1926 Alberta general election
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The Alberta general election of 1926 was the sixth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 28, 1926 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The writs of election were issued on May 10, 1926 allowing for an election period of 40 days.
After Herbert Greenfield had resigned as United Farmers leader and premier, John E. Brownlee accepted the position and led the UFA to a second election victory, significantly increasing the UFA's share of the popular vote.
1926 would mark the first election, that Single Transferable Vote would be used in Alberta, Calgary and Edmonton continued to be multi member districts, previously electing members in a plurality Block Vote. The rural areas continued being single member districts, with an optional counting system. This system of election would last until 1959.
Results
1926 Alberta provincial election[1] | |||||||||
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Party | Party Leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
1921 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
United Farmers | John E. Brownlee | 46 | 38 | 43 | +13.2% | 71,967 | 39.68% | +10.76% | |
Liberal | Joseph Tweed Shaw | 54 | 15 | 7 | -36.4% | 47,450 | 26.17% | -7.90% | |
Labour | 12 | 4 | 5 | +25.0% | 14,123 | 7.79% | -3.25% | ||
Conservative | Alexander McGillivray | 56 | - | 4 | 40,091 | 22.10% | +11.12% | ||
Independent Labour | 1 | - | 1 | 2,467 | 1.37% | -1.69% | |||
Independent Liberal | 5 | - | - | 2,728 | 1.51% | 1.02% | |||
Independent | 3 | 4 | - | -100% | 1,254 | 0.70% | -8.96% | ||
Independent UFA | 5 | - | 999 | 0.55% | |||||
Liberal–Progressive | A. D. Campbell | 1 | - | 252 | 0.13% | ||||
Total | 183 | 61 | 60 | - | 181,331 | 100% |
Members elected
For complete electoral history, see individual districts
See also
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