Lloydminster was a provincial

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, mandated to return a single member to the

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using the

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method of voting from 1971 to 1993.

History

The Lloydminster electoral district was created prior to the 1971 general election to represent

Lloydminster Lloydminster is a city in Canada which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. The city is incorporated by both provinces as a single city with a single municipal administrati ...

and the surrounding area. Prior to the 1971 election, Lloydminster was part of the

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electoral district. Prior to the 1993 general election, Lloydminster was merged with parts of the former

Vermilion-Viking 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. Vermilion-Viking is named for th ...

electoral district (which had also been created for the 1971 election) to form the current district of

Vermilion-Lloydminster Vermilion-Lloydminster 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 1993 to 2019. The largest communities in ...

. Since 1971, both Lloydminster and Vermilion-Lloydminster have elected Progressive Conservative MLAs.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Election results

1971 general election

1975 general election

1979 general election

1982 general election

1986 general election

1989 general election

References

External links

Elections AlbertaThe Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Former provincial electoral districts of Alberta Lloydminster {{Canada-constituency-stub