The Battlefords (electoral district)
For the provincial electoral district, see The Battlefords (provincial electoral district).
The Battlefords was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons 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.
Members of Parliament
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
| Canadian federal election, 1935 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1940 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Albert Gregory | 7,195 | ||||||
| New Democracy | Joseph Needham | 5,453 | ||||||
| Unknown | I.C. Nollet | 4,512 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1945 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1949 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Arthur James Bater | 8,034 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Max Campbell | 6,715 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | John George Walker | 1,948 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1953 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Max Campbell | 8,922 | ||||||
| Liberal | Arthur James Bater | 8,481 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alfred V. Svoboda | 1,345 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1957 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1958 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Horner | 10,970 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Max Campbell | 6,363 | ||||||
| Liberal | William J. Burak | 2,975 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Horner | 11,740 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Joe Phelps | 5,166 | ||||||
| Liberal | S. Duff Noble | 5,045 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Horner | 10,297 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Don Sinclair | 6,107 | ||||||
| Liberal | Ed Odishaw | 4,478 | ||||||
See also
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