Sturgeon (provincial electoral district)

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]

Sturgeon
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1905
District abolished1940
First contested1905
Last contested1935

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

Election results

1905 general election
Returning Officer[2]
Francis B. Webb
1905 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJohn Robert Boyle62567.13%–
ConservativeFrank Knight30632.87%–
Total 931––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout 93999.15%–
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1909 general election
1909 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJohn Robert BoyleAcclaimed––
Total N/A––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout N/AN/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%±%
LiberalJohn Robert Boyle1,17366.08%–
ConservativeA. W. Taylor60233.92%–
Total 1,775––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout N/AN/A–
Liberal hold Swing –
Source(s)
"By-elections". elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

1913 general election
1913 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJohn Robert Boyle93662.73%–
ConservativeJames Hyndman55637.27%–
Total 1,492––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout 2,13469.92%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 general election
1917 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJohn Robert Boyle1,54647.19%-15.54%
ConservativeJ. Sutherland1,21237.00%-0.27%
IndependentH. Mickleson51815.81%–
Total 3,276––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout 3,50593.47%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 general election
1921 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United FarmersSamuel Allen Carson2,81559.09%–
LiberalJohn Robert Boyle1,94940.91%-6.28%
Total 4,764––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,29975.63%-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 general election
1926 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United FarmersSamuel Allen Carson2,55662.99%3.90%
LiberalG. J. Hope1,15428.44%-12.47%
ConservativeJ. E. Holmes3488.58%–
Total 4,058––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 269––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,26469.08%-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 general election
1930 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United FarmersSamuel Allen Carson2,55669.36%6.38%
LiberalJohn Kuzek1,12930.64%2.20%
Total 3,685––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 157––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,09962.99%-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 general election
1935 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
First count
Social CreditJames Popil2,46542.68%–
LiberalG. J. Hope1,53326.54%-4.10%
United FarmersJohn Russell Love85714.84%-54.52%
United FrontL. Robbins5609.70%–
ConservativeG. G. Fowler3616.25%–
Total 5,776––
Ballot transfer results
Social CreditJames Popil2,72957.07%–
LiberalG. J. Hope2,05342.93%–
No second choice 994 – –
Total 4,782––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 222––
Eligible electors / turnout 7,42580.78%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

See also

References
  1. "Election results for Sturgeon". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. "Territories Elections Ordinance; Province of Alberta". Vol VI No. 12. The Rocky Mountain Echo. October 30, 1905. p. 4.

Further reading

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