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Acadia (provincial electoral district)

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Acadia
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1913
District abolished1940
First contested1913
Last contested1935

Acadia was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1940.[1]

History

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The Acadia electoral district was formed from the Sedgewick electoral district prior to the 1913 Alberta general election. The Acadia electoral district would be abolished and the Acadia-Coronation electoral district would be formed in its place prior to the 1940 Alberta general election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Acadia
Assembly Years Member Party
See Sedgewick electoral district from 1909-1913
3rd  1913–1917     John McColl Liberal
4th  1917–1921
5th  1921–1926     Lorne Proudfoot United Farmers
6th  1926–1930
7th  1930–1935
8th  1935–1940     Norman B. James Social Credit
See Acadia-Coronation electoral district from 1940-1963

Election results

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1910s

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1913 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal John McColl 637 56.27%
Conservative W. D. Bentley 495 43.73%
Total 1,132 –
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1917 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John McColl 1,842 48.22% -8.05%
Conservative E. Gordon Jonah 1,229 32.17% -11.56%
Independent Lorne Proudfoot 749 19.61% –
Total 3,820 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A – –
Eligible electors / turnout N/A N/A –
Liberal hold Swing 1.75%
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia 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 % ±%
United Farmers Lorne Proudfoot 3,106 77.42% –
Liberal James C. Cottrell 906 22.58% -25.64%
Total 4,012 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A – –
Eligible electors / turnout 5,800 69.17% –
United Farmers gain from Liberal Swing 19.39%
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1926 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Farmers Lorne Proudfoot 2,056 66.65% -10.77%
Conservative J. P. Kerr 627 20.32% –
Liberal Geo. Campbell 402 13.03% -9.55%
Total 3,085 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A – –
Eligible electors / turnout 4,253 72.54% –
United Farmers hold Swing -4.26%
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia 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 Lorne Proudfoot 2,103 71.87% 5.23%
Independent J. W. Robinson 823 28.13% –
Total 2,926 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 75 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 4,041 74.26% –
United Farmers hold Swing -1.29%
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1935 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Norman B. James 1,834 66.67% –
United Farmers Lorne Proudfoot 628 22.83% -49.04%
Liberal F. W. Beynon 289 10.51% –
Total 2,751 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 85 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 3,142 90.26% –
Social Credit gain from United Farmers Swing 0.05%
Source(s)
Source: "Acadia Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Election results for Acadia". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

Further reading

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