# Tony Vandermeer

Thomas Wilfred "Tony" Vandermeer (born October 8, 1962) is a politician from Alberta, Canada, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 to 2004 and from 2008 to 2012. Vandermeer first ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1997 Alberta general election when he lost to Liberal Ed Gibbons. He ran against Gibbons again in the 2001 Alberta general election, this time defeating him by a thin margin.
Vandermeer was defeated after serving only one term in the 2004 Alberta general election in a very tight race against Liberal Dan Backs. He returned to the legislature in the 2008 Alberta election, this time representing the riding of Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, by defeating incumbent New Democrat Ray Martin.
The 2012 election resulted in another close loss, this time to NDP candidate Deron Bilous by under 300 votes.

## Electoral history
### 2008 Alberta general election

| 2008 Alberta general election results | 2008 Alberta general election results | 2008 Alberta general election results | Turnout 34.54% | Turnout 34.54% | Swing | Swing |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal |
| | Progressive Conservative | Tony Vandermeer | 4,182 | 39.63% | 10.24% |
| | New Democratic | Ray Martin | 3,845 | 36.44% | -14.39% |
| | Liberal | Dawit Isaac | 1,996 | 18.92% | 7.67% |
| | Wildrose Alliance | Brian Dell | 289 | 2.74% | -1.69% |
| | Green | Frederick Pivot | 183 | 1.73% | 0.37% | * |
| | Social Credit | Robin Porteous | 57 | 0.54% | -2.20% |
| Total | Total | Total | 10,552 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 |
| 30,676 eligible electors |||||||
| | Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | Swing | 24.63% |

### 2012 Alberta general election

vte2012 Alberta general election: Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Deron Bilous | 5,264 | 36.97% | 0.53% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Tony Vandermeer | 5,019 | 35.25% | -4.38% |
| | Wildrose Alliance | Don Martin | 2,909 | 20.43% | 17.69% |
| | Liberal | Chris Heward | 895 | 6.29% | -12.63% |
| | Evergreen | Trey Capnerhurst | 151 | 1.06% | -0.67% |
| Total | Total | Total | 14,238 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 39 | 63 | 11 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 30,610 | 46.68% | 8.99% |
| | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | -0.74% |
| Source(s) Source: "28 - Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021. |||||||