Willingdon-Two Hills

Willingdon-Two Hills 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 1963 to 1971.[1]

Willingdon-Two Hills

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1963
District abolished	1971
First contested	1963
Last contested	1967

History

Willingdon-Two Hills was formed from the abolished Willingdon riding expanded south in 1963 when Vegreville merged with Bruce, to form Vegreville-Bruce. Due to the expanded boundaries the riding name was changed to Willingdon-Two Hills.

Willingdon-Two Hills was dissolved following the 1971 electoral district re-distribution, and the territory was incorporated into Vegreville and Redwater-Andrew electoral districts.

Willingdon-Two Hills is named for the former town of Willingdon, Alberta and town of Two Hills, Alberta.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Willingdon-Two Hills
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Willingdon electoral district from 1940-1963
15th	1963–1967		Nicholas A. Melnyk	Social Credit
16th	1967–1971
See Vegreville electoral district from 1971-1993 and Redwater-Andrew electoral district from 1971-1993

Electoral history

1963 general election

1963 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Nicholas A. Melnyk	2,315	56.64%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Witwicky	993	24.30%	–
	New Democratic	William Glen Haley	496	12.14%	–
	Liberal	Allan Eschak	283	6.92%	–
Total			4,087	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			8	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			6,009	68.15%	–
	Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Willingdon-Two Hills Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967 general election

1967 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Nicholas A. Melnyk	2,160	62.46%	5.82%
	New Democratic	Louis Souter	1,298	37.54%	25.40%
Total			3,458	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			12	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			3,470	100.00%	–
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-3.71%
Source(s) Source: "Willingdon-Two Hills Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Willingdon, Alberta a hamlet in Alberta.
• Two Hills, Alberta a town in Alberta.

References

1. "Election results for Willingdon-Two Hills". 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