Smoky River (electoral district)
 Alberta electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1971 |
| District abolished | 1993 |
| First contested | 1971 |
| Last contested | 1989 |
Smoky River was a
History
Boundary history
The riding was created from the western part of
For the 1986 election, the western boundary of Smoky River was extended westward to the city limits of Grande Prairie, now including the communities of Sexsmith and Clairmont. It was abolished in 1993, with most of the riding (including Valleyview and Sexsmith) becoming part of Grande Prairie-Smoky and the northern part (including Falher) going to Dunvegan.
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Smoky River | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Grande Prairie 1930-1971 and Grouard 1913-1971 | ||||
17th
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1971–1975 | Marvin Moore | Progressive Conservative | |
18th
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1975–1979 | |||
19th
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1979–1982 | |||
20th
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1982–1986 | |||
21st
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1986–1989 | |||
22nd
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1989–1993 | Walter Paszkowski | ||
| See Grande Prairie-Smoky after 1993 and Dunvegan 1993-2004 | ||||
Smoky River was held by the Progressive Conservatives for the duration of its existence, and for all but one term, by Marvin Moore. Narrowly elected over his NDP rival when the district was created in 1971, he received consistent support thereafter. He served in several cabinet positions under Peter Lougheed and Don Getty.
When Moore decided to retire, the district was won by PC Walter Paszkowski in 1989. Smoky River was abolished at the end of his first term, but he would go on to serve as MLA for its successor riding, Grande Prairie-Smoky, and serve in the cabinet of Ralph Klein.
Election results
1970s
| 1971 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marvin Moore | 2,254 | 38.00% | |||||
| New Democratic | Victor Tardif | 2,074 | 34.96% | |||||
| Social Credit | Bernard Lamoureux | 1,604 | 27.04% | |||||
| Total valid votes[2] | 5,932 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 35 | |||||||
| Electors / Turnout | 7,682 | 77.68% | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| 1975 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marvin Moore | 3,446 | 60.56% | +22.56% | ||||
| New Democratic | Victor Tardif | 1,778 | 31.25% | -3.71% | ||||
| Social Credit | Albert Omundson | 347 | 6.10% | -20.94% | ||||
| Liberal | John Hinks | 119 | 2.09% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,690 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 21 | |||||||
| Electors / Turnout | 7,606 | 75.09% | -2.59% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +13.14% | ||||||
| 1979 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marvin Moore | 3,032 | 51.89% | -8.67% | ||||
| New Democratic | Anne Hemmingway | 1,743 | 29.83% | -1.42% | ||||
| Social Credit | Bernard Lamoureux | 854 | 14.62% | +8.52% | ||||
| Liberal | Stephen Marchand | 214 | 4.12% | +2.03% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,843 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 5 | |||||||
| Electors / Turnout | 8,563 | 68.29% | -11.20% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -3.63% | ||||||
1980s
| 1982 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marvin Moore | 3,950 | 58.06% | +6.17% | ||||
| New Democratic | Anne Hemmingway | 1,537 | 22.59% | -7.24% | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | Andrew Blum | 1,316 | 19.34% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,803 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 32 | |||||||
| Electors / Turnout | 8,895 | 76.84% | +8.55% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +6.71% | ||||||
| 1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marvin Moore | 4,793 | 64.91% | +6.85% | ||||
| New Democratic | Martin Cree | 1,546 | 20.94% | -1.65% | ||||
| Representative | Conrad LeBlanc | 773 | 10.47% | |||||
| Liberal | Colin Nash | 272 | 3.68% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,384 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 26 | |||||||
| Electors / Turnout | 12,291 | 60.29% | -16.55% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +4.25% | ||||||
| 1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Walter Paszkowski | 3,575 | 50.88% | -14.03% | ||||
| New Democratic | Bill Termeer | 1,721 | 24.49% | +3.55% | ||||
| Liberal | Duane Dutka | 1,398 | 19.90% | +16.22% | ||||
| Social Credit | Roy Housworth | 332 | 4.73% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,026 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 8 | |||||||
| Electors / Turnout | 12,169 | 57.80% | -2.49% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -8.79% | ||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Election results for Smoky River". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "Alberta's Political History: Smoky River Results". Alberta Online Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
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Further reading
- ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
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