Vegreville-Bruce 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 1971.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1963 |
| District abolished | 1971 |
| First contested | 1963 |
| Last contested | 1967 |
History edit
Vegreville-Bruce is named for the Town of Vegreville, Alberta and the Hamlet of Bruce, Alberta.
Vegreville-Bruce was formed from Vegreville and Bruce electoral districts prior to the 1963 Alberta general election. Vegreville-Bruce would be abolished prior to the 1971 Alberta general election, returning to the Vegreville electoral district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) edit
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Vegreville-Bruce | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Vegreville electoral district from 1909-1963 and Bruce electoral district from 1940-1963 |
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| 15th | 1963–1967 | Alex W. Gordey | Social Credit | |
| 16th | 1967–1971 | |||
| See Vegreville electoral district from 1971-1993 | ||||
Electoral history edit
1963 edit
| 1963 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Alex W. Gordey | 2,925 | 50.14% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Granham Allan | 1,194 | 20.47% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Albin Lukawiecki | 851 | 14.59% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Wilfrid L. Horton | 675 | 11.57% | – | ||||
| Independent Social Credit | Clarence A. Knies | 189 | 3.24% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,834 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 12 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 9,153 | 63.87% | – | |||||
| Social Credit pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Vegreville-Bruce Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1967 edit
| 1967 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Alex W. Gordey | 2497 | 44.64% | -5.50% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike W. Kawulych | 1,742 | 31.14% | 10.67% | ||||
| New Democratic | Albin Lukawiecki | 1,010 | 18.06% | 3.47% | ||||
| Liberal | Wilfred Horton | 345 | 6.17% | -5.40% | ||||
| Total | 5,594 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 29 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 8,846 | 63.57% | – | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -8.09% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Vegreville-Bruce Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also edit
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Vegreville, Alberta, a town in eastern Alberta
- Bruce, Alberta, a hamlet in eastern Alberta
References edit
- ^ "Election results for Vegreville-Bruce". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
Further reading edit
- 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.