Hanna-Oyen

Hanna-Oyen
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1971
District abolished1979
First contested1971
Last contested1975

Hanna-Oyen was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1979.[1]

The electoral district took its name from the Town of Hanna, Alberta and the Village of Oyen, Alberta.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Hanna-Oyen
Assembly Years Member Party
See Hand Hills-Acadia electoral district from 1963-1971
17th  1971–1975     Clinton Keith French Social Credit
18th  1975–1979     John Edward Butler Progressive Conservative
See Drumheller electoral district from 1979-1997
and Chinook electoral district from 1979-1997

Election results

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1971

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1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Clinton Keith French 2,231 45.90% 0.00%
Progressive Conservative John Edward Butler 2,216 45.59% 0.00%
New Democratic Gordon Snell 414 8.52% 0.00%
Total 4,861
Rejected, spoiled and declined 34
Eligible electors / turnout 5,812 84.22%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Hanna-Oyen Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

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1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Edward Butler 2,927 68.77% 23.19%
Social Credit Alfred Weik 817 19.20% -26.70%
Liberal Lyakk Curry 378 8.88%
New Democratic David Urichuk 134 3.15% -5.37%
Total 4,256
Rejected, spoiled and declined 10
Eligible electors / turnout 5,638 75.67%
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing 24.63%
Source(s)
Source: "Hanna-Oyen Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Election results for Hanna-Oyen". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Further reading

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