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{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name                =Vermilion-Lloydminster
| province            =Alberta
| image               =VermilionLloydminster in Alberta.jpg
| caption             =2003 boundaries
| prov-rep            = 
| prov-rep-party      =
| prov-status         =defunct
| prov-created        =1993
| prov-abolished      =2019
| prov-created2       =
| prov-election-first =1993
| prov-election-last  =2015
}}
'''Vermilion-Lloydminster''' was a [[Provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[Alberta]], Canada, mandated to return a single [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|member]] to the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] using [[first past the post]] method of voting from 1993 to 2019.

The largest communities in the constituency are the city of [[Lloydminster]], town of [[Vermilion, Alberta|Vermilion]], and the town [[Viking, Alberta|Viking]].

==History==
The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary re-distribution out of the old [[Lloydminster (Alberta electoral district)|Lloydminster]] and [[Vermilion-Viking]] districts.

Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency was bounded by the [[Saskatchewan]] border to the east, and clockwise from there is bounded by [[Battle River-Wainwright]], [[Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville]], [[Lac La Biche-St. Paul]], and [[Bonnyville-Cold Lake]].<ref name="2003changes">{{cite web|title=Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |url=https://archive.org/details/proposedelectora00albe_1 |date=February 2003 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |author=Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission |publisher=[[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]}}</ref> The district remained completely unchanged in the [[Alberta Electoral Boundary Re-distribution, 2010|2010 electoral boundary re-distribution]].<ref name="2010changes">{{cite book|title=Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/egovdocs/2010/alch/9780986536717.pdf |isbn=978-0-9865367-1-7 |date=June 2010 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |author=Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission |publisher=[[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]}}</ref>

The electoral district was abolished in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and redistributed into [[Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright]] and [[Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville]] electoral districts which would take effect for the [[2019 Alberta general election]].<ref name="2017Comm">{{cite book|title=Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/egovdocs/2017/alch/224424.pdf |date=October 2017 |isbn=978-1-988620-04-6 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |author=Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission |publisher=[[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]}}</ref>

===Boundary history===
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
!colspan=4|80 Vermilion-Lloydminster 2003 boundaries<ref name="2003bound">{{Cite canlaw
|short title  =Electoral Divisions Act
|abbr         =S.A.
|year         =2003
|chapter      =E-4.1
|link         =http://canlii.ca/t/53m7s
}}</ref>
|-
!colspan=4|Bordering districts
|-
!North
!East
!West
!South
|-
|[[Bonnyville-Cold Lake]] and [[Lac La Biche-St. Paul]]
|[[Saskatchewan]] boundary
|[[Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville]]
|[[Battle River-Wainwright]]
|-
|colspan=2 align=center|''riding map goes here''
|colspan=2 align=center|[[File:Whereisvermilionllyodminster.png]]
|-
!colspan=4|Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
|-
|colspan=4|Starting at the intersection of Highway 36 with the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 53, Rge. 12 W4; then 1. east along the north boundary of Secs. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 in Twp. 53, Rges. 12 and 11 W4 to the east boundary of Rge. 11 W4; 2. south along the east boundary of Rge. 11 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 52; 3. east along the north boundary of Twp. 52 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 34 in Twp. 52, Rge. 8 W4; 4. south along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 34 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 34; 5. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 34 and 35 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 35; 6. south along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 35 to the north boundary of Sec. 26; 7. east along the north boundary of Secs. 26 and 25 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 30, 29, 28 and 27 in Twp. 52, Rge. 7 W4 to the east boundary of Sec. 34; 8. north along the east boundary of Sec. 34 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 3, 10 and 15 in Twp. 53, Rge. 7 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 14; 9. east along the north boundary of Secs. 14 and 13 in Twp. 53, Rge. 7 W4 and the north boundary of Secs. 18, 17, 16 and 15 in Rge. 6 to the east boundary of Sec. 22; 10. north along the east boundary of Secs. 22, 27 and 34 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 3, 10, 15, 22, 27 and 34 in Twp. 54 and the east boundary of Secs. 3, 10, 15 and 22 in Twp. 55 to the north boundary of Sec. 23 in Twp. 55, Rge. 6 W4; 11. east along the north boundary of Secs. 23 and 24 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 in Twp. 55, Rge. 5 W4 and the north boundary of Secs. 19, 20 and 21 in Twp. 55, Rge. 4 W4 to the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River; 12. downstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Twp. 54, Rge. 3 W4; 13. east along the north boundary of Twp. 54 to the east boundary of Sec. 4 in Twp. 55, Rge. 3 W4; 14. north along the east boundary of Secs. 4, 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 to the north boundary of Twp. 55, Rge. 3 W4; 15. east along the north boundary of Twp. 55 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 3, Twp. 56, Rge. 3 W4; 16. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 3 and 10 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 10 in the Twp.; 17. east along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 10 to the south boundary of Unipouheous Indian Reserve No. 121; 18. east and north along the Indian Reserve to the south boundary of the Fishing Lake Métis Settlement; 19. east, north and east along the Métis Settlement to the east boundary of the Province; 20. south along the east boundary of the Province to the right bank of the Battle River; 21. upstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Sec. 17 in Twp. 47, Rge. 5 W4; 22. west along the north boundary of Secs. 17 and 18 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 in Twp. 47, Rges. 6 and 7 W4 to the east boundary of Rge. 8 W4; 23. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 24 in Twp. 47, Rge. 8 W4; 24. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 25 in the Twp.; 25. north along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 25 to the north boundary of Sec. 25; 26. west along the north boundary of Secs. 25 and 26 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 34 in the Twp.; 27. north along the east boundary of Sec. 34 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 34; 28. west along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 34 to the east boundary of Sec. 33 in the Twp.; 29. north along the east boundary of Sec. 33 to the north boundary of Twp. 47; 30. west along the north boundary of Twp. 47 to the east boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 48, Rge. 8 W4; 31. north along the east boundary of Sec. 6 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 6; 32. west along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 6 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 6; 33. north along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 6 to the north boundary of Sec. 6; 34. west along the north boundary of Sec. 6 to the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4; 35. north along the east boundary of Rge. 9 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 48, Rge. 9 W4; 36. west along the north boundary of Sec. 12 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 13 in the Twp.; 37. north along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 13 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 13; 38. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 13 and 14 in the Twp. to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 14; 39. north along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 14 to the north boundary of Sec. 14; 40. west along the north boundary of Secs. 14, 15, 16 and 17 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 18 in the Twp.; 41. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 18; 42. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Rge. 10 W4; 43. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 13 in Twp. 48, Rge. 10 W4; 44. west along the north boundary of Secs. 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 in the Twp. to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 17 in the Twp.; 45. south along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 17, 8 and 5 in the Twp. and the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in Twp. 47, Rge. 10 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 46; 46. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 32 in Twp. 46, Rge. 10 W4; 47. south along the east boundary of Secs. 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5 in Twp. 46, Rge. 10 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 45; 48. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 46, Rge. 13 W4; 49. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of Sec. 3; 50. west along the north boundary of Secs. 3 and 4 to the intersection with Highway 36; 51. north along Highway 36 to the north boundary of Twp. 46 52. west along the north boundary of Twp. 46 to the east boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 47, Rge. 13 W4; 53. north along the east boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. and the east  boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17 and 20 in Twp. 48 to the north boundary of Sec. 21; 54. east along the north boundary of Secs. 21, 22 and 23 to Highway 36 in Twp. 48, Rge. 13 W4; 55. north along Highway 36 to the starting point.
|-
|colspan=4|'''Note:'''
|}
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
!colspan=4|84 Vermilion-Lloydminster 2010 boundaries
|-
!colspan=4|Bordering districts
|-
!North
!East
!West
!South
|-
|[[Bonnyville-Cold Lake]] and [[Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills]]
|[[Saskatchewan]] boundary
|[[Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville]]
|[[Battle River-Wainwright]]
|-
|colspan=2 align=center|[[File:VermilionLloydminster electoral district 2010.jpg|200px]]
|colspan=2 align=center|[[File:VermilionLloydminster in Alberta.jpg|200px]]
|-
!colspan=4|Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
|-
|colspan=4|''Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.''
|-
|colspan=4|'''Note:''' The district remained unchanged in 2010.<ref name="2003changes"/>
|}

===Electoral history===
{| class="wikitable" align=right
!colspan=5|Members of the Legislative Assembly for<br />Vermilion-Lloydminster
|-
!Assembly
!Years
!colspan="2"|Member
!Party
|-
|align="center" colspan=5|''See  [[Lloydminster (Alberta electoral district)|Lloydminster]] and [[Vermilion-Viking]] 1971–1993''
|-
|[[23rd Alberta Legislative Assembly|23rd]]
|1993–1997
|rowspan=5 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|rowspan=2|[[Steve West (Canadian politician)|Steve West]]
|rowspan=5|[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive<br />Conservative]]
|-
|[[24th Alberta Legislative Assembly|24th]]
|1997–2001
|-
|[[25th Alberta Legislative Assembly|25th]]
|2001–2004
|rowspan=4|[[Lloyd Snelgrove]]
|-
|[[26th Alberta Legislative Assembly|26th]]
|2004–2008
|-
|rowspan=2|[[27th Alberta Legislative Assembly|27th]]
|2008–2012
|-
|2012
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|background}}|
|Independent
|-
|[[28th Alberta Legislative Assembly|28th]]
|2012–2015
|rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|rowspan=2|[[Richard Starke]]
|rowspan=2|Progressive<br />Conservative 
|-
|[[29th Alberta Legislative Assembly|29th]]
|2015–2019
|-
|align="center" colspan=5|''See [[Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright]] and <br />[[Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville]] 2019–''
|}

The riding was created in 1993 and has been returning Progressive Conservative MLA's with large majorities since it was created. The first member was Steve West who had previously served as MLA for Vermilion-Viking for two terms beginning in 1986. While representing this riding he served a number of cabinet portfolios in the government of [[Ralph Klein]]. West retired from office in 2001.

The second representative of the riding is Lloyd Snelgrove who was first elected in 2001 and has since served three terms in office. Snelgrove briefly served as Minister of Finance under the government of [[Ed Stelmach]]. He decided to leave the Progressive Conservative caucus on January 27, 2012, and sit as an Independent after becoming disenchanted with Premier [[Alison Redford]].<ref name="snelind">{{cite news |title=Lloyd Snelgrove, former Alberta treasurer, leaves caucus after critical remarks |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/204572/lloyd-snelgrove-former-alberta-treasurer-leaves-caucus-after-critical-remarks/ |access-date=12 June 2020 |work=Global News |agency=The Canadian Press |date=January 27, 2012}}</ref>

Dr. Richard Starke won the riding for the Progressive Conservatives in the 2012 election, and was one of only two PC MLAs to win re-election outside of Calgary in the 2015 election. He placed second in the [[2017 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election|PC leadership election of 2017]] on a campaign of remaining an independent party from [[Wildrose Party|Wildrose]]. When the PCs subsequently voted to join the Wildrose and form the [[United Conservative Party]], he announced he would continue to sit as a PC rather than join the new party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/united-conservative-party-alberta-monday-1.4219080|title=Richard Starke, former PC leadership candidate, won't join new United Conservative Party|work=CBC News|access-date=2017-07-24|language=en}}</ref>

Starke retired at the end of the 29th Legislature. The district was abolished at the same time, and replaced with [[Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright]].

