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The 1940 Alberta general election was held on March 21, 1940, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Despite its failure to implement its key policy, providing prosperity certificates to all Albertans, the Social Credit Party of Premier William Aberhart won a second term in government. Nevertheless, it lost eleven seats that it had won in the 1935 landslide.
This provincial election, like the previous three, saw district-level proportional representation (Single transferable voting) used to elect the MLAs of Edmonton and Calgary. City-wide districts were used to elect multiple MLAs in the cities. All the other MLAs were elected in single-member districts through Instant-runoff voting.
The Conservative and Liberal parties as well as the remains of the United Farmers, recognizing the widespread popularity of the Social Credit party, ran joint candidates as independents in what was called the "Independent Movement" or the "Unity Movement". Although independent candidates won almost as many votes as Social Credit, their support was dispersed across many areas so few of the movement's candidates took a majority of the votes (required under Instant-runoff voting to take the seat) so the movement's overall vote tally did not translate into its due share of seats overall. The Independent Movement lost a number of races by small margins. However, due to the Parliamentary system, which awards power solely on the basis of seats won, Social Credit was returned for a second term, albeit with a considerably reduced majority.
The Liberals under leader Edward Gray chose only to support Independent candidates that they played a hand in nominating, and nominated other candidates under its own banner. Gray felt that candidates should not be machined into the field and left it up to the individual Liberal constituency associations to decide if they would support a candidate or not. [1]
This would be the most opposition that Social Credit would face until 1959.
The social democratic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation nominated candidates for the first time, but failed to win any seats in the legislature, despite winning over 10% of the popular vote under the leadership of former United Farmers of Alberta MLA Chester Ronning. Like Ronning, most of the CCF's candidates had run in the 1935 election for the UFA.
An Act was passed in 1939 that provided for the reduction of the number of MLAs from 63 to 57, upon the next election. [2] Calgary and Edmonton now returned five MLAs each instead of six, and the following other changes were made:
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Party | Leader | Candidates | First-preference votes | Seats | ||||||||
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Votes | ± | % Fpv | Change (pp) | 1935 | 1940 | ± | ||||||
Social Credit | William Aberhart | 56 | 132,507 | 31,193![]() | 42.90 | -11.35 | 56 | 36 / 57 | 20![]() | |||
Independent Movement [a 1] | Andrew Davison | 57 | 130,603 | 11,178![]() | 42.28 | 2.51 | 6 | 19 / 57 | 13![]() | |||
Liberal | Edward Gray | 2 | 2,755 | 483![]() | 0.89 | 0.14 | 1 | 1 / 57 | ![]() | |||
Labour | 2 | 3,258 | 1,828![]() | 1.05 | -0.63 | – | 1 / 57 | 1![]() | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Chester Ronning | 36 | 34,316 | 34,316![]() | 11.11 | 11.11 | ||||||
Independent Liberal | 1 | 1,136 | 181![]() | 0.37 | 0.06 | |||||||
Communist | 1 | 1,067 | 4,704![]() | 0.35 | -1.56 | |||||||
Independent [a 2] | 2 | 569 | 2,171![]() | 0.18 | -0.72 | |||||||
Independent Labour | 1 | 251 | 27![]() | 0.08 | 0.01 | |||||||
Independent Progressive | 4 | 1,726 | 1,726![]() | 0.56 | ||||||||
Independent Social Credit | 1 | 362 | 362![]() | 0.12 | ||||||||
