Strathcona Centre

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Strathcona Centre
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1959
District abolished1971
First contested 1959
Last contested 1967

Strathcona Centre 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 1959 to 1971. [1]

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History

It was created in 1959 after the Edmonton district was broken up into ridings.

The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of Calgary and Edmonton standardized the voting system back to First Past the Post. From 1926 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton members were elected by Single Transferable Vote. The rest of the province had the option of how to count ballots. The redistribution created nine ridings in Edmonton.

The other eight ridings were Edmonton Centre, Edmonton North, Edmonton Norwood, Edmonton North East, Edmonton North West, Strathcona East, Strathcona West and Jasper West.

In 1971 the riding was split, the west part became the north part of Edmonton-Whitemud with a small portion to Edmonton-Parkallen, and the east part became Edmonton-Strathcona.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Strathcona Centre
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Edmonton
14th  1959–1963   Joseph Donovan Ross Social Credit
15th  1963–1967
16th  1967–1971
Riding dissolved into Edmonton-Parkallen, Edmonton-Strathcona, and Edmonton-Whitemud

Election results

1959

1959 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Joseph Donovan Ross 4,56454.16%
Progressive Conservative Pat Walsh2,22626.42%
Liberal Leslie M. Lyons1,21514.42%
Co-operative Commonwealth Keith Wright4225.01%
Total8,427
Rejected, spoiled and declined54
Eligible electors / turnout14,35159.10%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona-Centre Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1963

1963 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Joseph Donovan Ross 5,23258.71%4.55%
Liberal Ian Nicoll2,41827.13%12.71%
New Democratic Harry J. Strynadka1,26214.16%9.15%
Total8,912
Rejected, spoiled and declined48
Eligible electors / turnout17,34551.66%-7.44%
Social Credit hold Swing 1.92%
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona-Centre Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

1967 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Joseph Donovan Ross 4,05240.66%-18.05%
Progressive Conservative Larry Boddy2,49325.02%
Liberal Ian Nicoll1,79418.00%-9.13%
New Democratic Gordon E. Weese1,62716.33%2.16%
Total9,966
Rejected, spoiled and declined38
Eligible electors / turnout16,75059.73%8.07%
Social Credit hold Swing -7.97%
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona-Centre Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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References

  1. "Election results for Strathcona Centre". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

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