Gliechen

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Gliechen was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada.

The district was created in 1905 when Alberta first became a province. The riding merged with Drumheller in 1963 to form Drumheller-Gliechen.

The district was named after the town of Gliechen Alberta, that is situated on the Siksika Indian Reserve.

1 Election results 1905 - 1959
2 Plebiscite results
- 2.1 1948 Electrification Plebiscite
3 By-Election reasons
4 See also

[edit] Election results 1905 - 1959

[edit] 1955 - 1959

1959 Results					1955 Results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Social Credit	George Bell	2,061	57.78%		Social Credit	George Bell	1,912	51.73%
	Progressive Conservative	A. John Van Wezel	754	21.14%		Liberal	Carman Ellis	1,784	48.27%
	Liberal	Carman Ellis	752	21.08%

[edit] 1944 - 1952

1952 Results					1948 Results					1944 Results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Social Credit	George Bell	2,061	68.49%		Social Credit	George Bell	2,354	64.37%		Social Credit	George Bell	2,032	50.22%
	Liberal	Charles County	675	22.43%		Independent	Jonathan Wheatley	1,303	35.63%		Independent	D.J. McKinnon	1,072	26.50%
	C.C.F.	Aubrey Gibson	273	9.08%							C.C.F.	B.C. Henricks	942	23.28%

[edit] 1930 - 1940

1940 Results					1935 Results					1930 Results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D.J. McKinnon	2,255	51.46%		Social Credit	I.M. McCune	2,093	53.90%		United Farmers	John Buckley	1,565	59.42%
	Social Credit	I.M. McCune	1,457	33.25%		United Farmers	John Buckley	895	22.64%		Independent	H.S.B. Chamberlain	1,069	40.58%
	C.C.F.	J.H. Coldwell	670	15.29%		Liberal	Frank Lount	478	12.24%
						Conservatives	T.S. Hughes	439	11.22%

[edit] 1917 - 1926

1926 Results					1921 Results					1917 Results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	United Farmers	John Buckley	1,585	56.91%		United Farmers	John Buckley	1,565	67.25%		Conservative	Fred Davis	762	42.76%
	Conservative	Hugh Miller	722	25.92%		Liberal	H. Scott	762	32.75%		Liberal	John Peter McArthur	712	40.52%
	Liberal	Frank Lount	478	17.17%							Independent	J.M. Leedy	308	16.72%

[edit] 1910 - 1913

1913 Results

1911 By-Election Results

1910 By-Election Results

Affiliation

Candidate

Votes

Affiliation

Candidate

Votes

Affiliation

Candidate

Votes

Liberal

John Peter McArthur

641

52.67%

Conservative

Harold Riley

1,370

56.06%

Liberal

Achibald McArthur

1,119

54.91%

Conservative

George McElroy

576

47.33%

Liberal

John Peter McArthur

1,064

43.71%

Independent

Ezra Riley

919

45.09%

[edit] 1905 - 1909

1909 Results					1906 By-Election Results					1905 Results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ezra Riley	770	59.46%		Liberal	Ezra Riley	560	56.28%		Liberal	Charles Stuart	667	51.03%
	Conservative	Jason Shouldice	525	40.54%		Conservative	W.L. Walsh	435	43.72%		Conservative	Jack Hayes	640	48.97%

[edit] Plebiscite results

[edit] 1948 Electrification Plebiscite

District results from the first province wide plebiscite on electricity regulation.

Option A	Option B
Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being continued by the Power Companies?	Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being made a publicly owned utility administered by the Alberta Government Power Commission?
2,007 56.04%	1,574 43.96%
Province wide result: Option A passed.

[edit] By-Election reasons

December 7, 1906—Appointment of Mr. Charles Stuart to the Judicial Bench.
October 3, 1910—Resignation E.H. Riley in protest against leadership of his party.
October 31, 1911—Death of Mr. A.J. McArthur.