Vermilion-Viking

{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=June 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox Canada electoral district

| name =Vermilion-Viking

| province =Alberta

| image =

| caption =

| prov-rep =

| prov-rep-link =

| prov-status =defunct

| prov-created =1971

| prov-abolished =1993

| prov-election-first =1971

| prov-election-last =1989

}}

Vermilion-Viking was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first past the post method of voting from 1971 to 1993.{{cite web |title=Election results for Vermilion-Viking. |url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208183724/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Vermilion-Viking |website=abheritage.ca |publisher=Heritage Community Foundation |access-date=22 May 2020}}

Vermilion-Viking is named for the towns of Vermilion and Viking.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

{{AbMLA/top|Members of the Legislative Assembly for Vermilion-Viking}}

{{AbMLA/change|See Vermilion electoral district from 1905-1971}}

{{AbMLA/row

| FromYr = 1971

| ToYr = 1975

| Assembly# = 17

| AbParty = Social Credit

| RepName = Ashley H. Cooper

| RepLink = Ashley Cooper (politician)

| #ByElections =

| PartyTerms# = 1

| RepTerms# = 1

}}

{{AbMLA/row

| FromYr = 1975

| ToYr = 1979

| Assembly# = 18

| AbParty = PC

| RepName = Tom Lysons

| RepLink =

| #ByElections =

| PartyTerms# = 5

| RepTerms# = 3

}}

{{AbMLA/row

| FromYr = 1979

| ToYr = 1982

| Assembly# = 19

}}

{{AbMLA/row

| FromYr = 1982

| ToYr = 1986

| Assembly# = 20

}}

{{AbMLA/row

| FromYr = 1986

| ToYr = 1989

| RepName = Steve West

| RepLink = Steve West (Canadian politician)

| Assembly# = 21

| RepTerms# = 2

}}

{{AbMLA/row

| FromYr = 1989

| ToYr = 1993

| Assembly# = 22

}}

{{AbMLA/change|See Vermilion-Lloydminster electoral district from 1993-2019
and Vegreville-Viking electoral district from 1993-2004}}

{{AbMLA/end}}

Electoral history

=1971=

{{Alberta provincial election, 1971/Vermilion-Viking}}

=1975=

{{Alberta provincial election, 1975/Vermilion-Viking}}

=1979=

{{Alberta provincial election, 1979/Vermilion-Viking}}

=1982=

{{Alberta provincial election, 1982/Vermilion-Viking}}

=1986=

{{Alberta provincial election, 1986/Vermilion-Viking}}

=1989=

{{Alberta provincial election, 1989/Vermilion-Viking}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

Further reading

  • {{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author-link1=Elections Alberta |title=A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |series=The Centennial Series |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-8-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up |access-date=25 May 2020}}