Pakan (electoral district)
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1909 |
| District abolished | 1913 |
| First contested | 1909 |
| Last contested | 1909 |
Pakan was a
first-past-the-post balloting from 1909 to 1913.[1]
History
The riding was created in 1909 when
Pakan, Alberta
, which is currently known as Fort Victoria, Alberta. Today, the site of the community is a historical museum known as Victoria Settlement.
The riding existed in the central north east part of the province, along the Alberta-Saskatchewan border.[2] It disappeared in 1913 when it was split into Beaver River and St. Paul.
Representation history
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Victoria 1905-1909 | ||||
2nd
|
1909–1913 | Prosper-Edmond Lessard | Liberal
| |
| See St. Paul 1913-1993 and Beaver River 1913-1952 | ||||
The district's only MLA was Prosper-Edmond Lessard, who was acclaimed in 1909 and served until the riding was abolished at the end of the term. He would go on to serve in the new riding of St. Paul.
No election actually ever took place in this district, as there were no other candidates declared in the 1909 election.
Election results
| 1909 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Prosper-Edmond Lessard | Acclaimed | ||||||
| Total valid votes | 0 | |||||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Election results for Pakan". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Alberta Heritage Foundation: The Constituency Map for the year of 1909". Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
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Further reading
- ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
External links
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See also: Elections in Canada | |