# Strathcona East

Strathcona East was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1959 to 1971.

## History

The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of Calgary and Edmonton standardized the voting system back to First Past the Post. From 1926 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton members were elected by Single Transferable Vote. The rest of the province had the option of how to count ballots. The redistribution created nine ridings in Edmonton. The other eight ridings were Edmonton Centre, Edmonton North, Edmonton Norwood, Edmonton North East, Edmonton North West, Strathcona West, Strathcona Centre and Jasper West.
In 1971 the riding was split between Edmonton-Gold Bar and Edmonton-Ottewell.

### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Strathcona East :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Edmonton electoral district from 1921-1959 |||||
| 14th | 1959–1963 | Ernest C. Manning | Social Credit |
| 15th | 1963–1967 | Ernest C. Manning | Social Credit |
| 16th | 1967–1969 | Ernest C. Manning | Social Credit |
| 16th | 1969–1971 | William Yurko | Progressive Conservative |
| See Edmonton-Gold Bar electoral district from 1971-present and Edmonton-Whitemud electoral district from 1971-present |||||

## Election results
### 1959

vte1959 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Ernest C. Manning | 7,337 | 49.72% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative | James E. Simpson | 3,812 | 25.83% | – |
| | Liberal | George Johnson | 2,610 | 17.69% | – |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Hugh Smith | 999 | 6.77% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 14,758 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 29 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 22,953 | 64.42% | – |
| | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. |
| Source(s) Source: "Strathcona-East Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1963

vte1963 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Ernest C. Manning | 6,842 | 53.37% | 3.66% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Oscar H. Kruger | 2,630 | 20.52% | -5.31% |
| | Liberal | James A. Cox | 1,890 | 14.74% | -2.94% |
| | New Democratic | Dennis A. Wood | 1,457 | 11.37% | 4.60% |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,819 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 37 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 24,017 | 53.53% | -10.89% |
| | Social Credit hold | Social Credit hold | Swing | Swing | 4.49% |
| Source(s) Source: "Strathcona-East Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1967

vte1967 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Ernest C. Manning | 6,314 | 49.89% | -3.49% |
| | Progressive Conservative | C. Jack Thorpe | 2,976 | 23.51% | 3.00% |
| | New Democratic | Ray Field | 1,909 | 15.08% | 3.72% |
| | Liberal | Percy Marshall | 1,458 | 11.52% | -3.22% |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,657 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 46 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 19,282 | 65.88% | 12.35% |
| | Social Credit hold | Social Credit hold | Swing | Swing | -3.24% |
| Source(s) Source: "Strathcona-East Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1969 by-election

vteAlberta provincial by-election, February 10, 1969 Following the resignation of Ernest C. Manning on December 11, 1968 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | William Yurko | 3,782 | 45.65% | 24.14% |
| | Social Credit | W. Johnson | 3,339 | 40.31% | -9.58% |
| | Liberal | Percy Marshall | 771 | 9.31% | -2.21% |
| | New Democratic | G. Allen | 392 | 4.73% | -10.35% |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,284 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | – | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | – | – | – |
| | Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | Swing | +5.30 |
| Source(s) "By-elections". Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 12, 2020. |||||||

## By-election reasons

* February 10, 1969—Resignation of Ernest Manning.