# Chinook (provincial electoral district)

Chinook was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1979 to 1996.

## History

The electoral district was created following boundary redistribution for the 1979 Alberta general election from Hanna-Oyen and Sedgewick-Coronation electoral districts.
The electoral district would be combined with Drumheller in 1996 to form Drumheller-Chinook.

### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Chinook :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Hanna-Oyen electoral district from 1971-1979 and Sedgewick-Coronation electoral district from 1963-1979 |||||
| 19th | 1979–1982 | Henry Kroeger | Progressive Conservative |
| 20th | 1982–1986 | Henry Kroeger | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Henry Kroeger | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | Shirley McClellan | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Shirley McClellan | Progressive Conservative |
| See Drumheller-Chinook electoral district from 1997-2004 |||||

## Electoral history
### 1970s

vte1979 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Henry Kroeger | 4,024 | 66.47% | – |
| | Social Credit | Arlie Reil | 1,310 | 21.64% | – |
| | New Democratic | John W. Oberg | 406 | 6.71% | – |
| | Liberal | Sheila Noonan | 314 | 5.19% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 6,054 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 33 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 8,513 | 71.50% | – |
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| Source(s) Source: "Chinook Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1980s

vte1982 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Henry Kroeger | 4,837 | 73.64% | 7.18% |
| | Western Canada Concept | Jack Ramsay | 1,266 | 19.28% | – |
| | New Democratic | Gladys Creasy | 465 | 7.08% | 0.37% |
| Total | Total | Total | 6,568 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 9 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 8,783 | 74.88% | 3.38% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 4.77% |
| Source(s) Source: "Chinook Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
vte1986 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Henry Kroeger | 3,796 | 79.83% | 6.19% |
| | New Democratic | Lavera Gladys Creasy | 959 | 20.17% | 13.09% |
| Total | Total | Total | 4,755 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 29 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 9,386 | 50.97% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 2.65% |
| Source(s) Source: "Chinook Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
vte1989 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Shirley McClellan | 3,585 | 71.12% | -8.71% |
| | New Democratic | H. James Powers | 765 | 15.18% | -4.99% |
| | Liberal | Mel H. Buffalo | 691 | 13.71% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 5,041 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 10 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 9,197 | 54.92% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -1.86% |
| Source(s) Source: "Chinook Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1990s

vte1993 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Shirley McClellan | 4,748 | 65.01% | -6.11% |
| | Social Credit | Gus Mattheis | 1,025 | 14.03% | – |
| | Liberal | Dianne Anderson | 1,015 | 13.90% | 0.19% |
| | Independent | Kristopher Dietrich | 293 | 4.01% | – |
| | New Democratic | Steven Milner | 223 | 3.05% | -12.12% |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,304 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 18 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 10,553 | 69.38% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -2.48% |
| Source(s) Source: "Chinook Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||