Nanton-Claresholm

Nanton-Claresholm was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1926.[1]

Nanton-Claresholm
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1930
District abolished1940
First contested1930
Last contested1935

History

The Nanton-Claresholm electoral district was formed in 1930 from the Nanton and Claresholm electoral districts.

The electoral district was named for the Town of Nanton and Town of Claresholm.

Gordon Beverly Walker the United Farmers of Alberta candidate would win the first of two elections held in Nanton-Claresholm, Walker had previously served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Claresholm district from 1926, and prior to the redistribution and formation of Nanton-Claresholm.

The Nanton-Claresholm electoral district was abolished prior to the 1940 Alberta general election to form the Macleod, Okotoks-High River and Little Bow electoral districts.

Harry O. Haslam, the Alberta Social Credit candidate would defeat Walker during the final of the two elections held in Nanton-Claresholm in 1935.

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Nanton-Claresholm
Assembly Years Member Party
See Claresholm electoral district from 1909-1930
and Nanton electoral district from 1909-1930
7th  1930–1935     Gordon Beverly Walker United Farmers
8th  1935–1940     Harry O. Haslam Social Credit
See Macleod electoral district from 1940-1993,
Okotoks-High River electoral district from 1940-1971
and Little Bow electoral district from 1940-2019

Election results

1930 general election
1930 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United FarmersGordon Beverly Walker1,41565.88%0.00%
ConservativeW. J. Ellison73334.12%0.00%
Total 2,148––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 169––
Eligible electors / Turnout 3,54465.38%–
United Farmers pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Nanton-Claresholm Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1935 general election
1935 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditHarry O. Haslam1,76755.83%–
United FarmersGordon Beverly Walker61219.34%-46.54%
LiberalThomas Milnes51716.33%–
ConservativeS. Wyatt2698.50%-25.63%
Total 3,165––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 81––
Eligible electors / Turnout 3,76086.33%–
Social Credit gain from United Farmers Swing 2.37%
Source(s)
Source: "Nanton-Claresholm Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

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

Further reading
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