Calgary Victoria Park

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Calgary Victoria Park
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1967
District abolished1970
First contested 1967
Last contested 1967

Calgary Victoria Park was a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1967 to 1971. [1] [2]

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The riding existed for four years and would be contested once for the 1967 election. After which the Alberta Legislature passed the 1970 An Act to amend The Election Act and The Legislative Assembly Act to redraw provincial electoral districts. Calgary Centre and Calgary Victoria Park were split between Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Mountain View, Calgary-Bow, Calgary-Millican and Calgary-North Hill. [2]

The riding was named after the community of Victoria Park. [3]

Election Results 1967

1967 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative David John Russell 4,79643.33%
Social Credit Art Davis3,95635.74%
New Democratic Ted Takacs1,22911.10%
Liberal Reginald J. Gibbs1,0889.83%
Total11,069–
Rejected, spoiled and declined78–
Eligible electors / turnout17,98261.99%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Victoria Park Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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References

  1. ↑ "Election results for Calgary Victoria Park". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. 1 2 The Election Act , RSA 1970, c. C-117
  3. ↑ "Nomenclature of Victoria Park". www.victoriapark.wa.gov.au. Retrieved July 29, 2022.

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