Hand Hills-Acadia
Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Hand Hills-Acadia 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 election system from 1963 to 1971.[1] It was formed prior to the 1963 Alberta general election from the previous electoral district of Hand Hills. The electoral district took its name from the Hand Hills.[2]
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1963
District abolished1971
First contested1963
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1963 |
| District abolished | 1971 |
| First contested | 1963 |
| Last contested | 1967 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Hand Hills-Acadia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Hand Hills electoral district from 1913-1963 | ||||
| 15th | 1963–1967 | Clinton Keith French | Social Credit | |
| 16th | 1967–1971 | |||
| See Drumheller electoral district from 1971-1997 and Hanna-Oyen from 1971-1979 |
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Election results
1963
| 1963 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Clinton Keith French | 3,215 | 61.98% | – | ||||
| Independent | Lyal Alex. Curry | 1,972 | 38.02% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,187 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 18 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 7,410 | 70.24% | – | |||||
| Social Credit pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Hand Hills-Acadia Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1967
| 1967 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Clinton Keith French | 2,675 | 50.29% | -11.69% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Cross | 2,140 | 40.23% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Ralph G. Jorgenson | 504 | 9.48% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,319 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 13 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 7,102 | 75.08% | – | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -6.95% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Hand Hills-Acadia Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Canadian provincial electoral districts
- Acadia, a rural municipality in Alberta
