Nanton-Claresholm
 Alberta electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1930 |
| District abolished | 1940 |
| First contested | 1930 |
| Last contested | 1935 |
Nanton-Claresholm was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1926.[1]
History
The Nanton-Claresholm electoral district was formed in 1930 from the Nanton and Claresholm electoral districts.
The electoral district was named for the
Town of Claresholm
.
Gordon Beverly Walker the United Farmers of Alberta candidate would win the first of two elections held in Nanton-Claresholm, Walker had previously served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Claresholm district from 1926, and prior to the redistribution and formation of Nanton-Claresholm.
The Nanton-Claresholm electoral district was abolished prior to the
Little Bow
electoral districts.
Alberta Social Credit
candidate would defeat Walker during the final of the two elections held in Nanton-Claresholm in 1935.
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Nanton-Claresholm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Claresholm electoral district from 1909-1930 and Nanton electoral district from 1909-1930 |
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| 7th | 1930–1935 | Gordon Beverly Walker | United Farmers | |
| 8th | 1935–1940 | Harry O. Haslam | Social Credit | |
| See Little Bow electoral district from 1940-2019 |
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Election results
1930
| 1930 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Gordon Beverly Walker | 1,415 | 65.88% | 0.00% | ||||
| Conservative | W. J. Ellison | 733 | 34.12% | 0.00% | ||||
| Total | 2,148 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 169 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 3,544 | 65.38% | – | |||||
| United Farmers pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Nanton-Claresholm Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1935
| 1935 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Harry O. Haslam | 1,767 | 55.83% | – | ||||
| United Farmers | Gordon Beverly Walker | 612 | 19.34% | -46.54% | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas Milnes | 517 | 16.33% | – | ||||
| Conservative | S. Wyatt | 269 | 8.50% | -25.63% | ||||
| Total | 3,165 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 81 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 3,760 | 86.33% | – | |||||
| Social Credit gain from United Farmers | Swing | 2.37% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Nanton-Claresholm Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Nanton, Alberta, a town in southwest Alberta
- Claresholm, Alberta, a town in southwest Alberta
References
- ^ "Election results for Nanton-Claresholm". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
Further reading
- ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
External links
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| Referendums | |
See also: Elections in Canada | |