Clearwater (provincial electoral district)

Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada

Clearwater Alberta electoral district

Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature| Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created| 1913
District abolished| 1926
First contested| 1913
Last contested| 1921

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]

## History

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The 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 redistributed the riding and dropped 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)

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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

## Election results

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### 1913

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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

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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

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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

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* Rotten borough
* List of Alberta provincial electoral districts

## References

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1. ^ "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)
2. ^ "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

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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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* Elections Alberta
* The Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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