[1] The district surrounds the western, northern and eastern boundaries of the city of Calgary.

[2] The electoral district's antecedents had elected Progressive Conservative (PC) candidates with solid majorities.

MLA Bruce McAllister subsequently crossed the floor to the PCs during the premiership of Jim Prentice with most of the Wildrose caucus.

Aheer then crossed the floor to the United Conservative Party (UCP) when the PCs and Wildrose decided to merge.

In its short existence, Chestermere-Rocky View therefore elected Wildrose MLAs twice, but neither served their full term with the party.