Didsbury with a section of West Didsbury contained within the Barlow Moor ward. However, boundary changes in 2004 resulted in Didsbury being split mainly between the two new wards of Didsbury East and Didsbury West while a small section of West Didsbury was incorporated into the new ward of Chorlton Park. Didsbury East is represented by Labour councillors James Wilson, Andrew Simcock and Kelly Simcock. Didsbury West is represented by Labour councllors Josie Teuber and David Ellison and Liberal Democrat John Leech. All wards within Manchester elect in thirds on a four yearly cycle. Didsbury, at (53.4166, −2.2311), is south of
Olds-Didsbury Olds-Didsbury Olds-Didsbury was a provincial electoral district in central Alberta, Canada, created in 1963 and abolished in 1997. It is noteworthy as the location of a famous by-election in 1982, when the separatist Western Canada Concept achieved the first and only electoral victory in the movement's history. The riding was created in 1963 when the Olds and Didsbury districts were merged. Incumbent MLA for Didsbury Robert Clark ran in the new riding for Social Credit, and was easily re-elected. He was appointed to cabinet by premier Ernest Manning in 1966 and re-appointed by Harry Strom. In the 1971 election, when