Dunvegan (electoral district)

The first riding named Dunvegan was created out of the western half of Peace River in 1959. It was bounded on the south by the Peace River and extended north to the Northwest Territories border, containing the entire northwest corner of Alberta.{{cite web|title=Alberta Heritage Foundation: Constituency Map for the year of 1959|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/process/election_results.php?year=1959|access-date=2016-08-30|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208163230/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/process/election_results.php?year=1959|archive-date=2010-12-08}} When it was abolished in 1971, the north section of the riding was transferred back to Peace River, and the southern two-thirds of the riding, along with the northern half of Spirit River, became Spirit River-Fairview.

In 1986 Dunvegan was re-created, replacing all of Spirit River-Fairview and a small part of Smoky River. In 1993 it absorbed another part of Smoky River (including the community of Falher) as well as a small part of Peace River (including Grimshaw).

The Dunvegan electoral district was dissolved in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution, and replaced by the Dunvegan-Central Peace electoral district for the 2004 Alberta general election with no changes to the district's boundaries.{{cite web|title=Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |url=https://archive.org/details/proposedelectora00albe_1 |date=February 2003 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |author=Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta}}

The first MLA for Dunvegan was Joseph Scruggs, who narrowly picked the riding up for the governing Social Credit. He did not run for re-election in 1963, but Ernest Lee held the riding for the government for two more terms.

The riding was then replaced by Spirit River-Fairview, which was picked up by New Democrat leader Grant Notley, who held that riding almost until it was replaced by Dunvegan in 1986.

In that election, the governing Progressive Conservatives would win the riding for the first time, despite an NDP surge elsewhere in the province. MLA Glen Clegg represented the area for five terms, retiring in 2001.

PC candidate Hector Goudreau would hold the riding for the government in its final term, and went on to represent Dunvegan-Central Peace for both terms it existed, as well as Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley until 2015.

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• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Dunvegan, Alberta an unincorporated community within the Municipal District of Fairview No. 136 in northern Alberta, Canada.

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• [http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/ Elections Alberta]
• [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ The Legislative Assembly of Alberta]

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