Drumheller-Gleichen
Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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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]
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1960
District abolished1970
First contested1963
 Alberta electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1960 |
| District abolished | 1970 |
| First contested | 1963 |
| Last contested | 1967 |
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 |
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| 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 |
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Electoral history
1963
| 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
| 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
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Canadian provincial electoral districts
- Drumheller, a town in south-eastern Alberta
- Gleichen, a hamlet in Alberta