Red Deer (provincial electoral district)

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Red Deer was a provincial electoral district representing the city of Red Deer, Alberta in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1986. The district was split into Red Deer North and Red Deer South in 1986.

For most of the districts history, it was a swing riding, with no party being able win with a second representative until the Progressive Conservatives in the 70's.

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

	Name	Party	Elected	Left Office
	John T. Moore	Liberal	1905	1909
	Edward Michener	Independent	1909	1910
		Conservative	1910	1918
	John Gaetz	Liberal	1918	1921
	George Wilbert Smith	United Farmers	1921	1931
	William Ernest Payne	Conservative	1931	1935
	Alfred J. Hooke	Social Credit	1935	1940
	Alfred Speakman	Independent	1940	1943
	David A. Ure	Social Credit	1943	1955
	William Cameron Kirby	Conservative	1955	1959
	William Ure	Social Credit	1959	1971
	Jim Foster	Progressive Conservative	1971	1979
	Norman Magee	Progressive Conservative	1979	1982
	Jim McPherson	Progressive Conservative	1982	1986