Wainwright (provincial electoral district)
Wainwright was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 2004.[1]
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
District created | 1913 |
District abolished | 2004 |
First contested | 1913 |
Last contested | 2002 |
History
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Wainwright | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
See Alexandra electoral district from 1909-1913 and Vermilion electoral district from 1905-1913 |
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3rd | 1913–1917 | George LeRoy Hudson | Conservative | |
4th | 1917–1921 | |||
5th | 1921–1926 | John Russell Love | United Farmers | |
6th | 1926–1930 | |||
7th | 1930–1935 | |||
8th | 1935–1940 | William Masson | Social Credit | |
9th | 1940–1944 | |||
10th | 1944–1948 | |||
11th | 1948–1952 | |||
12th | 1952–1955 | |||
13th | 1955–1959 | Henry A. Ruste | ||
14th | 1959–1963 | |||
15th | 1963–1967 | |||
16th | 1967–1971 | |||
17th | 1971–1975 | |||
18th | 1975–1979 | Charles Stewart | Progressive Conservative | |
19th | 1979–1982 | |||
20th | 1982–1986 | Butch Fischer | ||
21st | 1986–1989 | |||
22nd | 1989–1993 | |||
23rd | 1993–1997 | |||
24th | 1997–2001 | |||
25th | 2001–2002 | |||
2002–2004 | Doug Griffiths | |||
See Battle River-Wainwright electoral district from 2004-2019 |
Election results
1913 general election
1913 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | George LeRoy Hudson | 711 | 53.62% | – | ||||
Liberal | Henry Yale Pawling | 615 | 46.38% | – | ||||
Total | 1,326 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 2,082 | 63.69% | – | |||||
Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1917 general election
1917 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | George LeRoy Hudson | Acclaimed | – | – | ||||
Total | N/A | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1921 general election
1921 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
United Farmers | John Russell Love | 1,877 | 57.77% | – | ||||
Liberal | Harcus Strachan | 913 | 28.10% | – | ||||
Conservative | George LeRoy Hudson | 459 | 14.13% | – | ||||
Total | 3,249 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 3,273 | 99.27% | – | |||||
United Farmers gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1926 general election
1926 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
United Farmers | John Russell Love | 1,609 | 61.27% | 3.50% | ||||
Conservative | George LeRoy Hudson | 1,017 | 38.73% | 24.60% | ||||
Total | 2,626 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 139 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 3,896 | 70.97% | -28.30% | |||||
United Farmers hold | Swing | -3.56% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1930 general election
1930 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | ±% | |||
United Farmers | John Russell Love | 1,446 | 46.63% | 1,564 | -14.64% | |||
Independent | Ernest A. Pitman | 1,005 | 32.41% | 1,254 | – | |||
Liberal | Stephen R. Bowerman | 650 | 20.96% | – | – | |||
Total | 3,101 | – | – | – | ||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 144 | – | – | – | ||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 4,333 | 74.89% | 3.92% | – | ||||
United Farmers hold | Swing | -4.16% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes. As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality. |
1935 general election
1935 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Social Credit | William Masson | 2,382 | 54.88% | – | ||||
Liberal | Peter Milne | 953 | 21.96% | 1.00% | ||||
United Farmers | H. L. Coursier | 811 | 18.69% | -27.94% | ||||
Conservative | Robert Smallwood | 194 | 4.47% | – | ||||
Total | 4,340 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 5,191 | 83.61% | 8.72% | |||||
Social Credit gain from United Farmers | Swing | 9.35% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1940 general election
1940 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | ±% | |||
Social Credit | William Masson | 2,296 | 43.23% | 2,583 | -11.65% | |||
Independent | N. P. Strachan | 1,611 | 30.33% | 2,169 | – | |||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Kenneth S. Tory | 1,039 | 19.56% | – | – | |||
Independent Progressive | Albert Lester Blue | 365 | 6.87% | – | – | |||
Total | 5,311 | – | – | – | ||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 189 | – | – | – | ||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 7,201 | 76.38% | -7.23% | – | ||||
Social Credit hold | Swing | -10.01% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes. As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality. |
1944 general election
1944 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Social Credit | William Masson | 2,939 | 65.71% | 22.47% | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | M. D. Meade | 1,300 | 29.06% | 9.50% | ||||
Labor–Progressive | R. Garneau | 234 | 5.23% | – | ||||
Total | 4,473 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 92 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 6,448 | 70.80% | -5.58% | |||||
Social Credit hold | Swing | 11.87% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1944 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1948 general election
1948 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Social Credit | William Masson | 2,877 | 62.58% | -3.12% | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Stewart Wright | 887 | 19.30% | -9.77% | ||||
Liberal | John Alexander Kelly | 833 | 18.12% | – | ||||
Total | 4,597 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 314 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 6,979 | 70.37% | -0.43% | |||||
Social Credit hold | Swing | 3.32% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1948 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1952 general election
1952 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Social Credit | William Masson | 2,578 | 58.75% | -3.83% | ||||
Liberal | John Davidson | 1,105 | 25.18% | 7.06% | ||||
Independent | Kenneth S. Tory | 705 | 16.07% | – | ||||
Total | 4,388 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 301 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 5,443 | 86.15% | 15.78% | |||||
Social Credit hold | Swing | -4.86% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1952 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1955 general election
1955 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Social Credit | Henry A. Ruste | 2,637 | 54.86% | -3.89% | ||||
Liberal | John M. Saville | 1,537 | 31.97% | 6.79% | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | James Jackson | 570 | 11.86% | – | ||||
Labor–Progressive | E. P. Taylor | 63 | 1.31% | – | ||||
Total | 4,807 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 548 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 7,434 | 72.03% | -14.11% | |||||
Social Credit hold | Swing | -5.34% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1955 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1959 general election
1959 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Social Credit | Henry A. Ruste | 3,465 | 72.28% | 17.42% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Donald Mills | 668 | 13.93% | – | ||||
Liberal | Henry D. Frizzell | 387 | 8.07% | – | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | John Wesley Connelly | 274 | 5.72% | -6.14% | ||||
Total | 4,794 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 10 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 7,283 | 65.96% | -6.07% | |||||
Social Credit hold | Swing | 17.73% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1963 general election
1963 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Social Credit | Henry A. Ruste | 3,465 | 76.66% | 4.38% | ||||
Liberal | John M. Saville | 668 | 14.78% | -6.71% | ||||
New Democratic | John Wesley Connelly | 387 | 8.56% | 2.82% | ||||
Total | 4,520 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 24 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 7,284 | 62.38% | -3.58% | |||||
Social Credit hold | Swing | 1.77% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1967 general election
1967 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Social Credit | Henry A. Ruste | 3,807 | 82.83% | 6.17% | ||||
New Democratic | Glenn Valleau | 789 | 17.17% | 8.61% | ||||
Total | 4,596 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 38 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 7,307 | 63.42% | 1.04% | |||||
Social Credit hold | Swing | 1.89% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1971 general election
1971 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Social Credit | Henry A. Ruste | 3,311 | 63.38% | -19.45% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Clifford Smallwood | 1,366 | 26.15% | – | ||||
New Democratic | Gary Luciow | 547 | 10.47% | -6.70% | ||||
Total | 5,224 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 28 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 7,272 | 72.22% | 8.80% | |||||
Social Credit hold | Swing | -14.22% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1975 general election
1975 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Charles Stewart | 3,039 | 59.00% | 32.85% | ||||
Social Credit | Bev Penman | 1,616 | 31.37% | -32.01% | ||||
New Democratic | Harold Tangen | 496 | 9.63% | -0.84% | ||||
Total | 5,151 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 8 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 7,291 | 70.76% | -1.46% | |||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | -4.80% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1979 general election
1979 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Charles Stewart | 3,489 | 56.47% | -2.52% | ||||
Social Credit | Keith Cornish | 2,103 | 34.04% | 2.67% | ||||
New Democratic | Alan Richards | 509 | 8.24% | -1.39% | ||||
Liberal | Sultan Tejani | 77 | 1.25% | – | ||||
Total | 6,178 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 8,660 | 71.34% | 0.58% | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -2.60% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1982 general election
1982 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert A. (Butch) Fischer | 4,589 | 61.78% | 5.31% | ||||
Western Canada Concept | Bill Veitch | 2,145 | 28.88% | – | ||||
New Democratic | Wes Connelly | 476 | 6.41% | -1.83% | ||||
Liberal | Joseph A. Vermette | 218 | 2.93% | 1.69% | ||||
Total | 7,428 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 12 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 9,766 | 76.18% | 4.84% | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 5.23% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1986 general election
1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert A. (Butch) Fischer | 4,244 | 68.56% | 6.78% | ||||
New Democratic | Willy Kelch | 1,106 | 17.87% | 11.46% | ||||
Western Canada Concept | Allen Abrassart | 475 | 7.67% | -21.20% | ||||
Liberal | Joseph A. Vermette | 365 | 5.90% | 2.96% | ||||
Total | 6,190 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 11 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 11,100 | 55.86% | -20.32% | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 8.90% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1989 general election
1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert A. (Butch) Fischer | 4,009 | 67.75% | -0.81% | ||||
New Democratic | Willy Kelch | 1,182 | 19.98% | 2.11% | ||||
Liberal | Joseph A. Vermette | 726 | 12.27% | 6.37% | ||||
Total | 5,917 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 19 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 10,801 | 54.96% | -0.91% | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -1.46% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1993 general election
1993 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert A. (Butch) Fischer | 5,294 | 54.80% | -12.96% | ||||
Liberal | Evangéline Forcier | 1,933 | 20.01% | 7.74% | ||||
Social Credit | Dale Trefz | 1,760 | 18.22% | – | ||||
New Democratic | Tom A. Samuel | 674 | 6.98% | -13.00% | ||||
Total | 9,661 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 16 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 15,882 | 60.93% | 5.97% | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -6.49% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
1997 general election
1997 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert A. (Butch) Fischer | 6,232 | 52.74% | -2.06% | ||||
Social Credit | Jerry D. Barber | 3,348 | 28.33% | 10.12% | ||||
Liberal | Ronald Williams | 1,568 | 13.27% | -6.74% | ||||
New Democratic | Lilas I. Lysne | 668 | 5.65% | -1.32% | ||||
Total | 11,816 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 29 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 19,756 | 59.96% | -0.97% | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -5.19% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
2001 general election
2001 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert A. (Butch) Fischer | 6,910 | 63.62% | 10.88% | ||||
Alberta First | Jerry D. Barber | 1,394 | 12.83% | – | ||||
Liberal | Ronald Williams | 1,269 | 11.68% | -1.59% | ||||
Independent | Jeff Newland | 868 | 7.99% | – | ||||
New Democratic | Lilas I. Lysne | 420 | 3.87% | -1.79% | ||||
Total | 10,861 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 16 | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 19,292 | 56.38% | -3.58% | |||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 13.19% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Wainwright Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
2002 by-election
Alberta provincial by-election, 2002 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Doug Griffiths | 2,924 | 44.6 | |||||
Alberta First | Jerry D. Barber | 1,695 | 25.9 | |||||
Liberal | Horst Schreiber | 1,114 | 17.0 | |||||
Social Credit | Robin Skitteral | 519 | 7.9 | |||||
New Democratic | Lilas Lysne | 227 | 3.5 | |||||
Green | Colleen Biggs | 73 | 1.1 | |||||
Turnout | 6,552 | 33.6 |
Plebiscite results
1957 liquor plebiscite
1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite results: Wainwright[2] | |||
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Question A: Do you approve additional types of outlets for the sale of beer, wine and spirituous liquor subject to a local vote? | |||
Ballot choice | Votes | % | |
No | 1,674 | 50.65% | |
Yes | 1,631 | 49.35% | |
Total votes | 3,305 | 100% | |
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 33 | ||
6,897 eligible electors, turnout 48.40% |
On October 30, 1957 a stand-alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive debate in the Legislature. The plebiscite was intended to deal with the growing demand for reforming antiquated liquor control laws.[3]
The plebiscite was conducted in two parts. Question A, asked in all districts, asked the voters if the sale of liquor should be expanded in Alberta, while Question B, asked in a handful of districts within the corporate limits of Calgary and Edmonton, asked if men and women were allowed to drink together in establishments.[2]
Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Wainwright was divided on the issue with the vote almost being a tie. The voter turnout in the district was light but still slightly above the province wide average of 46%.[2]
Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957.[2] The Social Credit government in power at the time did not consider the results binding.[4] However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act.[5]
Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the plebiscite such as Wainwright were designated Local Option Zones by the Alberta Liquor Control Board and considered effective dry zones. Business owners who wanted a license had to petition for a binding municipal plebiscite in order to be granted a license.[6]
See also
- Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Wainwright, Alberta a town in Alberta
References
- "Election results for Wainwright". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- Alberta Gazette. 53 (December 31 ed.). Government of Alberta. 1957. pp. 2, 247–2, 249.
- "Albertans Vote 2 to 1 For More Liquor Outlets". Vol L No 273. The Lethbridge Herald. October 31, 1957. pp. 1–2.
- "No Sudden Change In Alberta Drinking Habits Is Seen". Vol L No 267. The Lethbridge Herald. October 24, 1957. p. 1.
- "Entirely New Act On Liquor". Vol LI No 72. The Lethbridge Herald. March 5, 1968. p. 1.
- "Bill 81". Alberta Bills 12th Legislature 1st Session. Government of Alberta. 1958. p. 40.
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.