Sedgewick-Coronation

Sedgewick-Coronation

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1963
District abolished	1979
First contested	1963
Last contested	1975

Sedgewick-Coronation was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1963 to 1979.^[1]

Sedgewick-Coronation is named for the Town of Sedgewick, Alberta and the Town of Coronation, Alberta.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sedgewick-Coronation
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Sedgewick electoral district from 1909-1963 and Acadia-Coronation electoral district from 1940-1963
15th	1963–1967		Jack Charles Hillman	Social Credit
16th	1967–1971
17th	1971–1975		Ralph Sorenson
18th	1975–1979		Henry Kroeger	Progressive Conservative
See Chinook electoral district from 1979-1997

Electoral history

1963

v t e 1963 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Jack Charles Hillman	3,999	67.83%	–
	Liberal	James Leland Sims	1,368	23.20%	–
	New Democratic	Karl O. Peterson	529	8.97%	–
Total			5,896	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			9	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			8,860	66.65%	–
	Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick-Coronation 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	Jack Charles Hillman	3,470	59.83%	-8.00%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernie Moore	1,103	19.02%	–
	New Democratic	Art Bunney	680	11.72%	2.75%
	Liberal	Eugene F. Price	547	9.43%	-13.77%
Total			5,800	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			41	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			8,559	68.24%	–
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-1.91%
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick-Coronation Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1971

v t e 1971 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Ralph Sorenson	2,272	47.67%	-12.16%
	Progressive Conservative	Herb Losness	2,005	42.07%	23.05%
	New Democratic	Ron Chalmers	489	10.26%	-1.46%
Total			4,766	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			16	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			19,656	24.33%	–
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-17.60%
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick-Coronation Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

v t e 1975 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Henry Kroeger	2,757	56.32%	14.25%
	Social Credit	Ralph Sorenson	1,768	36.12%	-11.55%
	New Democratic	Gladys Creasy	370	7.56%	-2.70%
Total			4,895	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			15	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			6,718	73.09%	–
	Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit		Swing		7.30%
Source(s) Source: "Sedgewick-Coronation Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• Sedgewick, Alberta, a town in central Alberta
• Coronation, Alberta, a town in central Alberta
• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts

References

1. "Election results for Sedgewick-Coronation". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 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