Chinook (provincial electoral district)

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Chinook
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1979
District abolished1996
First contested 1979
Last contested 1993

Chinook was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1979 to 1996. [1]

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History

The electoral district was created following boundary redistribution for the 1979 Alberta general election from Hanna-Oyen and Sedgewick-Coronation electoral districts.

The electoral district would be combined with Drumheller in 1996 to form Drumheller-Chinook.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Chinook
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Hanna-Oyen electoral district from 1971-1979
and Sedgewick-Coronation electoral district from 1963-1979
19th  1979–1982   Henry Kroeger Progressive Conservative
20th  1982–1986
21st  1986–1989
22nd  1989–1993 Shirley McClellan
23rd  1993–1997
See Drumheller-Chinook electoral district from 1997-2004

Electoral history

1970s

1979 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Henry Kroeger 4,02466.47%
Social Credit Arlie Reil1,31021.64%
New Democratic John W. Oberg4066.71%
Liberal Sheila Noonan3145.19%
Total6,054
Rejected, spoiled and declined33
Eligible electors / turnout8,51371.50%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Chinook Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1980s

1982 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Henry Kroeger 4,83773.64%7.18%
Western Canada Concept Jack Ramsay1,26619.28%
New Democratic Gladys Creasy4657.08%0.37%
Total6,568
Rejected, spoiled and declined9
Eligible electors / turnout8,78374.88%3.38%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 4.77%
Source(s)
Source: "Chinook Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1986 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Henry Kroeger 3,79679.83%6.19%
New Democratic Lavera Gladys Creasy95920.17%13.09%
Total4,755
Rejected, spoiled and declined29
Eligible electors / turnout9,38650.97%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 2.65%
Source(s)
Source: "Chinook Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1989 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Shirley McClellan 3,58571.12%-8.71%
New Democratic H. James Powers76515.18%-4.99%
Liberal Mel H. Buffalo69113.71%
Total5,041
Rejected, spoiled and declined10
Eligible electors / turnout9,19754.92%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -1.86%
Source(s)
Source: "Chinook Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1990s

1993 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Shirley McClellan 4,74865.01%-6.11%
Social Credit Gus Mattheis1,02514.03%
Liberal Dianne Anderson1,01513.90%0.19%
Independent Kristopher Dietrich2934.01%
New Democratic Steven Milner2233.05%-12.12%
Total7,304
Rejected, spoiled and declined18
Eligible electors / turnout10,55369.38%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.48%
Source(s)
Source: "Chinook Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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References

  1. "Election results for Chinook". 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)

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