Independent Farmer | 2 | 314 | 314![]() | 0.10 | ||||||||
Total | 165 | 308,864 | 100.00% | |||||||||
Rejected ballots | 10,615 | 2,346![]() | ||||||||||
Turnout | 319,479 | 9,458![]() | 74.8% | 7.0![]() | ||||||||
Registered voters | 427,335 | 49,086![]() |
Riding | First-preference votes | Turnout [a 1] | Final counts | Winning party | |||||||||||||
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Name | SC | IndM | CCF | Lib | Lab | Oth | Total | SC | IndM | CCF | Lib | Lab | 1935 | 1940 | |||
Acadia-Coronation | 2,163 | 1,665 | 559 | – | – | – | 4,387 | 76.3% | 2,297 | 1,963 | – | – | – | New | SC | ||
Alexandra | 2,215 | 1,255 | 1,273 | – | – | – | 73.1% | 2,326 | – | 1,953 | – | – | SC | SC | |||
Athabasca | 1,965 | 1,336 | 782 | – | – | – | 4,083 | 61.9% | 2,078 | 1,497 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Banff-Cochrane | 1,869 | 2,931 | – | – | – | – | 4,800 | 80.4% | Elected on 1st count | New | IndM | ||||||
Beaver River | 2,555 | – | 669 | – | – | 1,254 | 4,478 | 70.4% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Bow Valley-Empress | 2,035 | 1,762 | – | – | – | – | 3,797 | 70.5% | Elected on 1st count | New | SC | ||||||
Bruce | 2,018 | 1,433 | 752 | – | – | – | 4,203 | 71.8% | 2,203 | 1,781 | – | – | – | New | SC | ||
Camrose | 2,472 | 1,484 | 1,550 | – | – | – | 5,506 | 77.2% | 2,582 | – | 2,508 | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Cardston | 2,160 | 1,808 | – | – | – | – | 3,968 | 81.9% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Clover Bar | 2,252 | 1,370 | 1,476 | – | – | – | 5,098 | 77.9% | 2,418 | – | 2,261 | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Cypress | 1,667 | 2,065 | – | – | – | – | 3,732 | 75.3% | Elected on 1st count | SC | IndM | ||||||
Didsbury | 2,312 | 2,379 | – | – | – | – | 74.5% | Elected on 1st count | SC | IndM | |||||||
Drumheller | 2,043 | 1,530 | 741 | – | – | – | 4,314 | 79.8% | 2,330 | 1,720 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Edson | 1,949 | – | 798 | – | 2,211 | – | 4,958 | 72.7% | 2,100 | – | – | – | 2,558 | SC | Lab | ||
Gleichen | 1,457 | 2,255 | 670 | – | – | – | 4,382 | 75.2% | Elected on 1st count | SC | IndM | ||||||
Grande Prairie | 1,556 | 1,998 | 674 | – | – | – | 4,228 | 70.4% | 1,784 | 2,233 | – | – | – | SC | IndM | ||
Grouard | 1,703 | – | 1,024 | 1,747 | – | – | 4,474 | 62.0% | 1,961 | – | – | 1,965 | – | Lib | Lib | ||
Hand Hills | 2,547 | 1,970 | – | – | – | – | 4,517 | 75.5% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Lac Ste. Anne | 1,612 | 1,239 | 1,110 | – | – | – | 3,961 | 63.9% | 1,839 | 1,704 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Lacombe | 2,321 | 2,061 | 626 | – | – | – | 5,008 | 75.6% | 2,457 | 2,361 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Leduc | 2,141 | 1,106 | 732 | – | – | – | 3,979 | 65.9% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Lethbridge | 2,760 | 4,318 | – | – | – | – | 7,078 | 83.4% | Elected on 1st count | SC | IndM | ||||||
Little Bow | 2,162 | 2,034 | – | – | – | – | 4,196 | 86.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Macleod | 2,487 | 2,446 | – | – | – | – | 4,933 | 82.3% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Medicine Hat | 2,943 | 2,863 | – | – | – | – | 5,806 | 86.1% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Okotoks-High River | 3,178 | 4,352 | – | – | – | – | 7,530 | 80.5% | Elected on 1st count | SC | IndM | ||||||
Olds | 2,345 | 2,455 | – | – | – | 362 | 5,162 | 76.4% | 2,549 | 2,483 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Peace River | 2,114 | 2,253 | – | – | – | – | 4,367 | 60.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | IndM | ||||||
Pembina | 1,589 | 1,719 | 743 | – | – | – | 4,051 | 60.0% | 1,818 | 1,980 | – | – | – | SC | IndM | ||
