# Strathcona West

Strathcona West was a provincial electoral district, located 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 East, Strathcona Centre and Jasper West.
In 1971 the riding was split between Edmonton-Whitemud and Edmonton-Parkallen.

### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Strathcona West :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Edmonton electoral district from 1921-1959 |||||
| 14th | 1959–1963 | Randolph McKinnon | Social Credit |
| 15th | 1963–1967 | Randolph McKinnon | Social Credit |
| 16th | 1967–1971 | Don Getty | Progressive Conservative |
| See Edmonton-Parkallen electoral district from 1971-1993 and Edmonton-Whitemud electoral district from 1971-Present |||||

## Election results
### 1959

vte1959 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Social Credit | Randolph McKinnon | 3,639 | 41.63% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Eric Duggan | 2,683 | 30.69% |
| | Liberal | Frank Edwards | 1,982 | 22.67% |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | H. Douglas Trace | 423 | 5.01% |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,742 | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 15 | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 13,355 | 65.46% |
| | 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 West Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 14, 2020. |||||||

### 1963

vte1963 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Randolph McKinnon | 5,029 | 47.47% | 6.84% |
| | Liberal | Arthur Crossley | 2,557 | 24.14% | 1.47% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Arnold Lane | 1,863 | 17.59% | -13.10% |
| | New Democratic | George Field | 936 | 10.80% | 5.79% |
| Total | Total | Total | 10,594 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 209 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 17,738 | 59.72% | – |
| | Social Credit hold | Social Credit hold | Swing | Swing | 2.69% |
| Source(s) Source: "Strathcona West Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 14, 2020. |||||||

### 1967

vte1967 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Don Getty | 6,764 | 48.39% | 31.10% |
| | Social Credit | Randolph McKinnon | 5,153 | 36.87% | -10.60% |
| | New Democratic | Frank Kuzemski | 1,115 | 7.98% | -2.82% |
| | Liberal | Edmund Leger | 890 | 6.37% | -17.77% |
| Total | Total | Total | 13,978 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 56 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 19,880 | 70.31% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | Swing | 20.85% |
| Source(s) Source: "Strathcona West Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 14, 2020. |||||||