Hand Hills-Acadia

Hand Hills-Acadia

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1963
District abolished	1971
First contested	1963
Last contested	1967

Hand Hills-Acadia was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1963 to 1971.^[1] It was formed prior to the 1963 Alberta general election from the previous electoral district of Hand Hills.

The electoral district took its name from Hand Hills.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Hand Hills-Acadia
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Hand Hills electoral district from 1913-1963
15th	1963–1967		Clinton Keith French	Social Credit
16th	1967–1971
See Drumheller electoral district from 1971-1997 and Hanna-Oyen from 1971-1979

Election results

1963

v t e 1963 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Clinton Keith French	3,215	61.98%	–
	Independent	Lyal Alex. Curry	1,972	38.02%	–
Total			5,187	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			18	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			7,410	70.24%	–
	Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Hand Hills-Acadia Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

v t e 1967 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Clinton Keith French	2,675	50.29%	-11.69%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Cross	2,140	40.23%	–
	New Democratic	Ralph G. Jorgenson	504	9.48%	–
Total			5,319	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			13	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			7,102	75.08%	–
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-6.95%
Source(s) Source: "Hand Hills-Acadia Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Hand Hills, a range of hills in Alberta
• Acadia, Alberta, a rural municipality in Alberta

References

1. "Election results for Hand Hills-Acadia". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
2. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 61.

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

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