Empress (provincial electoral district) explained

Empress
Province:	Alberta
Prov-Status:	defunct
Prov-Election-First:	1926
Prov-Election-Last:	1935
Prov-Created:	1926
Prov-Abolished:	1939

Empress was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to 1940.^[1]

History

The Empress electoral district was created prior to the 1926 Alberta general election, constituting the boundaries of the former Redcliff electoral district.

The electoral district was named for the Village of Empress, Alberta.

The Empress electoral district merged with Bow Valley in the 1939 boundary redistribution to form Bow Valley-Empress.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Election results

1935

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Empress, Alberta, a village in southwest Alberta

Further reading

• Book: Office of the Chief Electoral Officer . . Elections Alberta . A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 . 2006 . Legislative Assembly of Alberta . The Centennial Series . Edmonton, AB . 0-9689217-8-7 . 25 May 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Notes and References

1. Web site: Election results for Empress. . abheritage.ca. . Heritage Community Foundation . 8 June 2020 . https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208183724/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Empress. December 8, 2010 . Wayback Machine.