This riding in south-central Alberta stretches from the Red Deer River in the east to the area around Cremona in the west.

More than 96 per cent say their language at home is English, the second-highest rate in Alberta (2001 census).

In 2021, National Post columnist Colby Cosh said that the district "might be the single most truculently conservative anywhere" in Canada.

In his first election win in 1997, the runner-up was Social Credit candidate Don MacDonald who had previously served as an MLA under the Liberal banner in the Legislative Assembly from 1992-1993.

Marz achieved a landslide running for his second term in the 2001 election taking over 80% of the popular vote.

The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority.