Edmonton (provincial electoral district)
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Edmonton provincial electoral district existed in two incarnations from 1905 - 1909 and again from 1921 - 1955. The district was created when Alberta first became a province. It was only one of two multi member ridings in the provinces history, the other being Calgary.
Three methods of electing representatives were used over the years. First Past the Post was used in 1905 and subsequent By-Elections. Block Vote in 1909 and 1921, and Single Transferable Vote from 1926 to 1955 when the United Farmers of Alberta made the electoral system mandatory for Calgary and Edmonton.
During the election of 1917 three electoral districts existed in Edmonton, Edmonton East, Edmonton West. and Edmonton South which was created in 1913. All three of these districts merged to reform the Edmonton Riding in 1921.
In 1959 the Social Credit government broke up the Calgary and Edmonton ridings and standardized First Past the Post across the province. Nine ridings were created in Edmonton. Edmonton Centre, Edmonton North, Edmonton Norwood, Edmonton North East ,Edmonton North West, Jasper West, Strathcona Centre, Strathcona East and Strathcona West.
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[edit] Expansion of seats and districts in Edmonton
The first table shows at a glance, the number of seats available by general election year for the Edmonton Riding. The second table shows the number of districts in Edmonton, when the Edmonton Riding was broken up.
[edit] Seats
| Year | 1905 | 1909 | 1913 | 1921 | 1926 | 1930 | 1935 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1955 |
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| Seats | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
[edit] Districts
| Year | 1913 | 1917 | 1959 | 1963 | 1967 | 1971 | 1975 | 1979 | 1982 | 1986 | 1989 | 1993 | 1997 | 2001 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Districts | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
In 1913 Edmonton South Provincial electoral district was created, the rest of Edmonton, under the Edmonton riding still elected two members on a block vote
[edit] Edmonton party composition at a glance
| Affiliation | 1905 | 1909 | 1913 | 1921 | 1926 | 1930 | 1935 | 1940 | 1942 | 1944 | 1948 | 1948 | 1952 | 1955 |
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| Liberal | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Conservative | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Social Credit | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Cooperative Commonwealth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Labour | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| United Farmers | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Veteran's & Active Force | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Independent Citizen's | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Independent | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | |
[edit] Election Results 1905 - 1913, 1921 - 1955
First Names in the old election records are rare. Most of the results are given with first and middle initials
[edit] Single Transferable Vote 1926 - 1955
[edit] 1952 - 1955
| Year | Count | Candidate | Party | Votes | Year | Count | Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 2nd | Ernest Manning | Social Credit | 9,568 | 1952 | 2nd | Ernest Manning | Social Credit | 6,505 |
| 2nd | James Harper Prowse | Liberal | 9,569 | 2nd | James Harper Prowse | Liberal | 6,505 | ||
| 2nd | Abe Miller | Liberal | 9,569 | 2nd | Elmer Roper | Cooperative Commonwealth | 6,505 | ||
| 2nd | Harold Tanner | Liberal | 9,569 | 2nd | Joseph Donovan Ross | Social Credit | 6,505 | ||
| 2nd | Joseph Donovan Ross | Social Credit | 9,483 | 2nd | Edgar Gerhart | Social Credit | 5,895 | ||
| 2nd | John P. Page | Conservative | 9,224 | 2nd | John P. Page | Conservative | 5,504 | ||
| 2nd | Edgar Gerhart | Social Credit | 9,121 | 2nd | Harold Tanner | Liberal | 4,921 | ||
| 1955 | 1st | Ernest Manning | Social Credit | 23,216 | 1952 | 1st | Ernest Manning | Social Credit | 17,022 |
| 1st | James Harper Prowse | Liberal | 18,755 | 1st | James Harper Prowse | Liberal | 7,264 | ||
| 1st | Elmer Roper | Cooperative Commonwealth | 4,444 | 1st | Elmer Roper | Cooperative Commonwealth | 6,632 | ||
| 1st | John P. Page | Conservative | 4,086 | 1st | John P. Page | Conservative | 2,212 | ||
| 1st | Edgar Bailey | Liberal | 2,971 | 1st | Joseph Donovan Ross | Social Credit | 1,757 | ||
| 1st | Andre Dechene | Liberal | 2,877 | 1st | Ambrose A. Holowach | Social Credit | 1,381 | ||
| 1st | Abe Miller | Liberal | 2,787 | 1st | Andre Milville Dechene | Liberal | 1,340 | ||
| 1st | Anthony Hylnka | Social Credit | 1,896 | 1st | Peter Lazarowich | Liberal | 1,136 | ||
| 1st | J.L. Payment | Liberal | 1,640 | 1st | Harry Carrigan | Social Credit | 1,135 | ||
| 1st | Harold Tanner | Liberal | 1,604 | 1st | Stella Baker | Social Credit | 1,126 | ||
| 1st | Joseph Donovan Ross | Social Credit | 1,575 | 1st | Marshall Manning | Conservative | 1,060 | ||
| 1st | Edgar Gerhart | Social Credit | 1,320 | 1st | Harold Tanner | Liberal | 875 | ||
| 1st | Giffard Main | Conservative | 1,064 | 1st | Williston Haszard | Social Credit | 834 | ||
| 1st | William Harasym | Labour Progressive | 947 | 1st | Bernard Swankey | Labour Progressive | 824 | ||
| 1st | Robert Atkin | Cooperative Commonwealth | 940 | 1st | Cora Casselman | Liberal | 819 | ||
| 1st | W.J.M. Henning | Social Credit | 785 | 1st | Edger Gerhart | Social Credit | 769 | ||
| 1st | Gerard Amerongen | Conservative | 692 | 1st | Robert Atkin | Cooperative Commonwealth | 658 | ||
| 1st | Cyril Harvard | Social Credit | 602 | 1st | Laurette Douglas | Liberal | 632 | ||
| 1st | C.M. Hattersley | Social Credit | 555 | 1st | Roy Jamha | Cooperative Commonwealth | 619 | ||
| 1st | Lois Grant | Liberal | 552 | 1st | Arthur Thronton | Cooperative Commonwealth | 612 | ||
| 1st | R.F. Lambert | Conservative | 548 | 1st | Duncan Innes | Liberal | 608 | ||
| 1st | Floyd Johnson | Cooperative Commonwealth | 458 | 1st | Floyd Johnson | Cooperative Commonwealth | 500 | ||
| 1st | F.J. Mitchell | Conservative | 405 | 1st | Marcel Lambert | Conservative | 432 | ||
| 1st | Mary Crawford | Cooperative Commonwealth | 383 | 1st | Frederick Mitchell | Conservative | 430 | ||
| 1st | Ivor Dent | Cooperative Commonwealth | 328 | 1st | Norman Finnemore | Cooperative Commonwealth | 413 | ||
| 1st | J.A.L. Smith | Conservative | 299 | 1st | Winnifred Scott | Cooperative Commonwealth | 383 | ||
| 1st | Art Thompson | Cooperative Commonwealth | 290 | 1st | Arnold Taylor | Conservative | 272 | ||
| 1st | Robert Brower | Conservative | 221 | 1st | John A.L. Smith | Conservative | 189 | ||
| 1st | H.M. Smith | Cooperative Commonwealth | 221 | 1st | Edward Sturrock | Conservative | 105 | ||
| 1st | C.E. Payne | Independent | 127 |
[edit] 1944 - 1948
| Year | Count | Candidate | Party | Votes | Year | Count | Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 2nd | Elmer Roper | Cooperative Commonwealth | 8,684 | 1944 | 2nd | Elmer Roper | Cooperative Commonwealth | 6,345 |
| 2nd | Lou Heard | Social Credit | 7,746 | 2nd | John P. Page | Independent | 6,333 | ||
| 2nd | Ernest Manning | Social Credit | 7,692 | 2nd | Ernest Manning | Social Credit | 6,306 | ||
| 2nd | James Harper Prowse | Liberal | 7,692 | 2nd | William J. Williams | Veterans' and Active Force | 5,535 | ||
| 2nd | Clayton Adams | Social Credit | 7,559 | 2nd | Norman James | Social Credit | 3,532 | ||
| 1948 | 1st | Ernest Manning | Social Credit | 22,014 | 1944 | 1st | Ernest Manning | Social Credit | 14,271 |
| 1st | Elmer Roper | Cooperative Commonwealth | 6,511 | 1st | Elmer Roper | Cooperative Commonwealth | 5,253 | ||
| 1st | James Harper Prowse | Liberal | 6,302 | 1st | John P. Page | Independent | 4,603 | ||
| 1st | John P. Page | Independent Citizen's | 2,723 | 1st | William J. Williams | Veterans' and Active Force | 2,818 | ||
| 1st | P.J. Lazarowich | Liberal | 1,234 | 1st | Johnnie Caine | Independent | 1,400 | ||
| 1st | Jack Hampson | Cooperative Commonwealth | 1,046 | 1st | Henry Carrigan | Social Credit | 1,188 | ||
| 1st | Clayton Adams | Social Credit | 946 | 1st | Orvis A. Kennedy | Social Credit | 876 | ||
| 1st | Mary Scullion | Liberal | 942 | 1st | Clifford Lee | Cooperative Commonwealth | 854 | ||
| 1st | Lou Heard | Social Credit | 890 | 1st | Norman James | Social Credit | 781 | ||
| 1st | John Gillies | Social Credit | 772 | 1st | John Gillies | Social Credit | 755 | ||
| 1st | Mary Crawford | Cooperative Commonwealth | 618 | 1st | James A. MacPherson | Labour Progressive | 742 | ||
| 1st | Francis Ford | Liberal | 565 | 1st | James Enright | Cooperative Commonwealth | 649 | ||
| 1st | Walter Crockett | Social Credit | 523 | 1st | M.E. Butterworth | Cooperative Commonwealth | 549 | ||
| 1st | Arthur Thornton | Cooperative Commonwealth | 498 | 1st | Joseph Dowler | Cooperative Commonwealth | 545 | ||
| 1st | J.H. Dowler | Cooperative Commonwealth | 370 | 1st | William Halina | Labour Progressive | 496 | ||
| 1st | William Brownlee | Liberal | 442 | 1st | Cecil Chapman | Independent | 476 | ||
| 1st | Clarence Richards | Independent | 422 | ||||||
| 1st | Jan Lakeman | Labour Progressive | 251 | ||||||
| 1st | Alex Herd | Labour Progressive | 119 | ||||||
| 1st | G.V. Murdoch | Labour Progressive | 72 |
[edit] 1942 by-election
| September 22, 1942 by-election[1] | Turnout 32.71% | ||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | 1st | % | Votes | % | Count | |
| Cooperative Commonwealth | Elmer Roper | 4,834 | 24.76% | 8,432 | 53.98% | 4th | |
| Independent | John Lymburn | 4,032 | 20.65% | 7,188 | 46.02% | 4th | |
| Social Credit | G.B. Giles | 4,432 | 22.70% | Eliminated 4th | |||
| Soldier Representative | W. Griffin | 3,389 | 17.36% | Eliminated 3rd | |||
| Liberal | N.V. Buchanan | 2,838 | 14.53% | Eliminated 2nd | |||
| Valid Ballots | 19,525 | 100% | 15,620 | 100% | |||
| Exhausted Ballots | 3,905 | 4 Counts | |||||
[edit] 1935 - 1940
| Year | Count | Candidate | Party | Votes | Year | Count | Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 2nd | Ernest Manning | Social Credit | 7,291 | 1935 | 2nd | William Howson | Liberal | 5,324 |
| 2nd | John P. Page | Independent | 7,291 | 2nd | Samuel Barnes | Social Credit | 5,324 | ||
| 2nd | N.B. James | Social Credit | 7,133 | 2nd | G.H. Van Allen | Liberal | 5,324 | ||
| 2nd | D.M. Duggan | Independent | 6,731 | 2nd | D.M. Duggan | Conservative | 5078 | ||
| 2nd | Hugh John MacDonald | Independent | 6,649 | 2nd | D.B. Mullen | Social Credit | 4,932 | ||
| 1940 | 1st | Ernest Manning | Social Credit | 10,066 | 2nd | Gerald O'Connor | Liberal | 4,922 | |
| 1st | John P. Page | Independent | 5,607 | 1935 | 1st | W.R. Howson | Liberal | 9,139 | |
| 1st | Hugh John MacDonald | Independent | 4,128 | 1st | Samuel Barnes | Social Credit | 4,476 | ||
| 1st | Gerald O'Connor | Independent | 3,392 | 1st | W.S. Hall | Social Credit | 2,818 | ||
| 1st | D.M. Duggan | Independent | 3,878 | 1st | D.B. Mullen | Social Credit | 2,500 | ||
| 1st | L.Y. Cairns | Independent | 3,316 | 1st | J.F. Lymburn | United Farmers | 2,092 | ||
| 1st | Elmer Roper | Cooperative Commonwealth | 1,984 | 1st | Orvis A. Kennedy | Social Credit | 1,781 | ||
| 1st | H.D. Ainlay | Cooperative Commonwealth | 1,840 | 1st | D.M. Duggan | Conservative | 1,466 | ||
| 1st | E.C. Fisher | Independent | 1,607 | 1st | G.H. Van Allen | Liberal | 1,255 | ||
| 1st | C. Gould | Social Credit | 1,192 | 1st | M.W. Robertson | Social Credit | 1,243 | ||
| 1st | E. East | Social Credit | 1,117 | 1st | Marion Conroy | Liberal | 1,238 | ||
| 1st | James A. MacPherson | Communist | 1,067 | 1st | W.A. Atkinson | Conservative | 1,220 | ||
| 1st | N.B. James | Social Credit | 967 | 1st | Gerald O'Connor | Liberal | 1,116 | ||
| 1st | C.B. Wills | Social Credit | 948 | 1st | Jan Lakeman | Communist | 1,096 | ||
| 1st | Marjorie Pardee | Independent | 822 | 1st | F.C. Jamieson | Conservative | 1,029 | ||
| 1st | W.H. Miller | Cooperative Commonwealth | 442 | 1st | G.L. King | Social Credit | 843 | ||
| 1st | G.F. Hustler | Independent | 400 | 1st | J.C.M. Marshall | Liberal | 673 | ||
| 1st | Samuel Barnes | Independent Progressive | 282 | 1st | J.E. Basarab | Conservative | 671 | ||
| 1st | J.H. Green | Independent Progressive | 108 | 1st | Walter Morrish | Liberal | 612 | ||
| 1st | James East | Labour | 505 | ||||||
| 1st | Emily Fitzsimon | Conservative | 363 | ||||||
| 1st | J.W. Findlay | Labour | 331 | ||||||
| 1st | Elsie Wright | Economic Reconstruction | 192 | ||||||
| 1st | Carl Berg | Labour | 192 | ||||||
| 1st | S.S. Bowcott | Labour | 166 | ||||||
| 1st | A. Farmilo | Labour | 127 | ||||||
| 1st | D.M. Ramsay | Conservative | 71 | ||||||
| 1st | Sidney Parsons | Labour | 52 |
[edit] 1926 - 1930
| Year | Count | Candidate | Party | Votes | Year | Count | Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 2nd | J.F. Lymburn | United Farmers | 3,028 | 1926 | 2nd | J.F. Lymburn | United Farmers | 3,026 |
| 2nd | D.M. Duggan | Conservative | 3,028 | 2nd | Charles Weaver | Conservative | 3,026 | ||
| 2nd | Charles Gibbs | Labour | 3,028 | 2nd | Charles Gibbs | Labour | 3,026 | ||
| 2nd | W.R. Howson | Liberal | 2,915 | 2nd | W.W. Prevey | Liberal | 2,940 | ||
| 2nd | Charles Weaver | Conservative | 2,903 | 2nd | D.M. Duggan | Conservative | 2,265 | ||
| 2nd | William Atkinson | Conservative | 2,360 | 1926 | 1st | J.F. Lymburn | United Farmers | 3,046 | |
| 1930 | 1st | J.F. Lymburn | United Farmers | 3,230 | 1st | Charles Weaver | Conservative | 2,202 | |
| 1st | D.M. Duggan | Conservative | 2,665 | 1st | W.W. Prevey | Liberal | 1,517 | ||
| 1st | Charles Gibbs | Labour | 2,262 | 1st | Joseph Clarke | Independent Liberal | 1,179 | ||
| 1st | Charles Weaver | Conservative | 2,013 | 1st | John C. Bowen | Liberal | 1,147 | ||
| 1st | W.R. Howson | Liberal | 1,835 | 1st | Samuel Barnes | Independent | 1,060 | ||
| 1st | William Atkinson | Conservative | 1,786 | 1st | Alfred Farmilo | Labour | 973 | ||
| 1st | Walter Prevey | Liberal | 1,331 | 1st | F.J. Follinsbee | Conservative | 881 | ||
| 1st | James Collisson | Liberal | 1,040 | 1st | Charles Gibbs | Labour | 879 | ||
| 1st | Alfred Farmilo | Labour | 832 | 1st | William Thomas Henry | Liberal | 858 | ||
| 1st | Samuel Barnes | Labour | 818 | 1st | David Milwyn Duggan | Conservative | 857 | ||
| 1st | Jan Lakeman | Independent | 752 | 1st | Herbert Crawford | Conservative | 782 | ||
| 1st | K. Knott | Labour | 745 | 1st | James Findlay | Labour | 628 | ||
| 1st | N.C. Willson | Conservative | 451 | 1st | Jan Lakeman | Labour | 605 | ||
| 1st | G.V. Pelton | Liberal | 442 | 1st | William Rea | Liberal | 561 | ||
| 1st | J.A. Buchannan | Conservative | 424 | 1st | Elmer Ernest Roper | Labour | 478 | ||
| 1st | Joseph Clarke | Independent | 424 | 1st | M.W. Robertson | Conservative | 361 | ||
| 1st | R.D. Tighe | Conservative | 189 | 1st | J.W. Leedy | Independent | 140 |
[edit] Block Vote 1909 - 1913, 1921
| Year | Candidate | Party | Votes | Year | Candidate | Party | Votes | Year | Candidate | Party | Votes |
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| 1921 | Andrew McLennan | Liberal | 6,498 | 1913 | Charles Wilson Cross | Liberal | 5,407 | 1909 | Charles Wilson Cross | Liberal | 3,282 |
| John C. Bowen | Liberal | 5,803 | Albert Ewing | Conservative | 5,107 | John McDougall | Liberal | 2,977 | |||
| Nellie McClung | Liberal | 5,388 | 1913 | Alexander Grant MacKay | Liberal | 4,913 | 1909 | Albert Ewing | Conservative | 1,595 | |
| John R. Boyle | Liberal | 5,361 | William Antrobus Griesbach | Conservative | 4,499 | John Gailbraith | Independent | 348 | |||
| Jeremiah Heffernan | Liberal | 5,289 | J.D. Blayney | Independent | 643 | ||||||
| 1921 | William Jackman | United Farmers | 4,978 | ||||||||
| Albert Ewing | Conservative | 4,777 | |||||||||
| A.A. Campbell | Labour | 3,736 | |||||||||
| Herbert Crawford | Conservative | 3,553 | |||||||||
| Elizabeth Ferris | Conservative | 3,188 | |||||||||
| Robert McCreath | Labour | 2,931 | |||||||||
| Joseph Adair | Independent | 2,571 | |||||||||
| Elmer Roper | Labour | 2,515 | |||||||||
| Ambrose Bury | Conservative | 2,509 | |||||||||
| William A. Wells | Conservative | 2,329 | |||||||||
| John Cornwall | Independent | 2,082 | |||||||||
| A.L. Marks | Independent | 1,744 | |||||||||
| Gerald Pelton | Independent Liberal | 1,467 | |||||||||
| William Short | Independent | 1,447 | |||||||||
| William Ball | Independent Labour | 1,409 | |||||||||
| A. Boileau | Independent | 1,226 | |||||||||
| Mary Cantin | Independent Labour | 1,133 | |||||||||
| Ernest Brown | Independent Labour | 1,073 | |||||||||
| James Bailey | Independent Labour | 941 | |||||||||
| Joe White | Independent Labour | 927 | |||||||||
| Marie Mellard | Labour Socialist | 883 |
In 1913 Charles Cross was elected in Edmonton and Edson.
[edit] By-Elections
| Party | 1937 | 1936 | 1931 | 1924 | 1912 | 1905 | |
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| Liberal | Edward Leslie Gray 17,788 |
W. Morrish 9,863 |
John C. Bowen 2,934 |
William Thomas Henry 4,640 |
Charles Wilson Cross 1,802 |
Charles Wilson Cross 1,209 |
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| Conservative | F.C. Jamieson 8,026 |
Albert Ewing 4,238 |
Albert Ewing 1,733 |
William Griesbach 516 |
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| Labour | Elmer Roper 5,583 |
H.M. Bartholomew 4,118 |
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| People's Candidate | Joseph Clarke 10,000 |
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| Socialist | Joseph R. Knight 183 |
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| Soldier Representative | W. Griffen 3,389 |
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| Communist | Jan Lakeman 1,779 |
Jan Lakeman 813 |
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| Unity | Margaret Crang 6,129 |
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| Cooperative Commonwealth | Harry Dean Ainlay 2,056 |
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| Progressive Labour | Margaret Crang 1,275 |
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| Independent | Rice Sheppard 257 |
G.V. Pelton 1,131 |
[edit] Plebiscite results
[edit] 1948 Electrification Plebiscite
District results from the first province wide plebiscite on electricity regulation.
| Option A | Option B |
|---|---|
| Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being continued by the Power Companies? | Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being made a publicly owned utility administered by the Alberta Government Power Commission? |
| 22,351 50.99% | 21,478 49.01% |
| Province wide result: Option A passed. | |
[edit] By-Election reasons
- May 27, 1912—Appointment of Charles Cross as attorney general.
- October 27, 1924—Appointment of Hon. J.R. Boyle to the judicial bench.
- January 9, 1931—Death of Mr. C.Y. Weaver.
- June 22, 1936—Resignation of Mr. W.R. Howson.
- October 7, 1937—Death of Mr. G.H. Van Allen.
- September 22, 1942—Death of Mr. D.M. Duggan.
Souce Elections Alberta
[edit] References
- ^ "C.C.F. Candidate Wins By-Election at Edmonton Tuesday", Red Deer Advocate, September 23, 1942, pp. 1.
