Lacombe (provincial electoral district)

Lacombe was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1993.[1]

Lacombe
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1905
District abolished1993
First contested1905
Last contested1989

History

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Lacombe was one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the 1905 Alberta general election upon Alberta joining Confederation in September 1905. The electoral district was a continuation of the Lacombe Northwest Territories electoral district which was formed in 1902. The electoral district was named for the City of Lacombe in central Alberta.

Lacombe was dissolved in the 1993 electoral district re-distribution. The more urbanized portion, including the city of Lacombe, was merged with neighbouring Stettler to form Lacombe-Stettler, while the more rural portion was transferred to Rocky Mountain House.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lacombe
Assembly Years Member Party
1st  1905–1909     William F. Puffer Liberal
2nd  1909–1913
3rd  1913–1917
4th  1917–1921     Andrew Gilmour Conservative
5th  1921–1926     Irene Parlby United Farmers
6th  1926–1930
7th  1930–1935
8th  1935–1940     Duncan B. MacMillan Social Credit
9th  1940–1944
10th  1944–1948
11th  1948–1952
12th  1952–1955 Allen Russell Patrick
13th  1955–1959
14th  1959–1963
15th  1963–1967
16th  1967–1971
17th  1971–1975     Jack W. Cookson Progressive Conservative
18th  1975–1979
19th  1979–1982
20th  1982–1986 Ronald A. Moore
21st  1986–1989
22nd  1989–1993
See Lacombe-Stettler electoral district from 1993-2004
and Rocky Mountain House electoral district from 1993-2012

Election results

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1905

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1905 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William F. Puffer 612 52.80%
Conservative Andrew Gilmour 547 47.20%
Total 1,159
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout N/A N/A
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1909

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1909 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William F. Puffer Acclaimed
Total N/A
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout N/A N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1913

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1913 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William F. Puffer 878 58.46%
Conservative Angus MacDonald 624 41.54%
Total 1,502
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 2,029 74.03%
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1917

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1917 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Gilmour 1,423 51.63% 10.09%
Liberal William F. Puffer 1,333 48.37% -10.09%
Total 2,756
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 3,530 78.07% 4.05%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -6.82%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1921

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1921 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Farmers Irene Parlby 2,113 57.86%
Liberal William F. Puffer 1,539 42.14% -6.23%
Total 3,652
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 4,457 81.94% 3.86%
United Farmers gain from Conservative Swing 6.23%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1926

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1926 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Farmers Irene Parlby 1,891 53.58% -4.27%
Liberal William F. Puffer 1,162 32.93% -9.21%
Conservative P. W. Pratt 476 13.49%
Total 3,529
Rejected, spoiled and declined 209
Eligible electors / turnout 5,008 74.64% -7.30%
United Farmers hold Swing 2.47%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1930

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1930 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Farmers Irene Parlby 1,932 51.36% -2.23%
Independent J. R. Mackie 1,830 48.64%
Total 3,762
Rejected, spoiled and declined 142
Eligible electors / turnout 5,178 75.40% 0.76%
United Farmers hold Swing -8.97%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1935

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1935 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Duncan B. MacMillan 3,483 62.63%
Liberal F. J. S. Sissons 838 15.07%
United Farmers C. M. Ironside 721 12.97% -38.39%
Conservative P. W. Pratt 519 9.33%
Total 5,561
Rejected, spoiled and declined 125
Eligible electors / turnout 6,566 86.60% 11.20%
Social Credit gain from United Farmers Swing 22.43%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1940

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1940 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
First count
Social Credit Duncan B. MacMillan 2,321 46.35% -16.91%
Independent R. E. Chowen 2,061 41.15%
Co-operative Commonwealth C. M. Ironside 626 12.50%
Total 5,008
Ballot transfer results
Social Credit Duncan B. MacMillan 2,457 51.00%
Independent R. E. Chowen 2,361 49.00%
Total 4,818
Rejected, spoiled and declined 144
Eligible electors / turnout 6,817 75.85% -10.75%
Social Credit hold Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes.
As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality

1944

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1944 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Duncan B. MacMillan 2,442 53.78% 7.43%
Co-operative Commonwealth Robert H. Carlyle 1,324 29.16% 16.76%
Independent R. E. Chowen 775 17.07% -24.08%
Total 4,541
Rejected, spoiled and declined 84
Eligible electors / turnout 6,286 73.58% -2.27%
Social Credit hold Swing N/A%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1944 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1948

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1948 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Duncan B. MacMillan 3,053 63.54% 9.76%
Co-operative Commonwealth Robert H. Carlyle 1,109 23.08% -6.08%
Liberal Thomas Wilkes 643 13.38%
Total 4,805
Rejected, spoiled and declined 266
Eligible electors / turnout 7,164 70.78% -2.79%
Social Credit hold Swing 7.92%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1948 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1952

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1952 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Allen Russell Patrick 2,446 58.54% -4.99%
Co-operative Commonwealth Ernest John Ingram 975 23.34% 0.26%
Liberal Arnold A. Bruns 757 18.12% 4.74%
Total 4,178
Rejected, spoiled and declined 290
Eligible electors / turnout 6,358 70.27% -0.51%
Social Credit hold Swing -2.62%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1952 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1955

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1955 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Allen Russell Patrick 2,255 50.83% -7.71%
Conservative Alfred B. Haarstad 1,579 35.60%
Co-operative Commonwealth Ernest John Ingram 602 13.57% -9.77%
Total 4,436
Rejected, spoiled and declined 338
Eligible electors / turnout 6,586 72.49% 2.21%
Social Credit hold Swing -9.98%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1955 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1959

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1959 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Allen Russell Patrick 3,089 63.42% 12.58%
Progressive Conservative Denis R. Stafford 1,162 23.86%
Co-operative Commonwealth Robert H. Carlyle 620 12.73% -0.84%
Total 4,871
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 6,824 71.38% -1.11%
Social Credit hold Swing 12.16%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1963

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1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Allen Russell Patrick 3,405 69.31% 5.89%
Liberal John Paul Fehrenbach 776 15.79%
New Democratic John Liss 732 14.90%
Total 4,913
Rejected, spoiled and declined 6
Eligible electors / turnout 7,998 61.50% -9.88%
Social Credit hold Swing 6.98%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

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1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Allen Russell Patrick 2,690 49.21% -20.09%
Progressive Conservative Jack W. Cookson 1,999 36.57%
New Democratic Glen R. Nelson 777 14.22% -0.68%
Total 5,466
Rejected, spoiled and declined 12
Eligible electors / turnout 7,332 74.71% 13.21%
Social Credit hold Swing -20.43%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1971

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1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jack W. Cookson 3,094 50.49% 13.92%
Social Credit Ivan Stonehocker 2,582 42.13% -7.08%
New Democratic Ragnar Johanson 452 7.38% -6.84%
Total 6,128
Rejected, spoiled and declined 16
Eligible electors / turnout 8,036 76.46% 1.74%
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing -2.14%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

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1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jack W. Cookson 4,186 68.78% 18.29%
Social Credit Ivan Stonehocker 1,414 23.23% -18.90%
New Democratic Ed Kamps 486 7.99% 0.61%
Total 6,086
Rejected, spoiled and declined 32
Eligible electors / turnout 8,505 71.93% -4.52%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 18.60%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

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1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jack W. Cookson 4,458 64.34% -4.44%
Social Credit Elmer Suominen 1,409 20.33% -2.90%
New Democratic Art Wigmore 717 10.35% 2.36%
Liberal Roger C. Holteen 260 3.75%
Independent Gordon Crofton 85 1.23%
Total 6,929
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 10,367 66.84% -5.10%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.77%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

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1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ron A. Moore 5,141 61.21% -3.13%
Western Canada Concept Terry Long 1,339 15.94%
New Democratic Glen R. Nelson 1,108 13.19% 2.84%
Independent Howard P. Thompson 811 9.66% 8.43%
Total 8,399
Rejected, spoiled and declined 12
Eligible electors / turnout 11,600 72.51% 5.67%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 0.63%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

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1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ron A. Moore 4,079 77.99% 16.78%
New Democratic Ken Ling 1,151 22.01% 8.82%
Total 5,230
Rejected, spoiled and declined 19
Eligible electors / turnout 11,699 44.87% -27.64%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.36%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

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1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ron A. Moore 4,014 59.93% -18.06%
Liberal Roger Young 1,467 21.90%
New Democratic Cliff Reid 1,217 18.17% -3.84%
Total 6,698
Rejected, spoiled and declined 24
Eligible electors / turnout 12,214 55.04% 10.17%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.98%
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Plebiscite results

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1957 liquor plebiscite

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1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite results: Lacombe[2]
Question A: Do you approve additional types of outlets for the
sale of beer, wine and spirituous liquor subject to a local vote?
Ballot choice Votes %
No 2,011 62.53%
Yes 1,205 37.47%
Total votes 3,216 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 52
6,302 eligible electors, turnout 51.86%

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.[3]

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 women were allowed to drink together in establishments.[2]

Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Lacombe voted against the proposal by a wide margin. The voter turnout in the district was well above the province wide average of 46% with well over half the electors turning out to vote.[2]

Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957.[2] The Social Credit government in power at the time did not consider the results binding.[4] However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act.[5]

Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the plebiscite such as Lacombe 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.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Election results for Lacombe". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Alberta Gazette. Vol. 53 (December 31 ed.). Government of Alberta. 1957. pp. 2, 247–2, 249.
  3. ^ "Albertans Vote 2 to 1 For More Liquor Outlets". Vol L No 273. The Lethbridge Herald. October 31, 1957. pp. 1–2.
  4. ^ "No Sudden Change In Alberta Drinking Habits Is Seen". Vol L No 267. The Lethbridge Herald. October 24, 1957. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Entirely New Act On Liquor". Vol LI No 72. The Lethbridge Herald. March 5, 1968. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Bill 81". Alberta Bills 12th Legislature 1st Session. Government of Alberta. 1958. p. 40.

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