Lacombe-Stettler

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Lacombe-Stettler
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1993
District abolished2004
First contested 1993
Last contested 2001

Lacombe-Stettler 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 1993 to 2004. [1]

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History

The Lacombe-Stettler electoral district was formed in 1993 combining portions of the Lacombe and Stettler electoral districts. The district is named after the City of Lacombe and the Town of Stettler.

The Lacombe-Stettler electoral district was abolished following the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution. The district was split with portions of the district were combined with portions of Ponoka-Rimbey to form Lacombe-Ponoka, and other portions combined with Drumheller-Chinook to form Drumheller-Stettler. [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lacombe-Stettler
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Lacombe electoral district from 1905-1993
and Stettler electoral district from 1909-1993
23rd  1993–1997   Judy Gordon Progressive Conservative
24th  1997–2001
25th  2001–2004
See Drumheller-Stettler electoral district from 2003-Present
and Lacombe-Ponoka electoral district from 2003-Present

Election results

1993

1993 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Judy Gordon 6,59657.80%
Liberal Ed Whiteside3,00126.30%
New Democratic Rolf Pritchard7306.40%
Social Credit R. Ryan Handley6876.02%
Independent Doug Chitwood3973.48%
Total11,411
Rejected, spoiled, and declined19
Eligible electors / turnout18,39862.13%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe-Stettler Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

1997 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Judy Gordon 6,41461.74%3.94%
Social Credit Bob Argent1,72516.61%10.59%
Liberal Garfield Marks1,18111.37%-14.93%
New Democratic Lynne Gendron1,06810.28%3.88%
Total10,388
Rejected, spoiled and declined21
Eligible electors / turnout19,15354.35%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.82%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe-Stettler Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

2001 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Judy Gordon 8,22170.09%8.34%
Liberal Doug McDavid2,50021.31%9.94%
Independent Douglas R. Chitwood5544.72%
New Democratic Lorenzo Fiorito4553.88%-6.40%
Total11,730
Rejected, spoiled and declined15
Eligible electors / turnout21,10355.66%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 1.82%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe-Stettler Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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References

  1. "Election results for Lacombe-Stettler". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (February 2003). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta . Retrieved May 29, 2020.

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