Centre Calgary

For the provincial electoral district 1959-1971, see Calgary Centre (provincial electoral district). For the federal electoral district, see Calgary Centre.
Centre Calgary
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created 1913
District abolished 1921
First contested 1913
Last contested 1917

Centre Calgary was a provincial electoral district from Alberta, Canada. The district returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1921.

Centre Calgary history

Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Centre Calgary[2]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary electoral district from 1905-1913
3rd 1913–1917 Thomas Tweedie Conservative
4th 1917–1919 Alex Ross Labor Representation
1919–1921 Dominion Labor
See Calgary electoral district from 1921-1959

Electoral history

The Centre Calgary provincial electoral district was created in 1913 as part of a contentious redistribution of boundaries that saw the City of Calgary divided up into three electoral districts. The other two electoral districts were North Calgary and South Calgary.

Conservative candidate Thomas Tweedie won the Centre Calgary's first election held in 1913. He was part of a Conservative sweep of the city that year. The Conservatives had a wave of support due to the unpopularity of the Sifton government in power at the time.

Thomas Tweedie was defeated in a stunning upset by the Calgary Labor temple member Alex Ross. Ross held the electoral district until it was abolished in 1921, as Calgary was reformed into a five-member seat.

Election results

1913 general election

1913 Alberta general election results[3] Turnout 60.12% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Conservative Thomas Tweedie 1,564 68.24% *
     Liberal John McDougall 728 31.76% *
Total 2,292 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined Records not kept
4,701 Eligible Electors
     Conservative pickup new district Swing N/A

1917 general election

1917 Alberta general election results[4] Turnout 55.33% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Labor Representation Alex Ross 1,328 51.06% *
     Conservative Thomas Tweedie 1,273 48.94% -19.30%
Total 2,601 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 0
3,766 Eligible Electors
     Labor Representation pickup from Conservative Swing 19.30%

References

  1. "2". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 1913. p. 21.
  2. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-26. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
  3. "Centre Calgary results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  4. "Centre Calgary results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-08.

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