Vegreville-Viking

Vegreville-Viking was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2004.[1]

Vegreville-Viking

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

History

The Vegreville-Viking electoral district was created in the 1993 electoral boundary re-distribution from the Vegreville and Vermilion-Viking electoral districts.

The Vegreville-Viking electoral district would be abolished in the 2004 electoral boundary re-distribution with a majority of the district forming the new Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville electoral district and small portions of the eastern part of the district forming Lac La Biche-St. Paul and Vermilion-Lloydminster electoral districts.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Vegreville-Viking
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Vegreville electoral district from 1971-1993 and Vermilion-Viking electoral district from 1971-1993
23rd	1993–1997		Ed Stelmach	Progressive Conservative
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004
See Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville electoral district from 2004-Present

Election results

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Stelmach	5,540	41.08%	–
	New Democratic	Derek Fox	4,150	30.77%	–
	Liberal	Jerry Wilde	3,797	28.15%	–
Total			13,487	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			31	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,391	69.71%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Vegreville-Viking 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	Ed Stelmach	6,090	49.82%	8.75%
	Liberal	Ross Demkiw	3,639	29.77%	1.62%
	New Democratic	Greg Kurulok	1,684	13.78%	-16.99%
	Social Credit	Clifford Gundermann	810	6.63%	–
Total			12,223	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			29	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,033	64.37%	-5.34%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		4.87%
Source(s) Source: "Vegreville-Viking 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	Ed Stelmach	7,191	60.81%	10.99%
	Liberal	Ross Demkiw	3,391	28.68%	-1.10%
	New Democratic	Greg Kurulok	1,243	10.51%	-3.27%
Total			11,825	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			36	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,187	61.82%	-2.55%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		6.04%
Source(s) Source: "Vegreville-Viking Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Vegreville, Alberta a town in eastern Alberta
• Viking, Alberta a town in eastern Alberta

References

1. "Election results for Vegreville-Viking". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved 8 June 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.

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