Wayne Drysdale

The Honourable Wayne Drysdale
Drysdale at the 2014 Tour of Alberta
MLA for Grande Prairie Wapiti
Incumbent
Assumed office March 3, 2008
Preceded by	Gordon Graydon
Personal details
Political party	Progressive Conservative

Wayne Ronald Drysdale is a Canadian politician, who was elected in the 2008 provincial election to represent the electoral district of Grande Prairie Wapiti in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He is a member of the Progressive Conservatives. He was Minister of Transportation in the cabinet of Jim Prentice.

Election results

Alberta general election, 2008: Grande Prairie-Wapiti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Drysdale	5,145	66.70%	11.63%
	Liberal	Augustine Ebinu	1,304	16.90%	−4.40%
	New Democratic	Manuela Campbell	829	10.75%	−1.55%
	Green	Allan Webber	436	5.65%	1.24%
Total			7,714
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			74
Eligible electors / Turnout			29,053	26.81%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		8.02%
Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 430–433.

Alberta general election, 2012: Grande Prairie-Wapiti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Drysdale	6,634	51.54%	-15.16%
	Wildrose	Ethane Jarvis	4,468	34.71%
	New Democratic	Paula Anderson	1,202	9.34%	-1.41%
	Liberal	Alya Nazarali	364	2.83%	-14.07%
	Independent	Anthony Barendregt	203	1.58%
Total Valid Votes			12,871
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-24.93%

Alberta general election, 2015: Grande Prairie-Wapiti
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Drysdale	6,255	35.8%	-15.74%
	New Democratic	Mary Dahr	5,005	28.7%	19.36%
	Wildrose	Laila Goodridge	4,141	23.7%	-11.01%
	Alberta Party	Rory Tarant	2,050	11.7%
Total Valid Votes			17,451
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-17.55%