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{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada}}
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'''Macleod''' was a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[Alberta]], [[Canada]], mandated to return a single [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|member]] to the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] from 1905 to 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election results for Macleod. |url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Macleod |website=abheritage.ca. |publisher=Heritage Community Foundation |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208183724/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Macleod |archive-date=December 8, 2010 |location=Wayback Machine}}</ref>

==History==
The Macleod electoral district was one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the [[1905 Alberta general election]] upon Alberta joining [[Canadian Confederation|Confederation]] in September 1905. The district was carried over from the territorial [[Macleod (N.W.T. electoral district)|Macleod electoral district]] which returned a single member to the [[Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories]] from 1885 to 1905.<ref name="oldresults">{{cite web | url =https://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/NWT-Council.pdf | title =North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905 | publisher =Saskatchewan Archives | access-date = June 19, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928101028/http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/1-00.pdf |archive-date = 2007-09-28}}</ref> [[Frederick W. A. G. Haultain]] the former [[Premier of the Northwest Territories]] until 1905 and incumbent in the Northwest Territories Macleod district chose contest the [[South Qu'Appelle]] electoral district for a seat in the [[Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Saskatchewan Election Results by Electoral Division |url=https://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2019_elections_results_by_electoral_division.pdf |website=saskarchives.com |publisher=Saskatchewan Archives |access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref> [[Malcolm McKenzie]] a lawyer who had lived in Fort Macleod and previously worked with Haultain was elected the first representative of the Macleod district.<ref name="1905 results">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1905&Constit=Macleod| title=Macleod Official Results 1905 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | access-date=May 21, 2020}}</ref>

The Macleod electoral district was abolished in the 1993 electoral district re-distribution when it was merged with [[Pincher Creek-Crowsnest]] to form the [[Pincher Creek-Macleod]] electoral district.

===Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)===
{{AbMLA/top|Members of the Legislative Assembly for Macleod}}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1905
  | ToYr         = 1909
  | Assembly#    = 1
  | AbParty      = Liberal
  | RepName      = Malcolm McKenzie
  | RepLink      = 
  | #ByElections = 
  | PartyTerms#  = 2
  | RepTerms#    = 1
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1909
  | ToYr         = 1910
  | Assembly#    = 2
  | RepName      = Colin Genge
  | RepLink      = 
  | #ByElections = 1
  | RepTerms#    = 1
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1910
  | ToYr         = 1913
  | Assembly#    = 
  | AbParty      = Conservative
  | PartyTerms#  = 2
  | RepName      = Robert Patterson
  | RepLink      = Robert Patterson (Alberta politician)
  | #ByElections = 
  | RepTerms#    = 2
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1913
  | ToYr         = 1917
  | Assembly#    = 3
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1917
  | ToYr         = 1921
  | Assembly#    = 4
  | AbParty      = Liberal
  | PartyTerms#  = 1
  | RepName      = George Skelding
  | RepLink      = 
  | #ByElections = 
  | RepTerms#    = 1
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1921
  | ToYr         = 1926
  | Assembly#    = 5
  | AbParty      = United Farmers
  | PartyTerms#  = 3
  | RepName      = William H. Shield
  | RepLink      = 
  | #ByElections = 
  | RepTerms#    = 3
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1926
  | ToYr         = 1930
  | Assembly#    = 6
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1930
  | ToYr         = 1935
  | Assembly#    = 7
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1935
  | ToYr         = 1940
  | Assembly#    = 8
  | AbParty      = Social Credit
  | RepName      = James Hartley
  | RepLink      = James Hartley (Canadian politician)
  | #ByElections = 
  | PartyTerms#  = 10
  | RepTerms#    = 8
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1940
  | ToYr         = 1944
  | Assembly#    = 9
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1944
  | ToYr         = 1948
  | Assembly#    = 10
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1948
  | ToYr         = 1952
  | Assembly#    = 11
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1952
  | ToYr         = 1955
  | Assembly#    = 12
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1955
  | ToYr         = 1959
  | Assembly#    = 13
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1959
  | ToYr         = 1963
  | Assembly#    = 14
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1963
  | ToYr         = 1967
  | Assembly#    = 15
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1967
  | ToYr         = 1971
  | Assembly#    = 16
  | RepName      = Leighton E. Buckwell
  | RepLink      = Leighton Buckwell
  | #ByElections = 
  | RepTerms#    = 2
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1971
  | ToYr         = 1975
  | Assembly#    = 17
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1975
  | ToYr         = 1979
  | Assembly#    = 18
  | AbParty      = PC
  | RepName      = Thomas J. Walker
  | RepLink      = 
  | #ByElections = 
  | PartyTerms#  = 5
  | RepTerms#    = 1
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1979
  | ToYr         = 1982
  | Assembly#    = 19
  | RepName      = LeRoy Fjordbotten
  | RepLink      = 
  | #ByElections = 
  | RepTerms#    = 4
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1982
  | ToYr         = 1986
  | Assembly#    = 20
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1986
  | ToYr         = 1989
  | Assembly#    = 21
  }}
{{AbMLA/row
  | FromYr       = 1989
  | ToYr         = 1993
  | Assembly#    = 22
  }}
{{AbMLA/change|See [[Pincher Creek-Macleod]] electoral district from 1993-1997}}
{{AbMLA/end}}