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest | 2,356 | 2,129 | – | – | 1,047 | – | 5,532 | 86.1% | 2,443 | 2,210 | – | – | – | New | SC | ||
Ponoka | 1,907 | 1,920 | 575 | – | – | – | 4,402 | 74.7% | 2,045 | 2,234 | – | – | – | SC | IndM | ||
Red Deer | 2,083 | 2,760 | – | – | – | 971 | 5,814 | 77.7% | 2,330 | 3,142 | – | – | – | SC | IndM | ||
Redwater | 2,226 | 945 | 785 | – | – | – | 3,956 | 64.9% | Elected on 1st count | New | SC | ||||||
Rocky Mountain House | 2,477 | 1,496 | 767 | – | – | – | 4,740 | 69.4% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
St. Albert | 1,692 | 1,383 | 552 | 1,008 | – | – | 4,635 | 70.9% | 2,018 | 2,304 | – | – | – | SC | IndM | ||
St. Paul | 2,270 | 1,609 | 813 | – | – | – | 4,692 | 70.2% | 2,421 | 1,785 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Sedgewick | 2,605 | 1,426 | 794 | – | – | – | 4,825 | 75.7% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Spirit River | 1,409 | 1,087 | 772 | – | – | – | 3,268 | 63.3% | 1,707 | 1,295 | – | – | – | New | SC | ||
Stettler | 2,668 | 1,851 | 784 | – | – | – | 5,303 | 78.5% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | ||||||
Stony Plain | 1,914 | 1,228 | 942 | – | – | 196 | 4,280 | 72.6% | 2,213 | 1,606 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Taber | 1,879 | 1,383 | 576 | – | – | – | 3,838 | 80.0% | 1,998 | 1,618 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Vegreville | 2,223 | 1,920 | 523 | – | – | – | 4,666 | 75.6% | 2,375 | 2,061 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Vermilion | 2,203 | 1,815 | 936 | – | – | – | 4,954 | 76.4% | 2,506 | 2,148 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Wainwright | 2,296 | 1,611 | 1,039 | – | – | 365 | 5,311 | 76.4% | 2,583 | 2,169 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Warner | 1,558 | 1,937 | – | – | – | – | 3,495 | 83.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | IndM | ||||||
Wetaskiwin | 2,480 | 1,874 | 901 | – | – | – | 5,255 | 71.9% | 2,761 | 2,179 | – | – | – | SC | SC | ||
Willingdon | 2,329 | 514 | 968 | – | – | – | 3,811 | 64.4% | Elected on 1st count | New | SC |
Twenty-eight districts went beyond first-preference counts in order to determine winning candidates:
District | Counts | Exhausted | |||
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1st preference | Final | Votes | % of 1st pref | ||
Calgary | 45,914 | 44,830 | 1,084 | 2.36 | |
Edmonton | 43,743 | 41,130 | 2,613 | 5.97 | |
Acadia-Coronation | 4,387 | 4,260 | 127 | 2.89 | |
Alexandra | 4,743 | 4,279 | 464 | 9.78 | |
Athabasca | 4,083 | 3,575 | 508 | 12.44 | |
Bruce | 4,203 | 3,984 | 219 | 5.21 | |
Camrose | 5,506 | 5,090 | 416 | 7.56 | |
Clover Bar | 5,098 | 4,679 | 419 | 8.22 | |
Drumheller | 4,314 | 4,050 | 264 | 6.12 | |
Edson | 4,958 | 4,658 | 300 | 6.05 | |
Grande Prairie | 4,228 | 4,017 | 211 | 4.99 | |
Grouard | 4,474 | 3,926 | 548 | 12.25 | |
Lac Ste. Anne | 3,961 | 3,543 | 418 | 10.55 | |
Lacombe | 5,008 | 4,818 | 190 | 3.79 | |
Olds | 5,162 | 5,032 | 130 | 2.52 | |
Pembina | 4,051 | 3,798 | 253 | 6.25 | |
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest | 5,532 | 4,653 | 879 | 15.89 | |
Ponoka | 4,402 | 4,279 | 123 | 2.79 | |
Red Deer | 5,814 | 5,472 | 342 | 5.88 | |
St. Albert | 4,635 | 4,322 | 313 | 6.75 | |
St. Paul | 4,692 | 4,206 | 486 | 10.35 | |
Spirit River | 3,268 | 3,002 | 266 | 8.14 | |
Stony Plain | 4,280 | 3,819 | 461 | 10.77 | |
Taber | 3,838 | 3,616 | 222 | 5.78 | |
Vegreville | 4,666 | 4,436 | 230 | 4.93 | |
Vermilion | 4,954 | 4,654 | 300 | 6.06 | |
Wainwright | 5,311 | 4,752 | 559 | 10.53 | |
Wetaskiwin | 5,255 | 4,940 | 315 | 5.99 |
The Independent Movement (also called the "Citizens' Slate) fielded six candidates for the five seats. The other parties nominated fewer candidates than the maximum seats sought.
