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Acadia
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1913
District abolished	1940
First contested	1913
Last contested	1935

Acadia was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1940.^[1]

History

The Acadia electoral district was formed from the Sedgewick electoral district prior to the 1913 Alberta general election. The Acadia electoral district would be abolished and the Acadia-Coronation electoral district would be formed in its place prior to the 1940 Alberta general election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Acadia
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Sedgewick electoral district from 1909-1913
3rd	1913–1917		John McColl	Liberal
4th	1917–1921		John McColl	Liberal
5th	1921–1926		Lorne Proudfoot	United Farmers
6th	1926–1930
7th	1930–1935
8th	1935–1940		Norman B. James	Social Credit
See Acadia-Coronation electoral district from 1940-1963

v t e 1913 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John McColl	637	56.27%
	Conservative	W. D. Bentley	495	43.73%
Total			1,132	–
Source(s) Source: "Acadia Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 1917 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McColl	1,842	48.22%	-8.05%
	Conservative	E. Gordon Jonah	1,229	32.17%	-11.56%
	Independent	Lorne Proudfoot	749	19.61%	–
Total			3,820	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			N/A	N/A	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		1.75%
Source(s) Source: "Acadia Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 1921 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers	Lorne Proudfoot	3,106	77.42%	–
	Liberal	James C. Cottrell	906	22.58%	-25.64%
Total			4,012	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			5,800	69.17%	–
	United Farmers gain from Liberal		Swing		19.39%
Source(s) Source: "Acadia Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 1926 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers	Lorne Proudfoot	2,056	66.65%	-10.77%
	Conservative	J. P. Kerr	627	20.32%	–
	Liberal	Geo. Campbell	402	13.03%	-9.55%
Total			3,085	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			4,253	72.54%	–
	United Farmers hold		Swing		-4.26%
Source(s) Source: "Acadia Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 1930 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers	Lorne Proudfoot	2,103	71.87%	5.23%
	Independent	J. W. Robinson	823	28.13%	–
Total			2,926	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			75	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			4,041	74.26%	–
	United Farmers hold		Swing		-1.29%
Source(s) Source: "Acadia Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 1935 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Norman B. James	1,834	66.67%	–
	United Farmers	Lorne Proudfoot	628	22.83%	-49.04%
	Liberal	F. W. Beynon	289	10.51%	–
Total			2,751	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			85	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			3,142	90.26%	–
	Social Credit gain from United Farmers		Swing		0.05%
Source(s) Source: "Acadia Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

^ "Election results for Acadia". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.