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Willingdon-Two Hills

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Willingdon-Two Hills
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1963
District abolished1971
First contested1963
Last contested1967

Willingdon-Two Hills 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 1963 to 1971.[1]

History

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Willingdon-Two Hills was formed from the abolished Willingdon riding expanded south in 1963 when Vegreville merged with Bruce, to form Vegreville-Bruce. Due to the expanded boundaries the riding name was changed to Willingdon-Two Hills.

Willingdon-Two Hills was dissolved following the 1971 electoral district re-distribution, and the territory was incorporated into Vegreville and Redwater-Andrew electoral districts.

Willingdon-Two Hills is named for the former town of Willingdon, Alberta and town of Two Hills, Alberta.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Willingdon-Two Hills
Assembly Years Member Party
See Willingdon electoral district from 1940-1963
15th  1963–1967     Nicholas A. Melnyk Social Credit
16th  1967–1971
See Vegreville electoral district from 1971-1993
and Redwater-Andrew electoral district from 1971-1993

Electoral history

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1963

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1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Nicholas A. Melnyk 2,315 56.64%
Progressive Conservative Walter Witwicky 993 24.30%
New Democratic William Glen Haley 496 12.14%
Liberal Allan Eschak 283 6.92%
Total 4,087
Rejected, spoiled and declined 8
Eligible electors / turnout 6,009 68.15%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Willingdon-Two Hills Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

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1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Nicholas A. Melnyk 2,160 62.46% 5.82%
New Democratic Louis Souter 1,298 37.54% 25.40%
Total 3,458
Rejected, spoiled and declined 12
Eligible electors / turnout 3,470 100.00%
Social Credit hold Swing -3.71%
Source(s)
Source: "Willingdon-Two Hills Official Results 1967 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 Willingdon-Two Hills". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

Further reading

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