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Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan

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Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1993
District abolished2004
First contested1993
Last contested2001

Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1993 to 2001.[1]

The electoral district was named for the City of Fort Saskatchewan and the Clover Bar community.

History

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The Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan electoral district was formed in the 1993 electoral boundary re-distribution from the dissolved Clover Bar electoral district.

The Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan electoral district was dissolved following the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution and merged with portions of Redwater and Vegreville-Viking to form Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan
Assembly Years Member Party
See Clover Bar electoral district from 1930-1993
23rd  1993–1997     Muriel Abdurahman Liberal
24th  1997–2001     Rob Lougheed Progressive Conservative
25th  2001–2004
See Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville electoral district from 2004-Present

Election results

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1993

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1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Muriel Abdurahman 5,612 41.97% 0.00%
Progressive Conservative Rob Splane 4,816 36.02% 0.00%
New Democratic W.H. (Skip) Gordon 2,072 15.50% 0.00%
Independent Kurt Gesell 872 6.52% 0.00%
Total 13,372
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18
Eligible electors / turnout 21,510 62.25%
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

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1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Rob Lougheed 6,864 47.72% 11.70%
Liberal Muriel Abdurahman 6,364 44.24% 2.27%
New Democratic Michael Berezowsky 922 6.41% -9.09%
Independent Max Cornelssen 235 1.63% -4.89%
Total 14,385
Rejected, spoiled and declined 33
Eligible electors / turnout 23,185 62.19%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -1.24%
Source(s)
Source: "Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

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2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Rob Lougheed 9,674 62.73% 15.01%
Liberal Skip Gordon 4,606 29.87% -14.37%
New Democratic Merrill Stewart 1,142 7.41% 1.00%
Total 15,422
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 33
Eligible electors / turnout 25,620 60.32%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 14.69%
Source(s)
Source: "Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Election results for Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (February 2003). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
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