Whitford_(provincial_electoral_district)
Whitford (provincial electoral district)
Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
Whitford was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1940.[1]
This article is about the Albertan electoral district. For the Western Australian electoral district, see Electoral district of Whitford.
Quick Facts Alberta electoral district, Defunct provincial electoral district ...
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1913 |
| District abolished | 1940 |
| First contested | 1913 |
| Last contested | 1935 |
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The Whitford electoral district was created in 1913 out of the southwest part of the Pakan district and the north part of Vegreville.
In 1940 the district was split between Redwater, Willingdon and Vegreville.
The district was named after the northwest town of Whitford, Alberta.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
More information Members of the Legislative Assembly for Whitford, Assembly ...
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Whitford | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Pakan electoral district from 1909-1913 | ||||
| 3rd | 1913–1915 | Andrew S. Shandro | Liberal | |
| 1915–1917 | ||||
| 4th | 1917–1921 | |||
| 5th | 1921–1922 | |||
| 1922–1926 | Mike Chornohus | United Farmers | ||
| 6th | 1926–1930 | George Mihalcheon | ||
| 7th | 1930–1935 | Isidore Goresky | ||
| 8th | 1935–1940 | William Tomyn | Social Credit | |
| See Redwater electoral district from 1940-1971 Willingdon electoral district from 1940-1963 and Vegreville electoral district from 1940-1993 |
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1913
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| 1913 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Andrew S. Shandro | 499 | 45.70% | – | ||||
| Independent | Paul Rudyk | 312 | 28.57% | – | ||||
| Independent | C. F. Connolly | 148 | 13.55% | – | ||||
| Conservative | R. L. Hughson | 133 | 12.18% | – | ||||
| Total | 1,092 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 1,427 | 76.52% | – | |||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Whitford Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
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1915 by-election
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| Alberta provincial by-election, March 15, 1915 Upon Andrew S. Shandro's election declared invalid by the courts | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Andrew S. Shandro | 697 | 59.02% | – | ||||
| Conservative | R. Kremar | 484 | 40.98% | – | ||||
| Total | 1,181 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | ||||||
Source(s)
"By-elections". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 26, 2020. | ||||||||
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1917
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| 1917 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Andrew S. Shandro | Acclaimed | – | – | ||||
| Total | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Whitford Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. One of eleven Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta acclaimed under The Elections Act Section 38, which stipulated that any member of the 3rd Alberta Legislative Assembly would be guaranteed re-election, with no contest held, if the member joined for wartime service in the First World War. An Act amending The Election Act respecting Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active Service., SA 1917, c. 38 | ||||||||
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1921
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| 1921 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Andrew S. Shandro | Acclaimed | – | – | ||||
| Total | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Whitford Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
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1922 by-election
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| Alberta provincial by-election, July 10, 1922 Upon Andrew S. Shandro's election declared invalid by the courts | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Mike Chornohus | 1,846 | 77.86% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Andrew S. Shandro | 525 | 22.14% | – | ||||
| Total | 2,371 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| United Farmers gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | ||||||
Source(s)
"By-elections". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 26, 2020. | ||||||||
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1926
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| 1926 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | George Mihalcheon | 1,449 | 56.71% | – | ||||
| Farmer | Andrew S. Shandro | 373 | 14.60% | – | ||||
| Liberal | N. Grekol | 371 | 14.52% | – | ||||
| Conservative | E. Michajluk | 274 | 10.72% | – | ||||
| Farmer | L. M. Ferguson | 88 | 3.44% | – | ||||
| Total | 2,555 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 114 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 4,189 | 63.71% | – | |||||
| United Farmers gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Whitford Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
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1930
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| 1930 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Isidore Goresky | 1,799 | 68.87% | 12.16% | ||||
| Liberal | Geo. Szkwarok | 766 | 29.33% | 14.81% | ||||
| Independent | S. Suwala | 47 | 1.80% | – | ||||
| Total | 2,612 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 61 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 4,468 | 59.83% | -3.89% | |||||
| United Farmers hold | Swing | -1.28% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Whitford Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
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1935
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| 1935 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| First count | ||||||||
| Social Credit | William Tomyn | 1,265 | 33.41% | – | ||||
| Communist | M. Novakowski | 966 | 25.52% | – | ||||
| United Farmers | Isidore Goresky | 940 | 24.82% | -44.05% | ||||
| Liberal | Andrew S. Shandro | 615 | 16.24% | -13.09% | ||||
| Total | 3,786 | – | – | |||||
| Ballot transfer results | ||||||||
| Social Credit | William Tomyn | 1,370 | 55.00% | – | ||||
| United Farmers | Isidore Goresky | 1,121 | 45.00% | – | ||||
| No second choice | 1,295 | – | – | |||||
| Total | 2,491 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 218 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 5,143 | 77.85% | 18.02% | |||||
| Social Credit gain from United Farmers | Swing | 15.83% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Whitford Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
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- March 15, 1915—Election of Mr. Andrew Shandro declared void by the courts.
- July 10, 1922—Election of Mr. Andrew Shandro declared void by the courts
- "Election results for Whitford". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- 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.