North Calgary

North Calgary 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 1913 to 1921.[1]

North Calgary
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1913
District abolished1921
First contested1913
Last contested1917

North Calgary history

Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for North Calgary[3]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary electoral district from 1905-1913
3rd 1913–1917 Samuel Hillocks Conservative
4th 1917–1920 William Davidson Independent
1920–1921 Vacant
See Calgary electoral district from 1921-1959

Electoral history

The electoral district was created in 1913 as part of a contentious boundary redistribution that saw the Calgary provincial electoral district broken up into three single member constituencies, the other two being South Calgary and Centre Calgary. Conservative candidates won all three districts that year on a wave of anti Liberal support in the city as electors were unhappy with Premier Arthur Sifton.

Calgary North would swing to the Liberal column in the 1917 general election as incumbent Samuel Hillocks was defeated by star candidate journalist William Davidson. The electoral district would be abolished in 1921 as Calgary was reconstituted into a five-member district.

Election results

1913 general election

1913 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeSamuel Bacon Hillocks1,48257.89%
LiberalGeorge Henry Ross82232.11%
SocialistHarry Roderick Burge25610.00%
Total 2,560
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 4,25860.12%
Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-North Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1917 general election

1917 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalWilliam McCartney Davidson2,70154.72%22.61%
ConservativeSamuel Bacon Hillocks2,23545.28%-12.61%
Total 4,936
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 7,71264.00%3.88%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing -8.17%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-North Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

References

  1. "Election results for Calgary (North)". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. "2". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 1913. pp. 29–30.
  3. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-20.

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