Empress (provincial electoral district)

Empress

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1926
District abolished	1939
First contested	1926
Last contested	1935

Empress was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to 1940.^[1]

History

The Empress electoral district was created prior to the 1926 Alberta general election, constituting the boundaries of the former Redcliff electoral district.

The electoral district was named for the Village of Empress, Alberta.

The Empress electoral district merged with Bow Valley in the 1939 boundary redistribution to form Bow Valley-Empress.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Empress
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Redcliff electoral district from 1913-1926
6th	1926–1930		William C. Smith	United Farmers
7th	1930–1935
8th	1935–1940		David Lush	Social Credit
See Bow Valley-Empress electoral district from 1940-1971

Election results

1926

v t e 1926 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers	William C. Smith	922	58.54%	–
	Liberal	D. McEachern	464	29.46%	–
	Conservative	D. MacCrimmon	189	12.00%	–
Total			1,575	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			110	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			2,169	77.69%	–
Source(s) Source: "Empress Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1930

v t e 1930 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers	William C. Smith	941	60.40%	1.86%
	Independent	E. A. Mantz	617	39.60%	–
Total			1,558	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			54	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			2,260	71.33%	–
	United Farmers hold		Swing		-4.14%
Source(s) Source: "Empress Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1935

v t e 1935 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	David Lush	1,453	72.07%	–
	United Farmers	William C. Smith	324	16.07%	-44.33%
	Liberal	K. A. Pollock	239	11.86%	–
Total			2,016	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			45	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			2,440	84.47%	–
	Social Credit gain from United Farmers		Swing		17.60%
Source(s) Source: "Empress Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Empress, Alberta, a village in southwest Alberta

References

1. "Election results for Empress". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.

Further reading

• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta