Beaver River (provincial electoral district)

Beaver River was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1952.[1] It was created in 1913 from the western half of Pakan, and abolished in 1952 when it and the northern parts of Athabasca were replaced by Lac La Biche.

Beaver River
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1913
District abolished1952
First contested1913
Last contested1948

Representation history
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Beaver River
Assembly Years Member Party
See Pakan 1909-1913
3rd 1913–1917 Wilfrid Gariépy Liberal
4th 1917–1921
5th 1921–1926 Joseph Dechêne
6th 1926–1930 John Delisle United Farmers
7th 1930–1935 Henry Dakin Liberal
8th 1935–1940 Lucien Maynard Social Credit
9th 1940–1944
10th 1944–1948
11th 1948–1952 Harry Lobay
See Lac La Biche 1952-1971

Beaver River's first MLA was Liberal Wilfrid Gariépy, a Quebec-born settler whose residency would be the subject of controversy toward the end of his second term. He did not run for a third, choosing instead to return to Trois-Rivières. Liberal Joseph Dechêne won the riding in 1921, but would go on to defeat in 1926. He later became MLA for neighbouring St. Paul.

John Delisle picked Beaver River up for the United Farmers of Alberta, serving only one term. In the 1930 election, a judicial recount declared him narrowly defeated by Liberal Henry Dakin, who would also serve only one term.

In the 1935 Social Credit sweep, Lucien Maynard won Beaver River by a landslide. He easily won re-election twice more, retiring for the 1948 election.

Social Credit kept the riding, with Harry Lobay narrowly beating his Liberal challenger and serving out the riding's last term. It was replaced in 1952, but Lobay would go on to serve another term as MLA for the new riding of Lac La Biche.

Election results

1910s
1913 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalWilfrid Gariépy45761.67%–
ConservativeAmbrose Gray28438.33%–
Total 741––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout 1,17962.85%–
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta provincial by-election, December 15, 1913
Ministerial by-election upon appointment as Minister of Municipal Affairs
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalWilfrid GariépyAcclaimed––
Total N/A––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout N/AN/A–
Liberal hold Swing –
Source(s)
"By-elections". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
1917 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalWilfrid Gariépy1,13464.07%2.39%
ConservativeAmbrose Gray63635.93%-2.39%
Total 1,770––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout 2,68965.82%–
Liberal hold Swing 2.39%
Source(s)
Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1920s
1921 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJoseph Miville Dechêne1,56062.33%-1.74%
United FarmersH. Montambault94337.67%–
Total 2,503––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout 3,51071.31%–
Liberal hold Swing -1.74%
Source(s)
Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1926 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United FarmersJohn Delisle1,16854.15%16.47%
LiberalJoseph Miville Dechêne98945.85%-16.47%
Total 2,157––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout 3,37064.01%–
United Farmers gain from Liberal Swing -8.18%
Source(s)
Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1930s
1930 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United FarmersJohn Delisle1,02848.13%-6.02%
LiberalHenry H. Dakin1,02147.80%1.95%
IndependentLuc Lebel874.07%–
Total 2,136––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 119––
Eligible electors / turnout 3,43165.72%–
Liberal gain Swing 21.95%
Source(s)
Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Totals and swing for 1930 are based on the initial count; a judicial recount sided in favour of Dakin.
1935 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditLucien Maynard1,75153.96%–
LiberalHenry H. Dakin77523.88%-21.97%
United FarmersJohn Delisle57217.63%-36.52%
ConservativeWalter Allen1474.53%–
Total 3,245––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout 4,85766.81%–
Social Credit gain from Swing -11.06%
Source(s)
Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1940s
1940 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditLucien Maynard2,55557.06%–
Independent LiberalA. Crowther1,13625.37%–
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn Hannochko66914.94%–
Independent FarmerJ. Bibby1182.64%–
Total 4,478––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 201––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,64670.40%–
Social Credit hold Swing 0.81%
Source(s)
Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1944 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditLucien Maynard2,74760.57%3.51%
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn Hannochko1,40330.94%16.00%
Labor–ProgressiveStanley Dumka3858.49%–
Total 4,535––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 159––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,75769.47%–
Social Credit hold Swing -1.03%
Source(s)
Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1944 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1948 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
First count
Social CreditHarry Lobay1,99241.05%-19.52%
LiberalCecil Belleville1,57932.54%–
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn Hannochko1,28226.42%-4.52%
Total 4,853––
Ballot transfer results
Social CreditHarry Lobay2,11755.49%14.44%
LiberalCecil Belleville1,69844.51%–
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn HannochkoEliminated––
Total 3,815––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 265––
Eligible electors / turnout 7,42368.95%–
Social Credit hold Swing -26.03%
Source(s)
Source: "Beaver River Official Results 1948 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

Overall swing is based on first count. Second-round swing reflects increase in vote share from the first count.

See also

References
  1. "Election results for Beaver River". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.

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