Tony Vandermeer
Office 1MLA for Edmonton Manning
Term start 12001
Term end 12004
Predecessor 1Ed Gibbons
Successor 1Dan Backs
Office 2MLA for Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
Term start 22008
Term end 22012
Predecessor 2Ray Martin
Successor 2Deron Bilous
Birth dateOctober 8, 1962 (age 64)[1]
Birth placeEdmonton, Alberta
PartyProgressive Conservative

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
30,676 eligible electors

References

  1. ^ "Legislative Assembly of Alberta"
  2. ^ Elections Alberta
  3. ^ Alberta Votes 2004: Edmonton Manning. cbc.ca.
  4. ^ Alberta Votes 2008: Edmonton Beverly-Clareview. cbc.ca.
  5. ^ "The Report on the Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly". Elections Alberta. March 3, 2008. pp. 268–270. Retrieved March 1, 2010.