Whitecourt (provincial electoral district)

Whitecourt was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first-past-the-post balloting from 1971 to 1993.[1]

Whitecourt
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1971
District abolished1993
First contested1971
Last contested1989

Boundary history
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Whitecourt
Assembly Years Member Party
See Lac Ste. Anne 1909–1971
17th 1971–1975 Peter Trynchy Progressive
Conservative
18th 1975–1979
19th 1979–1982
20th 1982–1986
21st 1986–1989
22nd 1989–1993
See Whitecourt-Ste. Anne 1993–2019

The district replaced Lac Ste. Anne for the 1971 election, with only minor boundary changes from the previous district. Its boundaries again remained mostly unchanged when replaced by Whitecourt-Ste. Anne in 1993, although the area around Fox Creek was transferred to Grande Prairie-Smoky.

Representation history

The district's only MLA was Progressive Conservative Peter Trynchy. He entered the Legislature upon winning the seat in the 1971 election and served eight terms all together, six as MLA for Whitecourt and two in Whitecourt-Ste. Anne, finally retiring in 2001.

Election results

1970s
1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%[2]
Progressive ConservativePeter Trynchy3,09649.53%
Social CreditClyde Feero2,12533.99%
New DemocraticRobert Price92914.86%
LiberalArthur Yates1011.62%
Total valid votes 6,251
Rejected, spoiled and declined 43
Electors / Turnout 9,51466.16%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%[2]
Progressive ConservativePeter Trynchy3,92171.42%+21.89%
New DemocraticJohn Udchitz89316.27%+1.41%
Social CreditRig Godwin67612.31%-21.68%
Total valid votes 5,490
Rejected, spoiled and declined 21
Electors / Turnout 8,68363.47% -2.69%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +10.24%
1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%[2]
Progressive ConservativePeter Trynchy3,83459.08%-12.34%
New DemocraticKen Forscutt1,44222.22%+5.95%
Social CreditGeorge Richardson1,21418.71%+6.40%
Total valid votes 6,490
Rejected, spoiled and declined 162
Electors / Turnout 10,48863.42% -0.05%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.15%

1980s

The 1982 election saw the rise of the separatist Western Canada Concept, which failed to win any seats. Their result in Whitecourt was the fourth-best in the province, despite Social Credit candidate George Richardson's status as party leader. Trynchy still won an outright majority of votes, benefitting from a surge in turnout.

1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%[2]
Progressive ConservativePeter Trynchy4,63551.71%-7.37%
Western Canada ConceptAndy Lee2,27625.39%
New DemocraticDick Davies1,22013.61%-8.61%
Social CreditGeorge Richardson6857.64%-11.07%
LiberalJohn Powers1471.64%
Total valid votes 8,963
Rejected, spoiled and declined 44
Electors / Turnout 12,44172.40% +8.98%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -16.38%
1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%[2]
Progressive ConservativePeter Trynchy4,03854.15%+2.44%
RepresentativeMerv Zadderey1,61121.60%+13.96%
New DemocraticDick Davies1,34918.09%+4.48%
LiberalRick Allen4596.16%+4.52%
Total valid votes 7,457
Rejected, spoiled and declined 11
Electors / Turnout 13,25456.35% -16.05%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.76%

Representative Party swing in 1986 is calculated from Social Credit results in 1982.

1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%[2]
Progressive ConservativePeter Trynchy3,87749.93%-4.22%
LiberalJurgen Preugschas2,43231.32%+25.16%
New DemocraticGwen Symington1,45618.75%+0.66%
Total valid votes 7,765
Rejected, spoiled and declined 33
Electors / Turnout 13,79556.53% +0.18%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -14.69%

Also see

References
  1. "Election results for Whitecourt". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. "Election results for Whitecourt". Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on 2010-12-08. Retrieved 2017-01-16.

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