Sturgeon (provincial electoral district)
Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Sturgeon was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1940.[1]
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1905
District abolished1940
First contested1905
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1905 |
| District abolished | 1940 |
| First contested | 1905 |
| Last contested | 1935 |
History
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sturgeon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1905–1909 | John Robert Boyle | Liberal | |
| 2nd | 1909–1913 | |||
| 3rd | 1913–1917 | |||
| 4th | 1917–1921 | |||
| 5th | 1921–1926 | Samuel Allen Carson | United Farmers | |
| 6th | 1926–1930 | |||
| 7th | 1930–1935 | |||
| 8th | 1935–1940 | James Popil | Social Credit | |
| See Redwater electoral district from 1940 to 1971 and St. Albert electoral district from 1940-present |
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Election results
1905
| Returning Officer[2] |
|---|
| Francis B. Webb |
| 1905 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Robert Boyle | 625 | 67.13% | – | ||||
| Conservative | Frank Knight | 306 | 32.87% | – | ||||
| Total | 931 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 939 | 99.15% | – | |||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1909
| 1909 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Robert Boyle | Acclaimed | – | – | ||||
| Total | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1912 by-election
| Alberta provincial by-election, May 27, 1912 Ministerial by-election upon John Robert Boyle's appointment as Minister of Education | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Robert Boyle | 1,173 | 66.08% | – | ||||
| Conservative | A. W. Taylor | 602 | 33.92% | – | ||||
| Total | 1,775 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | – | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
1913
| 1913 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Robert Boyle | 936 | 62.73% | – | ||||
| Conservative | James Hyndman | 556 | 37.27% | – | ||||
| Total | 1,492 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 2,134 | 69.92% | N/A | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1917
| 1917 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Robert Boyle | 1,546 | 47.19% | -15.54% | ||||
| Conservative | J. Sutherland | 1,212 | 37.00% | -0.27% | ||||
| Independent | H. Mickleson | 518 | 15.81% | – | ||||
| Total | 3,276 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 3,505 | 93.47% | N/A | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -7.64% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1921
| 1921 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Samuel Allen Carson | 2,815 | 59.09% | – | ||||
| Liberal | John Robert Boyle | 1,949 | 40.91% | -6.28% | ||||
| Total | 4,764 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 6,299 | 75.63% | -17.94% | |||||
| United Farmers gain from Liberal | Swing | 3.99% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1926
| 1926 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Samuel Allen Carson | 2,556 | 62.99% | 3.90% | ||||
| Liberal | G. J. Hope | 1,154 | 28.44% | -12.47% | ||||
| Conservative | J. E. Holmes | 348 | 8.58% | – | ||||
| Total | 4,058 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 269 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 6,264 | 69.08% | -6.55% | |||||
| United Farmers hold | Swing | 8.19% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1930
| 1930 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Samuel Allen Carson | 2,556 | 69.36% | 6.38% | ||||
| Liberal | John Kuzek | 1,129 | 30.64% | 2.20% | ||||
| Total | 3,685 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 157 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 6,099 | 62.99% | -6.08% | |||||
| United Farmers hold | Swing | 2.09% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1935
| 1935 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| First count | ||||||||
| Social Credit | James Popil | 2,465 | 42.68% | – | ||||
| Liberal | G. J. Hope | 1,533 | 26.54% | -4.10% | ||||
| United Farmers | John Russell Love | 857 | 14.84% | -54.52% | ||||
| United Front | L. Robbins | 560 | 9.70% | – | ||||
| Conservative | G. G. Fowler | 361 | 6.25% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,776 | – | – | |||||
| Ballot transfer results | ||||||||
| Social Credit | James Popil | 2,729 | 57.07% | – | ||||
| Liberal | G. J. Hope | 2,053 | 42.93% | – | ||||
| No second choice | 994 | – | – | |||||
| Total | 4,782 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 222 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 7,425 | 80.78% | 17.79% | |||||
| Social Credit gain from United Farmers | Swing | -11.29% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1935 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 | ||||||||
