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- Alberta_general_election,_1959 abstract "The Alberta general election of 1959 was the fourteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 18, 1959 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Ernest C. Manning, in his fifth election as party leader and provincial premier, led the Social Credit Party to its seventh consecutive term in government, with 55% of the popular vote, and all but four of the sixty five seats in the legislature. Social Credit was also helped by a split in the opposition vote: whereas in the 1955 election, opponents were largely united behind the Liberal Party, in this election the vote was divided between the Liberals and the resurgent Progressive Conservative Party under the leadership of Cam Kirby, won almost 15% of the popular vote, placing ahead of the Liberals whose leader, Grant MacEwan lost his Calgary seat. The Tories and Liberals each won only one seat in the legislature while the Alberta CCF was shut out of the legislature for the first time in seventeen years. The Social Credit government did away with the Single Transferable Vote system, that had been in place since 1926. The move was made to standardize and simplify voting results across the province. Under single transferable vote, results would take up to five days to count all the possible vote transfers, before anyone was declared elected. This was especially problematic, in Edmonton that elected seven members. As a result 1959 saw the biggest increase in new districts since 1909 mostly in Calgary and Edmonton. The change was met by some harsh criticism at the time, for failing to consult the public, but it did little to hurt the Social Credit government at the polls.".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 country Alberta.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 firstLeader Ernest_Manning.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 secondLeader Cam_Kirby.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 startDate "1959-06-18".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 thumbnail Ernest_Manning.jpg?width=300.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 title "Alberta general election, 1959".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 wikiPageExternalLink welcome.html.
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- Alberta_general_election,_1959 wikiPageRevisionID "548007399".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 afterElection Ernest_Manning.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 beforeElection Ernest_Manning.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 country "Alberta".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 electedMps 14th_Alberta_Legislature.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 electionDate "1959-06-18".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 electionName "Alberta general election, 1959".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 flagYear "1957".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 hasPhotoCollection Alberta_general_election,_1959.
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- Alberta_general_election,_1959 lastElection "2".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 lastElection "3".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 lastElection "37".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 lastElection "4".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 leader Cam_Kirby.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 leader Ernest_Manning.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 leader Grant_MacEwan.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 leader "unknown".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 leaderSince "1943-05-31".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 leaderSince "1958".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 leaderSince "1958-11-01".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 leaderSince "—".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 leadersSeat Strathcona_East.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 leadersSeat "Calgary-North".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 leadersSeat "Red Deer".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 leadersSeat "—".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 nextElection "Alberta general election, 1963".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 nextMps "15".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 nextYear "1963".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 partyColour "no".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 partyName "no".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 percentage "13.9".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 percentage "23.9".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 percentage "4.3".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 percentage "55.7".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 popularVote "17899".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 popularVote "230283".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 popularVote "57408".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 popularVote "98730".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 previousElection "Alberta general election, 1955".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 previousMps "13".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 previousYear "1955".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 seatChange "+24".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 seatChange "-2".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 seatChange "-3".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 seats "0".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 seats "1".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 seats "61".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 seatsBefore "2".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 seatsBefore "3".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 seatsBefore "37".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 seatsBefore "4".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 seatsForElection "33".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 seatsForElection "65".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 swing "+14.7%".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 swing "+9,3%".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 swing "-17.2".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 swing "-3.9".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 title "Premier".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 type "legislative".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 subject Category:1959_elections_in_Canada.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 subject Category:Elections_in_Alberta.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 type Election.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 type Event.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 type SocietalEvent.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 type Event.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 type Event.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 type Thing.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 comment "The Alberta general election of 1959 was the fourteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 18, 1959 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Ernest C. Manning, in his fifth election as party leader and provincial premier, led the Social Credit Party to its seventh consecutive term in government, with 55% of the popular vote, and all but four of the sixty five seats in the legislature.".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 label "Alberta general election, 1959".
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 label "Élection générale albertaine de 1959".
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- Alberta_general_election,_1959 wasDerivedFrom Alberta_general_election,_1959?oldid=548007399.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 depiction Ernest_Manning.jpg.
- Alberta_general_election,_1959 isPrimaryTopicOf Alberta_general_election,_1959.