Sturgeon (provincial electoral district)

Coordinates: 54°00′N 113°30′W / 54.0°N 113.5°W / 54.0; -113.5
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Sturgeon
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1905
District abolished1940
First contested1905
Last contested1935

Sturgeon was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1940.[1]

History[edit]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)[edit]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sturgeon
Assembly Years Member Party
1st  1905–1909     John Robert Boyle Liberal
2nd  1909–1913
3rd  1913–1917
4th  1917–1921
5th  1921–1926     Samuel Allen Carson United Farmers
6th  1926–1930
7th  1930–1935
8th  1935–1940     James Popil Social Credit
See Redwater electoral district from 1940 to 1971
and St. Albert electoral district from 1940-present

Election results[edit]

1905[edit]

Returning Officer[2]
Francis B. Webb
1905 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Robert Boyle 625 67.13%
Conservative Frank Knight 306 32.87%
Total 931
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 939 99.15%
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1909[edit]

1909 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Robert Boyle Acclaimed
Total N/A
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout N/A N/A
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1912 by-election[edit]

Alberta provincial by-election, May 27, 1912
Ministerial by-election upon John Robert Boyle's appointment as Minister of Education
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Robert Boyle 1,173 66.08%
Conservative A. W. Taylor 602 33.92%
Total 1,775
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout N/A N/A
Liberal hold Swing
Source(s)
"By-elections". elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

1913[edit]

1913 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Robert Boyle 936 62.73%
Conservative James Hyndman 556 37.27%
Total 1,492
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 2,134 69.92% N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1917[edit]

1917 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Robert Boyle 1,546 47.19% -15.54%
Conservative J. Sutherland 1,212 37.00% -0.27%
Independent H. Mickleson 518 15.81%
Total 3,276
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 3,505 93.47% N/A
Liberal hold Swing -7.64%
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1921[edit]

1921 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Farmers Samuel Allen Carson 2,815 59.09%
Liberal John Robert Boyle 1,949 40.91% -6.28%
Total 4,764
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 6,299 75.63% -17.94%
United Farmers gain from Liberal Swing 3.99%
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1926[edit]

1926 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Farmers Samuel Allen Carson 2,556 62.99% 3.90%
Liberal G. J. Hope 1,154 28.44% -12.47%
Conservative J. E. Holmes 348 8.58%
Total 4,058
Rejected, spoiled and declined 269
Eligible electors / turnout 6,264 69.08% -6.55%
United Farmers hold Swing 8.19%
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1930[edit]

1930 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Farmers Samuel Allen Carson 2,556 69.36% 6.38%
Liberal John Kuzek 1,129 30.64% 2.20%
Total 3,685
Rejected, spoiled and declined 157
Eligible electors / turnout 6,099 62.99% -6.08%
United Farmers hold Swing 2.09%
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1935[edit]

1935 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
First count
Social Credit James Popil 2,465 42.68%
Liberal G. J. Hope 1,533 26.54% -4.10%
United Farmers John Russell Love 857 14.84% -54.52%
United Front L. Robbins 560 9.70%
Conservative G. G. Fowler 361 6.25%
Total 5,776
Ballot transfer results
Social Credit James Popil 2,729 57.07%
Liberal G. J. Hope 2,053 42.93%
No second choice 994
Total 4,782
Rejected, spoiled and declined 222
Eligible electors / turnout 7,425 80.78% 17.79%
Social Credit gain from United Farmers Swing -11.29%
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes.
As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Election results for Sturgeon". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "Territories Elections Ordinance; Province of Alberta". Vol VI No. 12. The Rocky Mountain Echo. October 30, 1905. p. 4.

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