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词条 1917 Alberta general election
释义

  1. Results

  2. Members of the Legislative Assembly

     Members elected  Members acclaimed under Section 38  27 June 1917 

  3. 1917 soldiers' and nurses vote

  4. See also

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| country = Alberta
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| type = legislative
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| seats_for_election = 58 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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| percentage1 = 48.1%
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The Alberta general election of 1917 was the fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada, held on 7 June 1917 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Because of World War I, politics was largely on the back burner in the minds of Albertans this election. Eleven Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) were acclaimed under Section 38 of the Election Act, which stipulated that any member of the 3rd Alberta Legislative Assembly, would be guaranteed re-election, with no contest held, if members joined for war time service. Eleven MLAs were automatically re-elected through this clause. In addition, soldiers from Alberta fighting overseas elected two members-at-large.

In 1917, the main issue facing the nation was conscription. In Alberta, where support for conscription was high, the incumbent Liberal government of Arthur Sifton decided to break with federal Liberal leader Wilfrid Laurier and support Conservative Prime Minister Robert Borden's efforts to form a coalition government. The two major parties both supported conscription, but growing labour and farmer activism, and the entry of women into politics, both as voters and candidates, made the election exciting enough that 30,000 more votes were cast than in the previous election (although they were nothing like the high numbers that would be cast in the 1921 election).

The Liberals won a fourth term in office, defeating the Conservative Party of Edward Michener. Premier Sifton would then resign in October 1917 in order to serve in the federal Unionist government of Prime Minister Borden.

This is the most recent time that the Liberals won an Alberta provincial election. The 1917 election was the tightest majority ever formed in Alberta history, with the combined opposition equaling to 70.59% of the MLA's on the government benches.

This was the first election in Alberta that women (those who were British subjects or Canadian citizens more than 20 years of age who were not Treaty Indian) had the right to vote and run. Two women were elected to the opposition benches in the legislature that year. One of these, Louise McKinney, was elected as candidate for the Non-Partisan League. Her election and the election of fellow NPL member James Weir were harbingers of the rise of farmer politics that would see the election of the UFA government in 1921.

The Alberta Labor Representation League, which opposed conscription, elected one member in Calgary, Alex Ross.

The vote in the Athabasca district was conducted on 27 June 1917 due to the remoteness of the riding.

As well, two extra seats were added for this election. Two MLAs were elected to represent the soldiers and nurses serving overseas. They were non-partisan officially, although both Robert Pearson and Roberta MacAdams allied themselves to Labour and NPL MLAs by showing social consciousness in regards the conditions available for returned soldiers and working families.

Results

PartyParty Leader# of
candidates
SeatsPopular Vote
1913Elected% Change#%*% Change{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row-name}}Arthur Sifton4938/39134-12.8%54,21248.14%-1.09%{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} ConservativeEdward Michener481719+11.8%47,05541.79%-3.31%{{Canadian party colour|CA|Nonpartisan League|row}} Non-Partisan LeagueNone5 2 27002% {{Canadian politics/party colours/Labour/row}}Labor RepresentationWilliam Irvine2 1 3,5763.17% {{Canadian party colour|AB|Socialist|row-name}}Charles M. O'Brien3---7840.70%-1.17%{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}Independent9-0 40004%+2.08%
Sub-total11455/56156-96,985100%  
Soldiers' vote (Province at large)2 2 8,00030%
Soldiers' vote (Province at large)19 0 17,00070% 
Total13555/5658+3.6% 125,898  
Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120403030918/http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/Public%20Website/746.htm Elections Alberta]
  • percentage based on vote cast in Alberta districts, excluding the overseas army vote

Note:

1 Charles Cross represented two ridings during the previous legislative assembly.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts
4th Alberta Legislative Assembly
 DistrictMemberParty{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}AcadiaJohn McCollLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}Beaver RiverWilfrid GariépyLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}Bow ValleyCharles MitchellLiberal{{Canadian politics/party colours/Labour/row}}Centre CalgaryAlex RossLabor Representation{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}North CalgaryWilliam McCartney DavidsonLiberal{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}South CalgaryThomas BlowConservative{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}CamroseGeorge P. SmithLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}CardstonMartin WoolfLiberal{{Canadian party colour|CA|Nonpartisan League|row}}ClaresholmLouise McKinneyNon-Partisan{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}ClearwaterJoseph StateLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}CochraneCharles FisherLiberal{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}CoronationWilliam WilsonConservative{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}DidsburyHenry B. AtkinsLiberal{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}Edmonton EastJames RamseyConservative{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}Edmonton WestAlbert EwingConservative{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}Edmonton SouthHerbert CrawfordConservative{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}EdsonCharles Wilson CrossLiberal{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}GleichenFred DavisConservative{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}GrouardJean CôtéLiberal{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}High RiverGeorge Douglas StanleyConservative{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}InnisfailDaniel MorkebergLiberal{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}Lac Ste. AnneGeorge BarkerConservative{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}LacombeAndrew GilmourConservative{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}LeducStanley TobinLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}Little BowJames McNaughtonLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}MacleodGeorge SkeldingLiberal{{Canadian party colour|CA|Nonpartisan League|row}}NantonJames WeirNon-Partisan{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}OkotoksGeorge HoadleyConservative{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}OldsDuncan MarshallLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}Peace RiverWilliam RaeLiberal{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}Pincher CreekJohn KemmisConservative{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}PonokaCharles CunninghamConservative{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}Red DeerEdward MichenerConservative{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}SedgewickCharles StewartLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}St. AlbertLucien BoudreauLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}StettlerEdward PruddenLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}St. PaulProsper-Edmond LessardLiberal{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}Stony PlainFrederick LundyConservative{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}SturgeonJohn R. BoyleLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}TaberArchibald J. McLeanLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}VegrevilleJoseph S. McCallumLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}VermilionArthur SiftonLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}WarnerFrank LeffingwellLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}WetaskiwinHugh John MontgomeryLiberal

Members acclaimed under Section 38

Eleven Liberal and Conservative MLAs serving in the army were allowed to retain their seats without election.

 DistrictMemberParty{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}AlexandraJames LoweryConservative{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}Hand HillsRobert EatonLiberal{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}Lethbridge CityJohn Smith StewartConservative{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}Medicine HatNelson SpencerConservative{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}PembinaGordon MacDonaldLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}RedcliffCharles PingleLiberal{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}RibstoneJames Gray TurgeonLiberal{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}Rocky MountainRobert CampbellConservative{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}VictoriaFrancis A. WalkerLiberal{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}WainwrightGeorge LeRoy HudsonConservative{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}WhitfordAndrew ShandroLiberal

27 June 1917

 DistrictMemberParty{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}AthabascaAlexander Grant MacKay Liberal

1917 soldiers' and nurses vote

Two extra seats were added for this election. Two MLAs were elected to represent the soldiers and nurses serving overseas.

Candidates and voters were members of the Canadian Forces from Alberta. The MLAs sat on the opposition benches. They were non-partisan officially, although both Robert Pearson and Roberta MacAdams allied themselves to Labour and NPL MLAs by showing social consciousness in regards the conditions available for returned soldiers and working families.

The vote was held on 18 September 1917. Each soldier and nurse had two votes.

Military RankMemberVotes%
CaptainRobert Pearson4,286%
LieutenantRoberta MacAdams4,023%
PrivateG.E. Harper3,328%
Lieutenant ColonelJames Cornwall2,331%
Lieutenant ColonelI.F. Page1,782%
Lieutenant ColonelW.H. Hewgill1,744%
PrivateT.A.P. Frost1,145%
MajorJames Walker1,109%
Lieutenant ColonelJ.W.H. McKinnery918%
Lieutenant ColonelP.E. Bowen882%
PrivateHerbert Stow716%
LieutenantCharles Taylor519%
CaptainW.D. Ferris474%
CaptainA.M. Calderon438%
Lieutenant ColonelA.M. Jarvis425%
CaptainLionel Asquith423%
CaptainD.W. Grey374%
Company Sergeant MajorH.L. Bateson221%
Lieutenant ColonelA.E. Myatt186%
Order Room SergeantA. Joyce180%
Acting Staff SergeantC.M. Camroux97%
Total Votes25,601100%

See also

  • List of Alberta political parties
{{AlbertaElections}}

4 : 1917 elections in Canada|Elections in Alberta|1917 in Alberta|July 1917 events

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