Strathcona West

Strathcona West 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]

Strathcona West
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1959
District abolished1971
First contested1959
Last contested1967

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
Assembly Years Member Party
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 general election
1959 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Social CreditRandolph McKinnon3,63941.63%
Progressive ConservativeEric Duggan2,68330.69%
LiberalFrank Edwards1,98222.67%
Co-operative CommonwealthH. Douglas Trace4235.01%
Total 8,742–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 15–
Eligible electors / Turnout 13,35565.46%
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 general election
1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditRandolph McKinnon5,02947.47%6.84%
LiberalArthur Crossley2,55724.14%1.47%
Progressive ConservativeArnold Lane1,86317.59%-13.10%
New DemocraticGeorge Field93610.80%5.79%
Total 10,594––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 209––
Eligible electors / Turnout 17,73859.72%–
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 general election
1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDon Getty6,76448.39%31.10%
Social CreditRandolph McKinnon5,15336.87%-10.60%
New DemocraticFrank Kuzemski1,1157.98%-2.82%
LiberalEdmund Leger8906.37%-17.77%
Total 13,978––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 56––
Eligible electors / Turnout 19,88070.31%–
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.

Also see

References
  1. "Election results for Strathcona West". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

Further reading

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