Vegreville-Viking

Vegreville-Viking was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2004.^[1]

Vegreville-Viking

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1993
District abolished	2004
First contested	1993
Last contested	2001

History

The Vegreville-Viking electoral district was created in the 1993 electoral boundary re-distribution from the Vegreville and Vermilion-Viking electoral districts.

The Vegreville-Viking electoral district would be abolished in the 2004 electoral boundary re-distribution with a majority of the district forming the new Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville electoral district and small portions of the eastern part of the district forming Lac La Biche-St. Paul and Vermilion-Lloydminster electoral districts.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Vegreville-Viking
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Vegreville electoral district from 1971-1993 and Vermilion-Viking electoral district from 1971-1993
23rd	1993–1997		Ed Stelmach	Progressive Conservative
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004
See Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville electoral district from 2004-Present

Election results

1993

v t e 1993 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Stelmach	5,540	41.08%	–
	New Democratic	Derek Fox	4,150	30.77%	–
	Liberal	Jerry Wilde	3,797	28.15%	–
Total			13,487	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			31	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			19,391	69.71%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Vegreville-Viking Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

v t e 1997 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Stelmach	6,090	49.82%	8.75%
	Liberal	Ross Demkiw	3,639	29.77%	1.62%
	New Democratic	Greg Kurulok	1,684	13.78%	-16.99%
	Social Credit	Clifford Gundermann	810	6.63%	–
Total			12,223	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			29	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			19,033	64.37%	-5.34%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		4.87%
Source(s) Source: "Vegreville-Viking Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

v t e 2001 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Stelmach	7,191	60.81%	10.99%
	Liberal	Ross Demkiw	3,391	28.68%	-1.10%
	New Democratic	Greg Kurulok	1,243	10.51%	-3.27%
Total			11,825	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			36	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			19,187	61.82%	-2.55%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		6.04%
Source(s) Source: "Vegreville-Viking Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts
• Vegreville, a town in eastern Alberta
• Viking, a town in eastern Alberta