Hanna-Oyen was a
provincial
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* Provincial city (disambiguation)
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* Provincial Secretary, a position in Can ...
electoral district
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in
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
mandated to return a single member to the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from singl ...
from 1971 to 1979.
The electoral district took its name from the Town of
Hanna, Alberta
Hanna is a town in east-central Alberta, Canada.
History
The town was first settled in 1912 and was incorporated in 1914. It was named after David Blyth Hanna, the third vice president of the Canadian Northern Railway. It was a division point ...
and the Village of
Oyen, Alberta
Oyen is a town in east-central Alberta, Canada near the Saskatchewan boundary and north of Medicine Hat. It is on Highway 41, south of its junction with Highway 9.
Early name, Bishopburg, was changed in 1912 to honour Andrew Oyen, an early s ...
.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
Election results
1971 general election
1975 general election
See also
*
List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
Alberta provincial electoral districts are currently single member ridings that each elect one member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. There are 87 districts fixed in law in Alberta.
History
The original twenty five districts were drawn u ...
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Hanna, Alberta
Hanna is a town in east-central Alberta, Canada.
History
The town was first settled in 1912 and was incorporated in 1914. It was named after David Blyth Hanna, the third vice president of the Canadian Northern Railway. It was a division point ...
, a town in Alberta
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Oyen, Alberta
Oyen is a town in east-central Alberta, Canada near the Saskatchewan boundary and north of Medicine Hat. It is on Highway 41, south of its junction with Highway 9.
Early name, Bishopburg, was changed in 1912 to honour Andrew Oyen, an early s ...
, a village in Alberta
References
Further reading
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External links
Elections AlbertaThe Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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Former provincial electoral districts of Alberta