Victoria (Alberta provincial electoral district)

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This article is about the Alberta provincial electoral district. For other electoral districts with a similar name, see Victoria#Canadian electoral districts.
Victoria
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1905
District abolished1940
First contested1905
Last contested1935

Victoria was one of the original 25 provincial electoral districts in

first past the post method until 1917, and by instant-runoff voting from 1926 until it was abolished in 1940.[1]

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Victoria
Assembly Years Member Party
See
Victoria (N.W.T.)
1894-1905
1st
 1905–1909 Francis Walker
Liberal
2nd
 1909–1913
3rd
 1913–1917
4th
 1917–1921
5th
 1921–1926 William Fedun United Farmers
6th
 1926–1930 Rudolph Hennig
7th
 1930 Peter Miskew
1930–1935 Liberal
8th
 1935–1940 Samuel Calvert
Social Credit
See Willingdon and Vegreville 1940-1959

Boundary history

The Victoria electoral district was one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the

Victoria electoral district which returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1894 to 1905.[2] The old electoral district had covered the part of the District of Alberta directly north and east of Edmonton. The new province moved Victoria's boundary further east to the Fourth Meridian, to reflect the change in Alberta's shape, while the northwest part of Victoria became the new district of Sturgeon
.

Liberal Francis A. Walker.[3]

In 1909, the area north of the

town at Fort Victoria. This greatly reduced Victoria's size and moved its namesake outside of its boundaries. It covered approximately the same area as the present-day Lamont County, along with Fort Saskatchewan
.

Victoria disappeared in 1940 when it was merged with Whitford to create Willingdon.

Representation history

Victoria's first MLA was Francis A. Walker, defeating incumbent N.W.T. MLA Jack Shera. He served as a backbencher with the Liberal government for all four terms it was in power. In 1917, he was returned to the Legislature by acclamation because the province declared all active servicemen in World War I re-elected.

However, in 1921 William Fedun, a Ukrainian immigrant, narrowly defeated Walker to capture Victoria for the upstart United Farmers of Alberta, which formed government after the election. He chose to retire after one term.

UFA candidate Rudolph Hennig again narrowly won Victoria in 1926 on the second count, despite another strong challenge from Walker. He served one term but did not win the UFA nomination in the next election.

1930 saw the closest election yet in Victoria, with UFA candidate Peter Miskew defeating his Liberal opponent by less than 100 votes. However, Miskew would almost immediately cross the floor to the Liberal opposition.

When the United Farmers were swept out of power in 1935,

Social Credit candidate Samuel Calvert
, another WWI veteran, easily captured Victoria for his party. After his first term, Victoria was abolished in time for the 1940 election, and Calvert chose to retire from politics.

Election results

1900s

1905 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Francis A. Walker 949 69.88
Conservative John William Shera 409 30.12
Total valid votes 1,358
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
"Results for Victoria". Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

The returning officer for the 1905 election in Victoria was Albert Ernest Archer.[4]

In 1909, no candidates stood against Francis Walker, and he was declared acclaimed.

1909 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis A. Walker (acclaimed) — — —
Total valid votes —
Rejected, spoiled and declined —
Registered electors / Turnout — — —
Liberal hold Swing —

1910s

1913 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%[3]
Liberal Francis A. Walker 773 62.49% -7.39%
Conservative R.A. Bennett 268 21.67% -8.45%
Independent M. Gowda 196 15.84%
Total valid votes 1,237
Rejected, spoiled and declined —
Registered electors / Turnout 1,664 74.34% —
Liberal hold Swing +0.53%

1913 swing is calculated from the 1905 election.

In 1917, because Walker was an active serviceman in World War I, he was automatically re-elected by acclamation for a second time.

1917 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis A. Walker (acclaimed) — — —
Total valid votes —
Rejected, spoiled and declined —
Registered electors / Turnout — — —
Liberal hold Swing —

1920s

1921 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%[3]
United Farmers William Fedun 1,401 52.10%
Liberal Francis A. Walker 1,288 47.90% -14.59%
Total valid votes 2,689
Rejected, spoiled and declined —
Registered electors / Turnout 2,983 90.14% +15.80%
United Farmers gain from Liberal Swing +33.35%

1921 swing is calculated from the 1913 election.

For the 1926 election, the UFA government introduced

alternative vote
in rural constituencies. Since no candidate won a majority in the first round, second preferences were included.

1926 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%[3]
United Farmers Rudolph Hennig 1,404 45.33% -6.77%
Liberal Francis A. Walker 1,185 38.26% -9.64%
Independent Liberal William Pylypow 322 10.40%
Independent Farmer G.H. Moisey 96 3.10%
Conservative William Pullishij 90 2.91%
Final count
United Farmers Rudolph Hennig 1,476 54.28% +8.95%
Liberal Francis A. Walker 1,243 45.72% +7.46%
No preference 378
Total valid votes 3,097
Rejected, spoiled and declined 143
Registered electors / Turnout 4,691 69.07% -21.07%
United Farmers hold Swing +1.44%

Final count swing represents vote share increase from the initial count. Overall swing is calculated from the initial count.

1930s

1930 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%[3]
United Farmers Peter Miskew 1,588 50.30% +4.97%
Liberal S.W. Bahlay 1,522 48.21% +9.95%
Independent E. Olendy 47 1.49%
Total valid votes 3,157
Rejected, spoiled and declined 176
Registered electors / Turnout 4,326 77.05% +7.98%
United Farmers hold Swing -2.49%
1935 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%[3]
Social Credit Samuel Calvert 2,045 55.48%
Liberal C.F. Connolly 1,181 32.04% -16.17%
United Farmers Fred Strashok 319 8.65% -41.65%
Conservative V. Kupchenko 141 3.83%
Total valid votes 3,686
Rejected, spoiled and declined 110
Registered electors / Turnout 4,878 77.81% +0.76%
Social Credit gain from Liberal Swing +35.83%

See also

References

  1. ^ "Election results for Victoria". 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)
  2. ^ "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Results for Victoria". Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Territories Elections Ordinance; Province of Alberta". Vol VI No. 12. The Rocky Mountain Echo. October 30, 1905. p. 4.

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