Drumheller-Gleichen

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Drumheller-Gleichen
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1960
District abolished1970
First contested 1963
Last contested 1967

Drumheller-Gleichen 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]

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History

The electoral district was created in the 1963 boundary redistribution when the Drumheller electoral district was merged with the Gleichen district.

After redistribution in 1970, the district would be formed into Drumheller, and the Gliechen portion would be added to Little Bow.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Drumheller-Gleichen
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Drumheller electoral district from 1930-1963
and Gleichen electoral district from 1905-1963
15th  1963–1967   Gordon E. Taylor Social Credit
16th  1967–1971
See Drumheller electoral district from 1971-1997
and Little Bow electoral district from 1971-2019

Electoral history

1963

1963 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Gordon Taylor 4,56586.38%
New Democratic Irene Dyck72013.62%
Total5,285
Rejected, spoiled and declined19
Eligible electors / turnout8,33463.64%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller-Gleichen Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

1967 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Gordon Taylor 4,01867.62%-18.76%
Progressive Conservative Tom Hanson1,57926.57%
New Democratic Garry B. Law3455.81%-7.82%
Total5,942
Rejected, spoiled and declined14
Eligible electors / turnout8,77867.85%
Social Credit hold Swing -15.85%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller-Gleichen Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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References

  1. "Election results for Drumheller-Gleichen". 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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