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Sedgewick-Coronation
Sedgewick-Coronation was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1963 to 1979.[1]
| Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1963 |
| District abolished | 1979 |
| First contested | 1963 |
| Last contested | 1975 |
Sedgewick-Coronation is named for the Town of Sedgewick, Alberta and the Town of Coronation, Alberta.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) edit
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sedgewick-Coronation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Sedgewick electoral district from 1909-1963 and Acadia-Coronation electoral district from 1940-1963 | ||||
| 15th | 1963–1967 | Jack Charles Hillman | Social Credit | |
| 16th | 1967–1971 | |||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | Ralph Sorenson | ||
| 18th | 1975–1979 | Henry Kroeger | Progressive Conservative | |
| See Chinook electoral district from 1979-1997 | ||||
Electoral history edit
1963 edit
| 1963 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Jack Charles Hillman | 3,999 | 67.83% | – | ||||
| Liberal | James Leland Sims | 1,368 | 23.20% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Karl O. Peterson | 529 | 8.97% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,896 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 9 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 8,860 | 66.65% | – | |||||
| Social Credit pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick-Coronation Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1967 edit
| 1967 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Jack Charles Hillman | 3,470 | 59.83% | -8.00% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ernie Moore | 1,103 | 19.02% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Art Bunney | 680 | 11.72% | 2.75% | ||||
| Liberal | Eugene F. Price | 547 | 9.43% | -13.77% | ||||
| Total | 5,800 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 41 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 8,559 | 68.24% | – | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -1.91% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick-Coronation Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1971 edit
| 1971 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Ralph Sorenson | 2,272 | 47.67% | -12.16% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Herb Losness | 2,005 | 42.07% | 23.05% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ron Chalmers | 489 | 10.26% | -1.46% | ||||
| Total | 4,766 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 16 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 19,656 | 24.33% | – | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -17.60% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick-Coronation Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1975 edit
| 1975 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Henry Kroeger | 2,757 | 56.32% | 14.25% | ||||
| Social Credit | Ralph Sorenson | 1,768 | 36.12% | -11.55% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gladys Creasy | 370 | 7.56% | -2.70% | ||||
| Total | 4,895 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 15 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 6,718 | 73.09% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | 7.30% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick-Coronation Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also edit
- Sedgewick, Alberta, a town in central Alberta
- Coronation, Alberta, a town in central Alberta
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
References edit
- ^ "Election results for Sedgewick-Coronation". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
Further reading edit
- 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 edit
- Elections Alberta
- The Legislative Assembly of Alberta