Battle River (electoral district)

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Battle River was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons at various times from 1914 to 2005.

This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Strathcona and Victoria ridings. It was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Acadia, Battle River—Camrose, Red Deer and Vegreville ridings.

In 1966, it was recreated from parts of Acadia and Battle River—Camrose ridings. It was abolished again in 1976 when it was redistributed into Crowfoot, Red Deer, Vegreville and Wetaskiwin ridings.

The riding has existed several times:

• from 1914 – 1952
• from 1966 – 1976
• from 2004 – 2005

In 2004, Westlock—St. Paul riding was renamed "Battle River", but the name was changed back to "Westlock—St. Paul" before an election was held.

Contents 1 Election results 1.1 1914-1952 1.2 1966-1976 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Election results

[edit] 1914-1952

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	William John Blair	5,733
	Opposition	Daniel Webster Warner	4,195

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Henry Elvins Spencer	12,247
	Conservative	John William Geddie Morrison	1,726
	Liberal	Henry Vernon Fieldhouse	1,397

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Henry Elvins Spencer	5,067
	Liberal	Raymond McFarlane Lee	1,690
	Conservative	John William Geddie Morrison	1,634

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	United Farmers	Henry Elvins Spencer	5,597
	Conservative	John William Geddie Morrison	1,985

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	United Farmers	Henry Elvins Spencer	6,874
	Conservative	John William Geddie Morrison	3,927

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Robert Fair	7,029
	Liberal	Martin L. Forster	3,015
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Henry Elvins Spencer	3,015
	Conservative	John William Geddie Morrison	1,614

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democracy	Robert Fair	5,045
	Liberal	Ernest Arthur Pitman	3,808
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Henry Elvins Spencer	3,401

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Robert Fair	6,250
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Henry Elvins Spencer	2,604
	Liberal	Francis Clifford Saville	1,722
	Progressive Conservative	George Bennett	1,661
	Labour-Progressive	Ewart Pearse Taylor	790

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Robert Fair	7,708
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Francis Clifford Saville	4,337
	Liberal	Lee Fox Green	1,977

[edit] 1966-1976

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Downey	15,725
	Liberal	Rod Knaut	4,124
	Social Credit	Stan Valleau	2,756
	New Democrat	William M. Scotten	1,827

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Kuntz	16,268
	New Democrat	Vincent Eriksson	3,427
	Liberal	Rod Knaut	3,277
	Social Credit	Douglas H. Munro	2,613

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Arnold Malone	16,819
	Liberal	Norman Rolf	3,674
	New Democrat	Vincent Eriksson	2,157
	Social Credit	Doug Munro	2,058

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• 1914-1952
• 1966-1976