Strathcona East
 Alberta electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1959 |
| District abolished | 1971 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1969 |
Strathcona East was a
first past the post method of voting from 1959 to 1971.[1]
History
The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of
.In 1971 the riding was split between Edmonton-Gold Bar and Edmonton-Ottewell.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Strathcona East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Edmonton electoral district from 1921-1959 | ||||
| 14th | 1959–1963 | Ernest C. Manning | Social Credit | |
| 15th | 1963–1967 | |||
| 16th | 1967–1969 | |||
| 1969–1971 | William Yurko | Progressive Conservative | ||
| See Edmonton-Gold Bar electoral district from 1971-present and Edmonton-Whitemud electoral district from 1971-present |
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Election results
1959
| 1959 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Ernest C. Manning |
7,337 | 49.72% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | James E. Simpson | 3,812 | 25.83% | – | ||||
| Liberal | George Johnson | 2,610 | 17.69% | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Hugh Smith | 999 | 6.77% | – | ||||
| Total | 14,758 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 29 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 22,953 | 64.42% | – | |||||
| Social Credit pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona-East Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1963
| 1963 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Ernest C. Manning |
6,842 | 53.37% | 3.66% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Oscar H. Kruger | 2,630 | 20.52% | -5.31% | ||||
| Liberal | James A. Cox | 1,890 | 14.74% | -2.94% | ||||
| New Democratic | Dennis A. Wood | 1,457 | 11.37% | 4.60% | ||||
| Total | 12,819 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 37 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 24,017 | 53.53% | -10.89% | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | 4.49% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona-East Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1967
| 1967 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Ernest C. Manning |
6,314 | 49.89% | -3.49% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | C. Jack Thorpe | 2,976 | 23.51% | 3.00% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ray Field | 1,909 | 15.08% | 3.72% | ||||
| Liberal | Percy Marshall | 1,458 | 11.52% | -3.22% | ||||
| Total | 12,657 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 46 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 19,282 | 65.88% | 12.35% | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -3.24% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona-East Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1969 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | William Yurko | 3,782 | 45.65% | 24.14% | ||||
| Social Credit | W. Johnson | 3,339 | 40.31% | -9.58% | ||||
| Liberal | Percy Marshall | 771 | 9.31% | -2.21% | ||||
| New Democratic | G. Allen | 392 | 4.73% | -10.35% | ||||
| Total | 8,284 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | – | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | – | – | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | +5.30 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
By-election reasons
- February 10, 1969—Resignation of Ernest Manning.
See also
References
- ^ "Election results for Strathcona East". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
Further reading
- ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
External links
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| By-elections |
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| Senate nominee elections | |
| Municipal elections | |
| Referendums | |
See also: Elections in Canada | |