# Strathcona Centre

Strathcona Centre 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

It was created in 1959 after the Edmonton district was broken up into ridings.
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 West and Jasper West.
In 1971 the riding was split, the west part became the north part of Edmonton-Whitemud, and the east part became Edmonton-Strathcona.

### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Strathcona Centre :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Edmonton |||||
| 14th | 1959–1963 | Joseph Donovan Ross | Social Credit |
| 15th | 1963–1967 | Joseph Donovan Ross | Social Credit |
| 16th | 1967–1971 | Joseph Donovan Ross | Social Credit |
| Riding dissolved into Edmonton-Strathcona, and Edmonton-Whitemud |||||

## Election results
### 1959

vte1959 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Joseph Donovan Ross | 4,564 | 54.16% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative | Pat Walsh | 2,226 | 26.42% | – |
| | Liberal | Leslie M. Lyons | 1,215 | 14.42% | – |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Keith Wright | 422 | 5.01% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,427 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 54 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 14,351 | 59.10% | – |
| | 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-Centre Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1963

vte1963 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Joseph Donovan Ross | 5,232 | 58.71% | 4.55% |
| | Liberal | Ian Nicoll | 2,418 | 27.13% | 12.71% |
| | New Democratic | Harry J. Strynadka | 1,262 | 14.16% | 9.15% |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,912 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 48 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 17,345 | 51.66% | -7.44% |
| | Social Credit hold | Social Credit hold | Swing | Swing | 1.92% |
| Source(s) Source: "Strathcona-Centre Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1967

vte1967 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Joseph Donovan Ross | 4,052 | 40.66% | -18.05% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Larry Boddy | 2,493 | 25.02% | – |
| | Liberal | Ian Nicoll | 1,794 | 18.00% | -9.13% |
| | New Democratic | Gordon E. Weese | 1,627 | 16.33% | 2.16% |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,966 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 38 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 16,750 | 59.73% | 8.07% |
| | Social Credit hold | Social Credit hold | Swing | Swing | -7.97% |
| Source(s) Source: "Strathcona-Centre Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||