title: Nanton (provincial electoral district)
text: # Nanton (provincial electoral district)
  
  Nanton was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1926.
  
  ## History
  
  Members of the Legislative Assembly for Nanton :
  
  | Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | See High River electoral district from 1905-1909 and Macleod electoral district from 1905-1909 |||||
  | 2nd | 1909–1913 | John M. Glendenning | Liberal |
  | 3rd | 1913–1917 | John M. Glendenning | Liberal |
  | 4th | 1917–1921 | James Weir | Nonpartisan League |
  | 5th | 1921–1926 | Daniel Harcourt Galbraith | United Farmers |
  | 6th | 1926–1930 | Daniel Harcourt Galbraith | United Farmers |
  | See Nanton-Claresholm electoral district from 1930-1940 |||||
  
  The Nanton electoral district was formed prior to the 1909 Alberta general election from a portion of the High River and Macleod electoral districts.
  
  Prior to the 1930 Alberta general election, the Nanton electoral district was merged with a portion of the Claresholm electoral district to form the Nanton-Claresholm electoral district.
  
  The electoral district was named for the Town of Nanton.
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 1909 general election
  
  vte1909 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | John M. Glendenning | 439 | 54.88% | – |
  | | Conservative | Albert J. Robertson | 361 | 45.13% | – |
  | Total | Total | Total | 800 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 1,042 | N/A | – |
  | | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. |
  | Source(s) Source: "Nanton Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
  
  ### 1913 general election
  
  vte1913 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | John M. Glendenning | 463 | 59.51% | 4.64% |
  | | Conservative | John Thomas Cooper | 315 | 40.49% | -4.64% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 778 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 954 | 81.55% | – |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | 4.64% |
  | Source(s) Source: "Nanton Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
  
  ### 1917 general election
  
  vte1917 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Non-Partisan League | James Weir | 439 | 34.79% | – |
  | | Liberal | John M. Glendenning | 415 | 32.88% | -26.63% |
  | | Conservative | John Thomas Cooper | 408 | 32.33% | -8.16% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 1,262 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – |
  | | Independent gain from Liberal | Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | -8.56% |
  | Source(s) Source: "Nanton Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
  
  ### 1921 general election
  
  vte1921 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | United Farmers | Daniel Harcourt Galbraith | 727 | 61.35% | – |
  | | Liberal | John M. Glendenning | 458 | 38.65% | 5.77% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 1,185 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | N/A | – |
  | | United Farmers gain from Independent | United Farmers gain from Independent | Swing | Swing | 10.40% |
  | Source(s) Source: "Nanton Official Results 1921 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
  
  ### 1926 general election
  
  vte1926 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | United Farmers | Daniel Harcourt Galbraith | 745 | 57.75% | -3.60% |
  | | Conservative | W. H. Keen | 341 | 26.43% | – |
  | | Liberal | D. Stanford | 204 | 15.81% | -22.84% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 1,290 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 73 | – | – |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 1,816 | 75.06% | – |
  | | United Farmers hold | United Farmers hold | Swing | Swing | 4.31% |
  | Source(s) Source: "Nanton Official Results 1926 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
  