1930 Alberta general election
The 1930 Alberta general election was the seventh general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 19, 1930, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
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The United Farmers of Alberta won election to a third term in government, and John E. Brownlee continued as premier.
This election, like the previous election (1926), used Single Transferable Voting in Edmonton and Calgary (Medicine Hat no longer had multiple seats). and used Alternative Voting in districts outside those two cities.
Th United Farmers again won just one seat in the cities (in Edmonton) but won a great share of the rural seats, by securing the support of a majority of votes in each district, as required under Alternative Voting.
Results
| 1930 Alberta provincial election[2] | |||||||||
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| Party | Party Leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
| 1926 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
| United Farmers | John E. Brownlee | 47 | 43 | 39 | -9.3% | 74,187 | 39.41% | -0.27% | |
| Liberal | George Harry Webster | 36 | 7 | 11 | +57.1% | 46,275 | 24.59% | -1.58% | |
| Conservative | David Milwyn Duggan | 18 | 5 | 6 | +20.0% | 27,954 | 14.85% | -7.25% | |
| Labour | Fred J. White | 11 | 5 | 4 | -20.0% | 14,354 | 7.63% | -0.16% | |
| Communist | 1 | ||||||||
| Independent | 28 | - | 3 | 25,449 | 13.52% | +12.82% | |||
| Total | 141 | 61 | 63 | +3.3% | 188,219 | 100% | |||
Beaver River
The most closely contested race in the election happened in the Beaver River electoral district. The election was a three-way race between incumbent United Farmers MLA John Delisle Liberal candidate Henry Dakin and Independent candidate Luc Lebel.[3]
The first count results showed Delisle and Dakin separated by seven votes with Lebel holding the balance of 87 votes. Under STV, the least-popular candidate was eliminated and his votes transferred.[3] Lebel was eliminated and his 87 votes were transferred where second-choice preference had been marked. The new vote tallies showed Delisle with 21 more votes than Dakin. Delisle was declared elected on June 25, 1930, six days after the election was held..[4]
The Liberals challenged the results in provincial court. A judicial recount was ordered. Judge Taylor concluded on August 21, 1930, that the second count results showed Dakin winning by four votes. Delisle's election was overturned and Dakin picked up the seat.[5]
Members elected
References
- Not including four constituencies where UFA elected by acclamation
- "Alberta provincial election results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on February 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- "Beaver River Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- "Alberta Government Now Sure Of 40 Seats". Vol 55 No 304. Manitoba Free Press. June 25, 1930. p. 6.
- "Recount Gives Libs. Another Alta. Seat". Vol XXIII No 213. The Lethbridge Herald. August 21, 1930. p. 1.
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