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
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 1940-1971 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	%	±%
	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 general election

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.

1913 general election

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 general election

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 general election

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 general election

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 general election

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 general election

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

Also see

• Alberta provincial electoral districts

References

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

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

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta