 Alberta electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1930 |
| District abolished | 1940 |
| First contested | 1930 |
| Last contested | 1935 |
Nanton-Claresholm was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1926. [1]
The Nanton-Claresholm electoral district was formed in 1930 from the Nanton and Claresholm electoral districts.
The electoral district was named for the Town of Nanton and Town of Claresholm.
Gordon Beverly Walker the United Farmers of Alberta candidate would win the first of two elections held in Nanton-Claresholm, Walker had previously served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Claresholm district from 1926, and prior to the redistribution and formation of Nanton-Claresholm.
The Nanton-Claresholm electoral district was abolished prior to the 1940 Alberta general election to form the Macleod, Okotoks-High River and Little Bow electoral districts.
Harry O. Haslam, the Alberta Social Credit candidate would defeat Walker during the final of the two elections held in Nanton-Claresholm in 1935.
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Nanton-Claresholm | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Claresholm electoral district from 1909-1930 and Nanton electoral district from 1909-1930 | ||||
| 7th | 1930–1935 | Gordon Beverly Walker | United Farmers | |
| 8th | 1935–1940 | Harry O. Haslam | Social Credit | |
| See Macleod electoral district from 1940-1993, Okotoks-High River electoral district from 1940-1971 and Little Bow electoral district from 1940-2019 | ||||
| 1930 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Gordon Beverly Walker | 1,415 | 65.88% | 0.00% | ||||
| Conservative | W. J. Ellison | 733 | 34.12% | 0.00% | ||||
| Total | 2,148 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 169 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 3,544 | 65.38% | – | |||||
| United Farmers pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s) Source: "Nanton-Claresholm Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 1935 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Harry O. Haslam | 1,767 | 55.83% | – | ||||
| United Farmers | Gordon Beverly Walker | 612 | 19.34% | -46.54% | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas Milnes | 517 | 16.33% | – | ||||
| Conservative | S. Wyatt | 269 | 8.50% | -25.63% | ||||
| Total | 3,165 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 81 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 3,760 | 86.33% | – | |||||
| Social Credit gain from United Farmers | Swing | 2.37% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Nanton-Claresholm Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
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