Strathcona East

Strathcona Centre

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1959
District abolished	1971
First contested	1959
Last contested	1969

Strathcona East 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 1959 to 1971.

History

The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of Calgary and Edmonton standardized the voting system back to First Past the Post. From 1926 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton members were elected by Single Transferable Vote. The rest of the province had the option of how to count ballots. The redistribution created nine ridings in Edmonton. The other eight ridings were Edmonton Centre, Edmonton North, Edmonton Norwood, Edmonton North East, Edmonton North West, Strathcona West, Strathcona Centre and Jasper West.

In 1971 the riding was split between Edmonton-Gold Bar and Edmonton-Ottewell.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Strathcona Centre
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Edmonton electoral district from 1921-1959
14th	1959–1963		Ernest C. Manning	Social Credit
15th	1963–1967
16th	1967–1969
	1969–1971		William Yurko	Progressive Conservative
See Edmonton-Gold Bar electoral district from 1971-Present and Edmonton-Whitemud electoral district from 1971-Present

Election results

1959 general election

1959 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Ernest C. Manning	7,337	49.72%	–
	Progressive Conservative	James E. Simpson	3,812	25.83%	–
	Liberal	George Johnson	2,610	17.69%	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hugh Smith	999	6.77%	–
Total			14,758	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			29	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			22,953	64.42%	–
	Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Strathcona-East Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1963 general election

1963 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Ernest C. Manning	6,842	53.37%	3.66%
	Progressive Conservative	Oscar H. Kruger	2,630	20.52%	-5.31%
	Liberal	James A. Cox	1,890	14.74%	-2.94%
	New Democratic	Dennis A. Wood	1,457	11.37%	4.60%
Total			12,819	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			37	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			24,017	53.53%	-10.89%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		4.49%
Source(s) Source: "Strathcona-East 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	Ernest C. Manning	6,314	49.89%	-3.49%
	Progressive Conservative	C. Jack Thorpe	2,976	23.51%	3.00%
	New Democratic	Ray Field	1,909	15.08%	3.72%
	Liberal	Percy Marshall	1,458	11.52%	-3.22%
Total			12,657	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			46	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			19,282	65.88%	12.35%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-3.24%
Source(s) Source: "Strathcona-East Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1969 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, February 10, 1969 Following the resignation of Ernest C. Manning on December 11, 1968
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	William Yurko	3,782	45.65%	24.14%
	Social Credit	W. Johnson	3,339	40.31%	-9.58%
	Liberal	Percy Marshall	771	9.31%	-2.21%
	New Democratic	G. Allen	392	4.73%	-10.35%
Total			8,284	–	–
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			–	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			–	–	–
	Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit		Swing		+5.30
Source(s) "By-elections". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2020-03-12.

By-Election Reasons

• February 10, 1969—Resignation of Ernest Manning.

See also

• Alberta provincial electoral districts

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 25 May 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta