Wayne Drysdale

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2008 Alberta general election: Grande Prairie-Wapiti
Wayne Drysdale
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Drysdale at the 2014 Tour of Alberta
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Grande Prairie Wapiti
In office
March 3, 2008 March 19, 2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wayne Drysdale 5,14566.70%+11.63%
Liberal Augustine Ebinu1,30416.90%-4.40%
New Democratic Manuela Campbell82910.75%-1.55%
Greens Allan Webber4365.65%+1.24%
Total7,714100.00%
Rejected, spoiled and declined74
Eligible electors / turnout29,05326.81% -9.77%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +8.02%
Source(s)
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 430–433.
2012 Alberta general election : Grande Prairie-Wapiti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wayne Drysdale 6,71251.63%-15.07%
Wildrose Ethane Jarvis4,50934.68%
New Democratic Paula Anderson1,2099.30%-1.38%
Liberal Alya Nazarali3652.81%-14.09%
Independent Anthony Barendregt2041.57%
Total valid votes12,999100.00%
Rejected, spoiled, and declined96
Eligible electors / Turnout30,76442.57% +15.76%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -24.89%
2015 Alberta general election : Grande Prairie-Wapiti
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wayne Drysdale 6,22935.57-16.06
New Democratic Mary Dahr5,06228.90+19.60
Wildrose Laila Goodridge 4,17523.84-10.84
Alberta Party Rory Tarant2,04811.69
Total17,514100.00
Rejected, spoiled, and declined77
Eligible electors / Turnout37,44546.98 +4.41
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -17.55

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References

  1. "Biography for Mr. Wayne Drysdale". Legislative Assembly of Alberta.