Vermilion-Viking

Vermilion-Viking was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first past the post method of voting from 1971 to 1993.[1]

Vermilion-Viking

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1971
District abolished	1993
First contested	1971
Last contested	1989

Vermilion-Viking is named for the Town of Vermilion and the Town of Viking.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Vermilion-Viking
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Vermilion electoral district from 1905-1971
17th	1971–1975		Ashley H. Cooper	Social Credit
18th	1975–1979		Tom Lysons	Progressive Conservative
19th	1979–1982
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989		Steve West
22nd	1989–1993
See Vermilion-Lloydminster electoral district from 1993-2019 and Vegreville-Viking electoral district from 1993-2004

Electoral history

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Ashley H. Cooper	2,420	46.91%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Newcomb	2,232	43.26%	–
	New Democratic	Harry Yaremchuk	507	9.83%	–
Total			5,159	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			25	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			6,623	78.27%	–
	Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Vermilion-Viking Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Lysons	2,731	54.36%	11.09%
	Social Credit	Angus MacMillan	1,274	25.36%	-21.55%
	New Democratic	Ken Jaremco	1,019	20.28%	10.46%
Total			5,024	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			24	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			6,630	76.14%	–
	Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit		Swing		12.68%
Source(s) Source: "Vermilion-Viking Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Lysons	3,292	51.65%	-2.71%
	Social Credit	Doug Livingstone	2,087	32.74%	7.38%
	New Democratic	Grant Bergman	877	13.76%	-6.52%
	Liberal	Ralph A. Wilson	118	1.85%	–
Total			6,374	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			8,972	71.04%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.05%
Source(s) Source: "Vermilion-Viking Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Lysons	4,357	58.38%	6.73%
	Western Canada Concept	Richard Van Ee	1,742	23.34%	–
	New Democratic	Grant Bergman	1,205	16.15%	2.39%
	Social Credit	Patrick (Pat) Moore	159	2.13%	-30.61%
Total			7,463	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			23	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			9,475	79.01%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		8.07%
Source(s) Source: "Vermilion-Viking Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve West	4,228	71.67%	13.29%
	New Democratic	Mervin Stephenson	1,671	28.33%	12.18%
Total			5,899	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			26	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			10,963	54.05%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		4.15%
Source(s) Source: "Vermilion-Viking Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve West	4,086	63.68%	-7.99%
	Liberal	Greg Michaud	1,252	19.51%	–
	New Democratic	Grant Bergman	1,078	16.80%	-11.53%
Total			6,416	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			25	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			10,711	60.13%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		0.41%
Source(s) Source: "Vermilion-Viking Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Vermilion, Alberta a town in Alberta.
• Viking, Alberta a town in Alberta.

References

1. "Election results for Vermilion-Viking". 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