Drumheller (provincial electoral district)

Drumheller was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1963 and again from 1971 to 1997.[1]

Drumheller
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1930
District abolished1963
District re-created1971
District re-abolished1997
First contested1930
Last contested1993

History

The electoral district was created during the 1930 Alberta general election from the north section of the Bow Valley provincial electoral district and the southwest section of the Hand Hills provincial electoral district. In the 1963 Alberta general election it was merged with the Gleichen riding to form the short lived Drumheller-Gleichen district.

After redistribution again in the 1971 Alberta general election the Gliechen portion was dropped to expand Little Bow and the riding was once again Drumheller. The riding remained until redistribution in the 1997 Alberta general election when Drumheller and neighboring Chinook merged to form Drumheller-Chinook.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Drumheller
Assembly Years Member Party
See Bow Valley electoral district from 1913-1930
and Hand Hills electoral district from 1913-1930
7th  1930–1935     Fred Moyer Independent
8th  1935–1940     Herbert Ingrey Social Credit
9th  1940–1944 Gordon E. Taylor
10th  1944–1948
11th  1948–1952
12th  1952–1955
13th  1955–1959
14th  1959–1963
See Drumheller-Gleichen electoral district from 1963-1971
17th  1971–1975     Gordon E. Taylor Independent Social Credit
18th  1975–1979
19th  1979–1982     Lewis (Mickey) Clark Progressive Conservative
20th  1982–1986
21st  1986–1989 Stanley Schumacher
22nd  1989–1993
23rd  1993–1997
See Drumheller-Chinook electoral district from 1997-2004

Election results

1930 general election

1930 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
First count
IndependentFred C. Moyer92234.17%
LaborArch. F. Key86632.10%
IndependentD. A. Macaulay72226.76%
IndependentJohn O'Sullivan1886.97%
Total 2,698
Ballot transfer results
IndependentFred C. Moyer1,11351.79%
LaborArch. F. Key1,03648.21%
Total 2,149
Rejected, spoiled and declined 167
Eligible electors / turnout 3,55480.61%
Independent pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes.
As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality

1935 general election

1935 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditHerbert Ingrey2,15859.63%
IndependentFred C. Moyer77821.50%-12.67%
CommunistM. Clarke3429.45%
LiberalD. McDonald3419.42%
Total 3,619
Rejected, spoiled and declined 125
Eligible electors / turnout 4,43384.46%3.85%
Social Credit gain from Independent Swing -18.03%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1940 general election

1940 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
First count
Social CreditGordon E. Taylor2,04347.36%-12.27%
IndependentFred C. Moyer1,53035.47%13.97%
Co-operative CommonwealthW. G. Southern74117.18%
Total 4,314
Ballot transfer results
Social CreditGordon E. Taylor2,33057.53%
IndependentFred C. Moyer1,72042.47%
Total 4,050
Rejected, spoiled and declined 238
Eligible electors / turnout 5,70579.74%-13.12%
Social Credit hold Swing -19.07%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller Official Results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes.
As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality

1944 general election

1944 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditGordon E. Taylor2,24361.84%14.48%
Labor–ProgressiveThomas Mackie71319.66%
Co-operative CommonwealthAlfred Thryso67118.50%0.69%
Total 3,627
Rejected, spoiled and declined 70
Eligible electors / turnout 4,72578.24%-1.50%
Social Credit hold Swing N/A%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller Official Results 1944 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1948 general election

1948 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditGordon E. Taylor2,98272.57%10.73%
United LabourWm. M. "Bill" Price85620.83%
LiberalWm. Henry Guterson2716.60%
Total 4,109
Rejected, spoiled and declined 320
Eligible electors / turnout 5,80076.36%-1.88%
Social Credit hold Swing 4.78%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller Official Results 1948 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1952 general election

1952 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditGordon E. Taylor3,45891.82%19.25%
Labor–ProgressiveArthur l. Roberts3088.18%
Total 3,766
Rejected, spoiled and declined 286
Eligible electors / turnout 6,53162.04%-14.32%
Social Credit hold Swing 15.95%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller Official Results 1952 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1955 general election

1955 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditGordon E. Taylor3,22473.24%-18.58%
LiberalJ. A. Barclay99522.60%
Labor–ProgressiveA. Lezanski1834.16%-4.02%
Total 4,402
Rejected, spoiled and declined 35
Eligible electors / turnout 6,58367.40%5.36%
Social Credit hold Swing -16.50%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller Official Results 1955 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1959 general election

1959 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditGordon E. Taylor3,92284.13%10.89%
Progressive ConservativeEneas A. Toshach74015.87%
Total 4,662
Rejected, spoiled and declined 16
Eligible electors / turnout 5,63583.02%15.62%
Social Credit hold Swing 15.62%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Independent Social CreditGordon E. Taylor5,04464.04%
Progressive ConservativeWhyne Ohlhauser2,28529.01%
New DemocraticDick Hehr5476.95%
Total 7,876
Rejected, spoiled and declined 60
Eligible electors / turnout 10,99172.20%
Independent Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Independent Social CreditGordon E. Taylor4,42860.20%-3.84%
Progressive ConservativeWhyne Ohlhauser2,67836.41%7.40%
New DemocraticLarry Schowalter2493.39%-3.56%
Total 7,355
Rejected, spoiled and declined 25
Eligible electors / turnout 10,74268.70%-3.50%
Independent Social Credit hold Swing -5.62%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller 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 ConservativeLewis (Mickey) Clark5,58554.97%18.56%
IndependentVern Hoff1,92718.97%
Social CreditKen Taylor1,91318.83%
New DemocraticRay Garrett5265.18%1.79%
LiberalCharles J. Dirk2092.06%
Total 10,160
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 14,89268.22%-0.48%
Progressive Conservative gain from Independent Social Credit Swing 6.11%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller 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 ConservativeLewis (Mickey) Clark8,14868.46%13.49%
Western Canada ConceptVern Hoff2,63022.10%
New DemocraticGerry Hamilton1,1249.44%4.27%
Total 11,902
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 56
Eligible electors / Turnout 17,01770.27%2.05%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.18%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller 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 ConservativeStanley Schumacher4,90661.07%-7.39%
RepresentativeNorman A. Stanger1,72921.52%
New DemocraticSid Holt1,15414.37%4.92%
IndependentPeter Hope2443.04%
Total 8,033
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 14
Eligible electors / Turnout 15,02653.55%-16.72%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.41%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller 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 ConservativeStanley Schumacher5,04959.35%-1.72%
LiberalRoger Nelson1,80021.16%
New DemocraticSid Holt1,65819.49%5.12%
Total 8,507
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 40
Eligible electors / Turnout 15,23656.10%2.54%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.68%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeStanley Schumacher7,42162.92%3.57%
LiberalRoger Nelson2,45720.83%-0.33%
New DemocraticSteve Osborne1,46312.40%-7.09%
Confederation of RegionsDavid McAndrews4543.85%
Total 11,795
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 29
Eligible electors / Turnout 17,77966.51%10.41%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 1.95%
Source(s)
Source: "Drumheller Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Plebiscite results

1957 liquor plebiscite

1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite results: Drumheller[2]
Question A: Do you approve additional types of outlets for the
sale of beer, wine and spirituous liquor subject to a local vote?
Ballot choice Votes %
Yes 1,597 62.70%
No 950 37.30%
Total votes 2,547 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 14
5,377 eligible electors, turnout 47.63%

On October 30, 1957 a stand-alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive debate in the legislature. The plebiscite was intended to deal with the growing demand for reforming antiquated liquor control laws.[3]

The plebiscite was conducted in two parts. Question A, asked in all districts, asked the voters if the sale of liquor should be expanded in Alberta, while Question B, asked in a handful of districts within the corporate limits of Calgary and Edmonton, asked if men and women should be allowed to drink together in establishments.[2]

Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Drumheller voted in favour of the proposal by a solid margin. Voter turnout in the district was almost even with the province wide average of 46%.[2]

Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957.[2] The Social Credit government in power at the time did not consider the results binding.[4] However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act.[5]

Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the plebiscite were designated Local Option Zones by the Alberta Liquor Control Board and considered effective dry zones. Business owners who wanted a license had to petition for a binding municipal plebiscite in order to be granted a license.[6]

See also

References

  1. "Election results for Drumheller". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. Alberta Gazette. 53 (December 31 ed.). Government of Alberta. 1957. pp. 2, 247–2, 249.
  3. "Albertans Vote 2 to 1 For More Liquor Outlets". Vol L No 273. The Lethbridge Herald. October 31, 1957. pp. 1–2.
  4. "No Sudden Change In Alberta Drinking Habits Is Seen". Vol L No 267. The Lethbridge Herald. October 24, 1957. p. 1.
  5. "Entirely New Act On Liquor". Vol LI No 72. The Lethbridge Herald. March 5, 1958. p. 1.
  6. "Bill 81". Alberta Bills 12th Legislature 1st Session. Government of Alberta. 1958. p. 40.

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