 Alberta electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1926 |
| District abolished | 1939 |
| First contested | 1926 |
| Last contested | 1935 |
Empress was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to 1940. [1]
The Empress electoral district was created prior to the 1926 Alberta general election, constituting the boundaries of the former Redcliff electoral district.
The electoral district was named for the Village of Empress, Alberta.
The Empress electoral district merged with Bow Valley in the 1939 boundary redistribution to form Bow Valley-Empress.
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Empress | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Redcliff electoral district from 1913-1926 | ||||
| 6th | 1926–1930 | William C. Smith | United Farmers | |
| 7th | 1930–1935 | |||
| 8th | 1935–1940 | David Lush | Social Credit | |
| See Bow Valley-Empress electoral district from 1940-1971 | ||||
| 1926 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | William C. Smith | 922 | 58.54% | – | ||||
| Liberal | D. McEachern | 464 | 29.46% | – | ||||
| Conservative | D. MacCrimmon | 189 | 12.00% | – | ||||
| Total | 1,575 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 110 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 2,169 | 77.69% | – | |||||
Source(s) Source: "Empress Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 1930 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | William C. Smith | 941 | 60.40% | 1.86% | ||||
| Independent | E. A. Mantz | 617 | 39.60% | – | ||||
| Total | 1,558 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 54 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 2,260 | 71.33% | – | |||||
| United Farmers hold | Swing | -4.14% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Empress Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 1935 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | David Lush | 1,453 | 72.07% | – | ||||
| United Farmers | William C. Smith | 324 | 16.07% | -44.33% | ||||
| Liberal | K. A. Pollock | 239 | 11.86% | – | ||||
| Total | 2,016 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 45 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 2,440 | 84.47% | – | |||||
| Social Credit gain from United Farmers | Swing | 17.60% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Empress Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
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