Tony Vandermeer Explained

Tony Vandermeer
Office1:MLA for Edmonton Manning
Term Start1:2001
Term End1:2004
Predecessor1:Ed Gibbons
Successor1:Dan Backs
Office2:MLA for Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
Term Start2:2008
Term End2:2012
Predecessor2:Ray Martin
Successor2:Deron Bilous
Birth Date:8 October 1962[1]
Birth Place:Edmonton, Alberta
Party:Progressive Conservative
Residence:Edmonton, Alberta

Thomas Wilfred "Tony" Vandermeer[2] (born October 8, 1962) is a politician from Alberta, Canada, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 to 2004 and from 2008 to 2012. Vandermeer first ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1997 Alberta general election when he lost to Liberal Ed Gibbons. He ran against Gibbons again in the 2001 Alberta general election, this time defeating him by a thin margin.

Vandermeer was defeated after serving only one term in the 2004 Alberta general election in a very tight race against Liberal Dan Backs.[3] He returned to the legislature in the 2008 Alberta election, this time representing the riding of Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, by defeating incumbent New Democrat Ray Martin.[4]

The 2012 election resulted in another close loss, this time to NDP candidate Deron Bilous by under 300 votes.

Electoral history

2008 Alberta general election

2008 Alberta general election results[5] Turnout 34.54%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonalFrederick Pivot1831.73%0.37%
Total10,552100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined44
align=center colspan=730,676 eligible electors

2012 Alberta general election

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
  2. http://efpublic.elections.ab.ca/efCandidates.cfm?MODE=BROWSE2&EDS=ALL&MID=FC_C_2012&FID=21&CID=953 Elections Alberta
  3. http://www.cbc.ca/albertavotes2004/riding/034/ Alberta Votes 2004: Edmonton Manning
  4. http://www.cbc.ca/albertavotes2008/riding/025/ Alberta Votes 2008: Edmonton Beverly-Clareview
  5. Web site: The Report on the Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. March 3, 2008. March 1, 2010. 268–270.