Hand Hills-Acadia

Hand Hills-Acadia was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1963 to 1971.[1] It was formed prior to the 1963 Alberta general election from the previous electoral district of Hand Hills.

Hand Hills-Acadia

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1963
District abolished	1971
First contested	1963
Last contested	1967

The electoral district took its name from Hand Hills.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Hand Hills-Acadia
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Hand Hills electoral district from 1913-1963
15th	1963–1967		Clinton Keith French	Social Credit
16th	1967–1971
See Drumheller electoral district from 1971-1997 and Hanna-Oyen from 1971-1979

Election results

1963 general election

1963 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Clinton Keith French	3,215	61.98%	–
	Independent	Lyal Alex. Curry	1,972	38.02%	–
Total			5,187	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			18	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			7,410	70.24%	–
	Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Hand Hills-Acadia Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967 general election

1967 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Clinton Keith French	2,675	50.29%	-11.69%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Cross	2,140	40.23%	–
	New Democratic	Ralph G. Jorgenson	504	9.48%	–
Total			5,319	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			13	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			7,102	75.08%	–
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-6.95%
Source(s) Source: "Hand Hills-Acadia Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Also see

• Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Hand Hills a range of hills in Alberta.
• Municipal District of Acadia, Alberta a rural municipality in Alberta.

References

1. "Election results for Hand Hills-Acadia". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
2. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 61.

Further reading

• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta