Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)

The Wetaskiwin electoral district was one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the 1905 Alberta general election upon Alberta joining Confederation in September 1905. The district was carried over from the old Wetaskiwin electoral district which returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1898 to 1905.{{cite web | url =http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/1-00.pdf | title =North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905 | publisher =Saskatchewan Archives | access-date = 2007-09-30 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928101028/http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/1-00.pdf |archive-date = 2007-09-28}}

Liberal candidate Anthony Rosenroll who was the incumbent in the previous Northwest Territories' Legislature since 1891 was the first member elected for the Wetaskiwin electoral district.{{cite web |url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1905&Constit=Wetaskiwin |title=Election results for Wetaskiwin, 1905 |publisher=Alberta Online Encyclopedia |access-date=2010-03-24}}

{{AbMLA/top|Members of the Legislative Assembly for Wetaskiwin}}

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| FromYr = 1967

| ToYr = 1971

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{{1905 Alberta general election/Wetaskiwin}}

The Returning Officer for the 1905 election was James Kennedy Burgess{{cite news|title=Territories Elections Ordinance; Province of Alberta|publisher=The Rocky Mountain Echo|date=October 30, 1905|pages=4|work=Vol VI No. 12}}

Liberal Charles H. Olin defeated Conservative James George Anderson in the 1909 election. Anderson previously contested the 1908 Canadian federal election in the Strathcona district as an Independent.{{cite news |title=Wetaskiwin Conservatives Convention |url=http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/EDB/1909/03/10/7/Ar00717.html |work=The Edmonton Bulletin |date=March 10, 1909 |page=7}}

{{CANelec/top|AB|1909|Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Charles H. Olin|713|59.82%|-6.69%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Conservative|James George Anderson|479|40.18%|6.69%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|1,192|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|N/A|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|N/A|N/A|–}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|Liberal|-6.69%}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1909&Constit=Wetaskiwin| title=Wetaskiwin Official Results 1909 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1913|Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Charles H. Olin|780|57.35%|-2.46%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Conservative|George B. Campbell|580|42.65%|2.46%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|1,360|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|N/A|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|N/A|N/A|–}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|Liberal|-2.46%}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1913&Constit=Wetaskiwin| title=Wetaskiwin Official Results 1913 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}}}

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{{Alberta provincial by-election, November 17, 1914/Wetaskiwin}}

{{CANelec/top|AB|1917|Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Hugh John Montgomery|1,500|68.71%|11.36%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Conservative|Robert MacLachlan Angus|683|31.29%|-11.36%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|2,183|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|N/A|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|N/A|N/A|–}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|Liberal|11.36%}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1917&Constit=Wetaskiwin| title=Wetaskiwin Official Results 1917 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1921|Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|United Farmers|Evert E. Sparks|1,508|55.36%|–}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Hugh John Montgomery|1,216|44.64%|-24.07%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|2,724|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|N/A|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|3,345|81.43%|–}}

{{CANelec/gain|AB|United Farmers|Liberal|-13.35%}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1921&Constit=Wetaskiwin| title=Wetaskiwin Official Results 1921 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1926|Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin|1st=yes|percent=yes|final=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|United Farmers|Evert E. Sparks|1,274|46.16%|1,418|-9.20%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Hugh John Montgomery|1,198|43.41%|1,266|-1.23%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Conservative|J.F. Inglis|288|10.43%|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|2,760|–|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|139|–|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|3,617|80.15%|-1.29%|–}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|United Farmers|-3.98%}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1926&Constit=Wetaskiwin| title=Wetaskiwin Official Results 1926 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1930|Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Hugh John Montgomery|1,713|54.73%|11.32%}}

{{CANelec|AB|United Farmers|Evert E. Sparks|1,417|45.27%|-0.89%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|3,130|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|1|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|4,040|77.50%|-2.65%}}

{{CANelec/gain|AB|Liberal|United Farmers|3.35%}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1930&Constit=Wetaskiwin| title=Wetaskiwin Official Results 1930 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1935|Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|John A. Wingblade|2,762|58.21%|–}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Hugh John Montgomery|1,149|24.21%|-30.51%}}

{{CANelec|AB|United Farmers|W. Stevens|506|10.66%|-34.61%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Conservative|R. H. Inglis|187|3.94%|–}}

{{CANelec|AB|Communist|A. E. Bolton|141|2.97%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|4,745|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|117|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|5,671|85.73%|8.23%}}

{{CANelec/gain|AB|Social Credit|Liberal|12.27%}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1935&Constit=Wetaskiwin| title=Wetaskiwin Official Results 1935 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1940|Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin|1st=yes|percent=yes|final=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|John A. Wingblade|2,480|47.19%|2,761|-11.02%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Independent|T. S. Steedman|1,874|35.66%|2,179|–}}

{{CANelec|AB|CCF|H. G. Young|901|17.15%|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|5,255|–|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|77|–|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|7,412|71.94%|-13.80%|–}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|Social Credit|-11.23%}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1940&Constit=Wetaskiwin| title=Wetaskiwin Official Results 1940 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1944|Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|John A. Wingblade|2,700|52.63%|5.44%}}

