Tony Vandermeer

Tony Vandermeer
MLA for Edmonton Manning
In office
2001–2004
Preceded by Ed Gibbons
Succeeded by Dan Backs
MLA for Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
In office
2008–2012
Preceded by Ray Martin
Succeeded by Deron Bilous
Personal details
Born (1962-10-08) October 8, 1962[1]
Edmonton, Alberta
Political 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
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeTony Vandermeer 4,182 39.63% 10.24%
New DemocraticRay Martin 3,845 36.44% -14.39%
LiberalDawit Isaac 1,996 18.92% 7.67%
Wildrose AllianceBrian Dell 289 2.74% -1.69%
Green Frederick Pivot 183 1.73% 0.37% *
Social CreditRobin Porteous 57 0.54% -2.20%
Total 10,552 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 44
30,676 eligible electors
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing 24.63%

2012 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 2012: Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticDeron Bilous 5,264 37.11
Progressive ConservativeTony Vandermeer 5,019 35.38
WildroseDon Martin 2,909 20.43
Liberal Chris Heward 895 6.34
EvergreenTrey Capenhurst 151 1.06
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +0.67%
Source: http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtResultsPGE.htm

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