Strathcona West
 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 | 1967 |
Strathcona Westfirst past the post method of voting from 1959 to 1971.[2]
History
The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of
.In 1971 the riding was split between Edmonton-Whitemud and Edmonton-Parkallen.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Strathcona West | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Edmonton electoral district from 1921-1959 | ||||
| 14th | 1959–1963 | Randolph McKinnon | Social Credit | |
| 15th | 1963–1967 | |||
| 16th | 1967–1971 | Don Getty | Progressive Conservative | |
| See Edmonton-Parkallen electoral district from 1971-1993 and Edmonton-Whitemud electoral district from 1971-Present |
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Election results
1959
| 1959 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Social Credit | Randolph McKinnon | 3,639 | 41.63% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Eric Duggan | 2,683 | 30.69% | |||||
| Liberal | Frank Edwards | 1,982 | 22.67% | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | H. Douglas Trace | 423 | 5.01% | |||||
| Total | 8,742 | – | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 15 | – | ||||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 13,355 | 65.46% | ||||||
| Social Credit pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona West Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 14, 2020. | ||||||||
1963
| 1963 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Randolph McKinnon | 5,029 | 47.47% | 6.84% | ||||
| Liberal | Arthur Crossley | 2,557 | 24.14% | 1.47% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arnold Lane | 1,863 | 17.59% | -13.10% | ||||
| New Democratic | George Field | 936 | 10.80% | 5.79% | ||||
| Total | 10,594 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 209 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 17,738 | 59.72% | – | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | 2.69% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona West Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 14, 2020. | ||||||||
1967
| 1967 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Don Getty | 6,764 | 48.39% | 31.10% | ||||
| Social Credit | Randolph McKinnon | 5,153 | 36.87% | -10.60% | ||||
| New Democratic | Frank Kuzemski | 1,115 | 7.98% | -2.82% | ||||
| Liberal | Edmund Leger | 890 | 6.37% | -17.77% | ||||
| Total | 13,978 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 56 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 19,880 | 70.31% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | 20.85% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona West Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 14, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Strathcona and Mount Royal. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. September 23, 2004.
- ^ "Election results for Strathcona West". 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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See also: Elections in Canada | |