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Hand Hills-Acadia 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 1963 to 1971.[1] It was formed prior to the 1963 Alberta general election from the previous electoral district of Hand Hills.
 Alberta electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1963 |
| District abolished | 1971 |
| First contested | 1963 |
| Last contested | 1967 |
The electoral district took its name from Hand Hills.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Hand Hills-Acadia | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Hand Hills electoral district from 1913-1963 | ||||
| 15th | 1963–1967 | Clinton Keith French | Social Credit | |
| 16th | 1967–1971 | |||
| See Drumheller electoral district from 1971-1997 and Hanna-Oyen from 1971-1979 |
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Election results
1963 general election
| 1963 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Clinton Keith French | 3,215 | 61.98% | – | ||||
| Independent | Lyal Alex. Curry | 1,972 | 38.02% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,187 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 18 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 7,410 | 70.24% | – | |||||
| Social Credit pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Hand Hills-Acadia Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1967 general election
| 1967 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Clinton Keith French | 2,675 | 50.29% | -11.69% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Cross | 2,140 | 40.23% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Ralph G. Jorgenson | 504 | 9.48% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,319 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 13 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 7,102 | 75.08% | – | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -6.95% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Hand Hills-Acadia Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Hand Hills, a range of hills in Alberta
- Acadia, Alberta, a rural municipality in Alberta
References
- "Election results for Hand Hills-Acadia". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
- Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 61.
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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