Wayne Drysdale
Drysdale at the 2014 Tour of Alberta
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Grande Prairie Wapiti
In office
March 3, 2008  March 19, 2019
Preceded byGordon Graydon
Succeeded byTravis Toews
Personal details
Political partyUnited Conservative

Wayne Ronald Drysdale ECA is a Canadian politician, who served as an Alberta MLA from 2008 to 2019. He is a member of the Progressive Conservatives. He was Minister of Transportation in the cabinet of Jim Prentice.

He was elected in the 2008 provincial election to represent the electoral district of Grande Prairie Wapiti in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and re-elected there in 2012 and 2015.[1]

He did not seek re-election in 2019.

Election results

2008 Alberta general election: Grande Prairie-Wapiti
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeWayne Drysdale5,14566.70%+11.63%
LiberalAugustine Ebinu1,30416.90%-4.40%
New DemocraticManuela Campbell82910.75%-1.55%
GreensAllan Webber4365.65%+1.24%
Total 7,714100.00%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 74
Eligible electors / turnout 29,05326.81% -9.77%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +8.02%
Source(s)
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 430–433.
2012 Alberta general election: Grande Prairie-Wapiti
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeWayne Drysdale6,71251.63%-15.07%
WildroseEthane Jarvis4,50934.68%
New DemocraticPaula Anderson1,2099.30%-1.38%
LiberalAlya Nazarali3652.81%-14.09%
IndependentAnthony Barendregt2041.57%
Total valid votes 12,999100.00%
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 96
Eligible electors / Turnout 30,76442.57% +15.76%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -24.89%
2015 Alberta general election: Grande Prairie-Wapiti
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeWayne Drysdale6,22935.57-16.06
New DemocraticMary Dahr5,06228.90+19.60
WildroseLaila Goodridge4,17523.84-10.84
Alberta PartyRory Tarant2,04811.69
Total 17,514100.00
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 77
Eligible electors / turnout 37,44546.98 +4.41
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -17.55

References

  1. "Biography for Mr. Wayne Drysdale". Legislative Assembly of Alberta.


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