Drumheller-Chinook
Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Drumheller-Chinook 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 1997 to 2004.[1]
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1996
District abolished2004
First contested1997
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1996 |
| District abolished | 2004 |
| First contested | 1997 |
| Last contested | 2001 |
History
The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution from the Drumheller and Chinook electoral districts. The electoral district would be combined with Lacombe-Stettler to form Drumheller-Stettler in 2003.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Drumheller-Chinook | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Drumheller electoral district from 1971-1997 and Chinook electoral district from 1979-1997 |
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| 24th | 1997–2001 | Shirley McClellan | Progressive Conservative | |
| 25th | 2001–2004 | |||
| See Drumheller-Stettler electoral district from 2004-Present | ||||
Electoral history
1997
| 1997 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Shirley McClellan | 6,063 | 63.48% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Dale Trefz | 2,056 | 21.53% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Einar Davison | 1,432 | 14.99% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,551 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 30 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 16,133 | 59.39% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller-Chinook Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2001
| 2001 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Shirley McClellan | 6,684 | 73.02% | 9.54% | ||||
| Liberal | Greg Pyra | 921 | 10.06% | -4.93% | ||||
| Independent | Eileen Walker | 819 | 8.95% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Gerry Hamilton | 546 | 5.96% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Peter Smits | 184 | 2.01% | -19.52% | ||||
| Total | 9,154 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 31 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 16,066 | 57.17% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 10.50% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller-Chinook Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Canadian provincial electoral districts
- Drumheller, Alberta, town in south-eastern Alberta