Coronation (provincial electoral district)

Coronation was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1926 under the First Past the Post voting system and under Single Transferable Vote from 1926 to 1940.^[1]

Coronation

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1913
District abolished	1940
First contested	1913
Last contested	1935

Electoral district history

The Coronation electoral district was created prior to the 1913 Alberta general election from a portion of the Sedgewick electoral district. The Coronation electoral district was re-distributed prior to the 1940 Alberta general election, the area the district covered was merged with Acadia to form the riding of Acadia-Coronation.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

The first representative for the district, Liberal Frank H. Whiteside was killed in September 1916, no by-election was held to fill the seat.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Coronation
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Sedgewick electoral district from 1909-1913
3rd	1913–1916		Frank H. Whiteside	Liberal
4th	1917–1921		William Wallace Wilson	Conservative
5th	1921–1926		George Norman Johnston	United Farmers
6th	1926–1930
7th	1930–1935
8th	1935–1940		Glenville L. MacLachlan
See Acadia-Coronation electoral district from 1940-1963

Election results

1913 general election

v t e 1913 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank H. Whiteside	739	51.61%	–
	Conservative	William Wallace Wilson	693	48.39%	–
Total			1,432	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			2,592	55.25%	–
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Coronation Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1917 general election

v t e 1917 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wallace Wilson	1,782	53.08%	4.69%
	Liberal	Harry S. Northwood	1,575	46.92%	-4.69%
Total			3,357	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			5,531	N/A	–
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		1.48%
Source(s) Source: "Coronation Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1921 general election

v t e 1921 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers	George Norman Johnston	3736	79.56%	–
	Liberal	Arthur M. Day	945	20.12%	-16.80%
Total			4,696	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			6,256	75.06%	–
	United Farmers gain from Conservative		Swing		16.80%
Source(s) Source: "Coronation Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1926 general election

v t e 1926 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers	George Norman Johnston	2,387	62.32%	-17.24%
	Liberal	Arthur M. Day	945	24.67%	4.55%
	Conservative	A. O. Thomas	498	13.00%	–
Total			3,830	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			238	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			5,130	79.30%	–
	United Farmers hold		Swing		-10.90%
Source(s) Source: "Coronation Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1930 general election

v t e 1930 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers	George Norman Johnston	2,084	51.24%	-11.08%
	Independent	Arthur M. Day	1,983	48.76%	–
Total			4,067	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			156	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			5,248	80.47%	–
	United Farmers hold		Swing		-17.58%
Source(s) Source: "Coronation Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1935 general election

v t e 1935 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Glenville L. MacLachlan	2,674	64.54%	–
	United Farmers	C. C. Wager	844	20.37%	-30.87%
	Liberal	Robert Densmore	625	15.09%	–
Total			4,143	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			120	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			4,876	87.43%	–
	Social Credit gain from United Farmers		Swing		20.84%
Source(s) Source: "Coronation Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Coronation, Alberta, a town in east-central Alberta, Canada, within the County of Paintearth No. 18

References

1. "Election results for Coronation". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
2. Bradley, Jim (Autumn 2010). "Frank Whiteside: journalist, politician, murder victim". Alberta History. 58 (4): 18–24. ISSN 0316-1552. Gale A242015597.

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 May 25, 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta