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

Coronation was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1926 under the First Past the Post voting system and under Single Transferable Vote from 1926 to 1940.[1]

Electoral district history

The Coronation electoral district was created prior to the 1913 Alberta general election from a portion of the Sedgewick electoral district. The Coronation electoral district was re-distributed prior to the 1940 Alberta general election, the area the district covered was merged with Acadia to form the riding of Acadia-Coronation.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

The first representative for the district, Liberal Frank H. Whiteside was killed in September 1916, no by-election was held to fill the seat.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Coronation
Assembly Years Member Party
See Sedgewick electoral district from 1909-1913
3rd  1913–1916     Frank H. Whiteside Liberal
4th  1917–1921     William Wallace Wilson Conservative
5th  1921–1926     George Norman Johnston United Farmers
6th  1926–1930
7th  1930–1935
8th  1935–1940 Glenville L. MacLachlan
See Acadia-Coronation electoral district from 1940-1963

Election results

1913

1913 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frank H. Whiteside 739 51.61% –
Conservative William Wallace Wilson 693 48.39% –
Total 1,432 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A – –
Eligible electors / turnout 2,592 55.25% –
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Coronation Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1917

1917 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Wallace Wilson 1,782 53.08% 4.69%
Liberal Harry S. Northwood 1,575 46.92% -4.69%
Total 3,357 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A – –
Eligible electors / turnout 5,531 N/A –
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 1.48%
Source(s)
Source: "Coronation Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1921

1921 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Farmers George Norman Johnston 3736 79.56% –
Liberal Arthur M. Day 945 20.12% -16.80%
Total 4,696 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A – –
Eligible electors / turnout 6,256 75.06% –
United Farmers gain from Conservative Swing 16.80%
Source(s)
Source: "Coronation Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1926

1926 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Farmers George Norman Johnston 2,387 62.32% -17.24%
Liberal Arthur M. Day 945 24.67% 4.55%
Conservative A. O. Thomas 498 13.00% –
Total 3,830 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 238 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 5,130 79.30% –
United Farmers hold Swing -10.90%
Source(s)
Source: "Coronation Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1930

1930 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Farmers George Norman Johnston 2,084 51.24% -11.08%
Independent Arthur M. Day 1,983 48.76% –
Total 4,067 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 156 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 5,248 80.47% –
United Farmers hold Swing -17.58%
Source(s)
Source: "Coronation Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1935

1935 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Glenville L. MacLachlan 2,674 64.54% –
United Farmers C. C. Wager 844 20.37% -30.87%
Liberal Robert Densmore 625 15.09% –
Total 4,143 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 120 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 4,876 87.43% –
Social Credit gain from United Farmers Swing 20.84%
Source(s)
Source: "Coronation Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Election results for Coronation". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. ^ Bradley, Jim (Autumn 2010). "Frank Whiteside: journalist, politician, murder victim". Alberta History. 58 (4): 18–24. ISSN 0316-1552. Gale A242015597.

Further reading

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