Three Hills (provincial electoral district)
Alberta electoral district | |
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
District created | 1963 |
District abolished | 1993 |
First contested | 1963 |
Last contested | 1989 |
Three Hills was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1963 to 1993.[1]
History[]
The Three Hills electoral district was created in the 1963 electoral boundary re-distribution from the Didsbury, Gleichen, and Olds electoral districts.
The Three Hills electoral district was abolished in 1993 and merged with Drumheller to form Three Hills-Airdrie, which would last only one session before redistribution.
Three Hills is named for the Town of Three Hills, Alberta.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)[]
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Three Hills | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
See Didsbury electoral district from 1909-1963, Gleichen electoral district from 1905-1963 and Olds electoral district from 1909-1963 |
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15th | 1963–1964 | Petrie Meston | Social Credit | |
1964–1967 | Roy Davidson | |||
16th | 1967–1971 | Raymond Ratzlaff | ||
17th | 1971–1975 | Allan Alexander Warrack | Progressive Conservative | |
18th | 1975–1979 | |||
19th | 1979–1982 | Connie Osterman | ||
20th | 1982–1986 | |||
21st | 1986–1989 | |||
22nd | 1989–1992 | |||
1992–1993 | Don MacDonald | Liberal | ||
See Three Hills-Airdrie electoral district from 1993-1997 |
Electoral history[]
1963 general election[]
1963 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Social Credit | Petrie Meston | 3,385 | 63.04% | – | ||||
Liberal | James A. Lore | 1,728 | 32.18% | – | ||||
New Democratic | John F. Kennan | 257 | 4.79% | – | ||||
Total | 5,370 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 29 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 7,887 | 68.45% | – | |||||
Social Credit pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Three Hills Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1964 by-election[]
1967 general election[]
1967 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Social Credit | Raymond Ratzlaff | 2,762 | 50.59% | -12.45% | ||||
Liberal | James A. Lore | 1,317 | 24.12% | -8.06% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Gordon Leslie | 1,113 | 20.38% | – | ||||
New Democratic | George E. Pieper | 268 | 4.91% | 0.12% | ||||
Total | 5,460 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 12 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 7,692 | 71.14% | – | |||||
Social Credit hold | Swing | -2.20% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Three Hills Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1971 general election[]
1971 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Allan Alexander Warrack | 2,978 | 48.28% | 27.90% | ||||
Social Credit | Raymond Ratzlaff | 2,970 | 48.15% | -2.43% | ||||
New Democratic | K. Robert Friesen | 220 | 3.57% | -1.34% | ||||
Total | 6,168 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 29 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 8,031 | 77.16% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | -13.17% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Three Hills Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1975 general election[]
1975 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Allan Alexander Warrack | 4,268 | 69.76% | 21.48% | ||||
Social Credit | Bob Sommerville | 1,406 | 22.98% | -25.17% | ||||
Liberal | Wes Combs | 252 | 4.12% | – | ||||
New Democratic | Bruce Potter | 192 | 3.14% | -0.43% | ||||
Total | 6,118 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 9 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 8,705 | 70.38% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 23.33% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Three Hills Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1979 general election[]
1979 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Connie Osterman | 4,401 | 59.42% | -10.34% | ||||
Social Credit | Henry Goerzen | 2,660 | 35.91% | 12.93% | ||||
New Democratic | Hugh Sommerville | 222 | 3.00% | -0.14% | ||||
Liberal | Ward Sykes | 124 | 1.67% | -2.44% | ||||
Total | 7,407 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 10,998 | 67.35% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -11.64% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Three Hills Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1982 general election[]
1982 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Connie Osterman | 8,693 | 77.68% | 18.26% | ||||
Western Canada Concept | Vern Meek | 1,949 | 17.42% | – | ||||
New Democratic | James B. Schleppe | 549 | 4.91% | 1.91% | ||||
Total | 1,1191 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 30 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 15,884 | 70.64% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 18.38% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Three Hills Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1986 general election[]
1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Connie Osterman | 5,924 | 83.52% | 5.84% | ||||
New Democratic | Vernal Poole | 1,169 | 16.48% | 11.58% | ||||
Total | 7,093 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 27 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 14,547 | 48.94% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 3.39% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Three Hills Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1989 general election[]
1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Connie Osterman | 4,986 | 56.51% | -27.01% | ||||
New Democratic | Fred Mertz | 1,851 | 20.98% | 4.50% | ||||
Liberal | Peter Burch | 1,245 | 14.11% | – | ||||
Social Credit | Poul Wesch | 741 | 8.40% | – | ||||
Total | 8,823 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 9 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 15,454 | 57.15% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -15.75% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Three Hills Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1992 by-election[]
following the resignation of Connie Osterman on May 5, 1992 | Alberta provincial by-election, October 26, 1992||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Don MacDonald | 4,790 | 46.34% | 32.23% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Brad Oneil | 2,314 | 22.39% | -34.12% | ||||
New Democratic | Gordon G. Twigg | 1,270 | 12.28% | -8.70% | ||||
Social Credit | Peter Smits | 583 | 5.64% | -2.76% | ||||
Alliance | Gordon A. Shenton | 566 | 5.47% | – | ||||
Confederation of Regions | Ray Young | 467 | 4.52% | – | ||||
Independent | Dennis Clark | 244 | 2.36% | – | ||||
Green | Danny O'Connor | 103 | 1.00% | – | ||||
Total | 10,337 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 34 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 17,736 | 58.47% | – | |||||
Liberal gain | Swing | |||||||
Source(s)
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (1992). The report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Three Hills by-election held Monday, October 26, 1992 (Report). Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. |
See also[]
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Three Hills, Alberta, a town in Alberta
References[]
- ^ "Election results for Three Hills". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 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 May 25, 2020.
External links[]
Categories:
- Former Alberta provincial electoral districts