Rosebud was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1909.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1905 |
| District abolished | 1905 |
| First contested | 1905 |
| Last contested | 1909 |
History
editThe Rosebud electoral district was one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the 1905 Alberta general election upon Alberta joining Confederation in September 1905.
The riding was short-lived, however, as it disappeared in 1909 when it was split to form the ridings of Cochrane and Didsbury as well as the north part of Rocky Mountain.
Cornelius Hiebert was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1905 general election defeating Liberal and future Member of Parliament Michael Clark in a hotly contested three way race. He was just one of two Conservatives elected to serve in the official opposition that year. Hiebert became the first Mennonite elected to the Alberta Legislature.[2]
Legislative election results
edit1905
editThe returning officer for the 1905 election in Rosebud was Herbert B. Adshead.[3]
| 1905 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Cornelius Hiebert | 589 | 46.75% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Michael Clark | 545 | 43.25% | – | ||||
| Independent | Joseph Reid | 126 | 10.00% | – | ||||
| Total | 1260 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | N/A | N/A | – | |||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Rosebud Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Election results for Nanton". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ "Mennonite's in politics". Mennonite Historical Society of Canada. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2007.
- ^ "Territories Elections Ordinance; Province of Alberta". Vol VI No. 12. The Rocky Mountain Echo. October 30, 1905. p. 4.
Further reading
edit- 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.