Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)

Wetaskiwin was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1971.[1]

Wetaskiwin
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1905
District abolished1971
First contested1905
Last contested1967

History

The Wetaskiwin electoral district was one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the 1905 Alberta general election upon Alberta joining Confederation in September 1905. The district was carried over from the old Wetaskiwin electoral district which returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1898 to 1905.[2]

Liberal candidate Anthony Rosenroll who was the incumbent in the previous Northwest Territories' Legislature since 1891 was the first member elected for the Wetaskiwin electoral district.[3]

Election results

1905 general election
1905 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAnthony Rosenroll55266.51%–
ConservativeR. W. Angus27833.49%–
Total 830––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined N/A––
Eligible electors / Turnout N/AN/A–
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

The Returning Officer for the 1905 election was James Kennedy Burgess[4]

1909 general election
1909 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalCharles H. Olin71359.82%-6.69%
ConservativeJ. G. Anderson47940.18%6.69%
Total 1,192––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined N/A––
Eligible electors / Turnout N/AN/A–
Liberal hold Swing -6.69%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1913 general election
1913 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalCharles H. Olin78057.35%-2.46%
ConservativeGeorge B. Campbell58042.65%2.46%
Total 1,360––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined N/A––
Eligible electors / Turnout N/AN/A–
Liberal hold Swing -2.46%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1917 general election
1917 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalHugh John Montgomery1,50068.71%11.36%
ConservativeR.M. Angus68331.29%-11.36%
Total 2,183––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined N/A––
Eligible electors / Turnout N/AN/A–
Liberal hold Swing 11.36%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin 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 FarmersEvert E. Sparks1,50855.36%–
LiberalHugh John Montgomery1,21644.64%-24.07%
Total 2,724––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined N/A––
Eligible electors / Turnout 3,34581.43%–
United Farmers gain from Liberal Swing -13.35%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1926 general election
1926 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		%Votes
final count		±%
United FarmersEvert E. Sparks1,27446.16%1,418-9.20%
LiberalHugh John Montgomery1,19843.41%1,266-1.23%
ConservativeJ.F. Inglis28810.43%––
Total 2,760–––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 139–––
Eligible electors / Turnout 3,61780.15%-1.29%–
United Farmers hold Swing -3.98%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin Official Results 1926 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.

1930 general election
1930 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalHugh John Montgomery1,71354.73%11.32%
United FarmersEvert E. Sparks1,41745.27%-0.89%
Total 3,130––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1––
Eligible electors / Turnout 4,04077.50%-2.65%
Liberal gain from United Farmers Swing 3.35%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin 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 CreditJohn A. Wingblade2,76258.21%–
LiberalHugh John Montgomery1,14924.21%-30.51%
United FarmersW. Stevens50610.66%-34.61%
ConservativeR. H. Inglis1873.94%–
CommunistA. E. Bolton1412.97%–
Total 4,745––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 117––
Eligible electors / Turnout 5,67185.73%8.23%
Social Credit gain from Liberal Swing 12.27%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1940 general election
1940 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		%Votes
final count		±%
Social CreditJohn A. Wingblade2,48047.19%2,761-11.02%
IndependentT. S. Steedman1,87435.66%2,179–
Co-operative CommonwealthH. G. Young90117.15%––
Total 5,255–––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 77–––
Eligible electors / Turnout 7,41271.94%-13.80%–
Social Credit hold Swing -11.23%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin Official Results 1940 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.

1944 general election
1944 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditJohn A. Wingblade2,70052.63%5.44%
Co-operative CommonwealthJ. G. Baker1,25924.54%7.40%
IndependentHugh John Montgomery1,00719.63%-16.03%
Labor–ProgressiveDavid Graham1643.20%–
Total 5,130––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 115––
Eligible electors / Turnout 6,82776.83%4.89%
Social Credit hold Swing 8.28%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin Official Results 1944 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1948 general election
1948 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditJohn A. Wingblade2,82751.65%-0.98%
LiberalMorley Merner1,41425.84%–
Co-operative CommonwealthHenry Young1,23222.51%-2.03%
Total 5,473––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 215––
Eligible electors / Turnout 7,50775.77%-1.06%
Social Credit hold Swing -1.14%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin Official Results 1948 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1952 general election
1952 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditJohn A. Wingblade2,66454.12%2.47%
Co-operative CommonwealthHarry Van Dyke1,02920.91%–
LiberalWilliam W. Draayer1,02920.91%–
Independent Social CreditArnold D. Olsen2004.06%–
Total 4,922––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 354––
Eligible electors / Turnout 7,91466.67%-9.10%
Social Credit hold Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin Official Results 1952 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1955 general election
1955 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		%Votes
final count		±%
Social CreditJohn A. Wingblade2,69549.17%2,756-4.95%
LiberalErnest Oscar Larson1,63629.85%1,7318.94%
Co-operative CommonwealthM. Jevne89216.27%942-4.63%
ConservativeW. C. Kimmel2584.71%––
Total 5,481–––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 399–––
Eligible electors / Turnout 8,13572.28%5.61%–
Social Credit hold Swing -6.95%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin Official Results 1955 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.

