The first election held that year saw Social Credit incumbent Alfred Hooke switch from the Red Deer provincial electoral district.

The 1948 general election saw Hooke win his fourth straight term in office and third in the district, with a landslide over Co-operative Commonwealth candidate Ray Schmidt.

Progressive Conservative candidate Helen Hunley defeated Social Credit Harvey Staudinger to pick up the seat for her party.

The riding is notable for the electoral performances of Social Credit candidate Lavern Ahlstrom, who would later lead the party.

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot District results from the first province-wide plebiscite on electricity regulation.

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 plebiscite was intended to deal with the growing demand for reforming antiquated liquor control laws.

[6] This decline in turnout was attributed to heavy rains, high winds and flooding conditions in the district that kept people away from polling stations.

[9] Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the Plebiscite 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.

The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority.