# 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 the constituency are City of Lloydminster, Town of Vermilion and Town of Viking.

## History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary re-distribution out of the old Lloydminster and Vermilion-Viking districts.
Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency was bounded by the Saskatchewan border to the east, and clockwise from there is bounded by Battle River-Wainwright, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville, Lac La Biche-St. Paul and Bonnyville-Cold Lake. The district remained completely unchanged in the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution.
The electoral district was abolished in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and redistributed into Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright and Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville electoral districts which would take effect for the 2019 Alberta general election.

### Boundary history

80 Vermilion-Lloydminster 2003 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Bonnyville-Cold Lake and Lac La Biche-St. Paul | Saskatchewan boundary | Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | Battle River-Wainwright |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
| Starting at the intersection of Highway 36 with the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 53, Rge. 12 W4; then 1. east along the north boundary of Secs. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 in Twp. 53, Rges. 12 and 11 W4 to the east boundary of Rge. 11 W4; 2. south along the east boundary of Rge. 11 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 52; 3. east along the north boundary of Twp. 52 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 34 in Twp. 52, Rge. 8 W4; 4. south along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 34 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 34; 5. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 34 and 35 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 35; 6. south along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 35 to the north boundary of Sec. 26; 7. east along the north boundary of Secs. 26 and 25 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 30, 29, 28 and 27 in Twp. 52, Rge. 7 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 34; 8. north along the east boundary of Sec. 34 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 3, 10 and 15 in Twp. 53, Rge. 7 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 14; 9. east along the north boundary of Secs. 14 and 13 in Twp. 53, Rge. 7 W4 and the north boundary of Secs. 18, 17, 16 and 15 in Rge. 6 to the east boundary of Sec. 22; 10. north along the east boundary of Secs. 22, 27 and 34 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 3, 10, 15, 22, 27 and 34 in Twp. 54 and the east boundary of Secs. 3, 10, 15 and 22 in Twp. 55 to the north boundary of Sec. 23 in Twp. 55, Rge. 6 W4; 11. east along the north boundary of Secs. 23 and 24 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 in Twp. 55, Rge. 5 W4 and the north boundary of Secs. 19, 20 and 21 in Twp. 55, Rge. 4 W4 to the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River; 12. downstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Twp. 54, Rge. 3 W4; 13. east along the north boundary of Twp. 54 to the east boundary of Sec. 4 in Twp. 55, Rge. 3 W4; 14. north along the east boundary of Secs. 4, 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 to the north boundary of Twp. 55, Rge. 3 W4; 15. east along the north boundary of Twp. 55 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 3, Twp. 56, Rge. 3 W4; 16. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 3 and 10 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 10 in the Twp.; 17. east along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 10 to the south boundary of Unipouheous Indian Reserve No. 121; 18. east and north along the Indian Reserve to the south boundary of the Fishing Lake Métis Settlement; 19. east, north and east along the Métis Settlement to the east boundary of the Province; 20. south along the east boundary of the Province to the right bank of the Battle River; 21. upstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Sec. 17 in Twp. 47, Rge. 5 W4; 22. west along the north boundary of Secs. 17 and 18 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 in Twp. 47, Rges. 6 and 7 W4 to the east boundary of Rge. 8 W4; 23. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 24 in Twp. 47, Rge. 8 W4; 24. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 25 in the Twp.; 25. north along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 25 to the north boundary of Sec. 25; 26. west along the north boundary of Secs. 25 and 26 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 34 in the Twp.; 27. north along the east boundary of Sec. 34 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 34; 28. west along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 34 to the east boundary of Sec. 33 in the Twp.; 29. north along the east boundary of Sec. 33 to the north boundary of Twp. 47; 30. west along the north boundary of Twp. 47 to the east boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 48, Rge. 8 W4; 31. north along the east boundary of Sec. 6 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 6; 32. west along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 6 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 6; 33. north along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 6 to the north boundary of Sec. 6; 34. west along the north boundary of Sec. 6 to the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4; 35. north along the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 48, Rge. 9 W4; 36. west along the north boundary of Sec. 12 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 13 in the Twp.; 37. north along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 13 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 13; 38. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 13 and 14 in the Twp. to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 14; 39. north along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 14 to the north boundary of Sec. 14; 40. west along the north boundary of Secs. 14, 15, 16 and 17 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 18 in the Twp.; 41. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 18; 42. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 10 W4; 43. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 13 in Twp. 48, Rge. 10 W4; 44. west along the north boundary of Secs. 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 in the Twp. to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 45. south along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 17, 8 and 5 in the Twp. and the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in Twp. 47, Rge. 10 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 46; 46. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in Twp. 46, Rge. 10 W4; 47. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in Twp. 46, Rge. 10 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 45; 48. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 46, Rge. 13 W4; 49. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 3; 50. west along the north boundary of Secs. 3 and 4 to the intersection with Highway 36; 51. north along Highway 36 to the north boundary of Twp. 46 52. west along the north boundary of Twp. 46 to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 47, Rge. 13 W4; 53. north along the east boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17 and 20 in Twp. 48 to the north boundary of Sec. 21; 54. east along the north boundary of Secs. 21, 22 and 23 to Highway 36 in Twp. 48, Rge. 13 W4; 55. north along Highway 36 to the starting point. ||||
| Note: ||||
84 Vermilion-Lloydminster 2010 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Bonnyville-Cold Lake and Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills | Saskatchewan boundary | Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | Battle River-Wainwright |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
| Note: The district remained unchanged in 2010. ||||

### Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Vermilion-Lloydminster :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Lloydminster and Vermilion-Viking 1971–1993 |||||
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Steve West | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1997–2001 | Steve West | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 2001–2004 | Lloyd Snelgrove | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 2004–2008 | Lloyd Snelgrove | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Lloyd Snelgrove | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 2012 | Lloyd Snelgrove | Independent |
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Richard Starke | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Richard Starke | Progressive Conservative |
| See Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright and Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville 2019– |||||
The riding was created in 1993 and has been returning Progressive Conservative MLA's with large majorities since it was created. The first member was Steve West who had previously served as MLA for Vermilion-Viking for two terms beginning in 1986. While representing this riding he served a number of cabinet portfolios in the government of Ralph Klein. West retired from office in 2001.
The second representative of the riding is Lloyd Snelgrove who was first elected in 2001 and has since served three terms in office. Snelgrove briefly served as Minister of Finance under the government of Ed Stelmach. He decided to leave the Progressive Conservative caucus on January 27, 2012 and sit is an Independent after becoming disenchanted with Premier Alison Redford.
Dr. Richard Starke won the riding for the Progressive Conservatives in the 2012 election, and was one of only two PC MLAs to win re-election outside of Calgary in the 2015 election. He placed second in the PC leadership election of 2017 on a campaign of remaining an independent party from Wildrose. When the PCs subsequently voted to join the Wildrose and form the United Conservative Party, he announced he would continue to sit as a PC rather than join the new party.
Starke retired at the end of the 29th Legislature. The district was abolished at the same time, and replaced with Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright.

## Legislative election results
### 1993

vte1993 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Steve West | 5,524 | 52.30% | – |
| | Liberal | Greg Michaud | 4,295 | 40.66% | – |
| | New Democratic | Grant Bergman | 744 | 7.04% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 10,563 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 33 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 17,872 | 59.29% | – |
| | 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. |
| Source(s) Source: "Vermilion-Lloydminster Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1997

vte1997 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Steve West | 5,616 | 55.44% | 3.14% |
| | Liberal | Pat Gulak | 2,787 | 27.51% | -13.15% |
| | Social Credit | Jeff Newland | 1,125 | 11.11% | – |
| | New Democratic | Wes Neumeier | 602 | 5.94% | -1.10% |
| Total | Total | Total | 10,130 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 20 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 19,002 | 53.42% | -5.87% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 8.15% |
| Source(s) Source: "Vermilion-Lloydminster Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2001

