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Strathcona West

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

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]

History

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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)

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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

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1959

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1959 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Social Credit Randolph McKinnon 3,639 41.63%
Progressive Conservative Eric Duggan 2,683 30.69%
Liberal Frank Edwards 1,982 22.67%
Co-operative Commonwealth H. Douglas Trace 423 5.01%
Total 8,742 –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 15 –
Eligible electors / turnout 13,355 65.46%
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

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1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Randolph McKinnon 5,029 47.47% 6.84%
Liberal Arthur Crossley 2,557 24.14% 1.47%
Progressive Conservative Arnold Lane 1,863 17.59% -13.10%
New Democratic George Field 936 10.80% 5.79%
Total 10,594 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 209 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 17,738 59.72% –
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

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1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Don Getty 6,764 48.39% 31.10%
Social Credit Randolph McKinnon 5,153 36.87% -10.60%
New Democratic Frank Kuzemski 1,115 7.98% -2.82%
Liberal Edmund Leger 890 6.37% -17.77%
Total 13,978 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 56 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 19,880 70.31% –
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.

See also

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References

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  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.

Further reading

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