Strathcona West was a provincial electoral district in

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, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the

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using the

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method of voting from 1959 to 1971.

History

The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of Calgary and

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standardized the voting system back to

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. From 1926 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton members were elected by

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. The rest of the province had the option of how to count ballots. The redistribution created nine ridings in Edmonton. The other eight ridings were

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, Edmonton North East,

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, Strathcona East, Strathcona Centre and

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. In 1971 the riding was split between

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and

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Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Election Results

1959 general election

1963 general election

1967 general election

References

External links

Elections AlbertaThe Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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