vte2001 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Snelgrove | 6,978 | 73.28% | 17.84% |
| | Liberal | David Tschorn | 980 | 10.29% | -17.22% |
| | New Democratic | Raymond Stone | 976 | 10.25% | 4.31% |
| | Alberta First | Grant West | 589 | 6.19% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,523 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 34 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 19,847 | 48.15% | -5.26% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 17.53% |
| Source(s) Source: "Vermilion-Lloydminster Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2004

vte2004 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Snelgrove | 5,466 | 59.66% | -13.62% |
| | Alberta Alliance | David Benoit | 2,437 | 26.60% | – |
| | Liberal | Patricia Thomas | 706 | 7.71% | -2.59% |
| | New Democratic | Ray Stone | 553 | 6.04% | -4.21% |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,162 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 25 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 21,796 | 42.15% | -6.00% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -14.96% |
| Source(s) Source: "Vermilion-Lloydminster Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2008

vte2008 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Snelgrove | 7,013 | 80.75% | 21.09% |
| | Liberal | Robert Sawatzky | 826 | 9.51% | 1.80% |
| | New Democratic | Wendy Myshak | 482 | 5.55% | -0.49% |
| | Green | Ngaio Hotte | 364 | 4.19% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,685 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 14 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 23,399 | 37.18% | -4.97% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 19.09% |
| Source(s) Source: "Elections Alberta 2008 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2012

vte2012 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Richard Starke | 6,255 | 51.95% | -28.80% |
| | Wildrose | Danny Hozack | 4,509 | 37.45% | – |
| | Liberal | Corina Ganton | 463 | 3.85% | -5.67% |
| | New Democratic | Ray Stone | 415 | 3.45% | -2.10% |
| | Independent | Richard Yaceyko | 399 | 3.31% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,041 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 52 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 23,340 | 51.81% | 14.64% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -28.37% |
| Source(s) Source: "Elections Alberta 2012 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2015

vte2015 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Richard Starke | 5,935 | 47.35% | -4.60% |
| | Wildrose | Danny Hozack | 4,171 | 33.28% | -4.17% |
| | New Democratic | Saba Mossagizi | 2,428 | 19.37% | 15.92% |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,534 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 55 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 26,918 | 46.77% | -5.04% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -0.21% |
| Source(s) Source: "Elections Alberta 2015 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

## Senate nominee election results
### 2004

| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Vermilion-Lloydminster | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Vermilion-Lloydminster | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Vermilion-Lloydminster | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Vermilion-Lloydminster | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Vermilion-Lloydminster | Turnout 41.97% | Turnout 41.97% |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,565 | 15.20% | 47.97% | 1 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 3,469 | 14.79% | 46.68% | 2 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,702 | 11.52% | 36.36% | 3 |
| | Independent | Link Byfield | 2,296 | 9.79% | 30.89% | 4 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,202 | 9.39% | 29.63% | 6 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 2,183 | 9.31% | 29.37% | 7 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,181 | 9.30% | 29.35% | 5 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,890 | 8.06% | 25.43% | 10 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,878 | 8.01% | 25.27% | 8 |
| | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,090 | 4.64% | 14.67% | 9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 23,456 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Total ballots | Total ballots | Total ballots | 7,432 | 3.16 votes per ballot | 3.16 votes per ballot | 3.16 votes per ballot |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,716 | 1,716 | 1,716 | 1,716 |
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

### 2012
## Student vote results
### 2004

* Participating schools
* Holy Rosary High School
* J.R. Robson School
* South Ferriby School
* Tulliby Lake School
* Vermilion Elementary School
* Viking School
On November 19, 2004 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.
2004 Alberta student vote results :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Snelgrove | 546 | 58.15% |
| | Alberta Alliance | David Benoit | 188 | 20.02% |
| | Liberal | Patricia Thomas | 128 | 13.63% |
| | NDP | Ray Stone | 77 | 8.20% |
| Total | Total | Total | 939 | 100% |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 37 | 37 |

### 2012

2012 Alberta student vote results :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dr. Richard Starke | % |
| | Wildrose | Danny Hozack |
| | Liberal | Corina Ganton | % |
| | NDP | Raymond Stone | % |
| Total | Total | Total | 100% |