High River (provincial electoral district)
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 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1905 |
| District abolished | 1930 |
| First contested | 1905 |
| Last contested | 1926 |
High River was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1930.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
The High River electoral district was founded as one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the 1905 Alberta general election upon Alberta becoming a province in September 1905. The electoral district was a continuation of the High River electoral district that was used to elect a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories from 1894 to 1905.[2]
Richard Alfred Wallace held the High River seat in the North-West Territories Legislature from 1898 to 1905, but running a Liberal, was defeated in the 1905 election by Albert Robertson. Robertson, a Conservative won a close race against the Liberal. Final results took more than a month to come in, and until they did, the candidates traded the unofficial lead.[3]
In the 1926 provincial election, the district used instant-runoff voting to elect its MLA.[4]
High River electoral district was abolished prior to the 1930 Alberta general election when the Okotoks-High River electoral district was formed.
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for High River | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1905–1909 | Albert Robertson | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1909–1913 | Louis Melville Roberts | Liberal | |
| 3rd | 1913–1917 | George Douglas Stanley | Conservative | |
| 4th | 1917–1921 | |||
| 5th | 1921–1926 | Samuel Brown | United Farmers | |
| 6th | 1926–1930 | |||
| See Okotoks-High River electoral district from 1930-1971 | ||||
Election results
1900s
| 1905 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Albert J. Robertson | 578 | 43.95% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Richard Alfred Wallace | 555 | 42.21% | – | ||||
| Independent | Wilford B. Thorne | 182 | 13.84% | – | ||||
| Total | 1,315 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "High River Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 1909 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Louis Melville Roberts | 604 | 50.33% | 8.13% | ||||
| Conservative | George Douglas Stanley | 596 | 49.67% | 5.71% | ||||
| Total | 1,200 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | -0.54% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "High River Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1910s
| 1913 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | George Douglas Stanley | 616 | 52.47% | 2.80% | ||||
| Liberal | R. L. McMillan | 558 | 47.53% | -2.80% | ||||
| Total | 1,174 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 1,475 | 79.59% | – | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | 2.14% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "High River Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 1917 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | George Douglas Stanley | 923 | 51.05% | -1.42% | ||||
| Liberal | Daniel Edward Riley | 885 | 48.95% | 1.42% | ||||
| Total | 1,808 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -1.42% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "High River Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1920s
| 1921 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Samuel Brown | 1,014 | 53.91% | – | ||||
| Liberal | John V. Drumheller | 867 | 46.09% | -2.86% | ||||
| Total | 1,881 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 2,488 | 75.60% | – | |||||
| United Farmers gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.86% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "High River Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
| 1926 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Samuel Brown | 1,137 | 58.34% | +4.43% | ||||
| Conservative | William Levi Carlyle | 541 | 27.76% | – | ||||
| Liberal | M. R. Morrison | 271 | 13.90% | -32.19% | ||||
| Total | 1,949 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 93 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 2,853 | 71.57% | – | |||||
| United Farmers hold | Swing | 7.45% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "High River Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
