Strathcona West

Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada

Strathcona West Alberta electoral district

Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature| Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created| 1959
District abolished| 1971
First contested| 1959
Last contested| 1967

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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* List of Alberta provincial electoral districts

## 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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* 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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