Hanna-Oyen
Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
Alberta electoral district | |
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
District created | 1971 |
District abolished | 1979 |
First contested | 1971 |
Last contested | 1975 |
Hanna-Oyen was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1979.[1]
The electoral district took its name from the Town of Hanna, Alberta and the Village of Oyen, Alberta.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Hanna-Oyen | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
See Hand Hills-Acadia electoral district from 1963-1971 | ||||
17th | 1971–1975 | Clinton Keith French | Social Credit | |
18th | 1975–1979 | John Edward Butler | Progressive Conservative | |
See Drumheller electoral district from 1979-1997 and Chinook electoral district from 1979-1997 |
Election results
1971
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Social Credit | Clinton Keith French | 2,231 | 45.90% | 0.00% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Edward Butler | 2,216 | 45.59% | 0.00% | ||||
New Democratic | Gordon Snell | 414 | 8.52% | 0.00% | ||||
Total | 4,861 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 34 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 5,812 | 84.22% | – | |||||
Social Credit pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s) Source: "Hanna-Oyen Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1975
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Edward Butler | 2,927 | 68.77% | 23.19% | ||||
Social Credit | Alfred Weik | 817 | 19.20% | -26.70% | ||||
Liberal | Lyakk Curry | 378 | 8.88% | – | ||||
New Democratic | David Urichuk | 134 | 3.15% | -5.37% | ||||
Total | 4,256 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 10 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 5,638 | 75.67% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | 24.63% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Hanna-Oyen Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
See also
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Hanna, Alberta, a town in Alberta
- Oyen, Alberta, a village in Alberta
References
- ^ "Election results for Hanna-Oyen". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
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Further reading
- 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
- Elections Alberta
- The Legislative Assembly of Alberta