Clearwater 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 1913 to 1926.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1913 |
| District abolished | 1926 |
| First contested | 1913 |
| Last contested | 1921 |
History
editThe district was controversial because it had only 74 enumerated people when it was created under the 1913 redistribution. It was the smallest district in terms of population in Alberta history. After Joseph State died in 1924, the United Farmers government was facing a possible by-election in the district. The government decided to redistribute the riding and drop the seat from the Assembly. The riding was divided up between Pembina, Lac Ste. Anne and Peace River.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
edit| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Clearwater | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 3rd | 1913–1917 | Henry William McKenney | Liberal | |
| 4th | 1917–1921 | Joseph State | ||
| 5th | 1921–1926 | |||
| See Pembina electoral district from 1909-1971 Lac Ste. Anne electoral district from 1909-1971 and Peace River electoral district from 1926-1971 |
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Election results
edit1913
edit| 1913 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Henry William McKenney | 40 | 38.83% | |||||
| Conservative | A. Williamson Taylor | 39 | 37.86% | |||||
| Socialist | Joseph Andrew Clarke | 24 | 23.30% | |||||
| Total | 103 | – | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Clearwater Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1917
edit| 1917 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph State | 188 | 64.38% | 25.55% | ||||
| Conservative | R. M. Frith | 104 | 35.62% | -2.25% | ||||
| Total | 292 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 407 | 71.74% | – | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | 13.90% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Clearwater Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1921
edit| 1921 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph State | 234 | 41.94% | -22.45% | ||||
| Liberal | O. T. Lee | 147 | 26.34% | -38.04% | ||||
| Independent | R. G. Campbell | 117 | 20.97% | – | ||||
| Independent | S. W. Chambers | 60 | 10.75% | – | ||||
| Total | 558 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 709 | 78.70% | +6.96% | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -6.59% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Clearwater Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Election results for Clearwater". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly Act chapter 35". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 1924. pp. 371–373.
Further reading
edit- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
External links
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