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Drayton Valley (provincial electoral district)

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Drayton Valley
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1971
District abolished1993
First contested1971
Last contested1989

Drayton Valley 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 1971 to 1993.[1]

History

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The Drayton Valley electoral district was formed from the Stony Plain, Leduc, Edson and Wetaskwin electoral districts prior to the 1930 Alberta general election. The Drayton Valley electoral district would be abolished and the Drayton Valley-Calmar electoral district would be formed in its place prior to the 1993 Alberta general election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Drayton Valley
Assembly Years Member Party
See Stony Plain electoral district from 1905-1971,
Leduc electoral district from 1905-1971,
Wetaskwin electoral district from 1905-1971
and Edson electoral district from 1913-1971
17th  1971–1975     Rudolph Zander Progressive Conservative
18th  1975–1979
19th  1969–1982 Shirley Cripps
20th  1982–1986
21st  1986–1989
22nd  1989–1993 Tom Thurber
See Drayton Valley-Calmar electoral district from 1993-2012

Election results

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1971

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1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Rudolph Zander 2,603 53.45%
Social Credit Thomas Johnson 1,304 26.78%
New Democratic Alvin Harmacy 963 19.77%
Total 4,870
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28
Eligible electors / turnout 7,235 67.70%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Drayton Valley Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

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1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Rudolph Zander 3,224 67.97% 14.52%
New Democratic Lars Larson 815 17.18% -2.59%
Social Credit Tom Johnson 513 10.82% -15.96%
Liberal Maurice Duteau 191 4.03%
Total 4,743
Rejected, spoiled and declined 14
Eligible electors / turnout 7,515 63.30% -4.40%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 12.06%
Source(s)
Source: "Drayton Valley Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

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1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Shirley Cripps 3,530 56.95% -11.02%
New Democratic Gerry Hutchinson 1,290 20.81% 3.63%
Social Credit Phil Turner 1,284 20.72% 9.90%
Liberal Harold Knopke 94 1.52% -2.51%
Total 6,198
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 9,330 66.43% 3.13%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -7.32%
Source(s)
Source: "Drayton Valley Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

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1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Shirley Cripps 4,906 66.97% 10.01%
Western Canada Concept George Perdicaris 1,265 17.27%
New Democratic Lynne Martin 1,155 15.77% -5.05%
Total 7,326
Rejected, spoiled and declined 24
Eligible electors / turnout 10,400 70.67% 4.24%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.78%
Source(s)
Source: "Drayton Valley Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

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1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Shirley Cripps 5,330 61.13% -5.84%
New Democratic Lawrence Dublenko 2,275 26.09% 10.33%
Liberal Phil J. Gibeau 594 6.81%
Representative Ron Williams 301 3.45%
Western Canada Concept Gordon Reid 219 2.51% -14.76%
Total 8,719
Rejected, spoiled and declined 19
Eligible electors / turnout 17,513 49.89% -20.78%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -7.33%
Source(s)
Source: "Drayton Valley Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

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1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Tom Thurber 4,563 45.58% -15.55%
Liberal G. (Bear) Werschler 2,826 28.23% 21.42%
New Democratic Lynne Martin 2,622 26.19% 0.10%
Total 10,011
Rejected, spoiled and declined 22
Eligible electors / turnout 17,990 55.77% 5.88%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.84%
Source(s)
Source: "Drayton Valley Official Results 1989 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 Drayton Valley". 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)

Further reading

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