Battle River—Camrose
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Battle River—Camrose was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Battle River, and Camrose ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Battle River, Vegreville and Wetaskiwin ridings.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1953 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Social Credit | Robert Fair | 9,238 | |||
| Liberal | SAVILLE, F. Clifford | 4,531 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | ARNSTON, Alfred O. | 2,261 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | MCCLEARY, Chalres H. | 1,784 | |||
| Labour-Progressive | TAYLOR, Ewart Pearse | 426 | |||
By-election: On Mr. Fair's death, 11 November 1954
| By-election on 20 June 1955 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Credit | James A. Smith | 8,455 | |||
| Liberal | SMITH, F. Mac | 8,067 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William Irvine | 3,753 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1957 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Social Credit | James A. Smith | 10,945 | |||
| Liberal | HECKBERT, S. Carl | 5,523 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Clifford Silas Smallwood | 3,808 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | ROLSETH, Harold | 2,180 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1958 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Clifford Silas Smallwood | 13,049 | |||
| Social Credit | James A. Smith | 6,137 | |||
| Liberal | SAVILLE, Francis Clifford | 2,216 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | ROLSETH, Harold | 1,340 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Clifford Silas Smallwood | 12,883 | |||
| Social Credit | James A. Smith | 6,758 | |||
| Liberal | JONES, Robert A. | 2,976 | |||
| New Democrat | ARNSTON, Alfred O. | 1,488 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Clifford Silas Smallwood | 15,565 | |||
| Social Credit | ROSENAU, Arthur Henry | 5,984 | |||
| Liberal | PERKA, Stanley J. | 2,752 | |||
| New Democrat | ARNSTON, Alfred O. | 1,283 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Clifford Silas Smallwood | 14,015 | |||
| Social Credit | BARBER, Frederick R. | 5,531 | |||
| Liberal | YERXA, Harold J. | 2,929 | |||
| New Democrat | ARNSTON, Alfred O. | 1,745 | |||
