 Alberta electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1971 |
| District abolished | 1993 |
| First contested | 1971 |
| Last contested | 1989 |
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]
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 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 | ||||
| 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 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 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 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 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 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. | ||||||||
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