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Coronation was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1926 under the First Past the Post voting system and under Single Transferable Vote from 1926 to 1940.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1913 |
| District abolished | 1940 |
| First contested | 1913 |
| Last contested | 1935 |
Electoral district history
The Coronation electoral district was created prior to the 1913 Alberta general election from a portion of the Sedgewick electoral district. The Coronation electoral district was re-distributed prior to the 1940 Alberta general election, the area the district covered was merged with Acadia to form the riding of Acadia-Coronation.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
The first representative for the district, Liberal Frank H. Whiteside was killed in September 1916, no by-election was held to fill the seat.[2]
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Coronation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Sedgewick electoral district from 1909-1913 | ||||
| 3rd | 1913–1916 | Frank H. Whiteside | Liberal | |
| 4th | 1917–1921 | William Wallace Wilson | Conservative | |
| 5th | 1921–1926 | George Norman Johnston | United Farmers | |
| 6th | 1926–1930 | |||
| 7th | 1930–1935 | |||
| 8th | 1935–1940 | Glenville L. MacLachlan | ||
| See Acadia-Coronation electoral district from 1940-1963 | ||||
Election results
1913 general election
| 1913 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Frank H. Whiteside | 739 | 51.61% | – | ||||
| Conservative | William Wallace Wilson | 693 | 48.39% | – | ||||
| Total | 1,432 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 2,592 | 55.25% | – | |||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Coronation Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1917 general election
| 1917 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | William Wallace Wilson | 1,782 | 53.08% | 4.69% | ||||
| Liberal | Harry S. Northwood | 1,575 | 46.92% | -4.69% | ||||
| Total | 3,357 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 5,531 | N/A | – | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | 1.48% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Coronation Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1921 general election
| 1921 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | George Norman Johnston | 3736 | 79.56% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Arthur M. Day | 945 | 20.12% | -16.80% | ||||
| Total | 4,696 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 6,256 | 75.06% | – | |||||
| United Farmers gain from Conservative | Swing | 16.80% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Coronation Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1926 general election
| 1926 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | George Norman Johnston | 2,387 | 62.32% | -17.24% | ||||
| Liberal | Arthur M. Day | 945 | 24.67% | 4.55% | ||||
| Conservative | A. O. Thomas | 498 | 13.00% | – | ||||
| Total | 3,830 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 238 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 5,130 | 79.30% | – | |||||
| United Farmers hold | Swing | -10.90% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Coronation Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1930 general election
| 1930 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | George Norman Johnston | 2,084 | 51.24% | -11.08% | ||||
| Independent | Arthur M. Day | 1,983 | 48.76% | – | ||||
| Total | 4,067 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 156 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 5,248 | 80.47% | – | |||||
| United Farmers hold | Swing | -17.58% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Coronation Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1935 general election
| 1935 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Glenville L. MacLachlan | 2,674 | 64.54% | – | ||||
| United Farmers | C. C. Wager | 844 | 20.37% | -30.87% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Densmore | 625 | 15.09% | – | ||||
| Total | 4,143 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 120 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 4,876 | 87.43% | – | |||||
| Social Credit gain from United Farmers | Swing | 20.84% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Coronation Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Coronation, Alberta, a town in east-central Alberta, Canada, within the County of Paintearth No. 18
References
- "Election results for Coronation". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- Bradley, Jim (Autumn 2010). "Frank Whiteside: journalist, politician, murder victim". Alberta History. 58 (4): 18–24. ISSN 0316-1552. Gale A242015597.
Further reading
- 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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See also: Elections in Canada | |
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