Edmonton East (provincial electoral district)
Edmonton East stylized as Edmonton (East) was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1917 to 1921.[1]
Defunct provincial electoral district | |
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Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
District created | 1917 |
District abolished | 1921 |
First contested | 1917 |
Last contested | 1917 |
The district was created in 1917, out of the Edmonton District. In 1921, the district was merged with Edmonton South and Edmonton West to form the second incarnation of the Edmonton District. Such occurrence is still a controversy in the area.
Election Results 1917
1917 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | James Ramsey | 3,035 | 45.00% | – | ||||
Liberal | Fredrick Duncan | 2,553 | 37.86% | – | ||||
Independent | Joseph A. Clarke | 811 | 12.03% | – | ||||
Socialist | Sydney R. Keeling | 345 | 5.12% | – | ||||
Total | 6,744 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 9,946 | 67.81% | – | |||||
Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton-East Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
Also see
- Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Edmonton East Federal Electoral District
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References
- "Election results for Edmonton East". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
Further reading
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
External links
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