Victoria (Alberta provincial electoral district)

Victoria was a historical Alberta Provincial Electoral District. The riding was created in 1905 when Alberta became a province, and existed central north east part of the province.

In 1909 the riding had a significant shift west in the boundaries, moving into Sturgeon, this led to the creation of the Pakan electoral district.

The riding disappeared in 1940 when the north half was split into Redwater and the south have merged with Whitford to create Willingdon.

The riding used Single Transferable Vote in 1926, and elected members under First Past the Post every other year, during its existence.

Election results

1905 general election

Returning Officer[1]
Albert Ernest Archer

1905 Alberta general election results[2]			Turnout Unknown
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Francis A. Walker	949	69.88%
	Conservative	John Shera	409	30.12%
Total			1,358	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			Unknown

1909-1949

Party	1935	1930	1921	1917	1913	1909
Liberal	C.F. Connolly 1,181	S.W. Bahlay 1,522	Francis A. Walker 1,288	Francis A. Walker Acclaimed under section 38	Francis A. Walker 773	Francis A. Walker Acclaimed
Conservative	V. Kupchenko 141				R.A. Bennett 268
United Farmers	Fred Strashok 319	Peter Miskew 1,588	William Fedun 1,401
Social Credit	Samuel Calvert 2,045
Independent		E. Olendy 47			M. Gowda 196

Election Results Single Transferable Vote 1926

Year	Count	Candidate	Party	Votes
1926	2nd	Rudolph Hennig	United Farmers	1,476
	2nd	Francis A. Walker	Liberal	1,243
1926	1st	Rudolph Hennig	United Farmers	1,404
	1st	Francis A. Walker	Liberal	1,185
	1st	William Pylypow	Independent Liberal	322
	1st	G.H. Moisey	Independent United Farmers	96
	1st	William Pullishij	Conservative	90

References

1. "Territories Elections Ordinance; Province of Alberta". Vol VI No. 12 (The Rocky Mountain Echo). October 30, 1905. p. 4.
2. "Victoria Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2008-08-17.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta