Beaver River (provincial electoral district)
Beaver River is a former Alberta provincial electoral district centred on the town of Lac La Biche, mandated to elect a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. It was created in 1913 from the western half of Pakan, and abolished in 1952 when it and the northern parts of Athabasca were replaced by Lac La Biche.
Representation history
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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See Pakan 1909-1913 | ||||
3rd | 1913–1917 | Wilfrid Gariépy | Liberal | |
4th | 1917–1921 | |||
5th | 1921–1926 | Joseph Dechêne | ||
6th | 1926–1930 | John Delisle | United Farmers | |
7th | 1930–1935 | Henry Dakin | Liberal | |
8th | 1935–1940 | Lucien Maynard | Social Credit | |
9th | 1940–1944 | |||
10th | 1944–1948 | |||
11th | 1948–1952 | Harry Lobay | ||
See Lac La Biche 1952-1971 |
Beaver River's first MLA was Liberal Wilfrid Gariépy, a Quebec-born settler whose residency would be the subject of controversy toward the end of his second term. He did not run for a third, choosing instead to return to Trois-Rivières. Liberal Joseph Dechêne won the riding in 1921, but would go on to defeat in 1926. He later became MLA for neighbouring St. Paul.
John Delisle picked Beaver River up for the United Farmers of Alberta, serving only one term. In the 1930 election, a judicial recount declared him narrowly defeated by Liberal Henry Dakin, who would also serve only one term.
In the 1935 Social Credit sweep, Lucien Maynard won Beaver River by a landslide. He easily won re-election twice more, retiring for the 1948 election.
Social Credit kept the riding, with Harry Lobay narrowly beating his Liberal challenger and serving out the riding's last term. It was replaced in 1952, but Lobay would go on to serve another term as MLA for the new riding of Lac La Biche.
Election results
1910s
Alberta general election, 1913 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | %[1] | |||||
Liberal | Wilfrid Gariépy | 457 | 61.67% | |||||
Conservative | Ambrose Grey | 284 | 38.33% | |||||
Total valid votes | 741 | |||||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | - | |||||||
Electors / Turnout | 1,026 | 72.22% | ||||||
Liberal pickup new district. |
Following contemporary convention, when Gariépy was appointed to cabinet as Minister of Municipal Affairs, he stood in a by-election. Since no candidates chose to oppose him, however, he was acclaimed.
Alberta provincial by-election, December 15, 1913 upon appointment as Minister of Municipal Affairs | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Wilfrid Gariépy | Acclaimed | ||||||
Total valid votes | 0 | |||||||
Liberal hold |
Alberta general election, 1917 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Wilfrid Gariépy | 1,134 | 64.07% | +2.40% | ||||
Conservative | Ambrose Grey | 636 | 35.93 | -2.40% | ||||
Total valid votes | 1,770 | |||||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | - | |||||||
Electors / Turnout | 2,689 | 65.82% | -6.40% | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.40% |
1920s
Alberta general election, 1921 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Joseph Dechêne | 1,560 | 62.33% | -1.74% | ||||
United Farmers | H. Montambeault | 943 | 37.67% | |||||
Total valid votes | 2,503 | |||||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | - | |||||||
Electors / Turnout | 3,510 | 71.31% | +5.49% | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -19.71% |
Alberta general election, 1926 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
United Farmers | John Delisle | 1,168 | 54.15% | +16.48% | ||||
Liberal | Joseph Dechêne | 989 | 45.85% | -16.48% | ||||
Total valid votes | 2,157 | |||||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | - | |||||||
Electors / Turnout | 3,370 | 64.01% | -7.30% | |||||
United Farmers gain from Liberal | Swing | +16.48% |
1930s
Alberta general election, 1930 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
United Farmers | John Delisle | 1,028 | 48.13% | -6.02% | ||||
Liberal | Henry Dakin | 1,021 | 47.80% | +1.95% | ||||
Independent | Luc Lebel | 87 | 4.07% | |||||
Total valid votes | 2,136 | |||||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 119 | |||||||
Electors / Turnout | 3,431 | 65.72% | +1.71% | |||||
Liberal gain from United Farmers | Swing | +4.07% |
Totals and swing for 1930 are based on the initial count; a judicial recount sided in favour of Dakin.
Alberta general election, 1935 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Social Credit | Lucien Maynard | 1,751 | 53.96% | |||||
Liberal | Henry Dakin | 775 | 23.88% | -23.92% | ||||
United Farmers | John Delisle | 572 | 17.63% | -30.50% | ||||
Conservative | Walter Allen | 147 | 4.53% | |||||
Total valid votes | 3,245 | |||||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | - | |||||||
Electors / Turnout | 4,857 | 66.81% | +1.09% | |||||
Social Credit gain from Liberal | Swing | +38.94% |
1940s
Alberta general election, 1940 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Social Credit | Lucien Maynard | 2,555 | 57.06% | +3.10% | ||||
Independent Liberal | A. Crowther | 1,136 | 25.37% | +1.49% | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | John Hannochko | 669 | 14.93% | |||||
Independent Farmer | J. Bibby | 118 | 2.64% | -14.99% | ||||
Total valid votes | 4,478 | |||||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 201 | |||||||
Electors / Turnout | 6,646 | 70.40% | +3.59% | |||||
Social Credit hold | Swing | +0.81% |
Alberta general election, 1944 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Social Credit | Lucien Maynard | 2,747 | 60.57% | +3.51% | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | John Hannochko | 1,403 | 30.94% | +16.01% | ||||
Labor–Progressive | Stanley Dumka | 385 | 8.49% | |||||
Total valid votes | 4,535 | |||||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 159 | |||||||
Electors / Turnout | 6,757 | 69.47% | -0.93 | |||||
Social Credit hold | Swing | -12.50% |
Alberta general election, 1948 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Social Credit | Harry Lobay | 1,992 | 41.05% | -19.52% | ||||
Liberal | Cecil Belleville | 1,579 | 32.54% | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | John Hannochko | 1,282 | 26.42% | -4.52% | ||||
Second round | ||||||||
Social Credit | Harry Lobay | 2,117 | 55.49% | +14.44% | ||||
Liberal | Cecil Belleville | 1,698 | 44.51% | +11.97% | ||||
No second preference | 1,038 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 4,853 | |||||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 265 | |||||||
Electors / Turnout | 7,423 | 68.95% | -0.52% | |||||
Social Credit hold | Swing | -26.03% |
Overall swing is based on first count. Second-round swing reflects increase in vote share from the first count.
References
- ↑ "Alberta Heritage Foundation: Election results for Beaver River". Retrieved 2016-08-26.