| Beaver River | |
| Province: | Alberta |
| Prov-Status: | defunct |
| Prov-Created: | 1913 |
| Prov-Abolished: | 1952 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1913 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 1948 |
Beaver River was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1952.[1] It was created in 1913 from the western half of Pakan, and abolished in 1952 when it and the northern parts of Athabasca were replaced by Lac La Biche.
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Pakan 1909-1913 | |||||
| 3rd | 1913–1917 | Wilfrid Gariépy | Liberal | ||
| 4th | 1917–1921 | ||||
| 5th | 1921–1926 | Joseph Dechêne | |||
| 6th | 1926–1930 | John Delisle | United Farmers | ||
| 7th | 1930–1935 | Henry Dakin | Liberal | ||
| 8th | 1935–1940 | Lucien Maynard | Social Credit | ||
| 9th | 1940–1944 | ||||
| 10th | 1944–1948 | ||||
| 11th | 1948–1952 | Harry Lobay | |||
| See Lac La Biche 1952-1971 | |||||
John Delisle picked Beaver River up for the United Farmers of Alberta, serving only one term. In the 1930 election, a judicial recount declared him narrowly defeated by Liberal Henry Dakin, who would also serve only one term.
In the 1935 Social Credit sweep, Lucien Maynard won Beaver River by a landslide. He easily won re-election twice more, retiring for the 1948 election.
Social Credit kept the riding, with Harry Lobay narrowly beating his Liberal challenger and serving out the riding's last term. It was replaced in 1952, but Lobay would go on to serve another term as MLA for the new riding of Lac La Biche.
Overall swing is based on first count. Second-round swing reflects increase in vote share from the first count.