Drumheller-Gleichen was a

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, mandated to return a single

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to the

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using the

first-past-the-post In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...

method of voting from 1963 to 1971.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1963 boundary redistribution when the

Drumheller Drumheller is a town on the Red Deer River in the badlands of Central Alberta, east-central Alberta, Canada. It is northeast of Calgary and south of Stettler, Alberta, Stettler. The Drumheller portion of the Red Deer River valley, often ref ...

electoral district was merged with the

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district. After redistribution in 1970, the district would be formed into

, and the Gliechen portion would be added to

Little Bow Little Bow was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 2019. Throughout its history, this district has been dominated by agricultural activities ...

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Electoral history

1963 general election

1967 general election

References

External links

Elections AlbertaThe Legislative Assembly of Alberta
{{coord missing, Alberta Former provincial electoral districts of Alberta Drumheller