Cypress-Redcliff
Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
District created | 1986 |
District abolished | 1993 |
First contested | 1986 |
Last contested | 1989 |
Cypress-Redcliff 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 1986 to 1993.[1]
History
The Cypress-Redcliff electoral district derives its name from Cypress County, Alberta and the Town of Redcliff, Alberta.
Cypress-Redcliff was created following the re-distribution of Cypress electoral district in 1986. The electoral district would only last two elections, and would be re-distributed prior to the 1993 Alberta general election to the Cypress-Medicine Hat electoral district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Cypress-Redcliff | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
See Cypress electoral district from 1926-1986 | ||||
11th | 1986–1989 | Alan W. Hyland | Progressive Conservative | |
22nd | 1989–1993 | |||
See Cypress-Medicine Hat electoral district from 1993-Present |
Electoral history
1986
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Alan Hyland | 2,482 | 52.56% | – | ||||
Representative | Lloyd Robinson | 1,682 | 35.62% | – | ||||
New Democratic | Lew Toole | 558 | 11.82% | – | ||||
Total | 4,722 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 15 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 9,283 | 51.03% | – | |||||
Source(s) Source: "Cypress-Redcliff Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1989
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Alan Hyland | 2,514 | 48.90% | -3.66% | ||||
Liberal | Lloyd Robinson | 1,968 | 38.28% | – | ||||
New Democratic | Rudy Schempp | 659 | 12.82% | 1.00% | ||||
Total | 5,141 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 3 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 8,935 | 57.57% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -3.16% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Cypress-Redcliff Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
See also
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Cypress County, Alberta, a rural municipality in southeastern Alberta, Canada
- Redcliff, Alberta, a town in southeastern Alberta, Canada
References
- ^ "Election results for Cypress-Redcliff". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 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
- Elections Alberta
- The Legislative Assembly of Alberta