Drumheller-Chinook

Drumheller-Chinook 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 1997 to 2004.[1]

Drumheller-Chinook

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1996
District abolished	2004
First contested	1997
Last contested	2001

History

The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary redistribution from the Drumheller and Chinook electoral districts.

The electoral district would be combined with Lacombe-Stettler to form Drumheller-Stettler in 2003.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Drumheller-Chinook
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Drumheller electoral district from 1971-1997 and Chinook electoral district from 1979-1997
24th	1997–2001		Shirley McClellan	Progressive Conservative
25th	2001–2004
See Drumheller-Stettler electoral district from 2004-Present

Electoral history

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley McClellan	6,063	63.48%	–
	Social Credit	Dale Trefz	2,056	21.53%	–
	Liberal	Einar Davison	1,432	14.99%	–
Total			9,551	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			30	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			16,133	59.39%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Drumheller-Chinook 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	Shirley McClellan	6,684	73.02%	9.54%
	Liberal	Greg Pyra	921	10.06%	-4.93%
	Independent	Eileen Walker	819	8.95%	–
	New Democratic	Gerry Hamilton	546	5.96%	–
	Social Credit	Peter Smits	184	2.01%	-19.52%
Total			9,154	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			31	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			16,066	57.17%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		10.50%
Source(s) Source: "Drumheller-Chinook Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Also see

• Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Drumheller, Alberta Town in south-eastern Alberta.

References

1. "Election results for Drumheller-Chinook". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

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 25 May 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta