Lacombe
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1905
District abolished1993
First contested1905
Last contested1989

Lacombe was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1993.[1]

History

Lacombe was one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the 1905 Alberta general election upon Alberta joining Confederation in September 1905. The electoral district was a continuation of the Lacombe Northwest Territories electoral district which was formed in 1902. The electoral district was named for the City of Lacombe in central Alberta.

Lacombe was dissolved in the 1993 electoral district re-distribution. The more urbanized portion, including the city of Lacombe, was merged with neighbouring Stettler to form Lacombe-Stettler, while the more rural portion was transferred to Rocky Mountain House.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lacombe
Assembly Years Member Party
1st  1905–1909     William F. Puffer Liberal
2nd  1909–1913
3rd  1913–1917
4th  1917–1921     Andrew Gilmour Conservative
5th  1921–1926     Irene Parlby United Farmers
6th  1926–1930
7th  1930–1935
8th  1935–1940     Duncan B. MacMillan Social Credit
9th  1940–1944
10th  1944–1948
11th  1948–1952
12th  1952–1955 Allen Russell Patrick
13th  1955–1959
14th  1959–1963
15th  1963–1967
16th  1967–1971
17th  1971–1975     Jack W. Cookson Progressive Conservative
18th  1975–1979
19th  1979–1982
20th  1982–1986 Ronald A. Moore
21st  1986–1989
22nd  1989–1993
See Lacombe-Stettler electoral district from 1993-2004
and Rocky Mountain House electoral district from 1993-2012

Election results

1905 general election

1905 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalWilliam F. Puffer61252.80%–
ConservativeAndrew Gilmour54747.20%–
Total 1,159––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout N/AN/A–
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1909 general election

1909 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalWilliam F. PufferAcclaimed––
Total N/A––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout N/AN/A–
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1913 general election

1913 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalWilliam F. Puffer87858.46%–
ConservativeAngus MacDonald62441.54%–
Total 1,502––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout 2,02974.03%–
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1917 general election

1917 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeAndrew Gilmour1,42351.63%10.09%
LiberalWilliam F. Puffer1,33348.37%-10.09%
Total 2,756––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout 3,53078.07%4.05%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -6.82%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1921 general election

1921 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United FarmersIrene Parlby2,11357.86%–
LiberalWilliam F. Puffer1,53942.14%-6.23%
Total 3,652––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout 4,45781.94%3.86%
United Farmers gain from Conservative Swing 6.23%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1926 general election

1926 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United FarmersIrene Parlby1,89153.58%-4.27%
LiberalWilliam F. Puffer1,16232.93%-9.21%
ConservativeP. W. Pratt47613.49%–
Total 3,529––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 209––
Eligible electors / turnout 5,00874.64%-7.30%
United Farmers hold Swing 2.47%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1930 general election

1930 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United FarmersIrene Parlby1,93251.36%-2.23%
IndependentJ. R. Mackie1,83048.64%–
Total 3,762––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 142––
Eligible electors / turnout 5,17875.40%0.76%
United Farmers hold Swing -8.97%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1935 general election

1935 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditDuncan B. MacMillan3,48362.63%–
LiberalF. J. S. Sissons83815.07%–
United FarmersC. M. Ironside72112.97%-38.39%
ConservativeP. W. Pratt5199.33%–
Total 5,561––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 125––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,56686.60%11.20%
Social Credit gain from United Farmers Swing 22.43%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1940 general election

1940 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
First count
Social CreditDuncan B. MacMillan2,32146.35%-16.91%
IndependentR. E. Chowen2,06141.15%–
Co-operative CommonwealthC. M. Ironside62612.50%–
Total 5,008––
Ballot transfer results
Social CreditDuncan B. MacMillan2,45751.00%–
IndependentR. E. Chowen2,36149.00%–
Total 4,818––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 144––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,81775.85%-10.75%
Social Credit hold Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes.
As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality

1944 general election

1944 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditDuncan B. MacMillan2,44253.78%7.43%
Co-operative CommonwealthRobert H. Carlyle1,32429.16%16.76%
IndependentR. E. Chowen77517.07%-24.08%
Total 4,541––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 84––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,28673.58%-2.27%
Social Credit hold Swing N/A%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1944 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1948 general election

1948 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditDuncan B. MacMillan3,05363.54%9.76%
Co-operative CommonwealthRobert H. Carlyle1,10923.08%-6.08%
LiberalThomas Wilkes64313.38%–
Total 4,805––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 266––
Eligible electors / turnout 7,16470.78%-2.79%
Social Credit hold Swing 7.92%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1948 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1952 general election

1952 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditAllen Russell Patrick2,44658.54%-4.99%
Co-operative CommonwealthErnest John Ingram97523.34%0.26%
LiberalArnold A. Bruns75718.12%4.74%
Total 4,178––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 290––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,35870.27%-0.51%
Social Credit hold Swing -2.62%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1952 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1955 general election

1955 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditAllen Russell Patrick2,25550.83%-7.71%
ConservativeAlfred B. Haarstad1,57935.60%–
Co-operative CommonwealthErnest John Ingram60213.57%-9.77%
Total 4,436––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 338––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,58672.49%2.21%
Social Credit hold Swing -9.98%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1955 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1959 general election

1959 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditAllen Russell Patrick3,08963.42%12.58%
Progressive ConservativeDenis R. Stafford1,16223.86%–
Co-operative CommonwealthRobert H. Carlyle62012.73%-0.84%
Total 4,871––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,82471.38%-1.11%
Social Credit hold Swing 12.16%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1963 general election

1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditAllen Russell Patrick3,40569.31%5.89%
LiberalJohn Paul Fehrenbach77615.79%–
New DemocraticJohn Liss73214.90%–
Total 4,913––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 6––
Eligible electors / turnout 7,99861.50%-9.88%
Social Credit hold Swing 6.98%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967 general election

1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditAllen Russell Patrick2,69049.21%-20.09%
Progressive ConservativeJack W. Cookson1,99936.57%–
New DemocraticGlen R. Nelson77714.22%-0.68%
Total 5,466––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 12––
Eligible electors / turnout 7,33274.71%13.21%
Social Credit hold Swing -20.43%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJack W. Cookson3,09450.49%13.92%
Social CreditIvan Stonehocker2,58242.13%-7.08%
New DemocraticRagnar Johanson4527.38%-6.84%
Total 6,128––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 16––
Eligible electors / turnout 8,03676.46%1.74%
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing -2.14%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJack W. Cookson4,18668.78%18.29%
Social CreditIvan Stonehocker1,41423.23%-18.90%
New DemocraticEd Kamps4867.99%0.61%
Total 6,086––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 32––
Eligible electors / turnout 8,50571.93%-4.52%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 18.60%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJack W. Cookson4,45864.34%-4.44%
Social CreditElmer Suominen1,40920.33%-2.90%
New DemocraticArt Wigmore71710.35%2.36%
LiberalRoger C. Holteen2603.75%–
IndependentGordon Crofton851.23%–
Total 6,929––
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A––
Eligible electors / turnout 10,36766.84%-5.10%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.77%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRon A. Moore5,14161.21%-3.13%
Western Canada ConceptTerry Long1,33915.94%–
New DemocraticGlen R. Nelson1,10813.19%2.84%
IndependentHoward P. Thompson8119.66%8.43%
Total 8,399––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 12––
Eligible electors / turnout 11,60072.51%5.67%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 0.63%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRon A. Moore4,07977.99%16.78%
New DemocraticKen Ling1,15122.01%8.82%
Total 5,230––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 19––
Eligible electors / turnout 11,69944.87%-27.64%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.36%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRon A. Moore4,01459.93%-18.06%
LiberalRoger Young1,46721.90%–
New DemocraticCliff Reid1,21718.17%-3.84%
Total 6,698––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 24––
Eligible electors / turnout 12,21455.04%10.17%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.98%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Plebiscite results

1957 liquor plebiscite

1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite results: Lacombe[2]
Question A: Do you approve additional types of outlets for the
sale of beer, wine and spirituous liquor subject to a local vote?
Ballot choice Votes %
No 2,011 62.53%
Yes 1,205 37.47%
Total votes 3,216 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 52
6,302 eligible electors, turnout 51.86%

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.[3]

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 were allowed to drink together in establishments.[2]

Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Lacombe voted against the proposal by a wide margin. The voter turnout in the district was well above the province wide average of 46% with well over half the electors turning out to vote.[2]

Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957.[2] The Social Credit government in power at the time did not consider the results binding.[4] However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act.[5]

Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the plebiscite such as Lacombe were designated Local Option Zones by the Alberta Liquor Control Board and considered effective dry zones, business owners that wanted a license had to petition for a binding municipal plebiscite in order to be granted a license.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Election results for Lacombe". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Alberta Gazette. Vol. 53 (December 31 ed.). Government of Alberta. 1957. pp. 2, 247–2, 249.
  3. ↑ "Albertans Vote 2 to 1 For More Liquor Outlets". Vol L No 273. The Lethbridge Herald. October 31, 1957. pp. 1–2.
  4. ↑ "No Sudden Change In Alberta Drinking Habits Is Seen". Vol L No 267. The Lethbridge Herald. October 24, 1957. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "Entirely New Act On Liquor". Vol LI No 72. The Lethbridge Herald. March 5, 1968. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "Bill 81". Alberta Bills 12th Legislature 1st Session. Government of Alberta. 1958. p. 40.

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