Party | Candidates | MLAs elected | |||||
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1940 | 1935 | ± | 1940 | 1935 | ± | ||
Independent Movement | 6 | – | 6![]() | 3 | – | 3![]() | |
Social Credit | 4 | 6 | 2![]() | 2 | 4 | 2![]() | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | 2 | – | 2![]() | – | – | – | |
Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | ![]() | – | – | – | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | ![]() | – | – | – | |
Conservative | – | 4 | 4![]() | – | 1 | 1![]() | |
Liberal | – | 4 | 4![]() | – | 1 | 1![]() | |
Labour | – | 3 | 3![]() | – | – | – | |
Communist | – | 1 | 1![]() | – | – | – | |
Total | 14 | 20 | 6![]() | 5 | 6 | 1![]() |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Independent Movement | Andrew Davison | 27.15% | 12,465 | ||||||||||||
Social Credit | William Aberhart | 26.40% | 12,122 | 12,122 | |||||||||||
Independent Movement | James Mahaffy | 7.94% | 3,645 | 5,538 | 5,615 | 5,672 | 5,704 | 5,966 | 6,041 | 6,043 | 6,971 | 7,040 | 7,162 | 9,449 | |
Independent Movement | John J. Bowlen | 7.51% | 3,447 | 4,380 | 4,417 | 4,431 | 4,453 | 4,545 | 4,586 | 4,590 | 5,212 | 5,254 | 5,320 | 7,247 | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | Fred J. White | 6.20% | 2,846 | 2,903 | 3,025 | 3,037 | 3,097 | 3,128 | 4,179 | 4,229 | 4,319 | 4,461 | 4,965 | 5,175 | |
Independent Movement | Joseph Tweed Shaw | 5.85% | 2,685 | 3,726 | 3,746 | 3,777 | 3,804 | 3,994 | 4,039 | 4,043 | 4,592 | 4,602 | 4,654 | ||
Social Credit | Fred Anderson | 4.22% | 1,939 | 1,959 | 4,203 | 4,213 | 4,229 | 4,236 | 4,369 | 5,227 | 5,282 | 8,744 | |||
Social Credit | Edith Gostick | 3.50% | 1,605 | 1,613 | 2,886 | 2,905 | 2,922 | 2,928 | 2,985 | 3,691 | 3,731 | ||||
Independent Movement | Norman Dingle | 3.22% | 1,480 | 2,084 | 2,121 | 2,133 | 2,158 | 2,322 | 2,358 | 2,363 | |||||
Social Credit | H.D. Tarves | 3.02% | 1,386 | 1,390 | 1,914 | 1,918 | 1,938 | 1,947 | 1,979 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Alderman | 2.83% | 1,298 | 1,333 | 1,438 | 1,448 | 1,487 | 1,499 | |||||||
Independent Movement | Harry Pryde | 1.25% | 576 | 758 | 766 | 778 | 790 | ||||||||
Independent Labour | D. V. Mitchell | 0.55% | 251 | 266 | 280 | 290 | |||||||||
Independent | Frank Moodie | 0.37% | 169 | 169 | 186 | 194 | |||||||||
Exhausted ballots | — | — | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 43 | 72 | 422 | 501 | 507 | 854 | 1,084 | ||
Electorate: 59,338 Valid: 45,914 Spoilt: 777 Quota: 7,653 Turnout: 46,691 (78.7%) |
Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes | |
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Independent Movement | Andrew Davison | 1 | 12,465 | 27.15% | | |
Social Credit | William Aberhart | 1 | 12,122 | 26.40% | | |
Independent Movement | James Mahaffy | 12 | 9,449 | 21.08% | | |
Independent Movement | John J. Bowlen | 12 | 7,247 | 16.17% | | |
CCF | Fred J. White | 12 | 5,175 | 11.54% | | |
Independent Movement | Joseph Tweed Shaw | 11 | 4,654 | 10.33% | | |
Social Credit | Fred Anderson | 10 | 8,744 | 19.26% | | |
Social Credit | Edith Gostick | 9 | 3,731 | 8.22% | | |
Independent Movement | Norman Dingle | 8 | 2,363 | 5.19% | | |
Social Credit | H.D. Tarves | 7 | 1,979 | 4.32% | | |
CCF | Robert Alderman | 6 | 1,499 | 3.27% | | |
