Whitecourt (provincial electoral district)

The district replaced Lac Ste. Anne for the 1971 election, with only minor boundary changes from the previous district. Its boundaries again remained mostly unchanged when replaced by Whitecourt-Ste. Anne in 1993, although the area around Fox Creek was transferred to Grande Prairie-Smoky.

The district's only MLA was Progressive Conservative Peter Trynchy. He entered the Legislature upon winning the seat in the 1971 election and served eight terms all together, six as MLA for Whitecourt and two in Whitecourt-Ste. Anne, finally retiring in 2001.

{{CANelec/top|AB|1971|Whitecourt (provincial electoral district)|Whitecourt|percent=yes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Whitecourt|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208184342/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Whitecourt|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-12-08|title=Election results for Whitecourt|publisher=Heritage Community Foundation|access-date=2017-01-16}}

{{CANelec|AB|PC|Peter Trynchy|3,096|49.53%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|Clyde Feero|2,125|33.99%}}

{{CANelec|AB|NDP|Robert Price|929|14.86%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Arthur Yates|101|1.62%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|6,251}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|43}}

{{CANelec/total|Electors / Turnout|9,514|66.16%}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1975|Whitecourt (provincial electoral district)|Whitecourt|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|PC|Peter Trynchy|3,921|71.42%| +21.89%}}

{{CANelec|AB|NDP|John Udchitz|893|16.27%| +1.41%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|Rig Godwin|676|12.31%| -21.68%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|5,490}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|21}}

{{CANelec/total|Electors / Turnout|8,683|63.47%| -2.69%}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|PC| +10.24%}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1979|Whitecourt (provincial electoral district)|Whitecourt|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|PC|Peter Trynchy|3,834|59.08%| -12.34%}}

{{CANelec|AB|NDP|Ken Forscutt|1,442|22.22%| +5.95%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|George Richardson|1,214|18.71%| +6.40%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|6,490}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|162}}

{{CANelec/total|Electors / Turnout|10,488|63.42%| -0.05%}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|PC| -9.15%}}

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The 1982 election saw the rise of the separatist Western Canada Concept, which failed to win any seats. Their result in Whitecourt was the fourth-best in the province, despite Social Credit candidate George Richardson's status as party leader. Trynchy still won an outright majority of votes, benefitting from a surge in turnout.

{{CANelec/top|AB|1982|Whitecourt (provincial electoral district)|Whitecourt|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|PC|Peter Trynchy|4,635|51.71%| -7.37%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Western Canada Concept|Andy Lee|2,276|25.39%}}

{{CANelec|AB|NDP|Dick Davies|1,220|13.61%| -8.61%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|George Richardson|685|7.64%| -11.07%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|John Powers|147|1.64%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|8,963}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|44}}

{{CANelec/total|Electors / Turnout|12,441|72.40%| +8.98%}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|PC| -16.38%}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1986|Whitecourt (provincial electoral district)|Whitecourt|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|PC|Peter Trynchy|4,038|54.15%| +2.44%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Representative|Merv Zadderey|1,611|21.60%| +13.96%}}

{{CANelec|AB|NDP|Dick Davies|1,349|18.09%| +4.48%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Rick Allen|459|6.16%| +4.52%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|7,457}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|11}}

{{CANelec/total|Electors / Turnout|13,254|56.35%| -16.05%}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|PC| -5.76%}}

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Representative Party swing in 1986 is calculated from Social Credit results in 1982.

{{CANelec/top|AB|1989|Whitecourt (provincial electoral district)|Whitecourt|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|PC|Peter Trynchy|3,877|49.93%| -4.22%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Jurgen Preugschas|2,432|31.32%| +25.16%}}

{{CANelec|AB|NDP|Gwen Symington|1,456|18.75%| +0.66%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|7,765}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|33}}

{{CANelec/total|Electors / Turnout|13,795|56.53%| +0.18%}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|PC| -14.69%}}

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• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts

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• {{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}}

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

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