Strathcona Centre was a provincial

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, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the

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using the

first past the post First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

method of voting from 1959 to 1971.

History

It was created in 1959 after the

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district was broken up into ridings. The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of

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and

standardized the voting system back to

First Past the Post First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

. 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 Edmonton Centre, Edmonton North, Edmonton Norwood, Edmonton North East, Edmonton North West,

Strathcona East Strathcona East 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 1959 to 1971. History The historic 1959 redis ...

Strathcona West Strathcona West was a provincial electoral district, located 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 1959 to 1971. History The historic ...

, and Jasper West. In 1971 the riding was split, the west part became the north part of Edmonton-Whitemud with a small part being transferred to Edmonton-Parkallen, and the east part became Edmonton-Strathcona with the Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre transferred to Edmonton-Avonmore.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Election results

1959

1963

1967

References

External links

Elections AlbertaThe Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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