1959 general election
1959 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditJohn A. Wingblade3,35258.27%9.10%
Progressive ConservativeRobert D. Angus1,01017.56%–
Co-operative CommonwealthDavid Pat. Garland74913.02%-3.26%
LiberalFred R. MacNaughton64211.16%-18.69%
Total 5,753––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 14––
Eligible electors / Turnout 8,23170.06%-2.22%
Social Credit hold Swing 10.69%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1963 general election
1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditAlbert W. Strohschein333361.11%2.85%
LiberalAlbert Dyberg129823.80%12.64%
New DemocraticLeslie Pritchard82315.09%2.07%
Total 5,454––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 9––
Eligible electors / Turnout 8,60163.52%-6.55%
Social Credit hold Swing -1.70%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967 general election
1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditAlbert W. Strohschein2,87945.79%-15.32%
Progressive ConservativeDallas Schmidt2,40838.30%–
New DemocraticRobert P. Christensen1,00015.91%0.82%
Total 6,287––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 17––
Eligible electors / Turnout 6,304100.00%36.48%
Social Credit hold Swing -14.91%
Source(s)
Source: "Wetaskiwin Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Plebiscite results

1957 liquor plebiscite
1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite results: Wetaskiwin[5]
Question A: Do you approve additional types of outlets for the
sale of beer, wine and spirituous liquor subject to a local vote?
Ballot Choice Votes %
No 1,892 51.62%
Yes 1,773 48.78%
Total Votes 3,665 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 9
7,650 Eligible Electors, Turnout 48.03%

On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive debate in the Legislature. The plebiscite was intended to deal with the growing demand for reforming antiquated liquor control laws.[6]

The plebiscite was conducted in two parts. Question A asked in all districts, asked the voters if the sale of liquor should be expanded in Alberta, while Question B asked in a handful of districts within the corporate limits of Calgary and Edmonton asked if men and woman were allowed to drink together in establishments.[5]

Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Wetaskiwin was the only other city in Alberta aside from Lethbridge to vote against the proposal. The vote was nearly even with the No side winning by a slim margin. The voter turnout in the district was slightly above the province wide average of 46%.[5]

Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957.[5] The Social Credit government in power at the time did not considered the results binding.[7] However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act.[8]

Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the Plebiscite such as Wetaskiwin were designated Local Option Zones by the Alberta Liquor Control Board and considered effective dry zones, business owners that wanted a license had to petition for a binding municipal plebiscite in order to be granted a license.[9]

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See also

References
  1. "Election results for Wetaskiwin". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
  3. "Election results for Wetaskiwin, 1905". Alberta Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
  4. "Territories Elections Ordinance; Province of Alberta". Vol VI No. 12. The Rocky Mountain Echo. October 30, 1905. p. 4.
  5. Alberta Gazette. 53 (December 31 ed.). Government of Alberta. 1957. pp. 2, 247–2, 249.
  6. "Albertans Vote 2 to 1 For More Liquor Outlets". Vol L No 273. The Lethbridge Herald. October 31, 1957. pp. 1–2.
  7. "No Sudden Change In Alberta Drinking Habits Is Seen". Vol L No 267. The Lethbridge Herald. October 24, 1957. p. 1.
  8. "Entirely New Act On Liquor". Vol LI No 72. The Lethbridge Herald. March 5, 1968. p. 1.
  9. "Bill 81". Alberta Bills 12th Legislature 1st Session. Government of Alberta. 1958. p. 40.

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