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Chinook
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1979
District abolished	1996
First contested	1979
Last contested	1993

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.^[1]

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 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
21st	1986–1989
22nd	1989–1993		Shirley McClellan
23rd	1993–1997		Shirley McClellan
See Drumheller-Chinook electoral district from 1997-2004

v t e 1979 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			6,054	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			33	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			8,513	71.50%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Chinook Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 1982 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			6,568	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			9	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			8,783	74.88%	3.38%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		4.77%
Source(s) Source: "Chinook Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 1986 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			4,755	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			29	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			9,386	50.97%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		2.65%
Source(s) Source: "Chinook Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 1989 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			5,041	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			10	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			9,197	54.92%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-1.86%
Source(s) Source: "Chinook Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 1993 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			7,304	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			18	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			10,553	69.38%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.48%
Source(s) Source: "Chinook Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

^ "Election results for Chinook". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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