Battleford (provincial electoral district)

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Battleford was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It was one of the 25 ridings created when the province came into existence in 1905. It was replaced before the 1917 general election

[edit] Member of the Legislative Assembly

	#	MLA	Served	Party
	1.	Albert Champagne	1905 - 1907	Liberal
	2.	Sydney Seymour Simpson	1907 - 1917	Liberal

[edit] Election Results

Saskatchewan General Election 1905: Battleford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert Champagne	914	60.85	-
	Provincial Rights	Robert Ferguson Chisholm	588	39.14	-
Total			1,502	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1908: Battleford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Seymour Simpson	912	53.48	-7.36
	Provincial Rights	Archibald Cameron Dewar	793	46.51	+7.36
Total			1,705	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1912: Battleford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Seymour Simpson	568	62.69	+9.20
	Conservative	Robert Ovens	338	37.30	-9.20
Total			906	100.00