Nanton (provincial electoral district)
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1909 |
| District abolished | 1930 |
| First contested | 1909 |
| Last contested | 1926 |
Nanton was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1926.[1]
History
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Nanton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See High River electoral district from 1905-1909 and Macleod electoral district from 1905-1909 |
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| 2nd | 1909–1913 | John M. Glendenning | Liberal | |
| 3rd | 1913–1917 | |||
| 4th | 1917–1921 | James Weir | Nonpartisan League | |
| 5th | 1921–1926 | Daniel Harcourt Galbraith | United Farmers | |
| 6th | 1926–1930 | |||
| See Nanton-Claresholm electoral district from 1930-1940 | ||||
The Nanton electoral district was formed prior to the 1909 Alberta general election from a portion of the High River and Macleod electoral districts.
From 1924 to 1956, the district used instant-runoff voting to elect its MLA.[2]
Prior to the 1930 Alberta general election, the Nanton electoral district was merged with a portion of the Claresholm electoral district to form the Nanton-Claresholm electoral district.
The electoral district was named after the town of Nanton.
Election results
1909
| 1909 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John M. Glendenning | 439 | 54.88% | – | ||||
| Conservative | Albert J. Robertson | 361 | 45.13% | – | ||||
| Total | 800 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 1,042 | N/A | – | |||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Nanton Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1913
| 1913 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John M. Glendenning | 463 | 59.51% | 4.64% | ||||
| Conservative | John Thomas Cooper | 315 | 40.49% | -4.64% | ||||
| Total | 778 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 954 | 81.55% | – | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | 4.64% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Nanton Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1917
| 1917 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Non-Partisan League | James Weir | 439 | 34.79% | – | ||||
| Liberal | John M. Glendenning | 415 | 32.88% | -26.63% | ||||
| Conservative | John Thomas Cooper | 408 | 32.33% | -8.16% | ||||
| Total | 1,262 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | -8.56% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Nanton Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1921
| 1921 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Daniel Harcourt Galbraith | 727 | 61.35% | – | ||||
| Liberal | John M. Glendenning | 458 | 38.65% | 5.77% | ||||
| Total | 1,185 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| United Farmers gain from Independent | Swing | 10.40% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Nanton Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1926
| 1926 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Daniel Harcourt Galbraith | 745 | 57.75% | -3.60% | ||||
| Conservative | W. H. Keen | 341 | 26.43% | – | ||||
| Liberal | D. Stanford | 204 | 15.81% | -22.84% | ||||
| Total | 1,290 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 73 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 1,816 | 75.06% | – | |||||
| United Farmers hold | Swing | 4.31% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Nanton Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "Election results for Nanton". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 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.