 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1963 |
| District abolished | 1971 |
| First contested | 1963 |
| Last contested | 1967 |
Willingdon-Two Hills 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]
Willingdon-Two Hills was formed from the abolished Willingdon riding expanded south in 1963 when Vegreville merged with Bruce, to form Vegreville-Bruce. Due to the expanded boundaries the riding name was changed to Willingdon-Two Hills.
Willingdon-Two Hills was dissolved following the 1971 electoral district re-distribution, and the territory was incorporated into Vegreville and Redwater-Andrew electoral districts.
Willingdon-Two Hills is named for the former town of Willingdon, Alberta and town of Two Hills, Alberta.
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Willingdon-Two Hills | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Willingdon electoral district from 1940-1963 | ||||
| 15th | 1963–1967 | Nicholas A. Melnyk | Social Credit | |
| 16th | 1967–1971 | |||
| See Vegreville electoral district from 1971-1993 and Redwater-Andrew electoral district from 1971-1993 | ||||
| 1963 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Nicholas A. Melnyk | 2,315 | 56.64% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Witwicky | 993 | 24.30% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | William Glen Haley | 496 | 12.14% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Allan Eschak | 283 | 6.92% | – | ||||
| Total | 4,087 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 8 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 6,009 | 68.15% | – | |||||
| Social Credit pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s) Source: "Willingdon-Two Hills Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 1967 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Nicholas A. Melnyk | 2,160 | 62.46% | 5.82% | ||||
| New Democratic | Louis Souter | 1,298 | 37.54% | 25.40% | ||||
| Total | 3,458 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 12 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 3,470 | 100.00% | – | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -3.71% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Willingdon-Two Hills Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
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