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Template:1913 Alberta general election/Edmonton

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1913 Alberta general election: Edmonton
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Elected
Liberal Charles Wilson Cross 5,407 26.29% -13.72% Green tickY
Conservative Albert Freeman Ewing 5,107 24.83% Green tickY
Liberal Alexander Grant MacKay 4,913 23.89% 4.44%
Conservative William Antrobus Griesbach 4,499 21.87% 2.43%
Independent J. D. Blayney 643 3.13%
Total 20,569
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 14,975 N/A N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Edmonton Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Note: The total number of ballots cast is not known.
Election held under multiple non-transferable vote for two members to the Legislative Assembly.
The results do not include 10 polls which were not counted.[1]
Charles Wilson Cross was elected and chose to sit as the representative in both Edmonton and Edson.
Alexander Grant MacKay is erroneously listed as a Conservative for the 1913 election in many Government of Alberta publications, likewise Albert Freeman Ewing is erroneously listed as a Liberal
  1. ^ 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. p. 56. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved 25 May 2020.