1930 Alberta general election


The 1930 Alberta general election was the seventh general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 19, 1930, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
The United Farmers of Alberta won election to a third term in government, and John E. Brownlee continued as premier.
This election, like the previous election, used Single Transferable Voting in Edmonton and Calgary. and used Alternative Voting in districts outside those two cities.
Th United Farmers again won just one seat in the cities but won a great share of the rural seats, by securing the support of a majority of votes in each district, as required under Alternative Voting.

Results

Beaver River

The most closely contested race in the election happened in the Beaver River electoral district. The election was a three-way race between incumbent United Farmers MLA John Delisle Liberal candidate Henry Dakin and Independent candidate Luc Lebel.
The first count results showed Delisle and Dakin separated by seven votes with Lebel holding the balance of 87 votes forcing a second vote count. After Lebel was eliminated the transfers showed that Delisle had won the race by 21 votes and was declared elected on June 25, 1930.
The Liberals challenged the results in provincial court. Judge Taylor concluded after a judicial recount on August 21, 1930, that the second count results showed Dakin winning by four votes. The results were overturned forcing Delisle out of office while Dakin picked up the seat.

Members elected