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1959 Alberta General Election
The 1959 Alberta general election was held on June 18, 1959, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Ernest C. Manning, in his fifth election as party leader and provincial premier, led the Social Credit Party to its seventh consecutive term in government, with 55% of the popular vote, and all but four of the sixty five seats in the legislature. Social Credit was also helped by a split in the opposition vote: whereas in the 1955 election, opponents were largely united behind the Liberal Party, in this election the vote was divided between the Liberals and the resurgent Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Cam Kirby, won almost 15% of the popular vote, placing ahead of the Liberals whose leader, Grant MacEwan lost his Calgary seat. The Tories and Liberals each won only one seat in the legislature while the Alberta CCF was shut out of the legislature for the first time in seventeen years. The other two opposition seat were taken by a Coalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Alberta Legislative Assembly
The 14th Alberta Legislature was in session from February 11, 1960, to May 9, 1963, with the membership of the Legislative Assembly determined by the results of the 1959 Alberta general election held on June 18, 1959. The Legislature officially resumed on February 11, 1960, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued on March 29, 1963, and dissolved on May 9, prior to the 1963 Alberta general election. Alberta's government was controlled by the majority Social Credit Party for the seventh time, led by Premier Ernest Manning who went on to be the longest-serving premier in Alberta history. There was no Official Opposition, as three parities and one independent made up the four non-government house seats at one seat apiece. The Speaker was Peter Dawson, who served until his death on March 24, 1963. Dawson was replaced as Speaker by Arthur J. Dixon, who remained the speaker until the fall of the Social Credit government after the 1971 Alberta general election. This was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Alberta New Democratic Party (Alberta NDP; ), is social democratic political party in Alberta, Canada. The party sits on the centre-left to left-wing of the political spectrum and is a provincial Alberta affiliate of the federal New Democratic Party. The successor to the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the even earlier Alberta wing of the Canadian Labour Party and the United Farmers of Alberta. From the mid-1980s to 2004, the party abbreviated its name as the "New Democrats" (ND). The party served as Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1993. It was shut out of the legislature following the 1993 election, returning in the 1997 election with two seats. The party won no more than four seats in subsequent elections until the 2015 election, in which it won 54 of the 87 seats in the legislature and formed a majority government. Until 2015, Alberta had been the only province in western Canada—the party's birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary-South East
Calgary-South East (previously styled Calgary South East) is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta. It has existed twice, first from 1959 to 1963, and then re-created in 2010. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The current electoral district was created from a portion of Airdrie-Chestermere, Calgary-Hays and Calgary-Shaw. It contains the neighbourhoods of Auburn Bay, Cranston, Mahogany & Seton. History The first provincial electoral district to use the name Calgary South East was created in the 1959 redistribution that saw the provincial ridings of Calgary and Edmonton broken up. This marked the transition to standardize elections back to the First Past the Post across the province. From 1926 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton, elected members with Single Transferable Vote in super districts while rest of the province used single member riding's using an Alternate voting method with a 50% margin. The district w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary-North East
Calgary-North East (previously styled Calgary North East) is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta. The riding has existed twice, having been contested in the 1959 and abolished soon after, becoming Calgary East. It was re-established in time for the 2019 general election in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Boundary history The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of Calgary and Edmonton marked the transition back to First Past the Post. From 1921 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton, along with a few other ridings in the province elected members with Single Transferable Vote. The redistribution created seven ridings in Calgary, two of those still exist today. This transition was done in part to standardize the electoral system across the province and because Calgary and Edmonton were becoming too large to be a single riding. The other six ridings were Calgary Bowness, Calgary West, Calgary Glenmore, Calgary Centre, Calgary South East, Calgary N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary-North
Calgary-North (previously styled Calgary North) is a single member electoral district in Calgary, Alberta. The electoral district existed from 1959 to 1971, and was re-established for the 2019 Alberta general election. Boundary history 1959 Redistribution The Alberta government decided to return to using the first past the post system of voting from Single Transferable Vote for the 1959 general election. The province redistributed the Calgary (provincial electoral district), Calgary and Edmonton (provincial electoral district), Edmonton super riding's and standardized the voting system across the province. Calgary North was one of the six electoral districts created that year in Calgary. The others were Calgary Bowness, Calgary Centre (provincial electoral district), Calgary Centre, Calgary-West, Calgary West, Calgary-Glenmore, Calgary Glenmore, Calgary-North East, Calgary North East, and Calgary-South East, Calgary South East. The riding was abolished in 1971, split up betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary-Glenmore
Calgary-Glenmore, styled Calgary Glenmore from 1957 to 1971, is a Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The electoral Riding (division), riding of Calgary Glenmore is one of two original Calgary ridings of the seven that still survives from the 1959 redistribution of the Calgary (provincial electoral district), Calgary riding. This riding covers the mid-southwest portion of Calgary and contains the neighbourhoods of Bayview, Braeside, Cedarbrae, Chinook Park, Eagle Ridge, Glenmore Park, Kelvin Grove, Lakeview, Palliser, Pump Hill, Oakridge, Woodbine, and Woodlands. The riding is named after the Glenmore Reservoir. History The Alberta government decided to return to using the first past the post system of voting from Single Transferable Vote for the 1959 general election. The province redistributed the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary Centre (provincial Electoral District)
Calgary Centre 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 1959 to 1971. History The original Centre Calgary district was first created during a brief period when the Calgary riding was split three ways. The other two districts were Calgary South and Calgary North. The second incarnation was during the re-distribution of 1959 when Alberta moved from Single Transferable Vote to First Past the Post. The riding was last contested in the 1967 Alberta general election, after which the Alberta Legislature passed the 1970 ''An Act to amend The Election Act and The Legislative Assembly Act'' to redraw provincial electoral districts. Calgary Centre and Calgary Victoria Park were split between Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Mountain View, Calgary-Bow, Calgary-Millican and Calgary-North Hill. The riding covered the Downtown Calgary. 1959 redistribution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary Bowness
Calgary Bowness 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 1959 to 1971. District history Boundary history 1959 redistribution The Alberta government decided to return to using the first past the post system of voting from Single Transferable Vote for the 1959 general election. The province redistributed the Calgary and Edmonton super riding's and standardized the voting system across the province into single member districts. Calgary Bowness was one of the six electoral districts created from the Calgary super riding that year. The others were Calgary Glenmore, Calgary Centre, Calgary West, Calgary North, Calgary North East, Calgary South East. The district was named after the community of Bowness, and during its time encompassed the Northwestern part of the city. Electoral history The district was first won easily by former Soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary (provincial Electoral District)
Calgary was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return one to six members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1913, and again from 1921 to 1959. The district largely encompassed the boundaries of the city of Calgary, and was revised accordingly as the city grew. Calgary history Boundary history Electoral history The first iteration of the Calgary provincial electoral district in Alberta was created in the 1905 provincial boundary distribution. The district was known in that first election as Calgary City. Prior to 1905, when Calgary was still part of the North-West Territories, there were two districts East Calgary and West Calgary, which were split from the original Calgary North-West Territories district in 1894. Calgary district first came into existence when Calgary had a sufficiently large population to meet the requirements to elect members in the North-West Territories in 1884. The first election in the district wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace River (provincial Electoral District)
Peace River is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The district used instant-runoff voting from 1926 to 1957. It and St. Albert are the only two Alberta districts that have been in operation since the birth of the province. Peace River is a reliable bellwether district, held by the governing political party for most of its history — former MLA Debbie Jabbour of the NDP was no exception, as she was elected in 2015 when the Alberta NDP came to power. Then Peace River elected a United Conservative MLA in 2019 when a majority of the seats in the province went to the UCP. Peace River last elected an opposition MLA in 1940. Geography Peace River encompasses a largely rural area in the northwest corner of Alberta. Urban municipalities within the riding include the towns of Grimshaw, High Level, Manning, Peace River, and Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton (provincial Electoral District)
The Edmonton provincial electoral district also known as Edmonton City from 1905 to 1909, was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1917 and again from 1921 to 1959. The Edmonton, Alberta electoral district was created when Alberta became a province, replacing the territorial electoral district of the same name. With varying boundaries, it existed in two incarnations from 1905 to 1913 and again from 1921 to 1956. In 1917 and since 1956, the city (small as it was in former times) was broken up into separate single-member constituencies. After Alberta became a province, the Edmonton provincial district was created in 1905 to encompass residents of the city of Edmonton, located solely on the northside of the North Saskatchewan River. The Edmonton district was created in 1921 to cover both sides of the river in 1921. By that time, the southside City of Strathcona and the northside City o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Past The Post
First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the candidate with more first-preference votes than any other candidate (a Plurality (voting), ''plurality'') is elected, even if they do not have more than half of votes (a ''majority''). FPP has been used to elect part of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, British House of Commons since the Middle Ages before spreading throughout the British Empire. Throughout the 20th century, many countries that previously used FPP have abandoned it in favor of other electoral systems, including the former British colonies of Australia and New Zealand. FPP is still De jure, officially used in the majority of U.S. state, US states for most elections. However, the combination of Partisan primary, partisan primaries and a two-party system in these jurisd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
