| Smoky River | |
| Province: | Alberta |
| Prov-Status: | defunct |
| Prov-Created: | 1971 |
| Prov-Abolished: | 1993 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1971 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 1989 |
Smoky River was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1971 to 1993.[1]
The riding was created from the western part of Grouard and the eastern part of Grande Prairie in 1971. It included the communities of Valleyview and Falher. The Smoky River, which it was named after, formed most of its western boundary.
For the 1986 election, the western boundary of Smoky River was extended westward to the city limits of Grande Prairie, now including the communities of Sexsmith and Clairmont. It was abolished in 1993, with most of the riding (including Valleyview and Sexsmith) becoming part of Grande Prairie-Smoky and the northern part (including Falher) going to Dunvegan.
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Smoky River | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Grande Prairie 1930-1971 and Grouard 1913-1971 | ||||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | Marvin Moore | Progressive Conservative | |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | |||
| 19th | 1979–1982 | |||
| 20th | 1982–1986 | |||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | |||
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | Walter Paszkowski | ||
| See Grande Prairie-Smoky after 1993 and Dunvegan 1993-2004 | ||||
When Moore decided to retire, the district was won by PC Walter Paszkowski in 1989. Smoky River was abolished at the end of his first term, but he would go on to serve as MLA for its successor riding, Grande Prairie-Smoky, and serve in the cabinet of Ralph Klein.
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