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Drumheller-Gleichen

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Drumheller-Gleichen
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1960
District abolished1970
First contested1963
Last contested1967

Drumheller-Gleichen 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]

History

The electoral district was created in the 1963 boundary redistribution when the Drumheller electoral district was merged with the Gleichen district.

After redistribution in 1970, the district would be formed into Drumheller, and the Gliechen portion would be added to Little Bow.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Drumheller-Gleichen
Assembly Years Member Party
See Drumheller electoral district from 1930-1963
and Gleichen electoral district from 1905-1963
15th  1963–1967     Gordon E. Taylor Social Credit
16th  1967–1971
See Drumheller electoral district from 1971-1997
and Little Bow electoral district from 1971-2019

Electoral history

1963 general election

1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Gordon Taylor 4,565 86.38%
New Democratic Irene Dyck 720 13.62%
Total 5,285
Rejected, spoiled and declined 19
Eligible electors / turnout 8,334 63.64%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller-Gleichen Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967 general election

1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Gordon Taylor 4,018 67.62% -18.76%
Progressive Conservative Tom Hanson 1,579 26.57%
New Democratic Garry B. Law 345 5.81% -7.82%
Total 5,942
Rejected, spoiled and declined 14
Eligible electors / turnout 8,778 67.85%
Social Credit hold Swing -15.85%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller-Gleichen Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Election results for Drumheller-Gleichen". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

Further reading