North Calgary

Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada

North Calgary
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1913
District abolished1921
First contested1913
Last contested1917

North Calgary was a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1913 to 1921.[1]

North Calgary history

Boundary history

North Calgary 1913 boundaries[2]
Bordering districts
North East West South
Cochrane Gleichen Centre Calgary, Cochrane Okotoks
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 1913, An Act to Amend the Act respecting the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
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North Calgary.—All that portion of the City of Calgary as follows: Commencing at the north-east corner of the city limits of the City of Calgary; thence west along the north boundary of the said city limits of the City of Calgary to the north-west corner thereof; thence south along the west boundary of the city limits of the City of Calgary to the point of its intersection with the centre line of the Bow River; thence generally east and south along the said centre line of the Bow River to the point of its intersection with the north boundary of the 23rd townships, being the south boundary of the city limits of the City of Calgary; thence east along the said south boundary of city limits of the City of Calgary to the south-east corner thereof; thence north along the eastern boundary of the city limits of the City of Calgary to the point of commencement, and, Commencing at the north-east corner of township 26, range 29, west of the 4th meridian; thence west along the north boundary of the 26th townships to the meridian line between ranges 2 and 3 west of the 5th meridian; thence south along the said meridian line between ranges 2 and 3, west of the 5th meridian to the point of its intersection with the Bow River; thence generally south-east along the said Bow River to the western boundary of the City limits of the City of Calgary; thence north, east and south following the said city limits of the City of Calgary to the point of its intersection with the north boundary of the 23rd townships; thence east along the said north boundary of the 23rd townships to the meridian line between ranges 28 and 29, west of the 4th meridian; thence north along the said meridian line between ranges 28 and 29, west of the 4th meridian to the point of commencement.
Note: Boundaries came into force in 1913 and lasted until the district was abolished.
Members of the Legislative Assembly for North Calgary[3]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary electoral district from 1905-1913
3rd 1913–1917 Samuel Hillocks Conservative
4th 1917–1920 William Davidson Independent
1920–1921 Vacant
See Calgary electoral district from 1921-1959

Electoral history

The electoral district was created in 1913 as part of a contentious boundary redistribution that saw the Calgary provincial electoral district broken up into three single member constituencies, the other two being South Calgary and Centre Calgary. Conservative candidates won all three districts that year on a wave of anti Liberal support in the city as electors were unhappy with Premier Arthur Sifton.

Calgary North would swing to the Liberal column in the 1917 general election as incumbent Samuel Hillocks was defeated by star candidate journalist William Davidson. The electoral district would be abolished in 1921 as Calgary was reconstituted into a five-member district.

Election results

1913

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1913 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Bacon Hillocks 1,482 57.89% –
Liberal George Henry Ross 822 32.11% –
Socialist Harry Roderick Burge 256 10.00% –
Total 2,560 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A – –
Eligible electors / turnout 4,258 60.12% –
Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-North Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1917

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1917 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McCartney Davidson 2,701 54.72% 22.61%
Conservative Samuel Bacon Hillocks 2,235 45.28% -12.61%
Total 4,936 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A – –
Eligible electors / turnout 7,712 64.00% 3.88%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing -8.17%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-North Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Election results for Calgary (North)". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "2". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 1913. pp. 29–30.
  3. ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2009.

Further reading

External links

  • Elections Alberta
  • The Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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