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Willingdon (electoral district)

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Election Results 1940 - 1959
Single Transferable Vote 1944, 1952 - 1955 1952 - 1955 1944 First Past the Post 1940, 1948, 1959
Plebiscite results
1948 Electrification Plebiscite 1957 liquor plebiscite
References
External links

Willingdon was a historical provincial electoral district in Alberta from 1940 to 1959.

Willingdon was created in 1940 when Victoria and Whitford, were split between this district and Redwater and Vegreville

The riding expanded south in 1963 when Vegreville merged with Bruce, to form Vegreville-Bruce. Due to the expanded boundaries the riding name was changed to Willingdon-Two Hills.

Election Results 1940 - 1959

Single Transferable Vote 1944, 1952 - 1955

1952 - 1955

Year	Count	Candidate	Party	Votes	Year	Count	Candidate	Party	Votes
1955	2nd	AB\|CCF\|background}}\|Nick Dushenski	AB\|CCF\|background}}\|Cooperative Commonwealth	AB\|CCF\|background}}\|2,108	1952	2nd	AB\|CCF\|background}}\|Nick Dushenski	AB\|CCF\|background}}\|Cooperative Commonwealth	AB\|CCF\|background}}\|2,026
2nd	Nicholas Melnyk	AB\|Social Credit\|background}}\|Social Credit	1,701	2nd	William Tomyn	AB\|Social Credit\|background}}\|Social Credit	1,812
1955	1st	Nick Dushenski	AB\|CCF\|background}}\|Cooperative Commonwealth	1,729	1952	1st	Nick Dushenski	AB\|CCF\|background}}\|Cooperative Commonwealth	1,760
1st	Nicholas Melnyk	AB\|Social Credit\|background}}\|Social Credit	1,580	1st	William Tomyn	AB\|Social Credit\|background}}\|Social Credit	1,716
1st	Nick Shandro	AB\|Liberal\|background}}\|Liberal	756	1st	John Fedun	AB\|Liberal\|background}}\|Liberal	660

1944

Year	Count	Candidate	Party	Votes
1944	2nd	AB\|Social Credit\|background}}\|William Tomyn	AB\|Social Credit\|background}}\|Social Credit	AB\|Social Credit\|background}}\|1,844
2nd	L.L. Kostash	AB\|CCF\|background}}\|Cooperative Commonwealth	1,488
1944	1st	William Tomyn	AB\|Social Credit\|background}}\|Social Credit	1,771
1st	L.L. Kostash	AB\|CCF\|background}}\|Cooperative Commonwealth	1,328
1st	William A. Yusep	AB\|Labor-Progressive\|background}}\|{{Canadian party colour\|AB\|Labor-Progressive\|name}}	899

First Past the Post 1940, 1948, 1959

Party	1959	1948	1940
AB\|PC\|background}}\|Progressive Conservative	Alex Hushlak 991
AB\|CCF\|background}}\|Cooperative Commonwealth	Nick Svekla 392	Nick Dushenski 1,861	T. Tomashavsky 968
AB\|Social Credit\|background}}\|Social Credit	AB\|Social Credit\|background}}\|Nicholas Melnyk 2,421	AB\|Social Credit\|background}}\|William Tomyn 2,111	AB\|Social Credit\|background}}\|William Tomyn 2,329
AB\|Independent}}\|Independent		M.N. Grekol 514

Plebiscite results

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?
1,069 28.42%	2,716 71.76%
Province wide result: Option A passed.

1957 liquor plebiscite

Question A: Do you approve additional types of outlets for the sale of beer, wine and spirituous liquor subject to a local vote?
1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite results: Willingdon^[1]
Ballot Choice		Votes	%
	Yes	1,400	76.63%
	No	427	23.37%
Total Votes		1,827	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined		19
5,979 Eligible Electors, Turnout 30.88%

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.^[2]

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.^[1]

Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Willingdon voted in favour of the proposal with one of the largest percentages in the province. Voter turnout in the district was one of the worst in the province falling significantly below the province wide average of 46% just barely topping 30%.^[1]

Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957.^[1] The Social Credit government in power at the time did not considered the results binding.^[3] However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act.^[4]

Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the Plebiscite 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.^[5]

References

1. ^¹²³{{cite book|title=Alberta Gazette|edition=December 31|pages=2,247-2,249|publisher=Government of Alberta|year=1957|volume=53}}
2. ^{{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}}
3. ^{{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}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=Entirely New Act On Liquor|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=March 5, 1958|page=1|work=Vol LI No 72}}
5. ^{{cite book|title=Alberta Bills 12th Legislature 1st Session|publisher=Government of Alberta|chapter=Bill 81|page=40|year=1958}}

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

1 : Former Alberta provincial electoral districts

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