Lloydminster (Alberta electoral district)

Lloydminster 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 1971 to 1993.^[1]

Lloydminster

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

The Lloydminster electoral district was created prior to the 1971 general election to represent Lloydminster and the surrounding area. Prior to the 1971 election, Lloydminster was part of the Alexandria electoral district.

Prior to the 1993 general election, Lloydminster was merged with parts of the former Vermilion-Viking electoral district (which had also been created for the 1971 election) to form the current district of Vermilion-Lloydminster. Since 1971, both Lloydminster and Vermilion-Lloydminster have elected Progressive Conservative MLAs.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lloydminster
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Alexandria electoral district from 1909-1971
17th	1971–1975		Bud Miller	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975–1979
19th	1979–1982
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989		Doug Cherry
22nd	1989–1993
See Vermilion-Lloydminster electoral district from 1993-2019

Legislative election results

1971

v t e 1971 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Miller	2,774	46.28%	–
	Social Credit	Campbell A. Hancock	2,585	43.13%	–
	New Democratic	Lloyd Robertson	635	10.59%	–
Total			5,994	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			25	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			8,211	73.30%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Lloydminster 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	Bud Miller	4,370	82.33%	36.05%
	New Democratic	Dave Listoe	938	17.67%	7.08%
Total			5,308	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			25	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			8,135	65.56%	-7.75%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		30.75%
Source(s) Source: "Lloydminster Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

v t e 1979 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Miller	4,674	78.82%	-3.51%
	New Democratic	Einar A. Jonson	680	11.47%	-6.20%
	Social Credit	Patrick A. Moore	445	7.50%	–
	Liberal	Gregory R. Berry	131	2.21%	–
Total			5,930	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			9,633	61.56%	-4.00%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		1.35%
Source(s) Source: "Lloydminster Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

v t e 1982 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Miller	5,581	72.15%	-6.67%
	Western Canada Concept	Jerry Butz	1,249	16.15%	–
	New Democratic	Robin Allan	905	11.70%	0.23%
Total			7,735	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			31	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			11,540	67.30%	5.74%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.67%
Source(s) Source: "Lloydminster Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

v t e 1986 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Cherry	3,580	69.56%	-2.60%
	New Democratic	Gary McCorquodale	1,567	30.44%	18.74%
Total			5,147	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			24	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			12,767	40.50%	-26.79%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-8.45%
Source(s) Source: "Lloydminster Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

v t e 1989 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Cherry	3,584	66.92%	-2.64%
	Liberal	Steve McLachlin	923	17.23%	–
	New Democratic	Gordon E. Swaters	849	15.85%	-14.59%
Total			5,356	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			13	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			11,807	45.47%	4.97%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		5.29%
Source(s) Source: "Lloydminster Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Lloydminster, a city on the border of Alberta and Saskatchewan