Stettler was a
provincial electoral district
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. Since 2012 the Legislative Assembly has had 87 members, elected first past the post f ...
from 1909 to 1993.
History
The Stettler electoral district was formed in 1909 from the eastern portions of the
Gleichen,
Rosebud,
Innisfail,
Red Deer
The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or Hart (deer), hart, and a female is called a doe or hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Ir ...
, and
Lacombe electoral districts. The district is named after the town of
Stettler.
The Stettler electoral district was abolished in 1993 and combined with portions of the
Lacombe electoral district to form
Lacombe-Stettler
Lacombe-Stettler was a Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post me ...
electoral district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
Election results
1909
1913
1917
1921
1926
1930
1935
1940
1944
1948
1952
1955
1959
1963
1967
1971
1975
1979
1982
1986
1989
March 20, 1989
1989 by-election
Plebiscite results
1957 liquor plebiscite
On October 30, 1957 a stand-alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive debate in the legislature. The plebiscite was intended to deal with the growing demand for reforming antiquated liquor control laws.
The plebiscite was conducted in two parts. Question A, asked in all districts, asked the voters if the sale of liquor should be expanded in Alberta, while Question B, asked in a handful of districts within the corporate limits of Calgary and Edmonton, asked if men and women should be allowed to drink together in establishments.
Province wide, Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts, while Question B passed in all five districts. Stettler barely voted against the proposal; the results were almost a tie. The voter turnout in the district was well above the province wide average of 46%.
Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957.
The
Social Credit
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government in power at the time did not consider the results binding.
However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new ''Liquor Act''.
Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the plebiscite, such as Stettler, were designated Local Option Zones by the
Alberta Liquor Control Board and considered effective dry zones. Business owners who wanted a licence had to petition for a binding municipal plebiscite in order for a licence to be granted.
See also
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List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
Alberta provincial electoral districts are currently single member ridings that each elect one member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. There are 87 districts fixed in law in Alberta, Canada.
History
The original 25 districts were drawn u ...
*
Canadian provincial electoral districts
Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of Ontario, where districts in the Southern Ontario region are coterminous wh ...
References
Further reading
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External links
Elections AlbertaThe Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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Former provincial electoral districts of Alberta
1909 establishments in Alberta
1993 disestablishments in Canada