Tony Vandermeer

Thomas Wilfred "Tony" Vandermeer^[2] (born October 8, 1962) is a politician from Alberta, Canada, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 to 2004 and from 2008 to 2012. Vandermeer first ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1997 Alberta general election when he lost to Liberal Ed Gibbons. He ran against Gibbons again in the 2001 Alberta general election, this time defeating him by a thin margin.

Tony Vandermeer
MLA for Edmonton Manning
In office 2001–2004
Preceded by	Ed Gibbons
Succeeded by	Dan Backs
MLA for Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
In office 2008–2012
Preceded by	Ray Martin
Succeeded by	Deron Bilous
Personal details
Born	(1962-10-08) October 8, 1962 (age 62)[1] Edmonton, Alberta
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Residence(s)	Edmonton, Alberta

Vandermeer was defeated after serving only one term in the 2004 Alberta general election in a very tight race against Liberal Dan Backs.^[3] He returned to the legislature in the 2008 Alberta election, this time representing the riding of Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, by defeating incumbent New Democrat Ray Martin.^[4]

The 2012 election resulted in another close loss, this time to NDP candidate Deron Bilous by under 300 votes.

Electoral history

2008 Alberta general election

2008 Alberta general election results[5]			Turnout 34.54%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Vandermeer	4,182	39.63%	10.24%
	New Democratic	Ray Martin	3,845	36.44%	-14.39%
	Liberal	Dawit Isaac	1,996	18.92%	7.67%
	Wildrose Alliance	Brian Dell	289	2.74%	-1.69%
	Green	Frederick Pivot	183	1.73%	0.37%	*
	Social Credit	Robin Porteous	57	0.54%	-2.20%
Total			10,552	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			44
30,676 eligible electors
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		24.63%

2012 Alberta general election

v t e 2012 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Deron Bilous	5,264	36.97%	0.53%
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Vandermeer	5,019	35.25%	-4.38%
	Wildrose Alliance	Don Martin	2,909	20.43%	17.69%
	Liberal	Chris Heward	895	6.29%	-12.63%
	Evergreen	Trey Capnerhurst	151	1.06%	-0.67%
Total			14,238	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			39	63	11
Eligible electors / turnout			30,610	46.68%	8.99%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-0.74%
Source(s) Source: "28 - Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.