# Acadia (provincial electoral district)

Acadia was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1940.

## History

The Acadia electoral district was formed from the Sedgewick electoral district prior to the 1913 Alberta general election. The Acadia electoral district would be abolished and the Acadia-Coronation electoral district would be formed in its place prior to the 1940 Alberta general election.

### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Acadia :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Sedgewick electoral district from 1909-1913 |||||
| 3rd | 1913–1917 | John McColl | Liberal |
| 4th | 1917–1921 | John McColl | Liberal |
| 5th | 1921–1926 | Lorne Proudfoot | United Farmers |
| 6th | 1926–1930 | Lorne Proudfoot | United Farmers |
| 7th | 1930–1935 | Lorne Proudfoot | United Farmers |
| 8th | 1935–1940 | Norman B. James | Social Credit |
| See Acadia-Coronation electoral district from 1940-1963 |||||

## Election results
### 1910s

vte1913 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | John McColl | 637 | 56.27% |
| | Conservative | W. D. Bentley | 495 | 43.73% |
| Total | Total | Total | 1,132 | – |
| Source(s) Source: "Acadia Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
vte1917 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John McColl | 1,842 | 48.22% | -8.05% |
| | Conservative | E. Gordon Jonah | 1,229 | 32.17% | -11.56% |
| | Independent | Lorne Proudfoot | 749 | 19.61% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 3,820 | – | – |
| 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 | 1.75% |
| Source(s) Source: "Acadia Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1920s

vte1921 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Farmers | Lorne Proudfoot | 3,106 | 77.42% | – |
| | Liberal | James C. Cottrell | 906 | 22.58% | -25.64% |
| Total | Total | Total | 4,012 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 5,800 | 69.17% | – |
| | United Farmers gain from Liberal | United Farmers gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | 19.39% |
| Source(s) Source: "Acadia Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
vte1926 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Farmers | Lorne Proudfoot | 2,056 | 66.65% | -10.77% |
| | Conservative | J. P. Kerr | 627 | 20.32% | – |
| | Liberal | Geo. Campbell | 402 | 13.03% | -9.55% |
| Total | Total | Total | 3,085 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 4,253 | 72.54% | – |
| | United Farmers hold | United Farmers hold | Swing | Swing | -4.26% |
| Source(s) Source: "Acadia Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1930s

vte1930 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Farmers | Lorne Proudfoot | 2,103 | 71.87% | 5.23% |
| | Independent | J. W. Robinson | 823 | 28.13% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 2,926 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 75 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 4,041 | 74.26% | – |
| | United Farmers hold | United Farmers hold | Swing | Swing | -1.29% |
| Source(s) Source: "Acadia Official Results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
vte1935 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Norman B. James | 1,834 | 66.67% | – |
| | United Farmers | Lorne Proudfoot | 628 | 22.83% | -49.04% |
| | Liberal | F. W. Beynon | 289 | 10.51% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 2,751 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 85 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 3,142 | 90.26% | – |
| | Social Credit gain from United Farmers | Social Credit gain from United Farmers | Swing | Swing | 0.05% |
| Source(s) Source: "Acadia Official Results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||