# Smoky River (electoral district)

Smoky River was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1971 to 1993.

## History
### Boundary history

The riding was created from the western part of Grouard and the eastern part of Grande Prairie in 1971. It included the communities of Valleyview and Falher. The Smoky River, which it was named after, formed most of its western boundary.
For the 1986 election, the western boundary of Smoky River was extended westward to the city limits of Grande Prairie, now including the communities of Sexsmith and Clairmont. It was abolished in 1993, with most of the riding (including Valleyview and Sexsmith) becoming part of Grande Prairie-Smoky and the northern part (including Falher) going to Dunvegan.

### Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Smoky River :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Grande Prairie 1930-1971 and Grouard 1913-1971 |||||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | Marvin Moore | Progressive Conservative |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | Marvin Moore | Progressive Conservative |
| 19th | 1979–1982 | Marvin Moore | Progressive Conservative |
| 20th | 1982–1986 | Marvin Moore | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Marvin Moore | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | Walter Paszkowski | Progressive Conservative |
| See Grande Prairie-Smoky after 1993 and Dunvegan 1993-2004 |||||
Smoky River was held by the Progressive Conservatives for the duration of its existence, and for all but one term, by Marvin Moore. Narrowly elected over his NDP rival when the district was created in 1971, he received consistent support thereafter. He served in several cabinet positions under Peter Lougheed and Don Getty.
When Moore decided to retire, the district was won by PC Walter Paszkowski in 1989. Smoky River was abolished at the end of his first term, but he would go on to serve as MLA for its successor riding, Grande Prairie-Smoky, and serve in the cabinet of Ralph Klein.

## Election results
### 1970s

1971 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Marvin Moore | 2,254 | 38.00% |
| | New Democratic | Victor Tardif | 2,074 | 34.96% |
| | Social Credit | Bernard Lamoureux | 1,604 | 27.04% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,932 |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 35 |
| Electors / Turnout | Electors / Turnout | Electors / Turnout | 7,682 | 77.68% |
| | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. |
1975 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Marvin Moore | 3,446 | 60.56% | +22.56% |
| | New Democratic | Victor Tardif | 1,778 | 31.25% | -3.71% |
| | Social Credit | Albert Omundson | 347 | 6.10% | -20.94% |
| | Liberal | John Hinks | 119 | 2.09% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,690 |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 21 |
| Electors / Turnout | Electors / Turnout | Electors / Turnout | 7,606 | 75.09% | -2.59% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +13.14% |
1979 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Marvin Moore | 3,032 | 51.89% | -8.67% |
| | New Democratic | Anne Hemmingway | 1,743 | 29.83% | -1.42% |
| | Social Credit | Bernard Lamoureux | 854 | 14.62% | +8.52% |
| | Liberal | Stephen Marchand | 214 | 4.12% | +2.03% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,843 |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 5 |
| Electors / Turnout | Electors / Turnout | Electors / Turnout | 8,563 | 68.29% | -11.20% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -3.63% |

### 1980s

1982 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Marvin Moore | 3,950 | 58.06% | +6.17% |
| | New Democratic | Anne Hemmingway | 1,537 | 22.59% | -7.24% |
| | Western Canada Concept | Andrew Blum | 1,316 | 19.34% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,803 |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 32 |
| Electors / Turnout | Electors / Turnout | Electors / Turnout | 8,895 | 76.84% | +8.55% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +6.71% |
1986 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Marvin Moore | 4,793 | 64.91% | +6.85% |
| | New Democratic | Martin Cree | 1,546 | 20.94% | -1.65% |
| | Representative | Conrad LeBlanc | 773 | 10.47% |
| | Liberal | Colin Nash | 272 | 3.68% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,384 |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 26 |
| Electors / Turnout | Electors / Turnout | Electors / Turnout | 12,291 | 60.29% | -16.55% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +4.25% |
1989 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Walter Paszkowski | 3,575 | 50.88% | -14.03% |
| | New Democratic | Bill Termeer | 1,721 | 24.49% | +3.55% |
| | Liberal | Duane Dutka | 1,398 | 19.90% | +16.22% |
| | Social Credit | Roy Housworth | 332 | 4.73% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,026 |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 8 |
| Electors / Turnout | Electors / Turnout | Electors / Turnout | 12,169 | 57.80% | -2.49% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -8.79% |