Nanton (provincial electoral district)
{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada}}
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| prov-status =defunct
| prov-election-first =1909
| prov-election-last =1926
| prov-created =1909
| prov-abolished =1930
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Nanton was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1926.{{cite web |title=Election results for Nanton. |url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Nanton|website=abheritage.ca. |publisher=Heritage Community Foundation |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208183724/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Nanton|archive-date=December 8, 2010 |location=Wayback Machine}}
History
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{{AbMLA/top|Members of the Legislative Assembly for Nanton}}
{{AbMLA/change|See High River electoral district from 1905-1909
and Macleod electoral district from 1905-1909}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 1909
| ToYr = 1913
| Assembly# = 2
| AbParty = Liberal
| RepName = John M. Glendenning
| RepLink =
| #ByElections =
| PartyTerms# = 2
| RepTerms# = 2
}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 1913
| ToYr = 1917
| Assembly# = 3
}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 1917
| ToYr = 1921
| Assembly# = 4
| AbParty = Non-Partisan League
| RepName = James Weir
| RepLink = James Weir (politician)
| #ByElections =
| PartyTerms# = 1
| RepTerms# = 1
}}
{{AbMLA/row
| FromYr = 1921
| ToYr = 1926
| Assembly# = 5
| AbParty = United Farmers
| RepName = Daniel Harcourt Galbraith
| RepLink =
| #ByElections =
| PartyTerms# = 2
| RepTerms# = 2
}}
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| FromYr = 1926
| ToYr = 1930
| Assembly# = 6
}}
{{AbMLA/change|See Nanton-Claresholm electoral district from 1930-1940}}
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}}
The Nanton electoral district was formed prior to the 1909 Alberta general election from a portion of the High River and Macleod electoral districts.
Prior to the 1930 Alberta general election, the Nanton electoral district was merged with a portion of the Claresholm electoral district to form the Nanton-Claresholm electoral district.
The electoral district was named for the Town of Nanton.
Election results
=1909=
{{Alberta provincial election, 1909/Nanton}}
=1913=
{{Alberta provincial election, 1913/Nanton}}
=1917=
{{Alberta provincial election, 1917/Nanton}}
=1921=
{{Alberta provincial election, 1921/Nanton}}
=1926=
{{Alberta provincial election, 1926/Nanton}}
See also
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Nanton, Alberta, a town in southwest Alberta
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author-link1=Elections Alberta |title=A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |series=The Centennial Series |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-8-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up |access-date=25 May 2020}}
External links
- [http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/ Elections Alberta]
- [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ The Legislative Assembly of Alberta]
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