Tony Vandermeer
Thomas Wilfred "Tony" Vandermeer[2] (born October 8, 1962) is a politician from Alberta, Canada, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 to 2004 and from 2008 to 2012. Vandermeer first ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1997 Alberta general election when he lost to Liberal Ed Gibbons. He ran against Gibbons again in the 2001 Alberta general election, this time defeating him by a thin margin.
Tony Vandermeer | |
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| MLA for Edmonton Manning | |
| In office 2001–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Ed Gibbons |
| Succeeded by | Dan Backs |
| MLA for Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | |
| In office 2008–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Ray Martin |
| Succeeded by | Deron Bilous |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 8, 1962[1] Edmonton, Alberta |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence | Edmonton, Alberta |
Vandermeer was defeated after serving only one term in the 2004 Alberta general election in a very tight race against Liberal Dan Backs.[3] He returned to the legislature in the 2008 Alberta election, this time representing the riding of Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, by defeating incumbent New Democrat Ray Martin.[4]
The 2012 election resulted in another close loss, this time to NDP candidate Deron Bilous by under 300 votes.
Electoral history
2008 Alberta general election
| 2008 Alberta general election results[5] | Turnout 34.54% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Vandermeer | 4,182 | 39.63% | 10.24% | ||
| New Democratic | Ray Martin | 3,845 | 36.44% | -14.39% | ||
| Liberal | Dawit Isaac | 1,996 | 18.92% | 7.67% | ||
| Wildrose Alliance | Brian Dell | 289 | 2.74% | -1.69% | ||
| Green | Frederick Pivot | 183 | 1.73% | 0.37% | * | |
| Social Credit | Robin Porteous | 57 | 0.54% | -2.20% | ||
| Total | 10,552 | 100% | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 44 | |||||
| 30,676 eligible electors | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | 24.63% | ||||
2012 Alberta general election
| 2012 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Deron Bilous | 5,264 | 37.11 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Vandermeer | 5,019 | 35.38 | |||||
| Wildrose | Don Martin | 2,909 | 20.43 | |||||
| Liberal | Chris Heward | 895 | 6.34 | |||||
| Evergreen | Trey Capenhurst | 151 | 1.06 | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +0.67% | ||||||
| Source: http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtResultsPGE.htm | ||||||||
References
- Elections Alberta
- Alberta Votes 2004: Edmonton Manning. cbc.ca.
- Alberta Votes 2008: Edmonton Beverly-Clareview. cbc.ca.
- "The Report on the Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Elections Alberta. March 3, 2008. pp. 268–270. Retrieved March 1, 2010.