Calgary Victoria Park was a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1967 to 1971.[1][2]
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1967 |
| District abolished | 1970 |
| First contested | 1967 |
| Last contested | 1967 |
The riding existed for four years and would be contested once for the 1967 election. After which the Alberta Legislature passed the 1970 An Act to amend The Election Act and The Legislative Assembly Act to redraw provincial electoral districts. Calgary Centre and Calgary Victoria Park were split between Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Mountain View, Calgary-Bow, Calgary-Millican and Calgary-North Hill.[2]
The riding was named after the community of Victoria Park.[3]
Election Results 1967
edit| 1967 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | David John Russell | 4,796 | 43.33% | |||||
| Social Credit | Art Davis | 3,956 | 35.74% | |||||
| New Democratic | Ted Takacs | 1,229 | 11.10% | |||||
| Liberal | Reginald J. Gibbs | 1,088 | 9.83% | |||||
| Total | 11,069 | – | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 78 | – | ||||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 17,982 | 61.99% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Victoria Park Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Election results for Calgary Victoria Park". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ a b The Election Act, RSA 1970, c. C-117
- ^ "Nomenclature of Victoria Park". www.victoriapark.wa.gov.au. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
Further reading
edit- 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.