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1913 Alberta general election: Wainwright
The Honourable
Doug Griffiths
ECA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George LeRoy Hudson 71153.62%
Liberal Henry Yale Pawling61546.38%
Total1,326
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnout2,08263.69%
Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1917

1917 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George LeRoy Hudson Acclaimed
TotalN/A
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnoutN/AN/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1921

1921 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Farmers John Russell Love 1,87757.77%
Liberal Harcus Strachan 91328.10%
Conservative George LeRoy Hudson 45914.13%
Total3,249
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnout3,27399.27%
United Farmers gain from Conservative Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1926

1926 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Farmers John Russell Love 1,60961.27%3.50%
Conservative George LeRoy Hudson 1,01738.73%24.60%
Total2,626
Rejected, spoiled and declined139
Eligible electors / turnout3,89670.97%-28.30%
United Farmers hold Swing -3.56%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1930

1930 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count
%Votes
final count
±%
United Farmers John Russell Love 1,44646.63%1,564-14.64%
Independent Ernest A. Pitman1,00532.41%1,254
Liberal Stephen R. Bowerman65020.96%
Total3,101
Rejected, spoiled and declined144
Eligible electors / turnout4,33374.89%3.92%
United Farmers hold Swing -4.16%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes.
As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality.

1935

1935 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit William Masson 2,38254.88%
Liberal Peter Milne95321.96%1.00%
United Farmers H. L. Coursier81118.69%-27.94%
Conservative Robert Smallwood1944.47%
Total4,340
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnout5,19183.61%8.72%
Social Credit gain from United Farmers Swing 9.35%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1940

1940 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes
1st count
%Votes
final count
±%
Social Credit William Masson 2,29643.23%2,583-11.65%
Independent N. P. Strachan1,61130.33%2,169
Co-operative Commonwealth Kenneth S. Tory1,03919.56%
Independent Progressive Albert Lester Blue 3656.87%
Total5,311
Rejected, spoiled and declined189
Eligible electors / turnout7,20176.38%-7.23%
Social Credit hold Swing -10.01%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes.
As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality.

1944

1944 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit William Masson 2,93965.71%22.47%
Co-operative Commonwealth M. D. Meade1,30029.06%9.50%
Labor–Progressive R. Garneau2345.23%
Total4,473
Rejected, spoiled and declined92
Eligible electors / turnout6,44870.80%-5.58%
Social Credit hold Swing 11.87%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1944 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1948

1948 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit William Masson 2,87762.58%-3.12%
Co-operative Commonwealth Stewart Wright88719.30%-9.77%
Liberal John Alexander Kelly83318.12%
Total4,597
Rejected, spoiled and declined314
Eligible electors / turnout6,97970.37%-0.43%
Social Credit hold Swing 3.32%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1948 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1952

1952 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit William Masson 2,57858.75%-3.83%
Liberal John Davidson1,10525.18%7.06%
Independent Kenneth S. Tory70516.07%
Total4,388
Rejected, spoiled and declined301
Eligible electors / turnout5,44386.15%15.78%
Social Credit hold Swing -4.86%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1952 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1955

1955 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Henry A. Ruste 2,63754.86%-3.89%
Liberal John M. Saville1,53731.97%6.79%
Co-operative Commonwealth James Jackson57011.86%
Labor–Progressive E. P. Taylor631.31%
Total4,807
Rejected, spoiled and declined548
Eligible electors / turnout7,43472.03%-14.11%
Social Credit hold Swing -5.34%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1955 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1959

1959 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Henry A. Ruste 3,46572.28%17.42%
Progressive Conservative Donald Mills66813.93%
Liberal Henry D. Frizzell3878.07%
Co-operative Commonwealth John Wesley Connelly2745.72%-6.14%
Total4,794
Rejected, spoiled and declined10
Eligible electors / turnout7,28365.96%-6.07%
Social Credit hold Swing 17.73%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1963

1963 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Henry A. Ruste 3,46576.66%4.38%
Liberal John M. Saville66814.78%-6.71%
New Democratic John Wesley Connelly3878.56%2.82%
Total4,520
Rejected, spoiled and declined24
Eligible electors / turnout7,28462.38%-3.58%
Social Credit hold Swing 1.77%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1967

1967 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Henry A. Ruste 3,80782.83%6.17%
New Democratic Glenn Valleau78917.17%8.61%
Total4,596
Rejected, spoiled and declined38
Eligible electors / turnout7,30763.42%1.04%
Social Credit hold Swing 1.89%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1971

1971 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Henry A. Ruste 3,31163.38%-19.45%
Progressive Conservative Clifford Smallwood 1,36626.15%
New Democratic Gary Luciow54710.47%-6.70%
Total5,224
Rejected, spoiled and declined28
Eligible electors / turnout7,27272.22%8.80%
Social Credit hold Swing -14.22%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1975

1975 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Charles Stewart 3,03959.00%32.85%
Social Credit Bev Penman1,61631.37%-32.01%
New Democratic Harold Tangen4969.63%-0.84%
Total5,151
Rejected, spoiled and declined8
Eligible electors / turnout7,29170.76%-1.46%
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing -4.80%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1979

1979 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Charles Stewart 3,48956.47%-2.52%
Social Credit Keith Cornish2,10334.04%2.67%
New Democratic Alan Richards5098.24%-1.39%
Liberal Sultan Tejani771.25%
Total6,178
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnout8,66071.34%0.58%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.60%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1982

1982 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Robert A. (Butch) Fischer 4,58961.78%5.31%
Western Canada Concept Bill Veitch2,14528.88%
New Democratic Wes Connelly4766.41%-1.83%
Liberal Joseph A. Vermette2182.93%1.69%
Total7,428
Rejected, spoiled and declined12
Eligible electors / turnout9,76676.18%4.84%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.23%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1986

1986 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Robert A. (Butch) Fischer 4,24468.56%6.78%
New Democratic Willy Kelch1,10617.87%11.46%
Western Canada Concept Allen Abrassart4757.67%-21.20%
Liberal Joseph A. Vermette3655.90%2.96%
Total6,190
Rejected, spoiled and declined11
Eligible electors / turnout11,10055.86%-20.32%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 8.90%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1989

1989 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Robert A. (Butch) Fischer 4,00967.75%-0.81%
New Democratic Willy Kelch1,18219.98%2.11%
Liberal Joseph A. Vermette72612.27%6.37%
Total5,917
Rejected, spoiled and declined19
Eligible electors / turnout10,80154.96%-0.91%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -1.46%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1993

1993 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Robert A. (Butch) Fischer 5,29454.80%-12.96%
Liberal Evangéline Forcier1,93320.01%7.74%
Social Credit Dale Trefz1,76018.22%
New Democratic Tom A. Samuel6746.98%-13.00%
Total9,661
Rejected, spoiled and declined16
Eligible electors / turnout15,88260.93%5.97%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.49%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

1997

1997 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Robert A. (Butch) Fischer 6,23252.74%-2.06%
Social Credit Jerry D. Barber3,34828.33%10.12%
Liberal Ronald Williams1,56813.27%-6.74%
New Democratic Lilas I. Lysne6685.65%-1.32%
Total11,816
Rejected, spoiled and declined29
Eligible electors / turnout19,75659.96%-0.97%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.19%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

2001

2001 Alberta general election : Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Robert A. (Butch) Fischer 6,91063.62%10.88%
Alberta First Jerry D. Barber1,39412.83%
Liberal Ronald Williams1,26911.68%-1.59%
Independent Jeff Newland8687.99%
New Democratic Lilas I. Lysne4203.87%-1.79%
Total10,861
Rejected, spoiled and declined16
Eligible electors / turnout19,29256.38%-3.58%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 13.19%
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

2002 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, 2002: Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Doug Griffiths 2,92444.6
Alberta First Jerry D. Barber1,69525.9
Liberal Horst Schreiber1,11417.0
Social Credit Robin Skitteral5197.9
New Democratic Lilas Lysne2273.5
Green Colleen Biggs731.1
Turnout6,55233.6

2004

2004 Alberta general election : Battle River-Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Doug Griffiths 6,40665.02%
Alberta Alliance Orest Werezak1,44214.64%
Liberal Gordon Rogers1,06910.85%
New Democratic Len Legault6166.25%
Social Credit Robin Skitteral3203.25%
Total9,853
Rejected, spoiled and declined32
Eligible electors / turnout20,36848.53%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)

2008

2008 Alberta general election : Battle River-Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Doug Griffiths 7,96878.56%13.55%
Liberal Horst Schreiber1,26012.42%1.57%
Green William Munsey4834.76%
New Democratic Doris Bannister4314.25%-2.00%
Total10,142
Rejected, spoiled and declined129
Eligible electors / turnout21,06448.76%0.23%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 7.88%
Source(s)
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. 28 July 2008. pp. 368–371.
"Elections Alberta 2012 General Election". Elections Alberta . Retrieved 21 May 2020.

2012

2012 Alberta general election : Battle River-Wainwright
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Doug Griffiths 7,20246.70%-31.86%
Wildrose Dave Nelson6,70943.51%
New Democratic Terry Zawalski7765.03%0.78%
Liberal Amber Greenleese4693.04%-9.38%
Alberta Party Midge Lambert2651.72%
Total15,421
Rejected, spoiled and declined87
Eligible electors / turnout25,86359.96%11.20%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -31.47%
Source(s)

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