Strathcona Centre

Strathcona Centre 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.[1]

Strathcona Centre
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1959
District abolished1971
First contested1959
Last contested1967

History

It was created in 1959 after the Edmonton district was broken up into ridings.

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 East, Strathcona West and Jasper West.

In 1971 the riding was split, the west part became the north part of Edmonton-Whitemud with a small portion to Edmonton-Parkallen, and the east part became Edmonton-Strathcona.

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     Joseph Donovan Ross Social Credit
15th  1963–1967
16th  1967–1971
See Edmonton-Whitemud electoral district from 1971-Present,
Edmonton-Parkallen electoral district from 1971-1993
and Edmonton-Strathcona electoral district from 1971-Present

Election results

1959 general election
1959 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditJoseph Donovan Ross4,56454.16%–
Progressive ConservativePat Walsh2,22626.42%–
LiberalLeslie M. Lyons1,21514.42%–
Co-operative CommonwealthKeith Wright4225.01%–
Total 8,427––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 54––
Eligible electors / turnout 14,35159.10%–
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona-Centre 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 CreditJoseph Donovan Ross5,23258.71%4.55%
LiberalIan Nicoll2,41827.13%12.71%
New DemocraticHarry J. Strynadka1,26214.16%9.15%
Total 8,912––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 48––
Eligible electors / turnout 17,34551.66%-7.44%
Social Credit hold Swing 1.92%
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona-Centre 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 CreditJoseph Donovan Ross4,05240.66%-18.05%
Progressive ConservativeLarry Boddy2,49325.02%–
LiberalIan Nicoll1,79418.00%-9.13%
New DemocraticGordon E. Weese1,62716.33%2.16%
Total 9,966––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 38––
Eligible electors / turnout 16,75059.73%8.07%
Social Credit hold Swing -7.97%
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona-Centre Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

References
  1. "Election results for Strathcona Centre". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

Further reading

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