Drumheller (provincial electoral district)

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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

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]

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

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    
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

1930 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
First count
Independent Fred C. Moyer 922 34.17% –
Dominion Labor Arch. F. Key 866 32.10% –
Independent D. A. Macaulay 722 26.76% –
Independent John O'Sullivan 188 6.97% –
Total 2,698 – –
Ballot transfer results
Independent Fred C. Moyer 1,113 51.79% –
Dominion Labor Arch. F. Key 1,036 48.21% –
Total 2,149 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 167 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 3,554 80.61% –
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

1935 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Herbert Ingrey 2,158 59.63% –
Independent Fred C. Moyer 778 21.50% -12.67%
Communist M. Clarke 342 9.45% –
Liberal D. McDonald 341 9.42% –
Total 3,619 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 125 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 4,433 84.46% 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

1940 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
First count
Social Credit Gordon E. Taylor 2,043 47.36% -12.27%
Independent Fred C. Moyer 1,530 35.47% 13.97%
Co-operative Commonwealth W. G. Southern 741 17.18% –
Total 4,314 – –
Ballot transfer results
Social Credit Gordon E. Taylor 2,330 57.53% –
Independent Fred C. Moyer 1,720 42.47% –
Total 4,050 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 238 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 5,705 79.74% -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

1944 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Gordon E. Taylor 2,243 61.84% 14.48%
Labor–Progressive Thomas Mackie 713 19.66% –
Co-operative Commonwealth Alfred Thryso 671 18.50% 0.69%
Total 3,627 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 70 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 4,725 78.24% -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

1948 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Gordon E. Taylor 2,982 72.57% 10.73%
United Labour Wm. M. "Bill" Price 856 20.83% –
Liberal Wm. Henry Guterson 271 6.60% –
Total 4,109 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 320 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 5,800 76.36% -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

1952 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Gordon E. Taylor 3,458 91.82% 19.25%
Labor–Progressive Arthur l. Roberts 308 8.18% –
Total 3,766 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 286 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 6,531 62.04% -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

1955 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Gordon E. Taylor 3,224 73.24% -18.58%
Liberal J. A. Barclay 995 22.60% –
Labor–Progressive A. Lezanski 183 4.16% -4.02%
Total 4,402 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 35 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 6,583 67.40% 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

1959 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Gordon E. Taylor 3,922 84.13% 10.89%
Progressive Conservative Eneas A. Toshach 740 15.87% –
Total 4,662 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 16 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 5,635 83.02% 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

1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Social Credit Gordon E. Taylor 5,044 64.04% –
Progressive Conservative Whyne Ohlhauser 2,285 29.01% –
New Democratic Dick Hehr 547 6.95% –
Total 7,876 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 60 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 10,991 72.20% –
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

1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Social Credit
 Gordon E. Taylor 4,428 60.20% -3.84%
Progressive Conservative Whyne Ohlhauser 2,678 36.41% 7.40%
New Democratic Larry Schowalter 249 3.39% -3.56%
Total 7,355 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 25 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 10,742 68.70% -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

1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Lewis (Mickey) Clark 5,585 54.97% 18.56%
Independent Vern Hoff 1,927 18.97% –
Social Credit Ken Taylor 1,913 18.83% –
New Democratic Ray Garrett 526 5.18% 1.79%
Liberal Charles J. Dirk 209 2.06% –
Total 10,160 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A – –
Eligible electors / turnout 14,892 68.22% -0.48%
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

1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Lewis (Mickey) Clark 8,148 68.46% 13.49%
Western Canada Concept Vern Hoff 2,630 22.10% –
New Democratic Gerry Hamilton 1,124 9.44% 4.27%
Total 11,902 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 56 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 17,017 70.27% 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

1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Stanley Schumacher 4,906 61.07% -7.39%
Representative Norman A. Stanger 1,729 21.52% –
New Democratic Sid Holt 1,154 14.37% 4.92%
Independent Peter Hope 244 3.04% –
Total 8,033 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 14 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 15,026 53.55% -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

1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Stanley Schumacher 5,049 59.35% -1.72%
Liberal Roger Nelson 1,800 21.16% –
New Democratic Sid Holt 1,658 19.49% 5.12%
Total 8,507 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 40 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 15,236 56.10% 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

1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Stanley Schumacher 7,421 62.92% 3.57%
Liberal Roger Nelson 2,457 20.83% -0.33%
New Democratic Steve Osborne 1,463 12.40% -7.09%
Confederation of Regions
 David McAndrews 454 3.85% –
Total 11,795 – –
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 29 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 17,779 66.51% 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 December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Alberta Gazette. Vol. 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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External links

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