Drayton Valley-Calmar
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 Alberta electoral district |
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| Provincial electoral district | ||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| MLA | Diana McQueen Progressive Conservative |
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| District created | 1971 | |
| First contested | 1971 | |
| Last contested | 2008 | |
Location of Drayton Valley-Calmar in Alberta as of 2004
Drayton Valley-Calmar is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.
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[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Name | Party | Elected | Left Office | |
| Rusty Zander | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | 1979 | |
| Shirley Cripps | Progressive Conservative | 1979 | 1989 | |
| Tom Thurber | Progressive Conservative | 1989 | 2001 | |
| Tony Abbott | Progressive Conservative | 2001 | 2008 | |
| Diana McQueen | Progressive Conservative | 2008 | present |
[edit] Election results
[edit] 2001 general election
| 2001 Alberta general election results[1] | Turnout 38.36% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Abbott | 7,673 | 68.4% | |
| Liberal | Roger Coles | 2,229 | 19.9% | |
| Independent | Roger Stefura | 729 | 6.5% | |
| NDP | Mark Patty | 588 | 5.2% | |
| Total | 8,422 | 100% | ||
| Rejected Ballots | 87 | |||
[edit] 2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election results[2] | Turnout 46.21% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Tony Abbott | 5,225 | 59.30% | |
| Green | Edwin Erickson | 929 | 10.54% | |
| Liberal | Laura Higgerty | 890 | 10.10% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Viona Cunningham | 766 | 8.69% | |
| NDP | Lynn Oberle | 642 | 7.29% | |
| Social Credit | Thomas Cliff | 243 | 2.76% | |
| Independent | Elmer Knopp | 116 | 1.32% | |
| Total | 8,811 | 100% | ||
| Rejected Ballots | 68 | |||
[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Drayton Valley-Calmar[3] | Turnout 46.15% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank |
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| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 4,602 | 19.36% | 58.51% | 3 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,362 | 14.14% | 42.74% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 3,267 | 13.74% | 42.81% | 2 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 2,446 | 10.29% | 31.10% | 4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 1,913 | 8.05% | 24.32% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,913 | 8.05% | 24.32% | 6 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,776 | 7.47% | 22.58% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,658 | 6.97% | 21.08% | 10 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,645 | 6.92% | 20.92% | 8 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,194 | 5.01% | 15.18% | 9 | |
| Total Votes | 23,776 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 7,866 | 3.02 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 1,002 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
[edit] 2008 general election
| 2008 Alberta general election results | Turnout 51.7% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Diana McQueen | 5,979 | 58.4% | |
| Green | Edwin Erickson | 1,970 | 19.3% | |
| Wildrose Alliance | Dean Schmale | 1,042 | 10.2% | |
| Liberal | Norma Block | 847 | 8.3% | |
| NDP | Luanne Bannister | 386 | 3.8% | |
| Total | 10,224 | 100% | ||
[edit] 2004 Student Vote
| Participating Schools[4] |
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| Alder Flats Elementary |
| Breton High School |
| Buck Mountain Central School |
| Eldorado School |
| Falun School |
| H.W. Pickup Junior High School |
| Lakedell School |
| Pigeon Lake Regional School |
| Pikestone School |
| Winfield Elementary School |
On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.
| 2004 Alberta Student Vote results[5] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Abbott | 396 | 39.56% | |
| Green | Edwin Erickson | 278 | 27.77% | |
| Liberal | Laura Higgerty | 153 | 15.28% | |
| NDP | Lynn Oberle | 53 | 5.29% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Viona Cunningham | 52 | 5.20% | |
| Independent | Elmer Knopp | 37 | 3.70% | |
| Social Credit | Thomas Cliff | 32 | 3.20% | |
| Total | 1,001 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 27 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Drayton Valley-Calmar Statement of Official Results 2001 Alberta general election. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ Drayton Valley-Calmar Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ School by School results. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
- ^ Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
