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Beaver River (federal electoral district)

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Beaver River was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997.

It was located in the province of Alberta. This riding was created in 1987 from Athabasca, Pembina and Vegreville, and was first used in the federal election of 1988. It was abolished in 1996, with its area becoming part of Lakeland.

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Beaver River
Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Athabasca, Pembina and Vegreville
34th	1988–1988		John Dahmer	Progressive Conservative
34th	1989–1993		Deborah Grey	Reform
35th	1993–1997		Deborah Grey	Reform
Riding dissolved into Lakeland

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	John Dahmer	13,768	44.30
	Liberal	Ernie Sehn	6,528	21.01
	New Democratic	Brian Luther	6,492	20.89
	Reform	Deborah Grey	4,158	13.38
	Confederation of Regions	Les Johnston	131	0.42
Total valid votes			31,077	100.00
	Progressive Conservative notional hold

Canadian federal by-election, March 13, 1989 upon death of John Dahmer
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Deborah Grey	11,154	48.70%	+35.32%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Broda	6,912	30.18%	-14.12%
	Liberal	Ernie O. Brosseau	2,756	12.03%	-8.98%
	New Democratic	Barbara Bonneau	2,081	9.09%	-11.80%
Total valid votes			22,903	100.00%
	Reform gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+24.72%

Beaver River (federal electoral district)