Ribstone was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1913 to 1940.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1913 |
| District abolished | 1940 |
| First contested | 1913 |
| Last contested | 1935 |
Ribstone is named for the Hamlet of Ribstone, Alberta.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
edit| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Ribstone | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Sedgewick electoral district from 1909-1913 | ||||
| 3rd | 1913–1917 | James Gray Turgeon | Liberal | |
| 4th | 1917–1921 | |||
| 5th | 1921–1926 | Charles O. Wright | United Farmers | |
| 6th | 1926–1930 | William George Farquharson | ||
| 7th | 1930–1935 | |||
| 8th | 1935–1940 | Albert Lester Blue | Social Credit | |
| See Wainwright electoral district from 1940-2004 and Acadia-Coronation electoral district from 1940-1963 |
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Electoral history
edit1913
edit| 1913 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | James Gray Turgeon | 669 | 55.56% | 0.00% | ||||
| Conservative | William John Blair | 535 | 44.44% | 0.00% | ||||
| Total | 1,204 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Ribstone Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1917
edit| 1917 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | James Gray Turgeon | Acclaimed | – | – | ||||
| Total | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Ribstone Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. One of eleven Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta acclaimed under The Elections Act Section 38, which stipulated that any member of the 3rd Alberta Legislative Assembly would be guaranteed re-election, with no contest held, if the member joined for wartime service in the First World War. An Act amending The Election Act respecting Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active Service., SA 1917, c. 38 | ||||||||
1921
edit| 1921 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Charles O. Wright | 2,192 | 70.69% | – | ||||
| Liberal | James Gray Turgeon | 909 | 29.31% | – | ||||
| Total | 3,101 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| United Farmers gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Ribstone Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1926
edit| 1926 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | William George Farquharson | 1,524 | 62.72% | -7.97% | ||||
| Liberal | Allen Johnstone | 622 | 25.60% | -3.72% | ||||
| Conservative | E.C. Tregale | 284 | 11.69% | – | ||||
| Total | 2,430 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 215 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 3,767 | 70.22% | – | |||||
| United Farmers hold | Swing | -2.13% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Ribstone Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1930
edit| 1930 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | William George Farquharson | 1,672 | 60.14% | -2.57% | ||||
| Liberal | James Lees | 837 | 30.11% | 4.51% | ||||
| Conservative | Daniel Glockzin | 271 | 9.75% | -1.94% | ||||
| Total | 2,780 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 157 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 4,093 | 71.76% | – | |||||
| United Farmers hold | Swing | -3.54% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Ribstone Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1935
edit| 1935 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Albert Lester Blue | 2,684 | 71.16% | – | ||||
| Liberal | R.M. Lee | 589 | 15.62% | -14.49% | ||||
| United Farmers | William George Farquharson | 499 | 13.23% | -46.91% | ||||
| Total | 3,772 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 117 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 4,455 | 87.30% | – | |||||
| Social Credit gain from United Farmers | Swing | 12.75% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Ribstone Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
edit- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Ribstone, Alberta, a hamlet in eastern Alberta
References
edit- ^ "Election results for Ribstone". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
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.