Chinook was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1979 to 1996.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1979 |
| District abolished | 1996 |
| First contested | 1979 |
| Last contested | 1993 |
History
editThe electoral district was created following boundary redistribution for the 1979 Alberta general election from Hanna-Oyen and Sedgewick-Coronation electoral districts.
The electoral district would be combined with Drumheller in 1996 to form Drumheller-Chinook.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
edit| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Chinook | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Hanna-Oyen electoral district from 1971-1979 and Sedgewick-Coronation electoral district from 1963-1979 |
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| 19th | 1979–1982 | Henry Kroeger | Progressive Conservative | |
| 20th | 1982–1986 | |||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | |||
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | Shirley McClellan | ||
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | |||
| See Drumheller-Chinook electoral district from 1997-2004 | ||||
Electoral history
edit1970s
edit| 1979 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Henry Kroeger | 4,024 | 66.47% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Arlie Reil | 1,310 | 21.64% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | John W. Oberg | 406 | 6.71% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Sheila Noonan | 314 | 5.19% | – | ||||
| Total | 6,054 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 33 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 8,513 | 71.50% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Chinook Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1980s
edit| 1982 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Henry Kroeger | 4,837 | 73.64% | 7.18% | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | Jack Ramsay | 1,266 | 19.28% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Gladys Creasy | 465 | 7.08% | 0.37% | ||||
| Total | 6,568 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 9 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 8,783 | 74.88% | 3.38% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 4.77% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Chinook Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Henry Kroeger | 3,796 | 79.83% | 6.19% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lavera Gladys Creasy | 959 | 20.17% | 13.09% | ||||
| Total | 4,755 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 29 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 9,386 | 50.97% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 2.65% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Chinook Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Shirley McClellan | 3,585 | 71.12% | -8.71% | ||||
| New Democratic | H. James Powers | 765 | 15.18% | -4.99% | ||||
| Liberal | Mel H. Buffalo | 691 | 13.71% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,041 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 10 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 9,197 | 54.92% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -1.86% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Chinook Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1990s
edit| 1993 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Shirley McClellan | 4,748 | 65.01% | -6.11% | ||||
| Social Credit | Gus Mattheis | 1,025 | 14.03% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Dianne Anderson | 1,015 | 13.90% | 0.19% | ||||
| Independent | Kristopher Dietrich | 293 | 4.01% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Steven Milner | 223 | 3.05% | -12.12% | ||||
| Total | 7,304 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 18 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 10,553 | 69.38% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -2.48% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Chinook Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
edit- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Chinook, Alberta, a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada
- Chinook wind, föhn winds in the interior west of North America
References
edit- ^ "Election results for Chinook". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
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Further reading
edit- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
External links
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