==Legislative election results==

===1993===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1993/Vermilion-Lloydminster}}

===1997===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1997/Vermilion-Lloydminster}}

===2001===
{{Alberta provincial election, 2001/Vermilion-Lloydminster}}

===2004===
{{Alberta provincial election, 2004/Vermilion-Lloydminster}}

===2008===
{{Alberta provincial election, 2008/Vermilion-Lloydminster}}

===2012===
{{Alberta provincial election, 2012/Vermilion-Lloydminster}}

===2015===
{{Alberta provincial election, 2015/Vermilion-Lloydminster}}

==Senate nominee election results==

===2004===
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="5" align=center|'''[[2004 Alberta Senate nominee election|2004 Senate nominee election results]]: Vermilion-Lloydminster'''<ref name="senresults2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf |title=Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results |publisher=Elections Alberta |access-date=February 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704143923/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf |archive-date=July 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| colspan="2"|'''Turnout 41.97%'''
|-
| colspan="2"| '''Affiliation'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''% votes'''
|'''% ballots'''
|'''Rank'''
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Bert Brown]]|3,565|15.20%|47.97%|1}}
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Betty Unger]]|3,469|14.79%|46.68%|2}}
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Cliff Breitkreuz]]|2,702|11.52%|36.36%|3}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|[[Link Byfield]]
|2,296
|9.79%
|30.89%
|4
{{CANelec|AB|PC|David Usherwood|2,202|9.39%|29.63%|6}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}}
|Michael Roth
|2,183
|9.31%
|29.37%
|7
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Jim Silye]]|2,181|9.30%|29.35%|5}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}}
|Gary Horan
|1,890
|8.06%
|25.43%
|10
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}}
|Vance Gough
|1,878
|8.01%
|25.27%
|8
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|[[Tom Sindlinger]]
|1,090
|4.64%
|14.67%
|9
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total votes'''
|'''23,456'''
|colspan="3"|'''100%'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total ballots'''
|'''7,432'''
|colspan="3"|'''3.16 votes per ballot'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, spoiled and declined'''
|colspan="4"|'''1,716'''
|}
''Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot''

==Student vote results==

===2004===
{| class="wikitable" align=right
!Participating schools<ref name="school">{{cite web|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm |title=School by School results |publisher=Student Vote Canada |access-date=2008-04-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005211819/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm |archive-date=October 5, 2007 }}</ref>
|-
|Holy Rosary High School
|-
|J.R. Robson School
|-
|South Ferriby School
|-
|Tulliby Lake School
|-
|Vermilion Elementary School
|-
|Viking School
|}
On November 19, 2004, a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="5" align="center"|'''2004 Alberta student vote results'''<ref name="stu2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm |title=Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates |publisher=Student Vote Canada |access-date=2008-04-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006095842/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm |archive-date=October 6, 2007 }}</ref>
|-
|colspan="2"| '''Affiliation'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
{{CANelec|AB|PC|[[Lloyd Snelgrove]]|546|58.15%}}
{{CANelec|AB|Alliance|David Benoit|188|20.02%}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Patricia Thomas
|128
|13.63%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}}
|[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Ray Stone
|77
|8.20%
|-
|colspan="3" align ="right"|'''Total'''
|'''939'''
|'''100%'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, spoiled and declined'''
|colspan="2"|'''37'''
|}

===2012===
{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="5" align=center|'''2012 Alberta student vote results'''
|-
|colspan="2"| '''Affiliation'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''%'''
{{CANelec|AB|PC|Dr. Richard Starke||%}}
{{CANelec|AB|Wildrose|Danny Hozack}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Corina Ganton
|
|%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}}
|[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Raymond Stone
|
|%
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total'''
| 
|'''100%'''
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of Alberta provincial electoral districts]]
* [[Canadian provincial electoral districts]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author2-link=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |author-link1=Elections Alberta |title=A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |series=The Centennial Series |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-8-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up |access-date=25 May 2020}}

==External links==
*[http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/ Elections Alberta]
*[http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ The Legislative Assembly of Alberta]

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{{AlbertaElections}}

{{Canadian English}}

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