title: Hand Hills-Acadia
text: # Hand Hills-Acadia
  
  Hand Hills-Acadia was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1963 to 1971. It was formed prior to the 1963 Alberta general election from the previous electoral district of Hand Hills.
  
  The electoral district took its name from Hand Hills.
  
  ## Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
  
  Members of the Legislative Assembly for Hand Hills-Acadia :
  
  | Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | See Hand Hills electoral district from 1913-1963 |||||
  | 15th | 1963–1967 | Clinton Keith French | Social Credit |
  | 16th | 1967–1971 | Clinton Keith French | Social Credit |
  | See Drumheller electoral district from 1971-1997 and Hanna-Oyen from 1971-1979 |||||
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 1963 general election
  
  vte1963 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Social Credit | Clinton Keith French | 3,215 | 61.98% | – |
  | | Independent | Lyal Alex. Curry | 1,972 | 38.02% | – |
  | Total | Total | Total | 5,187 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 18 | – | – |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 7,410 | 70.24% | – |
  | | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. | Social Credit pickup new district. |
  | Source(s) Source: "Hand Hills-Acadia Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
  
  ### 1967 general election
  
  vte1967 Alberta general election :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Social Credit | Clinton Keith French | 2,675 | 50.29% | -11.69% |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Bill Cross | 2,140 | 40.23% | – |
  | | New Democratic | Ralph G. Jorgenson | 504 | 9.48% | – |
  | Total | Total | Total | 5,319 | – | – |
  | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 13 | – | – |
  | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 7,102 | 75.08% | – |
  | | Social Credit hold | Social Credit hold | Swing | Swing | -6.95% |
  | Source(s) Source: "Hand Hills-Acadia Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
  