Acadia (provincial electoral district)

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Acadia
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1913
District abolished1940
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]

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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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Acadia
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
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
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal John McColl 63756.27%
Conservative W. D. Bentley49543.73%
Total1,132–
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1917 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John McColl 1,84248.22%-8.05%
Conservative E. Gordon Jonah1,22932.17%-11.56%
Independent Lorne Proudfoot 74919.61%–
Total3,820––
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A––
Eligible electors / turnoutN/AN/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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Farmers Lorne Proudfoot 3,10677.42%–
Liberal James C. Cottrell90622.58%-25.64%
Total4,012––
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A––
Eligible electors / turnout5,80069.17%–
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Farmers Lorne Proudfoot 2,05666.65%-10.77%
Conservative J. P. Kerr62720.32%–
Liberal Geo. Campbell40213.03%-9.55%
Total3,085––
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A––
Eligible electors / turnout4,25372.54%–
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Farmers Lorne Proudfoot 2,10371.87%5.23%
Independent J. W. Robinson82328.13%–
Total2,926––
Rejected, spoiled and declined75––
Eligible electors / turnout4,04174.26%–
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Norman B. James 1,83466.67%–
United Farmers Lorne Proudfoot 62822.83%-49.04%
Liberal F. W. Beynon28910.51%–
Total2,751––
Rejected, spoiled and declined85––
Eligible electors / turnout3,14290.26%–
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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Election results for Acadia". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

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