# Sturgeon (provincial electoral district)

Sturgeon was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1940.

## History
### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sturgeon :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| 1st | 1905–1909 | John Robert Boyle | Liberal |
| 2nd | 1909–1913 | John Robert Boyle | Liberal |
| 3rd | 1913–1917 | John Robert Boyle | Liberal |
| 4th | 1917–1921 | John Robert Boyle | Liberal |
| 5th | 1921–1926 | Samuel Allen Carson | United Farmers |
| 6th | 1926–1930 | Samuel Allen Carson | United Farmers |
| 7th | 1930–1935 | Samuel Allen Carson | United Farmers |
| 8th | 1935–1940 | James Popil | Social Credit |
| See Redwater electoral district from 1940 to 1971 and St. Albert electoral district from 1940-present |||||

## Election results
### 1905

* Returning Officer
* Francis B. Webb
vte1905 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Robert Boyle | 625 | 67.13% | – |
| | Conservative | Frank Knight | 306 | 32.87% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 931 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 939 | 99.15% | – |
| | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. |
| Source(s) Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1909

vte1909 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Robert Boyle | Acclaimed | – | – |
| Total | Total | Total | N/A | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – |
| | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. |
| Source(s) Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1912 by-election

vteAlberta provincial by-election, May 27, 1912 Ministerial by-election upon John Robert Boyle's appointment as Minister of Education :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Robert Boyle | 1,173 | 66.08% | – |
| | Conservative | A. W. Taylor | 602 | 33.92% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 1,775 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | – |
| Source(s) "By-elections". elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 24, 2020. |||||||

### 1913

vte1913 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Robert Boyle | 936 | 62.73% | – |
| | Conservative | James Hyndman | 556 | 37.27% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 1,492 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 2,134 | 69.92% | N/A |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | N/A |
| Source(s) Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1917

vte1917 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Robert Boyle | 1,546 | 47.19% | -15.54% |
| | Conservative | J. Sutherland | 1,212 | 37.00% | -0.27% |
| | Independent | H. Mickleson | 518 | 15.81% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 3,276 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 3,505 | 93.47% | N/A |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -7.64% |
| Source(s) Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1921

vte1921 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Farmers | Samuel Allen Carson | 2,815 | 59.09% | – |
| | Liberal | John Robert Boyle | 1,949 | 40.91% | -6.28% |
| Total | Total | Total | 4,764 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 6,299 | 75.63% | -17.94% |
| | United Farmers gain from Liberal | United Farmers gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | 3.99% |
| Source(s) Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1926

vte1926 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Farmers | Samuel Allen Carson | 2,556 | 62.99% | 3.90% |
| | Liberal | G. J. Hope | 1,154 | 28.44% | -12.47% |
| | Conservative | J. E. Holmes | 348 | 8.58% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 4,058 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 269 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 6,264 | 69.08% | -6.55% |
| | United Farmers hold | United Farmers hold | Swing | Swing | 8.19% |
| Source(s) Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1930

vte1930 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Farmers | Samuel Allen Carson | 2,556 | 69.36% | 6.38% |
| | Liberal | John Kuzek | 1,129 | 30.64% | 2.20% |
| Total | Total | Total | 3,685 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 157 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 6,099 | 62.99% | -6.08% |
| | United Farmers hold | United Farmers hold | Swing | Swing | 2.09% |
| Source(s) Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1935

vte1935 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| First count ||||||
| | Social Credit | James Popil | 2,465 | 42.68% | – |
| | Liberal | G. J. Hope | 1,533 | 26.54% | -4.10% |
| | United Farmers | John Russell Love | 857 | 14.84% | -54.52% |
| | United Front | L. Robbins | 560 | 9.70% | – |
| | Conservative | G. G. Fowler | 361 | 6.25% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 5,776 | – | – |
| Ballot transfer results ||||||
| | Social Credit | James Popil | 2,729 | 57.07% | – |
| | Liberal | G. J. Hope | 2,053 | 42.93% | – |
| No second choice | No second choice | No second choice | 994 | – | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 4,782 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 222 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 7,425 | 80.78% | 17.79% |
| | Social Credit gain from United Farmers | Social Credit gain from United Farmers | Swing | Swing | -11.29% |
| Source(s) Source: "Sturgeon Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes. As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality |||||||