Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan

Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan 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 1993 to 2001.[1]

Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1993
District abolished	2004
First contested	1993
Last contested	2001

The electoral district was named for the City of Fort Saskatchewan and the Clover Bar community.

History

The Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan electoral district was formed in the 1993 electoral boundary re-distribution from the dissolved Clover Bar electoral district.

The Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan electoral district was dissolved following the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution and merged with portions of Redwater and Vegreville-Viking to form Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Clover Bar electoral district from 1930-1993
23rd	1993–1997		Muriel Abdurahman	Liberal
24th	1997–2001		Rob Lougheed	Progressive Conservative
25th	2001–2004
See Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville electoral district from 2004-Present

Election results

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Muriel Abdurahman	5,612	41.97%	0.00%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Splane	4,816	36.02%	0.00%
	New Democratic	W.H. (Skip) Gordon	2,072	15.50%	0.00%
	Independent	Kurt Gesell	872	6.52%	0.00%
Total			13,372	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			18	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			21,510	62.25%	–
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Lougheed	6,864	47.72%	11.70%
	Liberal	Muriel Abdurahman	6,364	44.24%	2.27%
	New Democratic	Michael Berezowsky	922	6.41%	-9.09%
	Independent	Max Cornelssen	235	1.63%	-4.89%
Total			14,385	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			33	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			23,185	62.19%	–
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		-1.24%
Source(s) Source: "Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Lougheed	9,674	62.73%	15.01%
	Liberal	Skip Gordon	4,606	29.87%	-14.37%
	New Democratic	Merrill Stewart	1,142	7.41%	1.00%
Total			15,422	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			33	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			25,620	60.32%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		14.69%
Source(s) Source: "Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Fort Saskatchewan a city in Alberta

References

1. "Election results for Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
2. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (February 2003). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta