Sturgeon (provincial electoral district)

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Sturgeon
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1905
District abolished1940
First contested 1905
Last contested 1935

Sturgeon was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1940. [1]

Contents

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sturgeon
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
1st  1905–1909   John Robert Boyle Liberal
2nd  1909–1913
3rd  1913–1917
4th  1917–1921
5th  1921–1926   Samuel Allen Carson United Farmers
6th  1926–1930
7th  1930–1935
8th  1935–1940   James Popil Social Credit
See Redwater electoral district from 1940 to 1971
and St. Albert electoral district from 1940-present

Election results

1905

Returning Officer [2]
Francis B. Webb
1905 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Robert Boyle 62567.13%
Conservative Frank Knight30632.87%
Total931
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnout93999.15%
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1909

1909 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Robert Boyle Acclaimed
TotalN/A
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnoutN/AN/A
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1912 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, May 27, 1912
Ministerial by-election upon John Robert Boyle's appointment as Minister of Education
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Robert Boyle 1,17366.08%
Conservative A. W. Taylor60233.92%
Total1,775
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnoutN/AN/A
Liberal hold Swing
Source(s)
"By-elections". elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 24, 2020.

1913

1913 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Robert Boyle 93662.73%
Conservative James Hyndman 55637.27%
Total1,492
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnout2,13469.92%N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1917

1917 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Robert Boyle 1,54647.19%-15.54%
Conservative J. Sutherland1,21237.00%-0.27%
Independent H. Mickleson51815.81%
Total3,276
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnout3,50593.47%N/A
Liberal hold Swing -7.64%
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1921

1921 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Farmers Samuel Allen Carson 2,81559.09%
Liberal John Robert Boyle 1,94940.91%-6.28%
Total4,764
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnout6,29975.63%-17.94%
United Farmers gain from Liberal Swing 3.99%
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1926

1926 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Farmers Samuel Allen Carson 2,55662.99%3.90%
Liberal G. J. Hope1,15428.44%-12.47%
Conservative J. E. Holmes3488.58%
Total4,058
Rejected, spoiled and declined269
Eligible electors / turnout6,26469.08%-6.55%
United Farmers hold Swing 8.19%
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1930

1930 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Farmers Samuel Allen Carson 2,55669.36%6.38%
Liberal John Kuzek1,12930.64%2.20%
Total3,685
Rejected, spoiled and declined157
Eligible electors / turnout6,09962.99%-6.08%
United Farmers hold Swing 2.09%
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1935

1935 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
First count
Social Credit James Popil 2,46542.68%
Liberal G. J. Hope1,53326.54%-4.10%
United Farmers John Russell Love 85714.84%-54.52%
United FrontL. Robbins5609.70%
Conservative G. G. Fowler3616.25%
Total5,776
Ballot transfer results
Social Credit James Popil 2,72957.07%
Liberal G. J. Hope2,05342.93%
No second choice994
Total4,782
Rejected, spoiled and declined222
Eligible electors / turnout7,42580.78%17.79%
Social Credit gain from United Farmers Swing -11.29%
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes.
As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality

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References

  1. "Election results for Sturgeon". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. "Territories Elections Ordinance; Province of Alberta". Vol VI No. 12. The Rocky Mountain Echo. October 30, 1905. p. 4.

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