Drumheller-Chinook

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Drumheller-Chinook
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1996
District abolished2004
First contested 1997
Last contested 2001

Drumheller-Chinook 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 1997 to 2004. [1]

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History

The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution from the Drumheller and Chinook electoral districts.

The electoral district would be combined with Lacombe-Stettler to form Drumheller-Stettler in 2003.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Drumheller-Chinook
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Drumheller electoral district from 1971-1997
and Chinook electoral district from 1979-1997
24th  1997–2001   Shirley McClellan Progressive Conservative
25th  2001–2004
See Drumheller-Stettler electoral district from 2004-Present

Electoral history

1997

1997 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Shirley McClellan 6,06363.48%
Social Credit Dale Trefz2,05621.53%
Liberal Einar Davison1,43214.99%
Total9,551
Rejected, spoiled and declined30
Eligible electors / turnout16,13359.39%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller-Chinook Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

2001 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Shirley McClellan 6,68473.02%9.54%
Liberal Greg Pyra92110.06%-4.93%
Independent Eileen Walker8198.95%
New Democratic Gerry Hamilton5465.96%
Social Credit Peter Smits1842.01%-19.52%
Total9,154
Rejected, spoiled, and declined31
Eligible electors / turnout16,06657.17%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 10.50%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller-Chinook Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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References

  1. "Election results for Drumheller-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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