Independent Movement | Harry Pryde | 5 | 790 | 1.72% | | |
Independent Labour | D. V. Mitchell | 4 | 290 | 0.63% | | |
Independent | Frank Moodie | 3 | 194 | 0.42% | | |
Exhausted votes | 1,084 | 2.36% | | |||
The Independent Movement presented seven candidates for the five seats being contested.
Party | Candidates | MLAs elected | |||||
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1940 | 1935 | ± | 1940 | 1935 | ± | ||
Independent Movement | 7 | – | 7![]() | 3 | – | 3![]() | |
Social Credit | 5 | 6 | 1![]() | 2 | 2 | ![]() | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | 3 | – | 3![]() | – | – | – | |
Independent Progressive | 2 | – | 2![]() | – | – | – | |
Independent | 1 | – | 1![]() | – | – | – | |
Communist | 1 | 1 | ![]() | – | – | – | |
Conservative | – | 6 | 6![]() | – | 1 | 1![]() | |
Liberal | – | 6 | 6![]() | – | 3 | 3![]() | |
United Farmers | – | 1 | 1![]() | – | – | – | |
Labour | – | 6 | 6![]() | – | – | – | |
Reconstruction | – | 1 | 1![]() | – | – | – | |
Total | 19 | 27 | 8![]() | 5 | 6 | 1![]() |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||
Social Credit | Ernest Manning | 23.01% | 10,066 | |||||||||||||||
Independent Movement | John Percy Page | 12.82% | 5,607 | 5,657 | 5,698 | 5,774 | 5,801 | 6,077 | 6,118 | 6,140 | 6,421 | 6,466 | 6,648 | 6,731 | 7,935 | |||
Independent Movement | Hugh John Macdonald | 9.44% | 4,128 | 4,167 | 4,189 | 4,249 | 4,256 | 4,318 | 4,342 | 4,356 | 5,029 | 5,061 | 5,127 | 5,184 | 5,828 | 6,056 | 6,649 | |
Independent Movement | Gerald O'Connor | 9.08% | 3,972 | 3,988 | 4,006 | 4,030 | 4,047 | 4,145 | 4,180 | 4,187 | 4,578 | 4,590 | 4,627 | 4,650 | 5,081 | 5,263 | 6,035 | |
Independent Movement | David Milwyn Duggan | 8.87% | 3,878 | 3,890 | 3,926 | 3,953 | 3,957 | 4,085 | 4,092 | 4,103 | 4,229 | 4,240 | 4,294 | 4,318 | 5,713 | 5,925 | 6,731 | |
Independent Movement | L. Y. Cairns | 7.58% | 3,316 | 3,326 | 3,356 | 3,393 | 3,395 | 3,584 | 3,589 | 3,599 | 3,697 | 3,706 | 3,781 | 3,801 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Elmer Roper | 4.54% | 1,984 | 2,013 | 2,033 | 2,047 | 2,245 | 2,280 | 2,399 | 2,421 | 2,455 | 2,477 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Harry Dean Ainlay | 4.21% | 1,840 | 1,866 | 1,901 | 1,943 | 2,105 | 2,117 | 2,485 | 2,552 | 2,580 | 2,654 | 4,539 | 4,652 | 4,706 | 4,724 | ||
Independent Movement | E. C. Fisher | 3.67% | 1,607 | 1,620 | 1,655 | 1,671 | 1,681 | 1,712 | 1,729 | 1,738 | ||||||||
Social Credit | Charles Gould | 2.73% | 1,192 | 1,771 | 1,790 | 1,820 | 1,826 | 1,831 | 1,965 | 2,342 | 2,378 | |||||||
Social Credit | Elisha East | 2.55% | 1,117 | 1,593 | 1,607 | 1,623 | 1,631 | 1,636 | 1,724 | 2,375 | 2,395 | 3,376 | 3,422 | |||||
Communist | James A. MacPherson | 2.44% | 1,067 | 1,088 | 1,108 | 1,120 | 1,135 | 1,136 | ||||||||||
Social Credit | Norman B. James | 2.21% | 967 | 1,923 | 1,932 | 1,964 | 1,970 | 1,972 | 2,072 | 2,428 | 2,440 | 3,537 | 3,568 | 6,355 | 6,378 | 6,382 | 7,133 | |
Social Credit | Charles B. Wills | 2.17% | 948 | 1,442 | 1,450 | 1,473 | 1,483 | 1,493 | 1,564 | |||||||||
Independent Movement | Marjorie Pardee | 1.88% | 822 | 828 | 843 | 857 | 862 | |||||||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | William H. Miller | 1.01% | 442 | 457 | 482 | 493 | ||||||||||||
Independent | G. F. Hustler | 0.91% | 400 | 412 | 452 | |||||||||||||
Independent Progressive | Samuel Barnes | 0.64% | 282 | 299 | ||||||||||||||
Independent Progressive | J. H. Green | 0.25% | 108 | 112 | ||||||||||||||
Exhausted ballots | — | — | 0 | 24 | 42 | 58 | 66 | 193 | 211 | 250 | 345 | 446 | 761 | 811 | 811 | 2,613 | ||
Electorate: 59,685 Valid: 43,743 Spoilt: 1,204 Quota: 7,291 Turnout: 44,947 (75.3%) |
Party | Candidate | Maximum round | Maximum votes | Share in maximum round | Maximum votes First round votesTransfer votes | |
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Social Credit | Ernest Manning | 1 | 10,066 | 23.01% | | |
Independent Movement | John Percy Page | 13 | 7,935 | 18.48% | | |
Independent Movement | Hugh John Macdonald | 15 | 6,649 | 17.34% | | |
Independent Movement | Gerald O'Connor | 15 | 6,035 | 14.67% | | |
Independent Movement | David Milwyn Duggan | 15 | 6,731 | 16.37% | | |
Independent Movement | L. Y. Cairns | 12 | 3,801 | 8.84% | | |
CCF | Elmer Roper | 10 | 2,477 | 5.71% | | |
CCF | Harry Dean Ainlay | 14 | 4,724 | 11.00% | | |
Independent Movement | E. C. Fisher | 8 | 1,738 | 3.99% | | |
Social Credit | Charles Gould | 9 | 2,378 | 5.47% | | |
Social Credit | Elisha East | 11 | 3,422 | 7.90% | | |
Communist | James A. MacPherson | 6 | 1,136 | 2.60% | | |
Social Credit | Norman B. James | 15 | 7,133 | 17.34% | | |
Social Credit | Charles B. Wills | 7 | 1,564 | 3.59% | | |
Independent Movement | Marjorie Pardee | 5 | 862 | 1.97% | | |
CCF | William H. Miller | 4 | 493 | 1.13% | | |
Independent | G. F. Hustler | 3 | 452 | 1.03% | | |
Independent Progressive | Samuel Barnes | 2 | 299 | 0.68% | | |
Independent Progressive | J. H. Green | 2 | 112 | 0.26% | | |
Exhausted votes | 2,613 | 5.97% | | |||
Alberta Social Credit was a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on social credit monetary policy put forward by Clifford Hugh Douglas and on conservative Christian social values. The Canadian social credit movement was largely an out-growth of Alberta Social Credit. The Social Credit Party of Canada was strongest in Alberta, before developing a base in Quebec when Réal Caouette agreed to merge his Ralliement créditiste movement into the federal party. The British Columbia Social Credit Party formed the government for many years in neighbouring British Columbia, although this was effectively a coalition of centre-right forces in the province that had no interest in social credit monetary policies.
There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party, or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s. These were usually local or provincial groups using the Labour Party or Independent Labour Party name, backed by local labour councils made up of many union locals in a particular city, or individual trade unions. There was an attempt to create a national Canadian Labour Party in the late 1910s and in the 1920s, but these were only partly successful.
The Alberta New Democratic Party, commonly shortened to Alberta NDP, is a social democratic political party in Alberta, Canada. It is the provincial Alberta affiliate of the federal New Democratic Party, and the successor to the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the even earlier Alberta wing of the Canadian Labour Party and the United Farmers of Alberta. From the mid-1980s to 2004, the party abbreviated its name as the "New Democrats" (ND).
The 1930 Alberta general election was held on June 19, 1930, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
The 1935 Alberta general election was held on August 22, 1935, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The newly founded Social Credit Party of Alberta won a sweeping victory, unseating the 14-year government of the United Farmers of Alberta. It was one of only five times that Alberta has changed governments.
The 1926 Alberta general election was held on June 28, 1926, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The United Farmers of Alberta government that had first been elected in 1921 was re-elected, taking a majority of the seats in the Alberta Legislature. Herbert Greenfield had resigned as United Farmers leader and premier, and John E. Brownlee led the UFA to this second election victory, increasing the UFA's number of seats.
The 1944 Alberta general election was held on August 8, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
The 1948 Alberta general election was held on August 17, 1948, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
The 1952 Alberta general election was held on August 5, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
The 1955 Alberta general election was held on June 29, 1955, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
The 1959 Alberta general election was held on June 18, 1959, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
The 1967 Alberta general election was held on May 23, 1967, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 16th Alberta Legislature. The election was called after the 15th Alberta Legislature was prorogued on April 11, 1967, and dissolved on April 14, 1967.
The 1971 Alberta general election was the seventeenth general election held in the Province of Alberta, Canada on August 30, 1971, to elect seventy-five members of the Alberta Legislature to form the 17th Alberta Legislative Assembly.
The 1975 Alberta general election was held on March 26, 1975, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 18th Alberta Legislature. The election was called on February 14, 1975 prorogued and dissolved of the 17th Alberta Legislature.
Calgary was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return one to six members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1913, and again from 1921 to 1959. The district largely encompassed the boundaries of the City of Calgary, and was revised accordingly as the city grew.
Elmer Ernest Roper was a Canadian businessman, trade unionist and politician. He was a Alberta Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1942-1955, and mayor of Edmonton 1959-1963.
Camrose is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The district was originally created in 1909 and dissolved in 1993, and recreated for the 2019 Alberta general election.
The leader of the Official Opposition, formally known as the leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, is the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) who leads the Official Opposition, typically the second largest party in the provincial legislature.
Grouard was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1971.