Sedgewick (provincial electoral district)

Sedgewick was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1963.[1]

Sedgewick

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1909
District abolished	1963
First contested	1909
Last contested	1959

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sedgewick
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
2nd	1909–1913		Charles Stuart	Liberal
3rd	1913–1917
4th	1917–1921
5th	1921–1922
	1922–1926		Albert G. Andrews	United Farmers
6th	1926–1930
7th	1930–1935
8th	1935–1940		Albert E. Fee	Social Credit
9th	1940–1944
10th	1944–1948
11th	1948–1952
12th	1952–1955		Jack Charles Hillman
13th	1955–1959
14th	1959–1963
See Sedgewick-Coronation electoral district from 1963-1979

Election results

1909 general election

1909 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Stewart	Acclaimed	–	–
Total			N/A	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			N/A	N/A	–
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1912 by-election

1912 by-election results (Sedgewick)[2]			Turnout N.A.
	Liberal	Charles Stewart	2,022	67.7%
	Conservative	William John Blair	963	32.3%

1913 general election

1913 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Stewart	889	70.56%	–
	Conservative	W. Watson	371	29.44%	–
Total			1,260	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			N/A	N/A	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		N/A
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick 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	Charles Stewart	1,657	63.05%	-7.50%
	Conservative	John Reeve Lavell	971	36.95%	7.50%
Total			2,628	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			4,442	59.16%	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.50%
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1921 general election

1921 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Stewart	Acclaimed	–	–
Total			N/A	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			N/A	N/A	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		N/A
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1922 by-election

July 10, 1922 by-election results (Sedgewick)[2]			Turnout N.A.
	United Farmers	Albert Andrews	Acclaimed

1926 general election

1926 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers	Albert G. Andrews	2,264	66.08%	–
	Liberal	J. H. Caldwell	694	20.26%	–
	Conservative	H. A. Dreany	468	13.66%	–
Total			3,426	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			154	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			5,074	70.56%	–
	United Farmers gain from Liberal		Swing		N/A
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick 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	Albert G. Andrews	2,265	73.23%	7.15%
	Conservative	W. H. Wallace	828	26.77%	13.11%
Total			3,093	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			111	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			5,116	62.63%	-7.93%
	United Farmers hold		Swing		0.32%
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick 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 Credit	Albert E. Fee	3,642	71.31%	–
	United Farmers	Albert G. Andrews	833	16.31%	-56.92%
	Liberal	H. G. Thunell	632	12.38%	–
Total			5,107	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			4,787	106.68%	44.06%
	Social Credit gain from United Farmers		Swing		4.27%
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1940 general election

1940 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Albert E. Fee	2,605	53.99%	-17.32%
	Independent	John Gair	1,426	29.55%	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	G. Oberg	794	16.46%	–
Total			4,825	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			181	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			6,611	75.72%	-30.96%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-15.28%
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick Official Results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1944 general election

1944 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Albert E. Fee	2,793	62.82%	8.83%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Carl P. Colvin	840	18.89%	2.44%
	Independent	Chas. P. Hayes	813	18.29%	-11.27%
Total			4,446	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			86	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			5,960	76.04%	0.32%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		9.75%
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick 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 Credit	Albert E. Fee	2,867	67.11%	4.29%
	Liberal	James Risk Hallum	838	19.62%	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alfred Rands	567	13.27%	-5.62%
Total			4,272	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			271	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			6,348	71.57%	-4.47%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		1.78%
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick 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 Credit	Jack Charles Hillman	2,714	65.22%	-1.89%
	Liberal	James Risk Hallum	813	19.54%	-0.08%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Carl P. Colvin	634	15.24%	1.96%
Total			4,161	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			271	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			6,446	68.76%	-2.81%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-0.90%
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick Official Results 1952 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1955 general election

1955 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Jack Charles Hillman	2,748	58.71%	-6.52%
	Liberal	A. E. Eastly	1,450	30.98%	11.44%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arthur C. Bunney	483	10.32%	-4.92%
Total			4,681	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			6,113	76.57%	7.82%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-8.98%
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick Official Results 1955 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1959 general election

1959 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Jack Charles Hillman	2,805	62.88%	4.17%
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth M. Geddes	796	17.84%	–
	Liberal	Mildred G. Redman	541	12.13%	-18.85%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arthur C. Bunney	319	7.15%	-3.17%
Total			4,461	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			9	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			6,113	73.12%	-3.45%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		8.65%
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Plebiscite results

1957 liquor plebiscite

1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite results: Sedgewick[3]
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	1,706	55.61%
	Yes	1,362	44.39%
Total Votes		3,068	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined		9
5,921 Eligible Electors, Turnout 51.97%

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.[4]

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.[3]

Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Sedgewick voted against the proposal by a comfortable margin. The voter turnout in the district was just well above the province wide average of 46%.[3]

Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957.[3] The Social Credit government in power at the time did not considered the results binding.[5] However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act.[6]

Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the Plebiscite such as Sedgewick 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.[7]

See also

• Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Sedgewick, Alberta a town in central Alberta

References

1. "Election results for Lacombe". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
2. Mardon, Ernest; Mardon, Austin (1993). Alberta Election Results 1882–1992. Edmonton: Documentary Heritage Society of Alberta. p. 117.
3. Alberta Gazette. 53 (December 31 ed.). Government of Alberta. 1957. pp. 2, 247–2, 249.
4. "Albertans Vote 2 to 1 For More Liquor Outlets". Vol L No 273. The Lethbridge Herald. October 31, 1957. pp. 1–2.
5. "No Sudden Change In Alberta Drinking Habits Is Seen". Vol L No 267. The Lethbridge Herald. October 24, 1957. p. 1.
6. "Entirely New Act On Liquor". Vol LI No 72. The Lethbridge Herald. March 5, 1968. p. 1.
7. "Bill 81". Alberta Bills 12th Legislature 1st Session. Government of Alberta. 1958. p. 40.

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