The Battlefords (electoral district)

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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.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

This ridings elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. Joseph Needham, Social Credit (1935-1940)
2. John Albert Gregory, Liberal (1940-1945)
3. Max Campbell, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (1945-1949)
4. Arthur J. Bater, Liberal (1949-1953)
5. Max Campbell, CCF (1953-1958)
6. Albert Horner, Progressive Conservative (1958-1968)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	NEEDHAM, Joseph	6,314
	Liberal	VALLANCE, John	5,990
	Co-operative Commonwealth	LUCAS, Louise	3,247
	Conservative	SALLOWS, Ariel Franklin	2,766

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GREGORY, John Albert	7,195
	New Democracy	NEEDHAM, Joseph	5,453
	Unknown	NOLLET, I.C.	4,512

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	CAMPBELL, Max	7,579
	Liberal	GREGORY, John Albert	5,156
	Progressive Conservative	DEANS, John David	2,994
	Social Credit	AALBORG, Anders Olav	1,346

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BATER, Arthur James	8,034
	Co-operative Commonwealth	CAMPBELL, Alexander Maxwell	6,715
	Progressive Conservative	WALKER, John George	1,948

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	CAMPBELL, Max	8,922
	Liberal	BATER, Arthur J.	8,481
	Progressive Conservative	SVOBODA, Alfred V.	1,345

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	CAMPBELL, Max	8,320
	Liberal	NOBLE, Duff	6,287
	Progressive Conservative	HORNER, Albert	4,325
	Social Credit	KLIPPENSTEIN, Peter J.	2,298

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	HORNER, Albert	10,970
	Co-operative Commonwealth	CAMPBELL, Max	6,363
	Liberal	BURAK, William J.	2,975

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	HORNER, Albert R.	11,740
	New Democrat	PHELPS, Joe	5,166
	Liberal	NOBLE, S. Duff	5,045

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	HORNER, Albert	12,108
	Liberal	MAHER, Hugh James	4,179
	New Democrat	WOLOSHYN, Fred	3,771
	Social Credit	BOSKAY, John	746

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	HORNER, Albert	10,297
	New Democrat	SINCLAIR, Don	6,107
	Liberal	ODISHAW, Ed	4,478

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for The Battlefords (1933–1966) from the Library of Parliament