Hanna-Oyen

Hanna-Oyen

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1971
District abolished	1979
First contested	1971
Last contested	1975

Hanna-Oyen was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1979. ^[1]

The electoral district took its name from the town of Hanna and the village of Oyen.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Hanna-Oyen
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Hand Hills-Acadia electoral district from 1963-1971
17th	1971–1975		Clinton Keith French	Social Credit
18th	1975–1979		John Edward Butler	Progressive Conservative
See Drumheller electoral district from 1979-1997 and Chinook electoral district from 1979-1997

Election results

1971

v t e 1971 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Clinton Keith French	2,231	45.90%	0.00%
	Progressive Conservative	John Edward Butler	2,216	45.59%	0.00%
	New Democratic	Gordon Snell	414	8.52%	0.00%
Total			4,861	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			34	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			5,812	84.22%	–
	Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Hanna-Oyen Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

v t e 1975 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Edward Butler	2,927	68.77%	23.19%
	Social Credit	Alfred Weik	817	19.20%	-26.70%
	Liberal	Lyakk Curry	378	8.88%	–
	New Democratic	David Urichuk	134	3.15%	-5.37%
Total			4,256	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			10	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			5,638	75.67%	–
	Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit		Swing		24.63%
Source(s) Source: "Hanna-Oyen Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

1. "Election results for Hanna-Oyen". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2020.

Further reading

• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN   0-9689217-8-7 . Retrieved May 25, 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta