Thomas Wilfred "Tony" VandermeerElections Alberta (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.Alberta Votes 2004: Edmonton Manning. cbc.ca. 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.Alberta Votes 2008: Edmonton Beverly-Clareview. cbc.ca.
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 resultsTurnout 34.54%Swing AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonalFrederick Pivot1831.73%0.37%*Total10,552100%Rejected, Spoiled and Declined4430,676 eligible electors
2012 Alberta general election
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