{{CANelec|AB|CCF|J. G. Baker|1,259|24.54%|7.40%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Independent|Hugh John Montgomery|1,007|19.63%|-16.03%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Labor-Progressive|David Graham|164|3.20%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|5,130|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|115|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|6,827|76.83%|4.89%}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|Social Credit|8.28%}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1944&Constit=Wetaskiwin| title=Wetaskiwin Official Results 1944 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1948|Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|John A. Wingblade|2,827|51.65%|-0.98%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Morley Merner|1,414|25.84%|–}}

{{CANelec|AB|CCF|Henry Young|1,232|22.51%|-2.03%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|5,473|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|215|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|7,507|75.77%|-1.06%}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|Social Credit|-1.14%}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1948&Constit=Wetaskiwin| title=Wetaskiwin Official Results 1948 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1952|Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|John A. Wingblade|2,664|54.12%|2.47%}}

{{CANelec|AB|CCF|Harry Van Dyke|1,029|20.91%|–}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|William W. Draayer|1,029|20.91%|–}}

{{CANelec|AB|Independent Social Credit|Arnold D. Olsen|200|4.06%|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|4,922|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|354|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|7,914|66.67%|-9.10%}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|Social Credit|N/A}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1952&Constit=Wetaskiwin| title=Wetaskiwin Official Results 1952 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1955|Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin|1st=yes|percent=yes|final=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|John A. Wingblade|2,695|49.17%|2,756|-4.95%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Ernest Oscar Larson|1,636|29.85%|1,731|8.94%}}

{{CANelec|AB|CCF|M. Jevne|892|16.27%|942|-4.63%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Conservative|W. C. Kimmel|258|4.71%|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|5,481|–|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|399|–|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|8,135|72.28%|5.61%|–}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|Social Credit|-6.95%}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1955&Constit=Wetaskiwin| title=Wetaskiwin Official Results 1955 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1959|Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|John A. Wingblade|3,352|58.27%|9.10%}}

{{CANelec|AB|PC|Robert D. Angus|1,010|17.56%|–}}

{{CANelec|AB|CCF|David Pat. Garland|749|13.02%|-3.26%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Fred R. MacNaughton|642|11.16%|-18.69%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|5,753|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|14|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|8,231|70.06%|-2.22%}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|Social Credit|10.69%}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1959&Constit=Wetaskiwin| title=Wetaskiwin Official Results 1959 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1963|Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|Albert W. Strohschein|3333|61.11%|2.85%}}

{{CANelec|AB|Liberal|Albert Dyberg|1298|23.80%|12.64%}}

{{CANelec|AB|NDP|Leslie Pritchard|823|15.09%|2.07%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|5,454|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|9|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|8,601|63.52%|-6.55%}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|Social Credit|-1.70%}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1963&Constit=Wetaskiwin| title=Wetaskiwin Official Results 1963 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}}}

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{{CANelec/top|AB|1967|Wetaskiwin (provincial electoral district)|Wetaskiwin|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|AB|Social Credit|Albert W. Strohschein|2,879|45.79%|-15.32%}}

{{CANelec|AB|PC|Dallas Schmidt|2,408|38.30%|–}}

{{CANelec|AB|NDP|Robert P. Christensen|1,000|15.91%|0.82%}}

{{CANelec/total|Total|6,287|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Rejected, spoiled and declined|17|–|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible electors / Turnout|9,129|68.87%|–}}

{{CANelec/hold|AB|Social Credit|-14.91%}}

{{CANelec/source|hide=Source: {{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1967&Constit=Wetaskiwin| title=Wetaskiwin Official Results 1967 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}}}

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On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive debate in the Legislature. The plebiscite was intended to deal with the growing demand for reforming antiquated liquor control laws.{{cite news|title=Albertans Vote 2 to 1 For More Liquor Outlets|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=October 31, 1957|pages=1–2|work=Vol L No 273}}

The plebiscite was conducted in two parts. Question A asked in all districts, asked the voters if the sale of liquor should be expanded in Alberta, while Question B asked in a handful of districts within the corporate limits of Calgary and Edmonton asked if men and woman were allowed to drink together in establishments.

Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Wetaskiwin was the only other city in Alberta aside from Lethbridge to vote against the proposal. The vote was nearly even with the No side winning by a slim margin. The voter turnout in the district was slightly above the province wide average of 46%.

Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957. The Social Credit government in power at the time did not considered the results binding.{{cite news|title=No Sudden Change In Alberta Drinking Habits Is Seen|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=October 24, 1957|page=1|work=Vol L No 267}} However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act.{{cite news|title=Entirely New Act On Liquor|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=March 5, 1968|page=1|work=Vol LI No 72}}

Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the Plebiscite such as Wetaskiwin were designated Local Option Zones by the Alberta Liquor Control Board and considered effective dry zones, business owners that wanted a license had to petition for a binding municipal plebiscite in order to be granted a license.{{cite book|title=Alberta Bills 12th Legislature 1st Session|publisher=Government of Alberta|chapter=Bill 81|page=40|year=1958}}

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Wetaskiwin, a city in Alberta, Canada
• Wetaskiwin (electoral district), a federal electoral district from 1925 to 2015
• Wetaskiwin (N.W.T. electoral district), a territorial electoral district from 1898 to 1905

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• {{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author2-link=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |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}}

• [http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/ Elections Alberta]
• [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ The Legislative Assembly of Alberta]

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