Hanna-Oyen

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]

Hanna-Oyen

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1971
District abolished	1979
First contested	1971
Last contested	1975

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

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

1971

v t e 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

v t e 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

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Hanna, Alberta, a town in Alberta
• Oyen, Alberta, a village in Alberta

References

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

• 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