Acadia-Coronation

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Acadia-Coronation
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1940
District abolished1963
First contested 1940
Last contested 1959

Acadia-Coronation was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1940 to 1963. [1]

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History

The Acadia-Coronation electoral district was formed from the Acadia electoral district prior to the 1940 Alberta general election. The district would be dissolved prior to the 1963 Alberta general election and be split into Hand Hills-Acadia and Sedgewick-Coronation electoral districts.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Acadia-Coronation
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Acadia electoral district from 1913 to 1940
9th  1940–1944   Clarence E. Gerhart Social Credit
10th  1944–1948
11th  1948–1952
12th  1952–1955
13th  1955–1959   James Leland Sims Liberal
14th  1959–1963   Marion Kelts Social Credit
See Sedgewick-Coronation electoral district from 1963 to 1979
and Hand Hills-Acadia electoral district from 1963 to 1971

Election results

1940

1940 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
First count
Social Credit Clarence E. Gerhart 2,16349.30%
Independent George N. Johnston 1,66537.95%
Co-operative Commonwealth Mrs. R. Johnston5596.46%
Total4,387
Ballot transfer results
Social Credit Clarence E. Gerhart 2,29753.92%
Independent George N. Johnston 1,96346.08%
Total4,260
Rejected, spoiled and declined137
Eligible electors / turnout5,92776.33%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia-Coronation Official Results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes.
As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality

1944

1944 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Clarence E. Gerhart 2,93061.81%12.51%
Co-operative Commonwealth Charles Frederickson1,21525.63%19.17%
Independent John Hallet59512.55%
Total4,740
Rejected, spoiled and declined98
Eligible electors / turnout5,87882.31%5.97%
Social Credit hold Swing 18.09%
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia-Coronation Official Results 1944 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1948

1948 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Clarence E. Gerhart 2,33255.17%-6.65%
Liberal Dr. Arthur M. Day1,25429.67%
Co-operative Commonwealth Russell A. Johnson64115.16%-10.47%
Total4,227
Rejected, spoiled and declined283
Eligible electors / turnout5,74478.52%-3.79%
Social Credit hold Swing -5.34%
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia-Coronation Official Results 1948 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1952

1952 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Clarence E. Gerhart Acclaimed
TotalN/A
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnoutN/AN/AN/A
Social Credit hold Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia-Coronation Official Results 1952 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1955

1955 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
First count
Social Credit Clarence E. Gerhart 2,02644.38%
Liberal James Leland Sims 1,93242.32%
Co-operative Commonwealth L. E. Reiman6076.78%
Total4,565
Ballot transfer results
Liberal James Leland Sims 2,26351.61%
Social Credit Clarence E. Gerhart 2,12248.39%
Total4,385
Rejected, spoiled and declined297
Eligible electors / turnout5,81583.63%
Liberal gain from Social Credit Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia-Coronation Official Results 1955 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes.
As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality

1959

1959 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Marion Kelts 2,45057.48%13.10%
Liberal James Leland Sims 1,40833.04%-9.28%
Co-operative Commonwealth Lester A. Lindgren4049.48%2.70%
Total4,262
Rejected, spoiled and declined11
Eligible electors / turnout5,57376.67%-5.96%
Social Credit gain from Liberal Swing 11.96%
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia-Coronation Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Plebiscite results

1957 liquor plebiscite

1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite results: Acadia-Coronation [2]
Question A: Do you approve additional types of outlets for the
sale of beer, wine and spirituous liquor subject to a local vote?
Ballot choiceVotes%
Yes1,52653.92%
No1,30446.08%
Total votes2,830100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined48
5,404 eligible electors, turnout 53.26%

On October 30, 1957, a stand-alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive debate in the Legislature. The plebiscite was intended to deal with the growing demand for reforming antiquated liquor control laws. [3]

The plebiscite was conducted in two parts. Question A, asked in all districts, asked the voters if the sale of liquor should be expanded in Alberta, while Question B, asked in a handful of districts within the corporate limits of Calgary and Edmonton, asked if men and women should be allowed to drink together in establishments. [2]

Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Acadia-Coronation was split on the issue, but voted in favour of the proposal. The district recorded one of the best turnouts in the province, well above the province wide 46% average. [2]

Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957. [2] The Social Credit government in power at the time did not consider the results binding. [4] However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act. [5]

Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the plebiscite were designated Local Option Zones by the Alberta Liquor Control Board and considered effective dry zones. Business owners who wanted a license had to petition for a binding municipal plebiscite in order to be granted a license. [6]

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References

  1. "Election results for Acadia-Coronation". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Alberta Gazette. Vol. 53 (December 31 ed.). Government of Alberta. 1957. pp. 2, 247–2, 249.
  3. "Albertans Vote 2 to 1 For More Liquor Outlets". Vol L No 273. The Lethbridge Herald. October 31, 1957. pp. 1–2.
  4. "No Sudden Change In Alberta Drinking Habits Is Seen". Vol L No 267. The Lethbridge Herald. October 24, 1957. p. 1.
  5. "Entirely New Act On Liquor". Vol LI No 72. The Lethbridge Herald. March 5, 1958. p. 1.
  6. "Bill 81". Alberta Bills 12th Legislature 1st Session. Government of Alberta. 1958. p. 40.

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