The Battlefords (federal electoral district)
The Battlefords was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1933 from parts of North Battleford, Rosetown and South Battleford ridings.
It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Meadow Lake, Battleford—Kindersley and Saskatoon—Biggar ridings.
History[edit]
Historical boundaries[edit]
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1933 representation order -
1947 representation order -
1952 representation order
Members of Parliament[edit]
This ridings elected the following members of Parliament:
- Joseph Needham, Social Credit (1935–1940)
- John Albert Gregory, Liberal (1940–1945)
- Max Campbell, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (1945–1949)
- Arthur James Bater, Liberal (1949–1953)
- Max Campbell, CCF (1953–1958)
- Albert Horner, Progressive Conservative (1958–1968)
Election results[edit]
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Social Credit | Joseph Needham | 6,314 | ||||||
| Liberal | John Vallance | 5,990 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Louise Lucas | 3,247 | ||||||
| Conservative | Ariel Franklin Sallows | 2,766 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Albert Gregory | 7,195 | ||||||
| New Democracy | Joseph Needham | 5,453 | ||||||
| Unknown | I.C. Nollet | 4,512 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Max Campbell | 7,579 | ||||||
| Liberal | John Albert Gregory | 5,156 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | John David Deans | 2,994 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Anders Olav Aalborg | 1,346 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Arthur James Bater | 8,034 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Max Campbell | 6,715 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | John George Walker | 1,948 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Max Campbell | 8,922 | ||||||
| Liberal | Arthur James Bater | 8,481 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alfred V. Svoboda | 1,345 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Max Campbell | 8,320 | ||||||
| Liberal | Duff Noble | 6,287 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Horner | 4,325 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Peter J. Klippenstein | 2,298 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Horner | 10,970 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Max Campbell | 6,363 | ||||||
| Liberal | William J. Burak | 2,975 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Horner | 11,740 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Joe Phelps | 5,166 | ||||||
| Liberal | S. Duff Noble | 5,045 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Horner | 12,108 | ||||||
| Liberal | Hugh James Maher | 4,179 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Fred Woloshyn | 3,771 | ||||||
| Social Credit | John Boskay | 746 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Horner | 10,297 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Don Sinclair | 6,107 | ||||||
| Liberal | Ed Odishaw | 4,478 | ||||||
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