Beaver River (provincial electoral district)

Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada

Beaver River Alberta electoral district

Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature| Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created| 1913
District abolished| 1952
First contested| 1913
Last contested| 1948

Beaver River was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1952.[1] It was created in 1913 from the western half of Pakan, and abolished in 1952 when it and the northern parts of Athabasca were replaced by Lac La Biche.

From 1924 to 1952, the district used instant-runoff voting to elect its MLA.[2]

## Representation history

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Beaver River  Assembly  | Years  | Member  | Party

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See Pakan 1909-1913
3rd | 1913–1917  |  | Wilfrid Gariépy | Liberal
4th | 1917–1921
5th | 1921–1926  | Joseph Dechêne
6th | 1926–1930  |  | John Delisle | United Farmers
7th | 1930–1935  |  | Henry Dakin | Liberal
8th | 1935–1940  |  | Lucien Maynard | Social Credit
9th | 1940–1944
10th | 1944–1948
11th | 1948–1952  | Harry Lobay
See Lac La Biche 1952-1971

Beaver River's first MLA was Liberal Wilfrid Gariépy, a Quebec-born settler whose residency would be the subject of controversy toward the end of his second term. He did not run for a third, choosing instead to return to Trois-Rivières. Liberal Joseph Dechêne won the riding in 1921, but would go on to defeat in 1926. He later became MLA for neighbouring St. Paul.

John Delisle picked Beaver River up for the United Farmers of Alberta, serving only one term. In the 1930 election, a judicial recount declared him narrowly defeated by Liberal Henry Dakin, who would also serve only one term.

In the 1935 Social Credit sweep, Lucien Maynard won Beaver River by a landslide. He easily won re-election twice more, retiring for the 1948 election.

Social Credit kept the riding, with Harry Lobay narrowly beating his Liberal challenger and serving out the riding's last term. It was replaced in 1952, but Lobay would go on to serve another term as MLA for the new riding of Lac La Biche.

## Election results

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### 1910s

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1913 Alberta general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | Wilfrid Gariépy | 457 | 61.67%
| Conservative | Ambrose Gray | 284 | 38.33%
Total  | 741
| Liberal pickup new district.

Source(s)

Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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Alberta provincial by-election, December 15, 1913
Ministerial by-election upon appointment as Minister of Municipal Affairs

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Wilfrid Gariépy | Acclaimed | - | -
Total  | N/A | - | -
Rejected, spoiled and declined  | N/A | - | -
Eligible electors / turnout  | N/A | N/A | -
| Liberal hold | Swing | -

Source(s)

"By-elections". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

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1917 Alberta general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Wilfrid Gariépy | 1,134 | 64.07% | 2.39%
| Conservative | Ambrose Gray | 636 | 35.93% | -2.39%
Total  | 1,770 | - | -
Rejected, spoiled and declined  | N/A | - | -
Eligible electors / turnout  | 2,689 | 65.82% | -
| Liberal hold | Swing | 2.39%

Source(s)

Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

### 1920s

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1921 Alberta general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Joseph Miville Dechêne | 1,560 | 62.33% | -1.74%
| United Farmers | H. Montambault | 943 | 37.67% | -
Total  | 2,503 | - | -
Rejected, spoiled and declined  | N/A | - | -
Eligible electors / turnout  | 3,510 | 71.31% | -
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.74%

Source(s)

Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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1926 Alberta general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| United Farmers | John Delisle | 1,168 | 54.15% | 16.47%
| Liberal | Joseph Miville Dechêne | 989 | 45.85% | -16.47%
Total  | 2,157 | - | -
Rejected, spoiled and declined  | N/A | - | -
Eligible electors / turnout  | 3,370 | 64.01% | -
| United Farmers gain from Liberal | Swing | -8.18%

Source(s)

Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

### 1930s

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1930 Alberta general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| United Farmers | John Delisle | 1,028 | 48.13% | -6.02%
| Liberal | Henry H. Dakin | 1,021 | 47.80% | 1.95%
| Independent | Luc Lebel | 87 | 4.07% | -
Total  | 2,136 | - | -
Rejected, spoiled and declined  | 119 | - | -
Eligible electors / turnout  | 3,431 | 65.72% | -
| Liberal gain | Swing | 21.95%

Source(s)

Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Totals and swing for 1930 are based on the initial count; a judicial recount sided in favour of Dakin.

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1935 Alberta general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Social Credit | Lucien Maynard | 1,751 | 53.96% | -
| Liberal | Henry H. Dakin | 775 | 23.88% | -21.97%
| United Farmers | John Delisle | 572 | 17.63% | -36.52%
| Conservative | Walter Allen | 147 | 4.53% | -
Total  | 3,245 | - | -
Rejected, spoiled and declined  | N/A | - | -
Eligible electors / turnout  | 4,857 | 66.81% | -
| Social Credit gain from  | Swing | -11.06%

Source(s)

Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

### 1940s

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1940 Alberta general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Social Credit | Lucien Maynard | 2,555 | 57.06% | -
| Independent Liberal | A. Crowther | 1,136 | 25.37% | -
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Hannochko | 669 | 14.94% | -
| Independent Farmer | J. Bibby | 118 | 2.64% | -
Total  | 4,478 | - | -
Rejected, spoiled and declined  | 201 | - | -
Eligible electors / turnout  | 6,646 | 70.40% | -
| Social Credit hold | Swing | 0.81%

Source(s)

Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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1944 Alberta general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Social Credit | Lucien Maynard | 2,747 | 60.57% | 3.51%
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Hannochko | 1,403 | 30.94% | 16.00%
| Labor–Progressive | Stanley Dumka | 385 | 8.49% | -
Total  | 4,535 | - | -
Rejected, spoiled and declined  | 159 | - | -
Eligible electors / turnout  | 6,757 | 69.47% | -
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -1.03%

Source(s)

Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1944 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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1948 Alberta general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
First count
| Social Credit | Harry Lobay | 1,992 | 41.05% | -19.52%
| Liberal | Cecil Belleville | 1,579 | 32.54% | -
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Hannochko | 1,282 | 26.42% | -4.52%
Total  | 4,853 | - | -
Ballot transfer results
| Social Credit | Harry Lobay | 2,117 | 55.49% | 14.44%
| Liberal | Cecil Belleville | 1,698 | 44.51% | -
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Hannochko | Eliminated | - | -
Total  | 3,815 | - | -
Rejected, spoiled and declined  | 265 | - | -
Eligible electors / turnout  | 7,423 | 68.95% | -
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -26.03%

Source(s)

Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1948 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

Overall swing is based on first count. Second-round swing reflects increase in vote share from the first count.

## See also

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* List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
* Canadian provincial electoral districts
* Beaver River, a river in east-central Alberta and central Saskatchewan
* Beaver River, Alberta, a community in central Alberta

## References

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1. ^ "Election results for Beaver River". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
2. ^ A Report on Alberta Elections, 1905-1982

## Further reading

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* 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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North|

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South|

* Airdrie
* Airdrie-Chestermere
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* Banff
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* Bow Valley
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* Cardston
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* Chestermere-Rocky View
* Claresholm
* Cochrane
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* Empress
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* High River
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* Little Bow
* Macleod
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* Nanton
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* Okotoks
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* Pincher Creek
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