Acadia (provincial electoral district)
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1913 |
| District abolished | 1940 |
| First contested | 1913 |
| Last contested | 1935 |
Acadia was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1940.[1]
History
The Acadia electoral district was formed from the Sedgewick electoral district prior to the 1913 Alberta general election. The Acadia electoral district would be abolished and the Acadia-Coronation electoral district would be formed in its place prior to the 1940 Alberta general election.
From 1924 to 1940, the district used instant-runoff voting to elect its MLA.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Acadia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Sedgewick electoral district from 1909-1913 | ||||
| 3rd | 1913–1917 | John McColl | Liberal | |
| 4th | 1917–1921 | |||
| 5th | 1921–1926 | Lorne Proudfoot | United Farmers | |
| 6th | 1926–1930 | |||
| 7th | 1930–1935 | |||
| 8th | 1935–1940 | Norman B. James | Social Credit | |
| See Acadia-Coronation electoral district from 1940-1963 | ||||
Election results
1910s
| 1913 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | John McColl | 637 | 56.27% | |||||
| Conservative | W. D. Bentley | 495 | 43.73% | |||||
| Total | 1,132 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 1917 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John McColl | 1,842 | 48.22% | -8.05% | ||||
| Conservative | E. Gordon Jonah | 1,229 | 32.17% | -11.56% | ||||
| Independent | Lorne Proudfoot | 749 | 19.61% | – | ||||
| Total | 3,820 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | 1.75% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1920s
| 1921 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Lorne Proudfoot | 3,106 | 77.42% | – | ||||
| Liberal | James C. Cottrell | 906 | 22.58% | -25.64% | ||||
| Total | 4,012 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 5,800 | 69.17% | – | |||||
| United Farmers gain from Liberal | Swing | 19.39% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 1926 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Lorne Proudfoot | 2,056 | 66.65% | -10.77% | ||||
| Conservative | J. P. Kerr | 627 | 20.32% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Geo. Campbell | 402 | 13.03% | -9.55% | ||||
| Total | 3,085 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 4,253 | 72.54% | – | |||||
| United Farmers hold | Swing | -4.26% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1930s
| 1930 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Lorne Proudfoot | 2,103 | 71.87% | 5.23% | ||||
| Independent | J. W. Robinson | 823 | 28.13% | – | ||||
| Total | 2,926 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 75 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 4,041 | 74.26% | – | |||||
| United Farmers hold | Swing | -1.29% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 1935 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Norman B. James | 1,834 | 66.67% | – | ||||
| United Farmers | Lorne Proudfoot | 628 | 22.83% | -49.04% | ||||
| Liberal | F. W. Beynon | 289 | 10.51% | – | ||||
| Total | 2,751 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 85 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 3,142 | 90.26% | – | |||||
| Social Credit gain from United Farmers | Swing | 0.05% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "Election results for Acadia". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ↑ A Report on Alberta Elections, 1905-1982
Further reading
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.