Cypress-Redcliff

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]

Cypress-Redcliff

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1986
District abolished	1993
First contested	1986
Last contested	1989

History

The Cypress-Redcliff electoral district derives its name from Cypress County 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
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

v t e 1986 Alberta general election
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

v t e 1989 Alberta general election
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
• Canadian provincial electoral districts