Strathcona West

Strathcona West was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was created in 1959 when Edmonton broke up into nine ridings.

In 1971 the riding was split between Edmonton-Whitemud and Edmonton-Parkallen.

1959 Redistribution

The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of Calgary and Edmonton standardized the voting system back to First Past the Post. From 1926 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton members were elected by Single Transferable Vote. The rest of the province had the option of how to count ballots. The redistribution created nine ridings in Edmonton.

The other eight ridings were Edmonton Centre, Edmonton North, Edmonton Norwood, Edmonton North East, Edmonton North West, Strathcona East, Strathcona Centre and Jasper West.

Election Results 1959 - 1967

1967 Results					1963 Results					1959 Results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Getty	6,764	48.39%		Social Credit	Randolph McKinnon	5,029	47.47%		Social Credit	Randolph McKinnon	3,639	41.63%
	Social Credit	Randolph McKinnon	5,153	36.87%		Liberal	Arthur Crossley	2,557	24.14%		Progressive Conservative	Eric Duggan	2,683	30.69%
	N.D.P.	Frank Kuzemski	1,115	7.98%		Progressive Conservative	Arnold H. Lane	1,863	17.59%		Liberal	Frank Edwards	1,982	22.67%
	Liberal	Edmund Leger	1,627	6.76%		N.D.P.	George Field	936	10.80%		C.C.F.	H. Douglas Trace	423	5.01%

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta