Nanton (provincial electoral district)

Nanton

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1909
District abolished	1930
First contested	1909
Last contested	1926

Nanton was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1926.

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Nanton
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See High River electoral district from 1905-1909 and Macleod electoral district from 1905-1909
2nd	1909–1913		John M. Glendenning	Liberal
3rd	1913–1917
4th	1917–1921		James Weir	Nonpartisan League
5th	1921–1926		Daniel Harcourt Galbraith	United Farmers
6th	1926–1930
See Nanton-Claresholm electoral district from 1930-1940

The Nanton electoral district was formed prior to the 1909 Alberta general election from a portion of the High River and Macleod electoral districts.

Prior to the 1930 Alberta general election, the Nanton electoral district was merged with a portion of the Claresholm electoral district to form the Nanton-Claresholm electoral district.

The electoral district was named for the Town of Nanton.

Election results

1909

1909 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John M. Glendenning	439	54.88%	–
	Conservative	Albert J. Robertson	361	45.13%	–
Total			800	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			1,042	N/A	–
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Nanton Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1913

1913 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John M. Glendenning	463	59.51%	4.64%
	Conservative	John Thomas Cooper	315	40.49%	-4.64%
Total			778	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			954	81.55%	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		4.64%
Source(s) Source: "Nanton Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1917

1917 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non-Partisan League	James Weir	439	34.79%	–
	Liberal	John M. Glendenning	415	32.88%	-26.63%
	Conservative	John Thomas Cooper	408	32.33%	-8.16%
Total			1,262	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			N/A	N/A	–
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing		-8.56%
Source(s) Source: "Nanton Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1921

1921 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers	Daniel Harcourt Galbraith	727	61.35%	–
	Liberal	John M. Glendenning	458	38.65%	5.77%
Total			1,185	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			N/A	N/A	–
	United Farmers gain from Independent		Swing		10.40%
Source(s) Source: "Nanton Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1926

1926 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers	Daniel Harcourt Galbraith	745	57.75%	-3.60%
	Conservative	W. H. Keen	341	26.43%	–
	Liberal	D. Stanford	204	15.81%	-22.84%
Total			1,290	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			73	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			1,816	75.06%	–
	United Farmers hold		Swing		4.31%
Source(s) Source: "Nanton Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Nanton, Alberta, a town in southwest Alberta

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 May 25, 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta