1952 Alberta general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1952 Alberta general election was held on August 5, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Ernest C. Manning in his third election as leader of the Social Credit Party, and its first election since the Social Credit Party paid off Alberta's first debt in 1949, led it to its fifth consecutive election victory, increasing its share of the popular vote, and winning fifty two of the sixty one seats in the legislature.

The Liberal Party formed the official opposition with only four seats. The Conservative Party returned to Alberta politics again, nominating candidates both under the "Conservative" banner, and under the "Progressive Conservative" banner recently adopted by its federal counterpart. The party won two seats, one under each banner. The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation won two seats, one that of leader Elmer Roper. The remaining seat was won by an Independent.

This provincial election, like the previous six, saw district-level proportional representation (Single transferable voting) used to elect the MLAs of Edmonton and Calgary. City-wide districts were used to elect multiple MLAs in the cities. All the other MLAs were elected in single-member districts through Instant-runoff voting.

Voter turn-out was 59.4 percent in this election.<ref>A Report on Alberta Elections, p. 75</ref>

Electoral redistribution

An Act was passed in 1950 that provided for the increase in the number of MLAs from 57 to 61, upon the next election.<ref>Template:Cite canlaw</ref> Calgary now returned six MLAs and Edmonton seven (instead of the five each previously had), and the following other changes were made:

Abolished	New
New districts
	Bonnyville<ref group=a>from part of St. Paul</ref>
Renaming of districts
Beaver River	Lac La Biche<ref group=a>also receiving part of Athabasca</ref>

Results

Elections to the 12th Alberta Legislative Assembly (1952)

Party		Leader	Candidates	First-preference votes						Seats
				Votes	±	% Template:Abbr	Change (pp)			1948	1952	±	Ernest C. Manning	61	167,789	3,786Template:Increase	56.24	Template:Bartable	51	Template:Composition bar	2Template:Increase	James H. Prowse	55	66,738	14,083Template:Increase	22.37	Template:Bartable	2	Template:Composition bar	1Template:Increase	Elmer Roper	41	41,929	14,458Template:Decrease	14.05	Template:Bartable	2	Template:Composition bar	Template:No change		5	6,271	6,271Template:Increase	2.10	Template:Bartable	–	Template:Composition bar	1Template:Increase		7	4,700	4,700Template:Increase	1.57	Template:Bartable	–	Template:Composition bar	1Template:Increase		6	4,203	1,245Template:Increase	1.41	Template:Bartable	1	Template:Composition bar	Template:No change	Independent Citizen's Association		Did not campaign<ref group=a>John P. Page campaigned and won re-election as a Conservative.</ref>				Template:Bartable	1	Template:Composition bar	1Template:Decrease		1	2,927	2,071Template:Decrease	0.98	Template:Bartable		2	1,132	240Template:Decrease	0.47	Template:Bartable		1	705	705Template:Decrease	0.24	Template:Bartable		1	655	655Template:Increase	0.22	Template:Bartable		1	527	3,052Template:Decrease	0.18	Template:Bartable		1	463	463Template:Increase	0.16	Template:Bartable		1	296	296Template:Increase	0.10	Template:Bartable
Total			183	298,335		100.00%
Rejected ballots				20,613	2,906Template:Increase
Turnout				318,948	6,448Template:Increase	59.4%	4.1Template:Decrease
Registered voters				537,170	47,859Template:Increase

MLAs elected

Synopsis of results

Results by ridingTemplate:Snd1952 Alberta general election (all except Calgary, Edmonton and servicemember MLAs)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Riding	First-preference votes<ref group=a>There were no Conservative or PC candidates outside Calgary and Edmonton.</ref>						Turnout <ref group=a>including spoilt ballots</ref>	Final counts					Winning party
Name	SC	CCF	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Total		SC	CCF	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	1948		1952
Acadia-Coronation	Acclamation													SC		SC
Alexandra	2,412	1,071	–	–	–	3,483	58.2%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Athabasca	2,012	623	864	–	463	3,962	66.3%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Banff-Cochrane	1,845	–	1,035	491	–	3,371	56.8%	Elected on 1st count						I-SC		SC
Bonnyville	2,497	–	1,290	–	–	3,787	67.4%	Elected on 1st count					New			SC
Bow Valley-Empress	2,475	–	1,560	–	–	4,035	67.9%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Bruce	2,157	1,210	756	–	–	4,123	67.9%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Camrose	2,919	1,132	1,015	–	–	5,066	65.1%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Cardston	2,011	–	630	–	–	2,641	56.0%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Clover Bar	2,238	935	769	–	–	3,942	66.2%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Cypress	2,240	–	1,048	–	–	3,288	61.2%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Didsbury	2,870	–	1,253	–	–	4,123	62.0%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Drumheller	3,458	–	–	–	308	3,766	62.0%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Edson	2,480	–	1,965	–	–	4,445	60.8%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Gleichen	2,061	273	675	–	–	3,009	61.0%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Grande Prairie	2,967	902	935	–	–	4,804	65.4%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Grouard	2,234	951	2,358	–	–	5,543	65.5%	2,405	–	2,558	–	–		SC		Lib
Hand Hills	2,806	–	1,145	–	–	3,951	69.0%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Lac La Biche	1,832	–	1,792	–	–	3,624	68.5%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Lac Ste. Anne	1,639	1,520	1,069	469	–	4,697	71.9%	2,034	1,878	–	–	–		SC		SC
Lacombe	2,446	975	757	–	–	4,178	70.3%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Leduc	1,207	1,331	–	2,051	–	4,589	63.7%	–	1,422	–	2,406	–		SC		I-SC
Lethbridge	4,975	–	1,901	–	–	6,876	53.7%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Little Bow	2,668	411	1,001	–	–	4,080	71.0%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Macleod	3,232	496	773	–	–	4,501	83.9%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Medicine Hat	4,724	–	1,601	–	–	6,325	58.8%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Okotoks-High River	3,077	–	1,291	–	–	4,368	64.8%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Olds	3,064	–	1,611	–	–	4,675	66.6%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Peace River	3,352	1,177	1,214	–	–	5,743	57.8%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Pembina	2,818	941	1,127	–	–	4,886	69.5%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	3,207	–	1,008	–	–	4,215	62.4%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Ponoka	2,377	800	1,214	–	–	4,391	70.7%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Red Deer	4,907	1,496	–	–	–	6,403	58.8%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Redwater	1,677	1,002	1,268	–	296	4,243	68.8%	1,833	–	1,644	–	–		SC		SC
Rocky Mountain House	2,886	1,165	–	–	–	4,051	56.2%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
St. Albert	2,218	1,292	1,496	–	–	5,006	70.6%	2,420	–	2,019	–	–		SC		SC
St. Paul	2,581	–	2,235	–	–	4,816	71.1%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Sedgewick	2,714	634	813	–	–	4,161	68.7%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Spirit River	1,738	1,222	861	550	–	4,371	66.3%	2,041	1,418	–	–	–		SC		SC
Stettler	2,275	752	1,225	442	–	4,694	69.6%	2,397	784	1,339	–	–		SC		SC
Stony Plain	1,991	1,218	1,062	–	–	4,271	68.7%	2,177	1,530	–	–	–		SC		SC
Taber	2,809	–	717	–	–	3,526	58.0%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Vegreville	1,981	1,434	1,182	–	–	4,597	75.4%	2,239	1,710	–	–	–		SC		SC
Vermilion	1,955	869	835	–	655	4,014	66.3%	2,058	–	983	–	713		SC		SC
Wainwright	2,578	–	1,105	–	705	4,388	62.0%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Warner	1,904	–	633	–	–	2,537	49.3%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Wetaskiwin	2,664	1,029	1,029	200	–	4,922	66.7%	Elected on 1st count						SC		SC
Willingdon	1,716	1,760	660	–	–	4,136	75.1%	1,812	2,026	–	–	–		SC		CCF

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Multi-member districts

District	Seats won (in order declared)
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width=20 Template:Canadian party colour |	Social Credit
Template:Canadian party colour |	CCF
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative (in Edmonton); Progressive Conservative (in Calgary)

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STV analysis

Exhausted votes

Thirteen districts went beyond first-preference counts in order to determine winning candidates:

Exhausted votes (1952)

District	Counts		Exhausted
	1st preference	Final	Votes	% of 1st pref
Calgary	41,673	40,019	1,654	Template:Bartable
Edmonton	52,039	47,149	4,890	Template:Bartable
Grouard	5,543	4,963	580	Template:Bartable
Lac Ste. Anne	4,697	3,912	785	Template:Bartable
Leduc	4,589	3,828	761	Template:Bartable
Redwater	4,243	3,477	766	Template:Bartable
St. Albert	5,006	4,439	567	Template:Bartable
Spirit River	4,371	3,459	912	Template:Bartable
Stettler	4,694	4,520	177	Template:Bartable
Stony Plain	4,271	3,707	564	Template:Bartable
Vegreville	4,597	3,949	648	Template:Bartable
Vermilion	4,014	3,754	260	Template:Bartable
Willingdon	4,136	3,838	298	Template:Bartable

Calgary

All major parties other than the Progressive Conservatives fielded full slates.

Party		Candidates			MLAs elected
		1952	1948	±	1952	1948	±	6	5	1Template:Increase	4	2	2Template:Increase	5	–	5Template:Increase	1	–	1Template:Increase	6	5	1Template:Increase	1	1	Template:No change	6	5	1Template:Increase	–	1	1Template:Decrease	Independent Citizen's Association	–	3	3Template:Decrease	–	1	1Template:Decrease	1	1	Template:No change	–	–	–	1	–	1Template:Increase	–	–	–	–	2	2Template:Decrease	–	–	–	–	1	1Template:Decrease	–	–	–
Total		25	22	3Template:Increase	6	5	1Template:Increase

Edmonton

All major parties ran full slates. There were also two Labour candidates

Party		Candidates			MLAs elected
		1952	1948	±	1952	1948	±	7	5	2Template:Increase	3	3	Template:No change	7	5	2Template:Increase	2	1	1Template:Increase	7	5	2Template:Increase	1	1	Template:No change	7	–	7Template:Increase	1	–	1Template:Increase	1	–	1Template:Increase	–	–	–	Independent Citizen's Association	–	1	1Template:Decrease	–	–	–
Total		29	16	13Template:Increase	7	5	2Template:Increase

Template:Election box ranked choice exhausted no party no change with bar

See also

• List of Alberta political parties