin-Camrose electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and portions of the district would form the newly created
Camrose and
Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin electoral districts.
Boundary history Electoral history The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution. The election held that year saw incumbent Camrose MLA
Ken Rostad run in the new electoral district. He picked up the new seat for the Progressive Conservative party facing a strong challenge from Liberal candidate Bob Prestage. Rostad retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1997. His replacement in the legislature was Progressive Conservative candidate LeRoy Johnson. He won the district with a landslide to hold it for his party. He was re-elected to a second term in the 2001 general election with a bigger majority. He won a third term in office in 2004 and retired at the end of his third term in 2008. Progressive Conservative Verlyn Olson who was elected to his first term in the 2008 general election and second term in 2012, before losing to New Democratic Bruce Hinkley in the 2015 election. ==Legislative election results==