August 08 1944 (AB)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1944-08-08
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Alberta
By-Election ❌

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Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 7,785
Invalid Votes 7,785
Total Electors 421,501
Turnout Rate 67
Valid Ballots 281,931
Valid Votes 281,931

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Alberta Social Credit Party 57 50 87.72% 51.88%
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 57 2 3.51% 24.92%
Farmer's Labour 1 0 0.00% 0.14%
Independent 36 4 7.02% 16.75%
Labour Progressive Party 30 0 0.00% 4.25%
Single Tax 1 0 0.00% 0.17%
United Labour 1 0 0.00% 0.63%
Veteran's and Active Force 1 1 1.75% 1.25%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Ernest C Manning Alberta Social Credit Party Edmonton (AB) 14,271 ✅
Andrew Davidson Independent Calgary (AB) 7,754 ✅
Fred Anderson Alberta Social Credit Party Calgary (AB) 6,655 ✅
Elmer E Roper Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Edmonton (AB) 5,253 ✅
Rose Wilkinson Alberta Social Credit Party Calgary (AB) 5,042 ✅
J Percy Page Independent Edmonton (AB) 4,603 ✅
A J E Liesemer Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Calgary (AB) 3,560 ✅
William J Williams Veteran's and Active Force Edmonton (AB) 3,532 ✅
Norman E Cook Alberta Social Credit Party Olds 3,196 ✅
W W Cross Alberta Social Credit Party Hand Hills 3,125 ✅
David A Ure Alberta Social Credit Party Red Deer (AB) 3,012 ✅
John L Robinson Alberta Social Credit Party Medicine Hat (AB) 2,977 ✅
Floyd M Baker Alberta Social Credit Party Clover Bar 2,969 ✅
William Masson Alberta Social Credit Party Wainwright 2,939 ✅
Alfred John Hooke Alberta Social Credit Party Rocky Mountain House 2,936 ✅
Ivan Casey Alberta Social Credit Party Okotoks-High River 2,932 ✅
Clarence E. Gerhart Alberta Social Credit Party Acadia-Coronation 2,930 ✅
William S Mackie Alberta Social Credit Party Stettler 2,811 ✅
Albert E Fee Alberta Social Credit Party Sedgewick 2,793 ✅
Ronald Earl Ansley Alberta Social Credit Party Leduc 2,764 ✅
Chester I Sayers Alberta Social Credit Party Camrose 2,763 ✅
Lucien Maynard Alberta Social Credit Party Beaver River 2,747 ✅
John Alfred Wingblade Alberta Social Credit Party Wetaskiwin (AB) 2,700 ✅
William A Fallow Alberta Social Credit Party Grouard 2,612 ✅
Cornelia R Wood Alberta Social Credit Party Stony Plain 2,557 ✅
Norman A Willmore Alberta Social Credit Party Edson 2,536 ✅
William Floyd Gilliland Alberta Social Credit Party Peace River 2,503 ✅
Roy S Lee Alberta Social Credit Party Taber 2,490 ✅
Howard G Hammell Alberta Social Credit Party Didsbury 2,485 ✅
D B MacMillan Alberta Social Credit Party Lacombe 2,442 ✅
James Hartley Alberta Social Credit Party Macleod (AB) 2,440 ✅
Robin D Jorgenson Alberta Social Credit Party Pembina 2,400 ✅
James M Popil Alberta Social Credit Party Redwater 2,390 ✅
John Charles Landeryou Alberta Social Credit Party Lethbridge (AB) 2,367 ✅
Ira McLaughlin Alberta Social Credit Party Grande Prairie 2,366 ✅
Howard B Macdonald Independent Calgary (AB) 2,365 ✅
Gordon W Lee Alberta Social Credit Party Athabasca (AB) 2,288 ✅
D H Elton Independent Lethbridge (AB) 2,247 ❌
Gordon Edward Taylor Alberta Social Credit Party Drumheller 2,243 ✅
William R Cornish Alberta Social Credit Party Vermilion 2,239 ✅
Selmer A Berg Alberta Social Credit Party Alexandra 2,212 ✅
Albert V Bourcier Alberta Social Credit Party Lac Ste. Anne 2,209 ✅
Ora B Moore Alberta Social Credit Party Ponoka 2,208 ✅
J T Broomfield Independent Okotoks-High River 2,196 ❌
J J Bowlen Independent Calgary (AB) 2,192 ❌
Wilson E Cain Alberta Social Credit Party Bow Valley-Empress 2,131 ✅
E O Duke Alberta Social Credit Party Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 2,109 ✅
N E Tanner Alberta Social Credit Party Cardston 2,104 ✅
Charles Holder Alberta Social Credit Party St. Albert 2,097 ✅
Robert T Alderman Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Calgary (AB) 2,088 ❌
George E Bell Alberta Social Credit Party Gleichen 2,032 ✅
J L McPherson Alberta Social Credit Party Bruce (AB) 2,024 ✅
Henry E DeBolt Alberta Social Credit Party Spirit River 1,984 ✅
Peter Dawson Alberta Social Credit Party Little Bow 1,958 ✅
Michael Ponich Alberta Social Credit Party Vegreville (AB) 1,874 ✅
J William Beaudry Alberta Social Credit Party St. Paul 1,851 ✅
E Williams United Labour Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 1,788 ❌
William Tomyn Alberta Social Credit Party Willingdon 1,771 ✅
Nellie H Peterson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lac Ste. Anne 1,767 ❌
Edith B Thurston Alberta Social Credit Party Cypress (AB) 1,747 ✅
David Roberts Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Clover Bar 1,693 ❌
C W Helmer Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Calgary (AB) 1,655 ❌
Solon Earl Low Alberta Social Credit Party Warner 1,621 ✅
Frank Laut Independent Banff-Cochrane 1,602 ✅
Charles E Boulter Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Camrose 1,590 ❌
Arthur H Wray Alberta Social Credit Party Banff-Cochrane 1,568 ❌
Michael O'Grady Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Grouard 1,560 ❌
Wilfred James Edgar Independent Red Deer (AB) 1,545 ❌
Gordon I Clark Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Alexandra 1,504 ❌
J A Beauregard Co-operative Commonwealth Federation St. Paul 1,503 ❌
Charles P Paterson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Pembina 1,498 ❌
B F Tanner Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lethbridge (AB) 1,464 ❌
Kenneth Simpson Tory Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Calgary (AB) 1,462 ❌
John A Bell Independent Medicine Hat (AB) 1,457 ❌
J A Jeffery Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Okotoks-High River 1,444 ❌
R C Carlile Independent Calgary (AB) 1,433 ❌
John E Ball Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Athabasca (AB) 1,410 ❌
John Hannochko Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Beaver River 1,403 ❌
Johnnie T Caine Independent Edmonton (AB) 1,400 ❌
Harold Anderson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Stony Plain 1,371 ❌
Art H Larsen Alberta Social Credit Party Calgary (AB) 1,351 ❌
L L Kostash Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Willingdon 1,328 ❌
Robert H Carlyle Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lacombe 1,324 ❌
William S Porayko Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vegreville (AB) 1,306 ❌
George Morrison Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Rocky Mountain House 1,302 ❌
M D Meade Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Wainwright 1,300 ❌
D C Dandell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Red Deer (AB) 1,282 ❌
W H Dixon Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Edson 1,280 ❌
Sigurd Lefsrud Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Bruce (AB) 1,274 ❌
J G Baker Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Wetaskiwin (AB) 1,259 ❌
V E Toane Co-operative Commonwealth Federation St. Albert 1,222 ❌
Charles O Frederickson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Acadia-Coronation 1,215 ❌
Harry D Carrigan Alberta Social Credit Party Edmonton (AB) 1,188 ❌
J E Cook Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Leduc 1,186 ❌
Emil Trygve Sather Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Spirit River 1,178 ❌
Edward Geehan Alberta Social Credit Party Calgary (AB) 1,162 ❌
William Rigby Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Grande Prairie 1,128 ❌
Arthur H Rowe Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Stettler 1,103 ❌
D J McKinnon Independent Gleichen 1,072 ❌
John Fowlie Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Bow Valley-Empress 1,033 ❌
Ira D Taylor Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Ponoka 1,016 ❌
H J Montgomery Independent Wetaskiwin (AB) 1,007 ❌
William M Teresio Labour Progressive Party Vermilion 999 ❌
L E Larcombe Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Vermilion 991 ❌
Ernest Bennion Independent Macleod (AB) 989 ❌
Charles M Moore Independent Cypress (AB) 973 ❌
Wilfred Perrin Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Macleod (AB) 972 ❌
C C Gillespie Independent Didsbury 966 ❌
W H Irwin Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Pincher Creek-Crowsnest 962 ❌
B C Henricks Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Gleichen 942 ❌
J W Eastman Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Peace River 940 ❌
Joseph A Nadeau Independent St. Albert 918 ❌
D MacGregor Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Banff-Cochrane 902 ❌
William A Yusep Labour Progressive Party Willingdon 899 ❌
Michael Hyduk Labour Progressive Party Redwater 882 ❌
Orvis A Kennedy Alberta Social Credit Party Edmonton (AB) 876 ❌
William P Roberts Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Hand Hills 873 ❌
Clifford E Lee Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Edmonton (AB) 854 ❌
Carl P Colvin Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Sedgewick 840 ❌
C M Baker Alberta Social Credit Party Calgary (AB) 834 ❌
Ruple Ferguson Independent Olds 832 ❌
J D Hagerman Independent Little Bow 826 ❌
George MacLachlan Independent Pembina 820 ❌
Dale C West Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Redwater 817 ❌
Charles P Hayes Independent Sedgewick 813 ❌
E J Martin Independent Peace River 806 ❌
Norman B James Alberta Social Credit Party Edmonton (AB) 781 ✅
Neil W Nelson Independent Ponoka 778 ❌
Grand P Field Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Olds 776 ❌
R E Chowen Independent Lacombe 775 ❌
Daniel Gamache Labour Progressive Party St. Paul 771 ❌
Rudolph Kotkas Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Little Bow 767 ❌
Cornelius F Pals Independent Stettler 760 ❌
John B Gillies Alberta Social Credit Party Edmonton (AB) 755 ❌
James A McPherson Labour Progressive Party Edmonton (AB) 742 ❌
D W Patterson Independent Grande Prairie 736 ❌
Raymond C Bell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Didsbury 728 ❌
Thomas Mackie Labour Progressive Party Drumheller 713 ❌
T A Reynar Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cypress (AB) 705 ❌
Russell A Price Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Medicine Hat (AB) 696 ❌
Leo Hinds Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Taber 679 ❌
Alfred Thryso Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Drumheller 671 ❌
Peter Tymchuk Labour Progressive Party Vegreville (AB) 653 ❌
James B Enright Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Edmonton (AB) 649 ❌
James H Walker Independent Warner 629 ❌
T S Montgomerie Independent Bow Valley-Empress 625 ❌
William Neelands Chant Independent Camrose 623 ❌
John Hallet Independent Acadia-Coronation 595 ❌
William G Matson Independent Cardston 592 ❌
G Brownlow Labour Progressive Party Edson 587 ❌
Edward Leavitt Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cardston 569 ❌
G J McKenzie Labour Progressive Party Athabasca (AB) 560 ❌
M E Butterworth Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Edmonton (AB) 549 ❌
Joseph H Dowler Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Edmonton (AB) 545 ❌
William McAllister Independent Hand Hills 532 ❌
Herbert Adolph Wiertz Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Calgary (AB) 504 ❌
William Halina Labour Progressive Party Edmonton (AB) 496 ❌
Pat Lenihan Labour Progressive Party Calgary (AB) 491 ❌
W M Madge Single Tax Warner 480 ❌
Cecil H Chapman Independent Edmonton (AB) 476 ❌
B C Gilpin Independent Bruce (AB) 467 ❌
Clarence W Richards Independent Edmonton (AB) 422 ❌
R B Eshorn Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Warner 415 ❌
E N Davidson Independent Taber 413 ❌
J V Johanson Farmer's Labour Rocky Mountain House 390 ❌
Merie Evanuk Labour Progressive Party Grouard 387 ❌
Stanley Dumka Labour Progressive Party Beaver River 385 ❌
E M Ashworth Labour Progressive Party Peace River 385 ❌
Lionel Frank Edwards Labour Progressive Party Calgary (AB) 304 ❌
Eric A Johnson Labour Progressive Party Spirit River 302 ❌
Mike Daniels Labour Progressive Party Calgary (AB) 258 ❌
Jan Lakeman Labour Progressive Party Edmonton (AB) 251 ❌
R G Calwell Labour Progressive Party Ponoka 237 ❌
Edwin W Horne Labour Progressive Party Medicine Hat (AB) 236 ❌
R Garneau Labour Progressive Party Wainwright 234 ❌
Eugene Scully Labour Progressive Party Lethbridge (AB) 219 ❌
David Graham Labour Progressive Party Wetaskiwin (AB) 164 ❌
H V Broadbent Labour Progressive Party Leduc 155 ❌
R L Welsh Labour Progressive Party Macleod (AB) 152 ❌
C W Springford Labour Progressive Party Alexandra 151 ❌
Gordon Wray Labour Progressive Party Calgary (AB) 128 ❌
Alex M Herd Labour Progressive Party Edmonton (AB) 119 ❌
G V Murdoch Labour Progressive Party Edmonton (AB) 72 ❌
Audrey Staples Labour Progressive Party Calgary (AB) 71 ❌

Districts

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

Clarence E. Gerhart · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,930 votes
Alexandra
Alberta (AB) Provincial 15 elections (1909–1967)

Selmer A Berg · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,212 votes
Athabasca (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 20 elections (1905–1982)

Gordon W Lee · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,288 votes
Banff-Cochrane
Alberta (AB) Provincial 20 elections (1940–2015)

Frank Laut · Independent

1,602 votes
Beaver River
Alberta (AB) Provincial 9 elections (1913–1948)

Lucien Maynard · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,747 votes
Bow Valley-Empress
Alberta (AB) Provincial 8 elections (1940–1967)

Wilson E Cain · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,131 votes
Bruce (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 6 elections (1940–1959)

J L McPherson · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,024 votes
Calgary (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 10 elections (1909–1955)

Howard B Macdonald · Independent

2,365 votes
Camrose
Alberta (AB) Provincial 23 elections (1909–2023)

Chester I Sayers · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,763 votes
Cardston
Alberta (AB) Provincial 22 elections (1905–1989)

N E Tanner · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,104 votes
Clover Bar
Alberta (AB) Provincial 16 elections (1930–1989)

Floyd M Baker · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,969 votes
Cypress (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 15 elections (1926–1982)

Edith B Thurston · Alberta Social Credit Party

1,747 votes
Didsbury
Alberta (AB) Provincial 13 elections (1909–1959)

Howard G Hammell · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,485 votes
Drumheller
Alberta (AB) Provincial 15 elections (1930–1993)

Gordon Edward Taylor · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,243 votes
Edmonton (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 11 elections (1909–1955)

Norman B James · Alberta Social Credit Party

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

Norman A Willmore · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,536 votes
Gleichen
Alberta (AB) Provincial 14 elections (1905–1959)

George E Bell · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,032 votes
Grande Prairie
Alberta (AB) Provincial 18 elections (1930–2023)

Ira McLaughlin · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,366 votes
Grouard
Alberta (AB) Provincial 14 elections (1913–1967)

William A Fallow · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,612 votes
Hand Hills
Alberta (AB) Provincial 12 elections (1913–1959)

W W Cross · Alberta Social Credit Party

3,125 votes
Lacombe
Alberta (AB) Provincial 22 elections (1905–1989)

D B MacMillan · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,442 votes
Lac Ste. Anne
Alberta (AB) Provincial 15 elections (1909–1967)

Albert V Bourcier · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,209 votes
Leduc
Alberta (AB) Provincial 19 elections (1905–2001)

Ronald Earl Ansley · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,764 votes
Lethbridge (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 13 elections (1905–1967)

John Charles Landeryou · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,367 votes
Little Bow
Alberta (AB) Provincial 27 elections (1913–2015)

Peter Dawson · Alberta Social Credit Party

1,958 votes
Macleod (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 22 elections (1905–1989)

James Hartley · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,440 votes
Medicine Hat (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 26 elections (1905–2015)

John L Robinson · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,977 votes
Okotoks-High River
Alberta (AB) Provincial 10 elections (1930–1967)

Ivan Casey · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,932 votes
Olds
Alberta (AB) Provincial 13 elections (1909–1959)

Norman E Cook · Alberta Social Credit Party

3,196 votes
Peace River
Alberta (AB) Provincial 31 elections (1905–2023)

William Floyd Gilliland · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,503 votes
Pembina
Alberta (AB) Provincial 15 elections (1909–1967)

Robin D Jorgenson · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,400 votes
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest
Alberta (AB) Provincial 14 elections (1940–1989)

E O Duke · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,109 votes
Ponoka
Alberta (AB) Provincial 20 elections (1905–1982)

Ora B Moore · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,208 votes
Red Deer (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 20 elections (1905–1982)

David A Ure · Alberta Social Credit Party

3,012 votes
Redwater
Alberta (AB) Provincial 11 elections (1940–2001)

James M Popil · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,390 votes
Rocky Mountain House
Alberta (AB) Provincial 19 elections (1940–2008)

Alfred John Hooke · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,936 votes
Sedgewick
Alberta (AB) Provincial 13 elections (1909–1959)

Albert E Fee · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,793 votes
Spirit River
Alberta (AB) Provincial 8 elections (1940–1967)

Henry E DeBolt · Alberta Social Credit Party

1,984 votes
St. Albert
Alberta (AB) Provincial 31 elections (1905–2023)

Charles Holder · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,097 votes
St. Paul
Alberta (AB) Provincial 20 elections (1913–1989)

J William Beaudry · Alberta Social Credit Party

1,851 votes
Stettler
Alberta (AB) Provincial 21 elections (1909–1989)

William S Mackie · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,811 votes
Stony Plain
Alberta (AB) Provincial 29 elections (1905–2015)

Cornelia R Wood · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,557 votes
Taber
Alberta (AB) Provincial 12 elections (1913–1959)

Roy S Lee · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,490 votes
Vegreville (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 19 elections (1909–1989)

Michael Ponich · Alberta Social Credit Party

1,874 votes
Vermilion
Alberta (AB) Provincial 16 elections (1905–1967)

William R Cornish · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,239 votes
Wainwright
Alberta (AB) Provincial 23 elections (1913–2001)

William Masson · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,939 votes
Warner
Alberta (AB) Provincial 12 elections (1913–1959)

Solon Earl Low · Alberta Social Credit Party

1,621 votes
Wetaskiwin (AB)
Alberta (AB) Provincial 16 elections (1905–1967)

John Alfred Wingblade · Alberta Social Credit Party

2,700 votes
Willingdon
Alberta (AB) Provincial 6 elections (1940–1959)

William Tomyn · Alberta Social Credit Party

1,771 votes

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