Election Name: | 1952 Alberta general election |
Country: | Alberta |
Flag Year: | 1921 |
Type: | legislative |
Party Colour: | no |
Party Name: | no |
Previous Election: | 1948 Alberta general election |
Previous Year: | 1948 |
Previous Mps: | 11th Alberta Legislative Assembly |
Elected Mps: | members |
Next Election: | 1955 Alberta general election |
Next Year: | 1955 |
Next Mps: | 13th Alberta Legislative Assembly |
Seats For Election: | 61 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 31 seats were needed for a majority |
Leader1: | Ernest Manning |
Leader Since1: | May 31, 1943 |
Leaders Seat1: | Edmonton |
Last Election1: | 51 seats, 55.6% |
Seats Before1: | 49 |
Seats1: | 53 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 167,789 |
Percentage1: | 56.2% |
Swing1: | 0.6% |
Leader2: | James H. Prowse |
Leader Since2: | June 25, 1947 |
Leaders Seat2: | Edmonton |
Last Election2: | 2 seats, 17.9% |
Seats Before2: | 2 |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 66,738 |
Percentage2: | 22.4% |
Swing2: | 4.5% |
Leader4: | Elmer E. Roper |
Leader Since4: | 1942 |
Leaders Seat4: | Edmonton |
Last Election4: | 2 seats, 19.1% |
Seats Before4: | 2 |
Seats4: | 2 |
Seat Change4: | ±0 |
Popular Vote4: | 41,929 |
Percentage4: | 14.1% |
Swing4: | 4.7% |
Image5: | CON |
Leader5: | None |
Last Election5: | did not contest |
Seats Before5: | 0 |
Seats5: | 2 |
Seat Change5: | 2 |
Popular Vote5: | 10,971 |
Percentage5: | 3.7% |
Swing5: | — |
Premier | |
Posttitle: | Premier after election |
Before Election: | Ernest Manning |
After Election: | Ernest Manning |
The 1952 Alberta general election was held on August 5, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Ernest C. Manning in his third election as leader of the Social Credit Party, and its first election since the Social Credit Party paid off Alberta's first debt in 1949, led it to its fifth consecutive election victory, increasing its share of the popular vote, and winning fifty two of the sixty one seats in the legislature.
The Liberal Party formed the official opposition with only four seats. The Conservative Party returned to Alberta politics again, nominating candidates both under the "Conservative" banner, and under the "Progressive Conservative" banner recently adopted by its federal counterpart. The party won two seats, one under each banner. The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation won two seats, one that of leader Elmer Roper. The remaining seat was won by an Independent.
This provincial election, like the previous six, saw district-level proportional representation (Single transferable voting) used to elect the MLAs of Edmonton and Calgary. City-wide districts were used to elect multiple MLAs in the cities. All the other MLAs were elected in single-member districts through Instant-runoff voting.
Voter turn-out was 59.4 percent in this election.[1]
An Act was passed in 1950 that provided for the increase in the number of MLAs from 57 to 61, upon the next election.[2] Calgary now returned six MLAs and Edmonton seven (instead of the five each previously had), and the following other changes were made:
Abolished | New | |
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New districts | ||
Renaming of districts | ||
Party | Leader | Candidates | First-preference votes | Seats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Votes | ± | % | Change (pp) | 1944 | 1948 | ± | Ernest C. Manning | 61 | 167,789 | 3,786 | 56.24 | 51 | 2 | James H. Prowse | 55 | 66,738 | 14,083 | 22.37 | 2 | 1 | Elmer Roper | 41 | 41,929 | 14,458 | 14.05 | 2 | 5 | 6,271 | 6,271 | 2.10 | – | 1 | 7 | 4,700 | 4,700 | 1.57 | – | 1 | 6 | 4,203 | 1,245 | 1.41 | 1 | Independent Citizen's Association | Did not campaign[5] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2,927 | 2,071 | 0.98 | 2 | 1,132 | 240 | 0.47 | 1 | 705 | 705 | 0.24 | 1 | 655 | 655 | 0.22 | 1 | 527 | 3,052 | 0.18 | 1 | 463 | 463 | 0.16 | 1 | 296 | 296 | 0.10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 183 | 298,335 | 100.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rejected ballots | 20,613 | 2,906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 318,948 | 6,448 | 59.4% | 4.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Registered voters | 537,170 | 47,859 |
Riding | First-preference votes[7] | Turnout [8] | Final counts | Winning party | |||||||||||||
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Name | SC | CCF | Total | SC | CCF | 1948 | 1952 | ||||||||||
Acadia-Coronation | Acclamation | SC | SC | ||||||||||||||
Alexandra | 2,412 | 1,071 | – | – | – | 3,483 | 58.2% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Athabasca | 2,012 | 623 | 864 | – | 463 | 3,962 | 66.3% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Banff-Cochrane | 1,845 | – | 1,035 | 491 | – | 3,371 | 56.8% | Elected on 1st count | I-SC | SC | |||||||
Bonnyville | 2,497 | – | 1,290 | – | – | 3,787 | 67.4% | Elected on 1st count | New | SC | |||||||
Bow Valley-Empress | 2,475 | – | 1,560 | – | – | 4,035 | 67.9% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Bruce | 2,157 | 1,210 | 756 | – | – | 4,123 | 67.9% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Camrose | 2,919 | 1,132 | 1,015 | – | – | 5,066 | 65.1% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Cardston | 2,011 | – | 630 | – | – | 2,641 | 56.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Clover Bar | 2,238 | 935 | 769 | – | – | 3,942 | 66.2% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Cypress | 2,240 | – | 1,048 | – | – | 3,288 | 61.2% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Didsbury | 2,870 | – | 1,253 | – | – | 4,123 | 62.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Drumheller | 3,458 | – | – | – | 308 | 3,766 | 62.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Edson | 2,480 | – | 1,965 | – | – | 4,445 | 60.8% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Gleichen | 2,061 | 273 | 675 | – | – | 3,009 | 61.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Grande Prairie | 2,967 | 902 | 935 | – | – | 4,804 | 65.4% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Grouard | 2,234 | 951 | 2,358 | – | – | 5,543 | 65.5% | 2,405 | – | 2,558 | – | – | SC | Lib | |||
Hand Hills | 2,806 | – | 1,145 | – | – | 3,951 | 69.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Lac La Biche | 1,832 | – | 1,792 | – | – | 3,624 | 68.5% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Lac Ste. Anne | 1,639 | 1,520 | 1,069 | 469 | – | 4,697 | 71.9% | 2,034 | 1,878 | – | – | – | SC | SC | |||
Lacombe | 2,446 | 975 | 757 | – | – | 4,178 | 70.3% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Leduc | 1,207 | 1,331 | – | 2,051 | – | 4,589 | 63.7% | – | 1,422 | – | 2,406 | – | SC | I-SC | |||
Lethbridge | 4,975 | – | 1,901 | – | – | 6,876 | 53.7% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Little Bow | 2,668 | 411 | 1,001 | – | – | 4,080 | 71.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Macleod | 3,232 | 496 | 773 | – | – | 4,501 | 83.9% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Medicine Hat | 4,724 | – | 1,601 | – | – | 6,325 | 58.8% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Okotoks-High River | 3,077 | – | 1,291 | – | – | 4,368 | 64.8% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Olds | 3,064 | – | 1,611 | – | – | 4,675 | 66.6% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Peace River | 3,352 | 1,177 | 1,214 | – | – | 5,743 | 57.8% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Pembina | 2,818 | 941 | 1,127 | – | – | 4,886 | 69.5% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest | 3,207 | – | 1,008 | – | – | 4,215 | 62.4% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Ponoka | 2,377 | 800 | 1,214 | – | – | 4,391 | 70.7% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Red Deer | 4,907 | 1,496 | – | – | – | 6,403 | 58.8% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Redwater | 1,677 | 1,002 | 1,268 | – | 296 | 4,243 | 68.8% | 1,833 | – | 1,644 | – | – | SC | SC | |||
Rocky Mountain House | 2,886 | 1,165 | – | – | – | 4,051 | 56.2% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
St. Albert | 2,218 | 1,292 | 1,496 | – | – | 5,006 | 70.6% | 2,420 | – | 2,019 | – | – | SC | SC | |||
St. Paul | 2,581 | – | 2,235 | – | – | 4,816 | 71.1% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Sedgewick | 2,714 | 634 | 813 | – | – | 4,161 | 68.7% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Spirit River | 1,738 | 1,222 | 861 | 550 | – | 4,371 | 66.3% | 2,041 | 1,418 | – | – | – | SC | SC | |||
Stettler | 2,275 | 752 | 1,225 | 442 | – | 4,694 | 69.6% | 2,397 | 784 | 1,339 | – | – | SC | SC | |||
Stony Plain | 1,991 | 1,218 | 1,062 | – | – | 4,271 | 68.7% | 2,177 | 1,530 | – | – | – | SC | SC | |||
Taber | 2,809 | – | 717 | – | – | 3,526 | 58.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Vegreville | 1,981 | 1,434 | 1,182 | – | – | 4,597 | 75.4% | 2,239 | 1,710 | – | – | – | SC | SC | |||
Vermilion | 1,955 | 869 | 835 | – | 655 | 4,014 | 66.3% | 2,058 | – | 983 | – | 713 | SC | SC | |||
Wainwright | 2,578 | – | 1,105 | – | 705 | 4,388 | 62.0% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Warner | 1,904 | – | 633 | – | – | 2,537 | 49.3% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Wetaskiwin | 2,664 | 1,029 | 1,029 | 200 | – | 4,922 | 66.7% | Elected on 1st count | SC | SC | |||||||
Willingdon | 1,716 | 1,760 | 660 | – | – | 4,136 | 75.1% | 1,812 | 2,026 | – | – | – | SC | CCF |
= Open seat
= turnout is above provincial average
= Candidate was in previous Legislature
= Incumbent had switched allegiance
= Previously incumbent in another riding
= Not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
= Incumbency arose from by-election gain
= previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
= Multiple candidates
District | Seats won (in order declared) | |||||||||||||
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Edmonton | ||||||||||||||
width=20 | Social Credit | ||
CCF | |||
Liberal | |||
Conservative (in Edmonton); Progressive Conservative (in Calgary) |
= Candidate was in previous Legislature
= Candidate had previously been in the Legislature
= First-time MLA
Thirteen districts went beyond first-preference counts in order to determine winning candidates:
District | Counts | Exhausted | |||
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1st preference | Final | Votes | % of 1st pref | ||
Calgary | 41,673 | 40,019 | 1,654 | ||
Edmonton | 52,039 | 47,149 | 4,890 | ||
Grouard | 5,543 | 4,963 | 580 | ||
Lac Ste. Anne | 4,697 | 3,912 | 785 | ||
Leduc | 4,589 | 3,828 | 761 | ||
Redwater | 4,243 | 3,477 | 766 | ||
St. Albert | 5,006 | 4,439 | 567 | ||
Spirit River | 4,371 | 3,459 | 912 | ||
Stettler | 4,694 | 4,520 | 177 | ||
Stony Plain | 4,271 | 3,707 | 564 | ||
Vegreville | 4,597 | 3,949 | 648 | ||
Vermilion | 4,014 | 3,754 | 260 | ||
Willingdon | 4,136 | 3,838 | 298 |
All major parties other than the Progressive Conservatives fielded full slates.
Party | Candidates | MLAs elected | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1952 | 1948 | ± | 1952 | 1948 | ± | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | Independent Citizen's Association | – | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | ||
Total | 25 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
All major parties ran full slates. There were also two Labour candidates
Party | Candidates | MLAs elected | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1952 | 1948 | ± | 1952 | 1948 | ± | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | Independent Citizen's Association | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | ||
Total | 29 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 |