Bow River (electoral district)
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Bow River was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1968 and from 1979 to 1988.
This riding was created in 1914 from Macleod riding. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Calgary North, Calgary South, Crowfoot, Medicine Hat, Palliser, Red Deer and Rocky Mountain ridings.
It was re-created in 1976 from parts of Lethbridge, Palliser and Rocky Mountain ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Beaver river, Calgary North, Calgary Northeast, Calgary Southeast, Calgary Southwest, Calgary West, Crowfoot, Lethbridge, Macleod, Red Deer and Wild Rose ridings.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1917 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Government | Howard Hadden Halladay | 3,757 | |||
| Opposition | GOUGE, Jesse Elmer | 2,996 | |||
| Non-Partisan League | Daniel Harcourt Galbraith | 1,453 | |||
| Labour | REID, John | 312 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1921 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive | Edward Joseph Garland | 11,527 | |||
| Conservative | FULTON, William Rose | 3,579 | |||
| Unknown | WIERTZ, Herbert Adolph | 369 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1925 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive | Edward Joseph Garland | 3,773 | |||
| Liberal | GOUGE, Jesse Elmer | 2,917 | |||
| Conservative | DOUGLASS, William James | 2,075 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1926 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| United Farmers | Edward Joseph Garland | 5,144 | |||
| Conservative | SCRATCH, Acle Carman | 3,028 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1930 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| United Farmers | Edward Joseph Garland | 5,825 | |||
| Conservative | GRAHAM, Dawson | 4,653 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1935 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Social Credit | Charles Edward Johnston | 7,529 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew Davison | 3,091 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Edward Joseph Garland | 2,315 | |||
| Liberal | WALROD, Charles Ross | 1,242 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1940 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Social Credit | Charles Edward Johnston | 5,410 | |||
| Liberal | CLAYPOOL, A.B. | 4,050 | |||
| National Government | MANNING, M.E. | 3,248 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Aylmer Liesemer | 2,197 | |||
| Communist | ANDERSON, Lawrence | 847 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1945 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Social Credit | Charles Edward Johnston | 6,569 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | John Angus MacKinnon | 3,917 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | COLDWELL, John Herbert | 3,386 | |||
| Liberal | SOUTHERN, William George | 2,091 | |||
| Labour-Progressive | BROWN, John Blair | 1,149 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1949 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Social Credit | Charles Edward Johnston | 8,537 | |||
| Liberal | MACDONALD, William Duncan | 4,449 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | WILDE, Wilfred John | 2,558 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | ELLINSON, George Edwin | 1,530 | |||
| Labour-Progressive | ROBERTS, Arthur Llewelyn | 969 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1953 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Social Credit | Charles Edward Johnston | 7,320 | |||
| Liberal | MACDONALD, William Duncan | 4,698 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | WILDE, Wilfred J. | 2,698 | |||
| Labour-Progressive | ROBERTS, Arthur Llewelyn | 671 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1957 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Social Credit | Charles Edward Johnston | 7,383 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Eldon Woolliams | 7,039 | |||
| Liberal | BATES, Arthur Cecil | 4,493 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1958 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Eldon Woolliams | 12,695 | |||
| Social Credit | Charles Edward Johnston | 5,646 | |||
| Liberal | OLSON, Francis John Robert | 1,772 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Eldon Woolliams | 10,733 | |||
| Social Credit | PORTER, Francis J. | 6,844 | |||
| Liberal | Earl Hastings | 3,944 | |||
| New Democrat | BOWERS, Gordon | 1,629 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Eldon Woolliams | 11,461 | |||
| Social Credit | PORTER, Francis J. | 7,460 | |||
| Liberal | Earl Hastings | 4,589 | |||
| New Democrat | SIEWERT, Walter W. | 1,481 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Eldon Woolliams | 12,611 | |||
| Social Credit | ALLEN, Ron | 5,671 | |||
| Liberal | ANDERSON, W. James | 3,615 | |||
| New Democrat | MURDOCH, Doug | 1,836 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1979 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Taylor | 25,973 | |||
| Independent | Stanley Schumacher | 8,378 | |||
| Liberal | HOMBERT, Madeline J. | 4,633 | |||
| New Democrat | BURKE, Gale | 2,200 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1980 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Taylor | 30,463 | |||
| Liberal | TILLEY, Neville | 5,850 | |||
| New Democrat | RADKE, David | 2,802 | |||
| Social Credit | KIDDLE, Edward M. | 656 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1984 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Gordon Taylor | 43,033 | |||
| New Democrat | MCCUTCHEON, William | 5,258 | |||
| Liberal | TANNER, B.C. | 4,066 | |||
| Rhino | TAYLOR, Gordon D. | 2,349 | |||
| Confederation of Regions | OSEEN, Dean | 1,443 | |||
| Social Credit | ERHART, Tom | 326 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Riding history from the] Library of Parliament
