title: Drumheller-Gleichen
text: # Drumheller-Gleichen
  
  Drumheller-Gleichen was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1963 to 1971.
  
  ## History
  
  The electoral district was created in the 1963 boundary redistribution when the Drumheller electoral district was merged with the Gleichen district.
  
  After redistribution in 1970, the district would be formed into Drumheller, and the Gliechen portion would be added to Little Bow.
  
  ### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
  
  Members of the Legislative Assembly for Drumheller-Gleichen :
  
  | Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | See Drumheller electoral district from 1930-1963 and Gleichen electoral district from 1905-1963 |||||
  | 15th | 1963–1967 | Gordon E. Taylor | Social Credit |
  | 16th | 1967–1971 | Gordon E. Taylor | Social Credit |
  | See Drumheller electoral district from 1971-1997 and Little Bow electoral district from 1971-2019 |||||
  
  ## Electoral history
  
  ### 1963 general election
  
  vte1963 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Social Credit | Gordon Taylor | 4,565 | 86.38% | – |
  | | New Democratic | Irene Dyck | 720 | 13.62% | – |
  | Total | Total | Total | 5,285 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 19 | – | – |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 8,334 | 63.64% | – |
  | Source(s) Source: "Drumheller-Gleichen Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
  
  ### 1967 general election
  
  vte1967 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Social Credit | Gordon Taylor | 4,018 | 67.62% | -18.76% |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Tom Hanson | 1,579 | 26.57% | – |
  | | New Democratic | Garry B. Law | 345 | 5.81% | -7.82% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 5,942 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 14 | – | – |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 8,778 | 67.85% | – |
  | | Social Credit hold | Social Credit hold | Swing | Swing | -15.85% |
  | Source(s) Source: "Drumheller-Gleichen Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
  