Whitford (provincial electoral district)

Whitford was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1913 out of the south west part of the Pakan district and the north part of Vegreville.

In 1940 the district was split between Redwater, Willingdon and Vegreville.

The district was named after the north west town of Whitford, Alberta.

Election results 1913 - 1935

Single Transferable Vote 1935

Year	Count	Candidate	Party	Votes
1935	2nd	William Tomyn	Social Credit	1,370
	2nd	Isidore Goresky	United Farmers	1,121
1935	1st	William Tomyn	Social Credit	1,265
	1st	M. Novakowski	Communist	966
	1st	Isidore Goresky	United Farmers	940
	1st	Andrew Shandro	Liberal	615

First Past the Post 1913 - 1930

1921 - 1930

1930 Results					1926 Results					1921 Results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	United Farmers	Isidore Goresky	1,799	67.30%		United Farmers	G. Mihalcheon	1,449	54.29%		Liberal	Andrew Shandro	Acclaimed
	Liberal	George Szkwarok	766	28.66%		Independent United Farmers	Andrew Shandro	373	13.98%
	Independent	S. Suwala	47	4.04%		Liberal	N. Grekol	371	13.90%
						Conservative	E. Michajluk	274	10.27%
						Independent United Farmers	L.M. Ferguson	88	7.56%

1913 - 1917

1917 Results				1915 By-Election Results					1913 Results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Andrew Shandro	Acclaimed Under Section 38		Liberal	Andrew Shandro	697	59.02%		Liberal	Andrew Shandro	499
					Conservative	R. Kremar	484	40.98%		Independent	Paul Rudyk	312
										Independent	C.F. Connolly	148
										Conservative	R.L. Hughson	133

By-Election reasons

March 15, 1915—Election of Mr. Andrew Shandro declared void by the courts.
July 10, 1922—Election of Mr. Andrew Shandro declared void by the courts

External links

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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