Hanna-Oyen was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1979.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1971 |
| District abolished | 1979 |
| First contested | 1971 |
| Last contested | 1975 |
The electoral district took its name from the Town of Hanna, Alberta and the Village of Oyen, Alberta.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
edit| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Hanna-Oyen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Hand Hills-Acadia electoral district from 1963-1971 | ||||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | Clinton Keith French | Social Credit | |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | John Edward Butler | Progressive Conservative | |
| See Drumheller electoral district from 1979-1997 and Chinook electoral district from 1979-1997 |
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Election results
edit1971
edit| 1971 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Clinton Keith French | 2,231 | 45.90% | 0.00% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Edward Butler | 2,216 | 45.59% | 0.00% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gordon Snell | 414 | 8.52% | 0.00% | ||||
| Total | 4,861 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 34 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 5,812 | 84.22% | – | |||||
| Social Credit pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Hanna-Oyen Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1975
edit| 1975 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Edward Butler | 2,927 | 68.77% | 23.19% | ||||
| Social Credit | Alfred Weik | 817 | 19.20% | -26.70% | ||||
| Liberal | Lyakk Curry | 378 | 8.88% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | David Urichuk | 134 | 3.15% | -5.37% | ||||
| Total | 4,256 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 10 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 5,638 | 75.67% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | 24.63% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Hanna-Oyen Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
edit- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Hanna, Alberta, a town in Alberta
- Oyen, Alberta, a village in Alberta
References
edit- ^ "Election results for Hanna-Oyen". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
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Further reading
edit- 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 May 25, 2020.