Acadia_(provincial_electoral_district)
Acadia (provincial electoral district)
Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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]
Quick Facts Alberta electoral district, Defunct provincial electoral district ...
 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 |
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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)
More information Members of the Legislative Assembly for Acadia, Assembly ...
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Acadia | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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1910s
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| 1913 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| 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. | ||||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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. | ||||||||
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1920s
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| 1921 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| 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. | ||||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 1926 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| 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. | ||||||||
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1930s
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| 1930 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| 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. | ||||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 1935 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| 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. | ||||||||
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- "Election results for Acadia". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- 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.