Lacombe-Stettler

Lacombe-Stettler 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 1993 to 2004.[1]

Lacombe-Stettler

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1993
District abolished	2004
First contested	1993
Last contested	2001

History

The Lacombe-Stettler electoral district was formed in 1993 combining portions of the Lacombe and Stettler electoral districts. The district is named after the City of Lacombe and the Town of Stettler.

The Lacombe-Stettler electoral district was abolished following the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution. The district was split with portions of the district were combined with portions of Ponoka-Rimbey to form Lacombe-Ponoka, and other portions combined with Drumheller-Chinook to form Drumheller-Stettler.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lacombe-Stettler
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Lacombe electoral district from 1905-1993 and Stettler electoral district from 1909-1993
23rd	1993–1997		Judy Gordon	Progressive Conservative
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004
See Drumheller-Stettler electoral district from 2003-Present and Lacombe-Ponoka electoral district from 2003-Present

Election results

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Judy Gordon	6,596	57.80%	–
	Liberal	Ed Whiteside	3,001	26.30%	–
	New Democratic	Rolf Pritchard	730	6.40%	–
	Social Credit	R. Ryan Handley	687	6.02%	–
	Independent	Doug Chitwood	397	3.48%	–
Total			11,411	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			19	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			18,398	62.13%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Lacombe-Stettler Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Judy Gordon	6,414	61.74%	3.94%
	Social Credit	Bob Argent	1,725	16.61%	10.59%
	Liberal	Garfield Marks	1,181	11.37%	-14.93%
	New Democratic	Lynne Gendron	1,068	10.28%	3.88%
Total			10,388	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			21	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,153	54.35%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		6.82%
Source(s) Source: "Lacombe-Stettler Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Judy Gordon	8,221	70.09%	8.34%
	Liberal	Doug McDavid	2,500	21.31%	9.94%
	Independent	Douglas R. Chitwood	554	4.72%	–
	New Democratic	Lorenzo Fiorito	455	3.88%	-6.40%
Total			11,730	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			15	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			21,103	55.66%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		1.82%
Source(s) Source: "Lacombe-Stettler Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Lacombe, Alberta a city in Alberta.
• Stettler, Alberta a town in Alberta.

References

1. "Election results for Lacombe-Stettler". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
2. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (February 2003). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 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