Cardston (provincial electoral district)

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Cardston was a provincial electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada. The riding was created in when Alberta first became a province in 1905.

The riding has always occupied the most southern portion of the province along the Canada / United States border. In 1993 the borders of the riding of Pincher Creek-Crowsnest shifted south into Cardston, and the riding was renamed Cardston-Chief Mountain.

The riding was named after the town of Cardston and this region is considered one of the most conservative in the province.

Contents 1 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) 2 Election Results 1905 - 1989 2.1 1967 - 1989 2.2 1935 - 1963 2.3 1905 - 1930 3 Plebiscite results 3.1 1948 Electrification Plebiscite 4 By-election reasons 5 External links

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

	Name	Party	Elected	Left Office
	John William Woolf	Liberal	1905	1912
	Martin Woolf	Liberal	1912	1921
	George Stringham	United Farmers	1921	1935
	Nathan Eldon Tanner	Social Credit	1935	1952
	Edgar Hinman	Social Credit	1952	1967
	Alvin Bullock	Social Credit	1952	1967
2	Edgar Hinman	Social Credit	1971	1975
	John Thompson	Progressive Conservative	1975	1986
	Jack Ady	Progressive Conservative	1986	1993

[edit] Election Results 1905 - 1989

[edit] 1967 - 1989

Party	1989	1986	1982	1979	1975	1971	1967
Liberal	Beth Wendorff 667			Paul Shaw 115
Progressive Conservatives	Jack Ady 3,483	Jack Ady 2,679	John Thompson 3,738	John Thompson 2,832	John Thompson 2,899	Larry Lang 2,392	Larry Lang 1,692
Social Credit	Adam Hauch 529	Ernest Master 989		B.G. Jacobs 2,196	Roy Spackman 1,826	Edgar Hinman 2,831	Alvin Bullock 2,120
N.D.P.	Don Ferguson 517	Cynthia Cunningham 389	Leslie Howard 250	Rosemarie Buchannan 102	Kelty Paul 115		Leslie Howard 104
Western Canada Concept			Steve Pinchak 2,309
Independent		Steve Pinchak 1,376					Robert Burt 573

[edit] 1935 - 1963

Party	1963	1959	1955	1952	1948	1944	1940	1935
Liberal	John Webster 1,035		John Webster 985	Gordon Gregson 630	Briant Stringam 944			D.O. Wight 471
Progressive Conservative		John Spencer 791
Social Credit	Edgar Hinman 2,527	Edgar Hinman 2,205	Edgar Hinman 1,813	Edgar Hinman 2,011	Nathan Eldon Tanner 1,981	Nathan Eldon Tanner 2,104	Nathan Eldon Tanner 2,160	Nathan Eldon Tanner 2,027
United Farmers								George Stringham 565
C.C.F. / N.D.P.	Colin Holt 150					Edward Leavitt 569
Independent						William Matson 592	S.H. Nelson 1,808

[edit] 1905 - 1930

Party	1930	1926	1921	1917	1913	1912	1909	1905
Liberal	R. Christie 825	W.H. Caldwell 598	Martin Woolf 615	Martin Woolf 972	Martin Woolf 518	Martin Woolf 671	John William Woolf 521	John William Woolf 480
Conservative		J.Y. Card 480		W.G. Smith 752	C. Jensen 479	John Parrish 532	Levi Harker 386	John Parrish 210
United Farmers	George Stringham 1,364	George Stringham 1,328	George Stringham 1,340

[edit] Plebiscite results

[edit] 1948 Electrification Plebiscite

District results from the first province wide plebiscite on electricity regulation.

Option A	Option B
Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being continued by the Power Companies?	Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being made a publicly owned utility administered by the Alberta Government Power Commission?
1,268     46.00%	1,488     54.00%
Province wide result: Option A passed.

[edit] By-election reasons

• May 27, 1912—Resignation of Mr. John Woolf.

[edit] External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta