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♂ Thomas Wilfred Vandermeer
aliasTony Vandermeer
Record
62912 · 3076

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 3 5
Birth 8 October 1962
Age 61 years + 6 months
First mandate 12 March 2001 → 23 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 38 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 12 years + 7 days ago (22 April 2012)
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Wilfred (Tony) Vandermeer (1962– )
© Photo 2010 Brian Dell — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 7 10 0 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Daniel L. Backs  m 
⊕ Edward A. Gibbons  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Deron M. Bilous  m 
⊕ Raymond J. Martin  m 
 
Eligible: 24,134 Votes: 12,297 Participation: 50.95% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Alberta
11 March 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 11032(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
34
PC
 2/4 4,358 35.57% -782 Winner:
LIB
 5,140 41.96% Edward A. Gibbons
Eligible: 26,021 Votes: 12,991 Participation: 49.93% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Alberta
12 March 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8675(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
PC
 1/3 5,903 45.53% +380 Loser:
LIB
 5,523 42.60% Edward A. Gibbons

Service: 3 years 8 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,163 Votes: 10,924 Participation: 43.41% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
26		 Alberta
22 November 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8758(F) — 26 Oct 2023 21:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
PC
 2/6 3,647 33.49% -282 Winner:
LIB
 3,929 36.08% Daniel L. Backs
Eligible: 30,676 Votes: 10,596 Participation: 34.54% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
27		 Alberta
3 March 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8834(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
45
PC
 1/6 4,182 39.63% +337 Loser:
NDP
 3,845 36.44% Raymond J. Martin

Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 30,610 Votes: 14,351 Participation: 46.88% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Alberta
23 April 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8894(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
PC
 2/5 5,019 35.25% -245 Winner:
NDP
 5,264 36.97% Deron M. Bilous

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Thomas W. 'Tony' Vandermeer		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Tony Vandermeer		 13 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Apr 2024 22:14 (but data presented dynamically)

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