Whitecourt (provincial electoral district)

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Whitecourt
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1971
District abolished1993
First contested 1971
Last contested 1989

Whitecourt was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first-past-the-post balloting from 1971 to 1993. [1]

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Boundary history

Member of the Legislative Assembly for Whitecourt
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Lac Ste. Anne 1909–1971
17th 1971–1975 Peter Trynchy Progressive
Conservative
18th 1975–1979
19th 1979–1982
20th 1982–1986
21st 1986–1989
22nd 1989–1993
See Whitecourt-Ste. Anne 1993–2019

The district replaced Lac Ste. Anne for the 1971 election, with only minor boundary changes from the previous district. Its boundaries again remained mostly unchanged when replaced by Whitecourt-Ste. Anne in 1993, although the area around Fox Creek was transferred to Grande Prairie-Smoky.

Representation history

The district's only MLA was Progressive Conservative Peter Trynchy. He entered the Legislature upon winning the seat in the 1971 election and served eight terms all together, six as MLA for Whitecourt and two in Whitecourt-Ste. Anne, finally retiring in 2001.

Election results

1970s

1971 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes% [2]
Progressive Conservative Peter Trynchy 3,09649.53%
Social Credit Clyde Feero2,12533.99%
New Democratic Robert Price92914.86%
Liberal Arthur Yates1011.62%
Total valid votes6,251
Rejected, spoiled and declined43
Electors / Turnout9,51466.16%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
1975 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±% [2]
Progressive Conservative Peter Trynchy 3,92171.42%+21.89%
New Democratic John Udchitz89316.27%+1.41%
Social Credit Rig Godwin67612.31%-21.68%
Total valid votes5,490
Rejected, spoiled and declined21
Electors / Turnout8,68363.47% -2.69%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +10.24%
1979 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±% [2]
Progressive Conservative Peter Trynchy 3,83459.08%-12.34%
New Democratic Ken Forscutt1,44222.22%+5.95%
Social Credit George Richardson 1,21418.71%+6.40%
Total valid votes6,490
Rejected, spoiled and declined162
Electors / Turnout10,48863.42% -0.05%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.15%

1980s

The 1982 election saw the rise of the separatist Western Canada Concept, which failed to win any seats. Their result in Whitecourt was the fourth-best in the province, despite Social Credit candidate George Richardson's status as party leader. Trynchy still won an outright majority of votes, benefitting from a surge in turnout.

1982 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±% [2]
Progressive Conservative Peter Trynchy 4,63551.71%-7.37%
Western Canada Concept Andy Lee2,27625.39%
New Democratic Dick Davies1,22013.61%-8.61%
Social Credit George Richardson 6857.64%-11.07%
Liberal John Powers1471.64%
Total valid votes8,963
Rejected, spoiled and declined44
Electors / Turnout12,44172.40% +8.98%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -16.38%
1986 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±% [2]
Progressive Conservative Peter Trynchy 4,03854.15%+2.44%
Representative Merv Zadderey1,61121.60%+13.96%
New Democratic Dick Davies1,34918.09%+4.48%
Liberal Rick Allen4596.16%+4.52%
Total valid votes7,457
Rejected, spoiled and declined11
Electors / Turnout13,25456.35% -16.05%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.76%

Representative Party swing in 1986 is calculated from Social Credit results in 1982.

1989 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±% [2]
Progressive Conservative Peter Trynchy 3,87749.93%-4.22%
Liberal Jurgen Preugschas2,43231.32%+25.16%
New Democratic Gwen Symington1,45618.75%+0.66%
Total valid votes7,765
Rejected, spoiled and declined33
Electors / Turnout13,79556.53% +0.18%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -14.69%

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References

  1. "Election results for Whitecourt". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Election results for Whitecourt". Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved January 16, 2017.

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