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.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
This ridings elected the following Members of Parliament:
- Joseph Needham, Social Credit (1935-1940)
- John Albert Gregory, Liberal (1940-1945)
- Max Campbell, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (1945-1949)
- Arthur James Bater, Liberal (1949-1953)
- Max Campbell, CCF (1953-1958)
- 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 | |||
