Drumheller-Gleichen
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| File:Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1960 |
| District abolished | 1970 |
| First contested | 1963 |
| Last contested | 1967 |
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
[edit | edit source]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)
[edit | edit source]| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Drumheller-Gleichen | ||||
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| 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
[edit | edit source]1963
[edit | edit source]| 1963 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| 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)
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1967
[edit | edit source]| 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)
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See also
[edit | edit source]- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Canadian provincial electoral districts
- Drumheller, a town in south-eastern Alberta
- Gleichen, a hamlet in Alberta
References
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Further reading
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External links
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