Hand Hills-Acadia

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Hand Hills-Acadia
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1963
District abolished1971
First contested 1963
Last contested 1967

Hand Hills-Acadia was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1963 to 1971. [1] It was formed prior to the 1963 Alberta general election from the previous electoral district of Hand Hills.

Contents

The electoral district took its name from Hand Hills. [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Hand Hills-Acadia
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Hand Hills electoral district from 1913-1963
15th  1963–1967   Clinton Keith French Social Credit
16th  1967–1971
See Drumheller electoral district from 1971-1997
and Hanna-Oyen from 1971-1979

Election results

1963

1963 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Clinton Keith French 3,21561.98%–
Independent Lyal Alex. Curry1,97238.02%–
Total5,187––
Rejected, spoiled and declined18––
Eligible electors / turnout7,41070.24%–
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Hand Hills-Acadia Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

1967 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Clinton Keith French 2,67550.29%-11.69%
Progressive Conservative Bill Cross2,14040.23%–
New Democratic Ralph G. Jorgenson5049.48%–
Total5,319––
Rejected, spoiled and declined13––
Eligible electors / turnout7,10275.08%–
Social Credit hold Swing -6.95%
Source(s)
Source: "Hand Hills-Acadia Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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References

  1. ↑ "Election results for Hand Hills-Acadia". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 61.

Further reading

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