==Election results==
===1905===
The [[returning officer]] for the 1905 election was James Wilson.
{{Alberta provincial election, 1905/Macleod}}

===1909===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1909/Macleod}}

===1910 by-election===
{{Alberta provincial by-election, October 3, 1910/Macleod}}

===1913===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1913/Macleod}}

===1917===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1917/Macleod}}

===1921===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1921/Macleod}}

===1926===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1926/Macleod}}

===1930===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1930/Macleod}}

===1935===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1935/Macleod}}

===1940===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1940/Macleod}}

===1944===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1944/Macleod}}

===1948===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1948/Macleod}}

===1952===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1952/Macleod}}

===1955===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1955/Macleod}}

===1959===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1959/Macleod}}

===1963===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1963/Macleod}}

===1967===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1967/Macleod}}

===1971===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1971/Macleod}}

===1975===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1975/Macleod}}

===1979===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1979/Macleod}}

===1982===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1982/Macleod}}

===1986===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1986/Macleod}}

===1989===
{{Alberta provincial election, 1989/Macleod}}

==Plebiscite results==
===1957 liquor plebiscite===
{| class="wikitable" align=right
|colspan=4 align=center|'''[[1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite]] results: Macleod'''<ref name="57pleb">{{cite book|title=Alberta Gazette|edition=December 31|pages=2,247-2,249|publisher=Government of Alberta|year=1957|volume=53}}</ref>
|-
!colspan=4|Question A: Do you approve additional types of outlets for the<br /> sale of beer, wine and spirituous liquor subject to a local vote?
|-
!colspan=2|Ballot choice
!Votes
!%
|-
|bgcolor=red|
|No
|1,909
|50.22%
|-
|bgcolor=green|
|Yes
|1,892
|49.78%
|-
|align=right colspan=2|'''Total votes'''
|'''3,801'''
|'''100%'''
|-
|align=right colspan=2|'''Rejected, spoiled and declined'''
|colspan=2|'''46'''
|-
!colspan=4|7,476 eligible electors, turnout 51.46%
|}

On October 30, 1957, a stand-alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in [[Alberta]]. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive debate in the Legislature. The plebiscite was intended to deal with the growing demand for reforming antiquated liquor control laws.<ref name="vote">{{cite news|title=Albertans Vote 2 to 1 For More Liquor Outlets|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=October 31, 1957|pages=1–2|work=Vol L No 273}}</ref>

The plebiscite was conducted in two parts. Question A, asked in all districts, asked the voters if the sale of liquor should be expanded in Alberta, while Question B, asked in a handful of districts within the corporate limits of Calgary and Edmonton, asked if men and women were allowed to drink together in establishments.<ref name="57pleb"/>

Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Macleod voted against the proposal by a very slim margin. The voter turnout in the district was well above the province wide average of 46% with well over half the electors turning out to vote.<ref name="57pleb"/>

Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957.<ref name="57pleb"/> The Social Credit government in power at the time did not consider the results binding.<ref name="binding">{{cite news|title=No Sudden Change In Alberta Drinking Habits Is Seen|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=October 24, 1957|page=1|work=Vol L No 267}}</ref> However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new ''Liquor Act''.<ref name="aftermath">{{cite news|title=Entirely New Act On Liquor|publisher=The Lethbridge Herald|date=March 5, 1968|page=1|work=Vol LI No 72}}</ref>

Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the plebiscite such as Macleod were designated Local Option Zones by the Alberta Liquor Control Board and considered effective dry zones. Business owners that wanted a license had to petition for a binding municipal plebiscite in order to be granted a license.<ref name="57liqact">{{cite book|title=Alberta Bills 12th Legislature 1st Session|publisher=Government of Alberta|chapter=Bill 81|page=40|year=1958}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Alberta provincial electoral districts]]
*[[Fort Macleod]], a town in southwest Alberta

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author2-link=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |author-link1=Elections Alberta |title=A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |series=The Centennial Series |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-8-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up |access-date=25 May 2020}}

==External links==
*[http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/ Elections Alberta]
*[http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ The Legislative Assembly of Alberta]

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