Pincher Creek-Crowsnest
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1940
District abolished1993
First contested1940
Last contested1989

Pincher Creek-Crowsnest was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1940 to 1993.[1]

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Pincher Creek-Crowsnest
Assembly Years Member Party
See Pincher Creek electoral district from 1905-1940
and Cardston electoral district from 1905-1940
9th  1940–1944     Ernest O. Duke Social Credit
10th  1944–1948
11th  1948–1952 William A. Kovach
12th  1952–1955
13th  1955–1959
14th  1959–1963
15th  1963–1966
 1966–1967     Garth A. Turcott New Democratic
16th  1967–1971     Charles Duncan Drain Social Credit
17th  1971–1975
18th  1975–1979     Frederick Deryl Bradley Progressive Conservative
19th  1979–1982
20th  1982–1986
21st  1986–1989
22nd  1989–1993
See Pincher Creek-Macleod electoral district from 1993-1997

The Pincher Creek-Crowsnest electoral district was formed prior to the 1940 Alberta general election from the Pincher Creek and Rocky Mountain electoral districts.

The Pincher Creek-Crowsnest electoral district was abolished in the 1993 electoral district re-distribution, and merged with portions of Macleod and Highwood electoral districts to form Pincher Creek-Macleod.

Election results

1940 general election

1940 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		%Votes
final count		±%
Social CreditErnest O. Duke2,35642.59%2,443–
IndependentC.J. Tompkins2,12938.49%2,210–
Dominion LaborEnoch Williams1,04718.93%––
Total 5,532–––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 195–––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,65086.12%––
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 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
1st count		%Votes
final count		±%
Social CreditErnest O. Duke2,10943.40%2,2280.82%
Labour UnitedEnoch Williams1,78836.80%1,870–
Co-operative CommonwealthW.H. Irwin96219.80%––
Total 4,859–––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 50–––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,70373.24%-12.88%–
Social Credit hold Swing 1.25%
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Official Results 1944 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.

1948 general election

1948 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes
1st count		%Votes
final count		±%
Social CreditWilliam A. Kovach2,21045.30%2,2921.89%
LiberalJ. W. Rutherford99820.46%1,045–
Labor–ProgressiveB. R. Swankey85617.54%––
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn Lloyd81516.70%–-3.09%
Total 4,879–––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 498–––
Eligible electors / turnout 7,46572.03%-1.21%–
Social Credit hold Swing 9.12%
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Official Results 1948 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.

1952 general election

1952 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditWilliam A. Kovach3,20776.09%30.79%
LiberalThomas J. Costigan1,00823.91%3.46%
Total 4,215––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 429––
Eligible electors / turnout 7,44662.37%-9.66%
Social Credit hold Swing 13.66%
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 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 CreditWilliam A. Kovach2,79961.44%-14.65%
Liberal–ConservativeH. Ferguson1,39430.60%–
Labor–ProgressiveB. R. Swankey3637.97%–
Total 4,556––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 288––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,61473.24%10.87%
Social Credit hold Swing -10.67%
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 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 CreditWilliam A. Kovach3,14567.09%5.65%
Progressive ConservativeAlex Grant1,13324.17%–
LiberalC. Boyden4108.75%–
Total 4,688––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 14––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,28074.87%1.63%
Social Credit hold Swing 6.04%
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 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 CreditWilliam A. Kovach2,52454.43%-12.65%
Progressive ConservativeFrank Lynch-Staunton95320.55%-3.62%
New DemocraticArthur Lees62113.39%–
LiberalThomas J. Costigan53911.62%2.88%
Total 4,637––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 11––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,84767.88%-6.99%
Social Credit hold Swing -4.52%
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1966 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, October 6, 1966
Upon the death of William A. Kovach
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticGarth A. Turcott1,76734.53%21.14%
Social CreditJ. H. Hanrahan1,63131.87%-22.56%
Progressive ConservativeAlexander B. Wells95118.59%-1.96%
LiberalF. Benton Murphy76815.01%3.39%
Total valid votes 5,117––
Rejected, spoiled, and declined –––
Electors / turnout –––
New Democratic gain from Social Credit Swing N/A
Source(s)
"By-elections". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

1967 general election

1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditCharles Duncan Drain2,34546.03%15.16%
New DemocraticGarth A. Turcott1,77234.79%0.26%
Progressive ConservativeAlexander B. Wells72214.17%-4.42%
LiberalF. Benton Murphy2555.01%-10.00%
Total 5,094––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28––
Eligible electors / turnout 6,57477.91%10.03%
Social Credit gain from New Democratic Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditCharles Duncan Drain2,37943.06%-2.98%
Progressive ConservativeMorgan Johnson1,79132.42%18.24%
New DemocraticClarence W. Smith1,35524.52%-10.26%
Total 5,525––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 31––
Eligible electors / turnout 7,28476.28%-1.64%
Social Credit hold Swing -0.30%
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 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 ConservativeFrederick Deryl Bradley3,20960.21%27.79%
Social CreditCharles Drain1,83734.47%-8.59%
New DemocraticDavid Elliot2354.41%-20.12%
IndependentGwen Gyulai490.92%–
Total 5,330––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 35––
Eligible electors / turnout 7,48871.65%-4.63%
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing 7.55%
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 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 ConservativeFrederick Deryl Bradley3,56760.67%0.47%
Social CreditRobert (Bob) Westrop1,50325.57%-8.90%
New DemocraticIan Downie62810.68%6.27%
LiberalAnn Gill1813.08%–
Total 5,879––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 24––
Eligible electors / turnout 8,78867.17%-4.48%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 4.68%
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 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 ConservativeFrederick Deryl Bradley4,38864.69%4.02%
New DemocraticMike Cooper1,63624.12%13.44%
Western Canada ConceptDennis Olson6509.58%–
LiberalJerry Potts1091.61%-1.47%
Total 6,783––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18––
Eligible electors / turnout 9,18874.02%6.85%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 2.73%
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 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 ConservativeFrederick Deryl Bradley3,13451.53%-13.16%
New DemocraticMike Cooper2,94848.47%24.35%
Total 6,082––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 21––
Eligible electors / turnout 9,25165.97%-8.05%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -18.76%
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 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 ConservativeFrederick Deryl Bradley3,26252.68%1.15%
New DemocraticMike Cooper2,11934.22%-14.25%
LiberalStan Stoklosa81113.10%–
Total 6,192––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 14––
Eligible electors / turnout 9,04468.62%2.65%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 7.70%
Source(s)
Source: "Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Plebiscite results

1957 liquor plebiscite

1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite results: Pincher Creek-Crowsnest[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 %
Yes 1,656 65.87%
No 858 34.13%
Total votes 2,514 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 9
6,009 eligible electors, turnout 41.99%

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 should be 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. Pincher Creek-Crowsnest voted in favour of the proposal with a near landslide majority. Voter turnout in the district was poor, as it fell significantly below the province wide average of 46%.[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 were designated Local Option Zones by the Alberta Liquor Control Board and considered effective dry zones. Business owners who 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 Pincher Creek-Crowsnest". 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, 1958. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "Bill 81". Alberta Bills 12th Legislature 1st Session. Government of Alberta. 1958. p. 40.

Further reading

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