Strathcona South
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Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
| Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1967 |
| District abolished | 1971 |
| First contested | 1967 |
| Last contested | 1967 |
Strathcona South was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1967 to 1971.[1]
History
[edit ]The district was created in 1967 out of the southern part of Strathcona East.
In 1971 the district was split between Edmonton-Avonmore and Edmonton-Ottewell.
Election results
[edit ]1967
[edit ]| 1967 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Gerrit Radstaak | 3,934 | 40.90% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Oscar Kruger | 2,594 | 26.97% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Bill McLean | 2,123 | 22.07% | – | ||||
| Liberal | John Kloster | 968 | 10.06% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,619 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 40 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 15,241 | 63.38% | – | |||||
| Social Credit pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Strathcona-South Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Election results for Strathcona South". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
Further reading
[edit ]- 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.
External links
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