Pembina (Alberta federal electoral district)

Pembina

Alberta electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1987
First contested	1968
Last contested	1984

This article is about the Alberta federal electoral district. For the Alberta provincial electoral district, see Pembina (Alberta provincial electoral district). For the Manitoba provincial electoral district, see Pembina (provincial electoral district).

Pembina was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1988.

History

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Athabaska, Edmonton West, Jasper—Edson and Vegreville ridings.

The riding was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed in Beaver River, Edmonton East, Edmonton North, Edmonton Northwest, Edmonton Southeast, Edmonton—Strathcona, Elk Island, Peace River and St. Albert ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Pembina Riding created from Athabaska, Edmonton West, Jasper—Edson and Vegreville
28th	1968–1972		Jack Bigg	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974		Daniel Hollands
30th	1974–1979		Peter Elzinga
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1986
	1986–1988		Walter van de Walle
Riding dissolved into Beaver River, Edmonton East, Edmonton North, Edmonton Northwest, Edmonton Southeast, Edmonton—Strathcona, Elk Island, Peace River and St. Albert

Election results

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Bigg	17,578
	Liberal	Paul Chalifoux	9,342
	New Democratic	ROMANIUK, Anne	2,963

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Daniel Hollands	23,864
	Liberal	John Borger	9,879
	New Democratic	HENNESSEY, Thomas	5,710
	Social Credit	WIWCHAR, Norman M.	1,184
	Not affiliated	DAVIDSON, Sam	421

1974 Canadian federal election: Pembina
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Elzinga	19,172
	Liberal	John Borger	12,196
	Not affiliated	Daniel Hollands	7,017
	New Democratic	Thomas Hennessey	4,266
	Social Credit	Bill Pelech	973
	Communist	Neil Stenburg	151
	Libertarian	Chuck Nelson	131
	Marxist–Leninist	Peter Askin	123
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1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Elzinga	33,722
	Liberal	NOBERT, Leonard Doyle	11,877
	New Democratic	FLACH, Norman	4,953

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Elzinga	31,490
	Liberal	NOBERT, Len	11,464
	New Democratic	DAVIS, Martin	5,260
	Social Credit	CETINSKI, Ace	465

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Elzinga	44,026
	New Democratic	DARUDA, Greg	9,792
	Liberal	Bob Russell	7,228
	Confederation of Regions	HAUCH, Adam	1,215
	Communist	ST. DENIS, Laurent A.	127

Canadian federal by-election, 1986 Resignation of Peter Elzinga, 16 April 1986
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Walter van de Walle	16,525
	New Democratic	Ivor Dent	16,251
	Liberal	Chris Seiersen	6,505
	Independent	Doug Christie	2,765
	Independent	Ernie Jamison	1,241
	Confederation of Regions	Elmer Knutson	926
	Independent	Anne McBride	423

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
• Pembina the Alberta provincial electoral district from 1909-1971.

External links

• Riding history for Pembina from the Library of Parliament