Strathcona West

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Strathcona West
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 West [1] was a provincial electoral district, located 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. [2]

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History

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 Centre and Jasper West.

In 1971 the riding was split between Edmonton-Whitemud and Edmonton-Parkallen.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Strathcona West
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Edmonton electoral district from 1921-1959
14th  1959–1963   Randolph McKinnon Social Credit
15th  1963–1967
16th  1967–1971   Don Getty Progressive Conservative
See Edmonton-Parkallen electoral district from 1971-1993
and Edmonton-Whitemud electoral district from 1971-Present

Election results

1959

1959 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Social Credit Randolph McKinnon 3,63941.63%
Progressive Conservative Eric Duggan2,68330.69%
Liberal Frank Edwards1,98222.67%
Co-operative Commonwealth H. Douglas Trace4235.01%
Total8,742
Rejected, spoiled and declined15
Eligible electors / turnout13,35565.46%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona West Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 14, 2020.

1963

1963 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Randolph McKinnon 5,02947.47%6.84%
Liberal Arthur Crossley2,55724.14%1.47%
Progressive Conservative Arnold Lane1,86317.59%-13.10%
New Democratic George Field93610.80%5.79%
Total10,594
Rejected, spoiled and declined209
Eligible electors / turnout17,73859.72%
Social Credit hold Swing 2.69%
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona West Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 14, 2020.

1967

1967 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Don Getty 6,76448.39%31.10%
Social Credit Randolph McKinnon 5,15336.87%-10.60%
New Democratic Frank Kuzemski1,1157.98%-2.82%
Liberal Edmund Leger8906.37%-17.77%
Total13,978
Rejected, spoiled and declined56
Eligible electors / turnout19,88070.31%
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing 20.85%
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona West Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 14, 2020.

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References

  1. Strathcona and Mount Royal. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. September 23, 2004.
  2. "Election results for Strathcona West". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

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