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Hand Hills-Acadia

Coordinates: 51°29′17″N 112°10′12″W / 51.488°N 112.170°W / 51.488; -112.170
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Hand Hills-Acadia
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1963
District abolished1971
First contested1963
Last contested1967

Hand Hills-Acadia 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 1963 to 1971.[1] It was formed prior to the 1963 Alberta general election from the previous electoral district of Hand Hills.

The electoral district took its name from Hand Hills.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Hand Hills-Acadia
Assembly Years Member Party
See Hand Hills electoral district from 1913-1963
15th  1963–1967     Clinton Keith French Social Credit
16th  1967–1971
See Drumheller electoral district from 1971-1997
and Hanna-Oyen from 1971-1979

Election results

1963

1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Clinton Keith French 3,215 61.98%
Independent Lyal Alex. Curry 1,972 38.02%
Total 5,187
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18
Eligible electors / turnout 7,410 70.24%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Hand Hills-Acadia Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Clinton Keith French 2,675 50.29% -11.69%
Progressive Conservative Bill Cross 2,140 40.23%
New Democratic Ralph G. Jorgenson 504 9.48%
Total 5,319
Rejected, spoiled and declined 13
Eligible electors / turnout 7,102 75.08%
Social Credit hold Swing -6.95%
Source(s)
Source: "Hand Hills-Acadia Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Election results for Hand Hills-Acadia". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 61.

Further reading

51°29′17″N 112°10′12″W / 51.488°N 112.170°W / 51.488; -112.170