Wetaskiwin-Leduc

Wetaskiwin-Leduc 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 1971 to 1993.^[1]

Wetaskiwin-Leduc

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1971
District abolished	1993
First contested	1971
Last contested	1989

History

Wetaskiwin-Leduc was formed from the abolished Wetaskiwin and Leduc electoral districts prior to the 1971 Alberta general election; both districts had existed continuously since 1905. Wetaskiwin-Leduc was abolished prior to the 1993 Alberta general election and its area formed parts of the Wetaskiwin-Camrose and Leduc electoral districts.

Wetaskiwin-Leduc is named for the Cities of Wetaskiwin, Alberta and Leduc, Alberta.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Wetaskiwin-Leduc
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Wetaskiwin electoral district from 1905-1971 and Leduc electoral district from 1905-1971
17th	1971–1975		James Douglas Henderson	Social Credit
18th	1975–1979		Dallas Schmidt	Progressive Conservative
19th	1979–1982
20th	1982–1986		Donald H. Sparrow
21st	1986–1989
22nd	1989–1993
See Wetaskiwin-Camrose electoral district from 1993-2019 and Leduc electoral district from 1993-2004

Electoral history

1971 general election

v t e 1971 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	James Douglas Henderson	5,334	47.37%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Emanuel Pyrcz	4,590	40.76%	–
	New Democratic	Lionel Udenberg	1,336	11.87%	–
Total			11,260	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			29	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			16,167	69.83%	–
	Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Wetaskiwin-Leduc Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975 general election

v t e 1975 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dallas Schmidt	7,544	63.91%	23.15%
	Social Credit	Waldo Siemens	2,076	17.59%	-29.78%
	New Democratic	Earl Rasmuson	1,662	14.08%	2.21%
	Liberal	Pat Green	522	4.42%	–
Total			11,804	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			28	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			20,690	57.19%	–
	Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit		Swing		19.86%
Source(s) Source: "Wetaskiwin-Leduc Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979 general election

v t e 1979 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dallas Schmidt	8,216	58.82%	-5.09%
	Social Credit	Reinhold Ortlieb	2,702	19.35%	1.76%
	New Democratic	Earl Rasmuson	2,372	16.98%	2.90%
	Liberal	Brian King	677	4.85%	0.42%
Total			13,967	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			23,929	58.37%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.42%
Source(s) Source: "Wetaskiwin-Leduc Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982 general election

v t e 1982 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald H. Sparrow	12,923	63.98%	5.15%
	Western Canada Concept	Bill Hosford	3,511	17.38%	–
	New Democratic	Earl R. Rasmuson	3,190	15.79%	-1.19%
	Independent	Barry Cook	576	2.85%	–
Total			20,200	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			69	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			28,622	70.82%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		3.56%
Source(s) Source: "Wetaskiwin-Leduc Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986 general election

v t e 1986 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald H. Sparrow	5,823	55.72%	-8.25%
	New Democratic	M. (Dick) Devries	3,061	29.29%	13.50%
	Liberal	Kathleen Crone	740	7.08%	–
	Representative	Harold L. Schneider	488	4.67%	–
	Western Canada Concept	W.L. (Bud) Iverson	208	1.99%	-15.39%
	Independent	John Tolsma	130	1.24%	-1.61%
Total			10,450	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			28	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			21,768	48.13%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-10.08%
Source(s) Source: "Wetaskiwin-Leduc Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989 general election

v t e 1989 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald H. Sparrow	5,761	46.69%	-9.04%
	Liberal	George Carrier	3,446	27.93%	20.84%
	New Democratic	Bruce Hinkley	3,133	25.39%	-3.90%
Total			12,340	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			26	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			22,768	54.31%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.84%
Source(s) Source: "Wetaskiwin-Leduc Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Wetaskiwin, Alberta, a city in Alberta
• Leduc, Alberta, a city in Alberta

References

1. "Election results for Wetaskiwin-Leduc". 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

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta