March 21 1940 (AB)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1940-03-21
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Alberta
By-Election ❌

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Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 10,603
Invalid Votes 10,603
Total Electors 424,335
Turnout Rate 73
Valid Ballots 308,858
Valid Votes 308,858

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Alberta Liberal Party Association 2 1 1.75% 0.89%
Alberta Social Credit Party 56 36 63.16% 42.90%
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 36 0 0.00% 11.11%
Communist Party of Alberta 1 0 0.00% 0.35%
Independent 58 19 33.33% 41.90%
Independent Christian 1 0 0.00% 0.57%
Independent Labour 1 0 0.00% 0.08%
Independent Liberal 1 0 0.00% 0.37%
Independent Progressive 4 0 0.00% 0.56%
Independent Social Credit 1 0 0.00% 0.12%
Independent U.F.A. 2 0 0.00% 0.10%
Labour 2 1 1.75% 1.05%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Andrew Davidson Independent Calgary (AB) 12,465 ✅
William Aberhart Alberta Social Credit Party Calgary (AB) 12,122 ✅
Ernest C Manning Alberta Social Credit Party Edmonton (AB) 10,066 ✅
J Percy Page Independent Edmonton (AB) 5,607 ✅
J T Broomfield Independent Okotoks-High River 4,352 ✅
P M Campbell Independent Lethbridge (AB) 4,318 ✅
H J Macdonald Independent Edmonton (AB) 4,128 ✅
Gerald O'Connor Independent Edmonton (AB) 3,972 ❌
D M Duggan Independent Edmonton (AB) 3,878 ✅
J C Mahaffey Independent Calgary (AB) 3,645 ✅
J J Bowlen Independent Calgary (AB) 3,447 ✅
L Y Cairns Independent Edmonton (AB) 3,316 ❌
Ivan Casey Alberta Social Credit Party Okotoks-High River 3,178 ❌
John L Robinson Alberta Social Credit Party Medicine Hat (AB) 2,943 ✅
Frank Laut Independent Banff-Cochrane 2,931 ✅
W C Yuill Independent Medicine Hat (AB) 2,863 ❌
Fred J White Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Calgary (AB) 2,846 ❌
A E Smith Alberta Social Credit Party Lethbridge (AB) 2,760 ❌
Alfred Speakman Independent Red Deer (AB) 2,760 ✅
Joseph Tweed Shaw Independent Calgary (AB) 2,685 ❌
Chester A Reynolds Alberta Social Credit Party Stettler 2,668 ✅
Albert E Fee Alberta Social Credit Party Sedgewick 2,605 ✅
Lucien Maynard Alberta Social Credit Party Beaver River 2,555 ✅
W W Cross Alberta Social Credit Party Hand Hills 2,547 ✅
James Hartley Alberta Social Credit Party Macleod (AB) 2,487 ✅
John Alfred Wingblade Alberta Social Credit Party Wetaskiwin (AB) 2,480 ✅
Alfred John Hooke Alberta Social Credit Party Rocky Mountain House 2,477 ✅
D B Mullen Alberta Social Credit Party Camrose 2,472 ✅
F S Grisdale Independent Olds 2,455 ✅
Gordon B Walker Independent Macleod (AB) 2,446 ❌
E M Brown Independent Didsbury 2,379 ✅
E O Duke Alberta Social Credit Party Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 2,356 ✅
Norman E Cook Alberta Social Credit Party Olds 2,345 ❌
William Tomyn Alberta Social Credit Party Willingdon 2,329 ✅
D B MacMillan Alberta Social Credit Party Lacombe 2,321 ✅
E P Foster Alberta Social Credit Party Didsbury 2,312 ❌
William Masson Alberta Social Credit Party Wainwright 2,296 ✅
J William Beaudry Alberta Social Credit Party St. Paul 2,270 ✅
D J McKinnon Independent Gleichen 2,255 ✅
E J Martin Independent Peace River 2,253 ✅
Floyd M Baker Alberta Social Credit Party Clover Bar 2,252 ✅
James M Popil Alberta Social Credit Party Redwater 2,226 ✅
George Woytkiw Alberta Social Credit Party Vegreville (AB) 2,223 ✅
Selmer A Berg Alberta Social Credit Party Alexandra 2,215 ✅
A J Morrison Labour Edson 2,211 ✅
William A Fallow Alberta Social Credit Party Vermilion 2,203 ✅
Clarence E. Gerhart Alberta Social Credit Party Acadia-Coronation 2,163 ✅
Peter Dawson Alberta Social Credit Party Little Bow 2,162 ✅
N E Tanner Alberta Social Credit Party Cardston 2,160 ✅
Ronald Earl Ansley Alberta Social Credit Party Leduc 2,141 ✅
C J Tompkins Independent Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 2,129 ❌
W J Lampley Alberta Social Credit Party Peace River 2,114 ❌
J H McCulloch Alberta Social Credit Party Red Deer (AB) 2,083 ❌
F D Jackson Independent Cypress (AB) 2,065 ✅
R E Chowen Independent Lacombe 2,061 ❌
Gordon Edward Taylor Alberta Social Credit Party Drumheller 2,043 ✅
Wilson E Cain Alberta Social Credit Party Bow Valley-Empress 2,035 ✅
E H Griffin Independent Little Bow 2,034 ❌
J L McPherson Alberta Social Credit Party Bruce (AB) 2,018 ✅
L J O'Brien Independent Grande Prairie 1,998 ✅
Elmer E Roper Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Edmonton (AB) 1,984 ❌
William McAllister Independent Hand Hills 1,970 ❌
Gordon W Lee Alberta Social Credit Party Athabasca (AB) 1,965 ✅
J H Unwin Alberta Social Credit Party Edson 1,949 ❌
Fred Anderson Alberta Social Credit Party Calgary (AB) 1,939 ✅
James H Walker Independent Warner 1,937 ✅
P A McKelvey Independent Ponoka 1,920 ✅
J Yakimaschak Independent Vegreville (AB) 1,920 ❌
Cornelia R Wood Alberta Social Credit Party Stony Plain 1,914 ✅
Edith Rogers Alberta Social Credit Party Ponoka 1,907 ❌
Roy S Lee Alberta Social Credit Party Taber 1,879 ✅
T S Steedman Independent Wetaskiwin (AB) 1,874 ❌
William R King Alberta Social Credit Party Banff-Cochrane 1,869 ❌
L V Lohr Independent Stettler 1,851 ❌
H D Ainley Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Edmonton (AB) 1,840 ❌
S. Carl Heckbert Independent Vermilion 1,815 ❌
S H Nelson Independent Cardston 1,808 ❌
E L Gray Independent Christian Bow Valley-Empress 1,765 ❌
J H Tremblay Alberta Liberal Party Association Grouard 1,747 ✅
George MacLachlan Independent Pembina 1,719 ✅
J A Maurice Alberta Social Credit Party Grouard 1,703 ❌
Charles Holder Alberta Social Credit Party St. Albert 1,692 ✅
A W Flamme Alberta Social Credit Party Cypress (AB) 1,667 ❌
G N Johnston Independent Acadia-Coronation 1,665 ❌
Albert V Bourcier Alberta Social Credit Party Lac Ste. Anne 1,612 ✅
N P Strachan Independent Wainwright 1,611 ❌
J O Binette Independent St. Paul 1,609 ❌
E C Fisher Independent Edmonton (AB) 1,607 ❌
Edith H Gostick Alberta Social Credit Party Calgary (AB) 1,605 ❌
H K Brown Alberta Social Credit Party Pembina 1,589 ❌
Solon Earl Low Alberta Social Credit Party Warner 1,558 ❌
William Sharpe Alberta Social Credit Party Grande Prairie 1,556 ❌
Chester Alvin Ronning Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Camrose 1,550 ❌
Fred C Moyer Independent Drumheller 1,530 ❌
T Sigurdson Independent Rocky Mountain House 1,496 ❌
J D Neville Independent Camrose 1,484 ❌
N D Dingle Independent Calgary (AB) 1,480 ❌
David Roberts Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Clover Bar 1,476 ❌
I M McCune Alberta Social Credit Party Gleichen 1,457 ❌
B C Gilpin Independent Bruce (AB) 1,433 ❌
John Gair Independent Sedgewick 1,426 ❌
Henry E DeBolt Alberta Social Credit Party Spirit River 1,409 ✅
H D Tarves Alberta Social Credit Party Calgary (AB) 1,386 ❌
L R Tellier Independent St. Albert 1,383 ❌
J L Nelson Independent Taber 1,383 ❌
A H Gibson Independent Clover Bar 1,370 ❌
M P Cordingley Independent Athabasca (AB) 1,336 ❌
Robert T Alderman Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Calgary (AB) 1,298 ❌
C Cairns Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Alexandra 1,273 ❌
A E Peterson Independent Alexandra 1,255 ❌
Philip Keeley Independent Lac Ste. Anne 1,239 ❌
W J Connolly Independent Stony Plain 1,228 ❌
C Gould Alberta Social Credit Party Edmonton (AB) 1,192 ❌
A Crowther Independent Liberal Beaver River 1,136 ❌
E East Alberta Social Credit Party Edmonton (AB) 1,117 ❌
Nellie H Peterson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lac Ste. Anne 1,110 ❌
J A Rivard Independent Leduc 1,106 ❌
G H McDonald Independent Spirit River 1,087 ❌
J A MacPherson Communist Party of Alberta Edmonton (AB) 1,067 ❌
E Williams Labour Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 1,047 ❌
Kenneth Simpson Tory Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Wainwright 1,039 ❌
Michael O'Grady Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Grouard 1,024 ❌
J H Perras Alberta Liberal Party Association St. Albert 1,008 ❌
A E MacLellan Independent Progressive Red Deer (AB) 971 ❌
T Tomashavsky Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Willingdon 968 ❌
Norman B James Alberta Social Credit Party Edmonton (AB) 967 ✅
C B Wills Alberta Social Credit Party Edmonton (AB) 948 ❌
John James Zubick Independent Redwater 945 ❌
T J Hardwick Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Stony Plain 942 ❌
J T McDuffe Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vermilion 936 ❌
H G Young Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Wetaskiwin (AB) 901 ❌
Marjorie Pardee Independent Edmonton (AB) 822 ❌
C G Milaney Co-operative Commonwealth Federation St. Paul 813 ❌
W L Dickout Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Edson 798 ❌
Gerry Oberg Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Sedgewick 794 ❌
C J Stimpfle Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Redwater 785 ❌
H H Turner Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Stettler 784 ❌
Norman J Shopland Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Athabasca (AB) 782 ❌
Emil Trygve Sather Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Spirit River 772 ❌
G Maki Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Rocky Mountain House 767 ❌
E A Moen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Bruce (AB) 752 ❌
Walter Mentz Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Pembina 743 ❌
William George Southern Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Drumheller 741 ❌
A E Faulkner Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Leduc 723 ❌
William Rigby Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Grande Prairie 674 ❌
John Herbert Coldwell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Gleichen 670 ❌
John Hannochko Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Beaver River 669 ❌
Cyril M Ironside Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lacombe 626 ❌
H Pryde Independent Calgary (AB) 576 ❌
W W Scott Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Taber 576 ❌
C A Johnson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Ponoka 575 ❌
R Johnston Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Acadia-Coronation 559 ❌
W R Rigney Co-operative Commonwealth Federation St. Albert 552 ❌
A M Matheson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vegreville (AB) 523 ❌
N M Grekol Independent Willingdon 514 ❌
W H Miller Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Edmonton (AB) 442 ❌
G F Hustler Independent Edmonton (AB) 400 ❌
A L Blue Independent Progressive Wainwright 365 ❌
H J Ash Independent Social Credit Olds 362 ❌
S A Barnes Independent Progressive Edmonton (AB) 282 ❌
D V Mitchell Independent Labour Calgary (AB) 251 ❌
George Elzy Bevington Independent U.F.A. Stony Plain 196 ❌
J F Moodie Independent Calgary (AB) 169 ❌
J Bibby Independent U.F.A. Beaver River 118 ❌
J H Green Independent Progressive Edmonton (AB) 108 ❌

Districts

Acadia-Coronation
Alberta (AB) Provincial 6 elections (1940–1959)

Clarence E. Gerhart · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,163 votes
Alexandra
Alberta (AB) Provincial 15 elections (1909–1967)

Selmer A Berg · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,215 votes
Athabasca (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 20 elections (1905–1982)

Gordon W Lee · Alberta Social Credit Party

1,965 votes
Banff-Cochrane
Alberta (AB) Provincial 20 elections (1940–2015)

Frank Laut · Independent

2,931 votes
Beaver River
Alberta (AB) Provincial 9 elections (1913–1948)

Lucien Maynard · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,555 votes
Bow Valley-Empress
Alberta (AB) Provincial 8 elections (1940–1967)

Wilson E Cain · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,035 votes
Bruce (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 6 elections (1940–1959)

J L McPherson · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,018 votes
Calgary (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 10 elections (1909–1955)

Fred Anderson · Alberta Social Credit Party

1,939 votes
Camrose
Alberta (AB) Provincial 23 elections (1909–2023)

D B Mullen · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,472 votes
Cardston
Alberta (AB) Provincial 22 elections (1905–1989)

N E Tanner · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,160 votes
Clover Bar
Alberta (AB) Provincial 16 elections (1930–1989)

Floyd M Baker · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,252 votes
Cypress (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 15 elections (1926–1982)

