Drumheller-Gleichen

Drumheller-Gleichen was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1963 to 1971.[1]

Drumheller-Gleichen

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1960
District abolished	1970
First contested	1963
Last contested	1967

History

The electoral district was created in the 1963 boundary redistribution when the Drumheller electoral district was merged with the Gleichen district.

After redistribution in 1970, the district would be formed into Drumheller, and the Gliechen portion would be added to Little Bow.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Drumheller-Gleichen
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Drumheller electoral district from 1930-1963 and Gleichen electoral district from 1905-1963
15th	1963–1967		Gordon E. Taylor	Social Credit
16th	1967–1971
See Drumheller electoral district from 1971-1997 and Little Bow electoral district from 1971-2019

Electoral history

1963 general election

1963 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Gordon Taylor	4,565	86.38%	–
	New Democratic	Irene Dyck	720	13.62%	–
Total			5,285	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			19	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			8,334	63.64%	–
Source(s) Source: "Drumheller-Gleichen Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967 general election

1967 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Gordon Taylor	4,018	67.62%	-18.76%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hanson	1,579	26.57%	–
	New Democratic	Garry B. Law	345	5.81%	-7.82%
Total			5,942	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			14	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			8,778	67.85%	–
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-15.85%
Source(s) Source: "Drumheller-Gleichen Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Also see

• Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Drumheller, Alberta a Town in south-eastern Alberta.
• Gleichen, Alberta a Hamlet within Wheatland County, Alberta.

References

1. "Election results for Drumheller-Gleichen". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

Further reading

• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta