Whitford (provincial electoral district)
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Whitford was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1913 out of the south west 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 north west town of Whitford, Alberta.
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[edit] Election results 1913 - 1935
[edit] Single Transferable Vote 1935
| Year | Count | Candidate | Party | Votes |
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| 1935 | 2nd | William Tomyn | Social Credit | 1,370 |
| 2nd | Isidore Goresky | United Farmers | 1,121 | |
| 1935 | 1st | William Tomyn | Social Credit | 1,265 |
| 1st | M. Novakowski | Communist | 966 | |
| 1st | Isidore Goresky | United Farmers | 940 | |
| 1st | Andrew Shandro | Liberal | 615 |
[edit] First Past the Post 1913 - 1930
[edit] 1921 - 1930
| 1930 Results | 1926 Results | 1921 Results | |||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes |
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| United Farmers | Isidore Goresky | 1,799 | 67.30% | United Farmers | G. Mihalcheon | 1,449 | 54.29% | Liberal | Andrew Shandro | Acclaimed | |||
| Liberal | George Szkwarok | 766 | 28.66% | Independent United Farmers | Andrew Shandro | 373 | 13.98% | ||||||
| Independent | S. Suwala | 47 | 4.04% | Liberal | N. Grekol | 371 | 13.90% | ||||||
| Conservative | E. Michajluk | 274 | 10.27% | ||||||||||
| Independent United Farmers | L.M. Ferguson | 88 | 7.56% | ||||||||||
[edit] 1913 - 1917
| 1917 Results | 1915 By-Election Results | 1913 Results | |||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Liberal | Andrew Shandro | Acclaimed Under Section 38 | Liberal | Andrew Shandro | 697 | 59.02% | Liberal | Andrew Shandro | 499 | ||||
| Conservative | R. Kremar | 484 | 40.98% | Independent | Paul Rudyk | 312 | |||||||
| Independent | C.F. Connolly | 148 | |||||||||||
| Conservative | R.L. Hughson | 133 | |||||||||||
[edit] By-Election reasons
- 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