F D Jackson · Independent

2,065 votes
Didsbury
Alberta (AB) Provincial 13 elections (1909–1959)

E M Brown · Independent

2,379 votes
Drumheller
Alberta (AB) Provincial 15 elections (1930–1993)

Gordon Edward Taylor · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,043 votes
Edmonton (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 11 elections (1909–1955)

Norman B James · Alberta Social Credit Party

967 votes
Edson
Alberta (AB) Provincial 18 elections (1913–1982)

A J Morrison · Labour

2,211 votes
Gleichen
Alberta (AB) Provincial 14 elections (1905–1959)

D J McKinnon · Independent

2,255 votes
Grande Prairie
Alberta (AB) Provincial 18 elections (1930–2023)

L J O'Brien · Independent

1,998 votes
Grouard
Alberta (AB) Provincial 14 elections (1913–1967)

J H Tremblay · Alberta Liberal Party Association

1,747 votes
Hand Hills
Alberta (AB) Provincial 12 elections (1913–1959)

W W Cross · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,547 votes
Lacombe
Alberta (AB) Provincial 22 elections (1905–1989)

D B MacMillan · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,321 votes
Lac Ste. Anne
Alberta (AB) Provincial 15 elections (1909–1967)

Albert V Bourcier · Alberta Social Credit Party

1,612 votes
Leduc
Alberta (AB) Provincial 19 elections (1905–2001)

Ronald Earl Ansley · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,141 votes
Lethbridge (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 13 elections (1905–1967)

P M Campbell · Independent

4,318 votes
Little Bow
Alberta (AB) Provincial 27 elections (1913–2015)

Peter Dawson · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,162 votes
Macleod (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 22 elections (1905–1989)

James Hartley · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,487 votes
Medicine Hat (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 26 elections (1905–2015)

John L Robinson · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,943 votes
Okotoks-High River
Alberta (AB) Provincial 10 elections (1930–1967)

J T Broomfield · Independent

4,352 votes
Olds
Alberta (AB) Provincial 13 elections (1909–1959)

F S Grisdale · Independent

2,455 votes
Peace River
Alberta (AB) Provincial 31 elections (1905–2023)

E J Martin · Independent

2,253 votes
Pembina
Alberta (AB) Provincial 15 elections (1909–1967)

George MacLachlan · Independent

1,719 votes
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest
Alberta (AB) Provincial 14 elections (1940–1989)

E O Duke · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,356 votes
Ponoka
Alberta (AB) Provincial 20 elections (1905–1982)

P A McKelvey · Independent

1,920 votes
Red Deer (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 20 elections (1905–1982)

Alfred Speakman · Independent

2,760 votes
Redwater
Alberta (AB) Provincial 11 elections (1940–2001)

James M Popil · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,226 votes
Rocky Mountain House
Alberta (AB) Provincial 19 elections (1940–2008)

Alfred John Hooke · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,477 votes
Sedgewick
Alberta (AB) Provincial 13 elections (1909–1959)

Albert E Fee · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,605 votes
St. Albert
Alberta (AB) Provincial 31 elections (1905–2023)

Charles Holder · Alberta Social Credit Party

1,692 votes
St. Paul
Alberta (AB) Provincial 20 elections (1913–1989)

J William Beaudry · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,270 votes
Stettler
Alberta (AB) Provincial 21 elections (1909–1989)

Chester A Reynolds · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,668 votes
Spirit River
Alberta (AB) Provincial 8 elections (1940–1967)

Henry E DeBolt · Alberta Social Credit Party

1,409 votes
Stony Plain
Alberta (AB) Provincial 29 elections (1905–2015)

Cornelia R Wood · Alberta Social Credit Party

1,914 votes
Taber
Alberta (AB) Provincial 12 elections (1913–1959)

Roy S Lee · Alberta Social Credit Party

1,879 votes
Vegreville (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 19 elections (1909–1989)

George Woytkiw · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,223 votes
Vermilion
Alberta (AB) Provincial 16 elections (1905–1967)

William A Fallow · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,203 votes
Wainwright
Alberta (AB) Provincial 23 elections (1913–2001)

William Masson · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,296 votes
Warner
Alberta (AB) Provincial 12 elections (1913–1959)

James H Walker · Independent

1,937 votes
Wetaskiwin (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 16 elections (1905–1967)

John Alfred Wingblade · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,480 votes
Willingdon
Alberta (AB) Provincial 6 elections (1940–1959)

William Tomyn · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,329 votes

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