Leo Vasseur
Leo Vasseur is a politician from Alberta, Canada. He was elected in the 1993 Alberta general election defeating Ernie Isley of the Progressive Conservatives.
Leo Vasseur | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Bonnyville | |
| In office 1993–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Ernie Isley |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 5, 1946[1] |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Occupation | psychologist, school administrator |
He was defeated by Denis Ducharme from the Progressive Conservatives during the 1997 Alberta general election after his district was abolished and he ran in the new Bonnyville-Cold Lake riding. He only served one term in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Vasseur currently serves as regional chair for the northwest region on the Alberta Liberal Party executive.
Election results
| 1993 Alberta general election: Bonnyville | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%[2] | ||||
| Liberal | Leo Vasseur | 4,364 | 47.2% | +20.7% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ernie Isley | 4,222 | 45.6% | -4.7% | ||||
| New Democratic | Agathe Gaulin | 666 | 7.2% | -16.0% | ||||
| Total valid votes[3] | 9,252 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 39 | |||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 16,826 | 55.2% | +10.9% | |||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +12.7% | ||||||
| 1997 Alberta general election: Bonnyville-Cold Lake | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Denis Ducharme | 4,593 | 58.41% | +12.81% | ||||
| Liberal | Leo Vasseur | 2,323 | 29.54% | -17.66% | ||||
| Social Credit | Robert Kratchmer | 948 | 12.05% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,864 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 11 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 16,185 | 48.66% | -6.54% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.24% | ||||||
Source(s)
"Beaver River Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
References
- "Summary of Results by Electoral Division, 1982-2015".
- "Abheritage.ca — Electoral results for Bonnyville". Archived from the original on 2010-12-08.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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