Acadia (electoral district)

Not to be confused with Acadie (electoral district).

Acadia was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968.

## History[edit]

Acadia was created in 1924 from Battle River and Bow River ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Battle River, Crowfoot, Medicine Hat, Palliser and Red Deer ridings.

### Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. Robert Gardiner, Progressive/United Farmers (1925–1935)
2. Victor Quelch, Social Credit (1935–1958)
3. Jack Horner, Progressive Conservative (1958–1968)

## Election results[edit]

1925 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive | Robert Gardiner | 5,362
| Liberal | Robert Eaton | 1,552
| Conservative | George Harrison Wade | 1,481
1926 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| United Farmers of Alberta | Robert Gardiner | 7,041
| Conservative | George Harrison Wade | 1,803
1930 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| United Farmers of Alberta | Robert Gardiner | acclaimed
1935 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 6,166
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Gardiner | 1,859
| Liberal | Arthur Melville Day | 1,444
| Conservative | Cyril Augustin Coughlin | 1,024
1940 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 3,767
| Liberal | Arthur M. Day | 3,740
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George B. Smith | 802
1945 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 5,556
| Liberal | Lawrence Edgar Helmer | 2,035
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Kenneth Sutherland | 1,903
| Progressive Conservative | John Albert Williams | 1,211
1949 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 5,897
| Liberal | Isber Frank Shacker | 4,186
1953 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 7,956
| Liberal | Arthur M. Day | 7,503
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Stuart McRae | 1,856
1957 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 10,348
| Liberal | Crawford Ferguson | 5,825
| Progressive Conservative | William R. Kent | 1,852
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Stuart McRae | 1,520
1958 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Horner | 9,669
| Social Credit | Meredith P. Bergman | 5,597
| Liberal | Crawford Ferguson | 2,995
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Kenn S. Tory | 942
1962 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Jack H. Horner | 8,440
| Social Credit | G. Marshall Hewson | 7,565
| Liberal | Walter Peter Hourihan | 2,150
| New Democratic | Floyd A. Johnson | 1,021
| Independent Liberal | James A. Robinson | 311
| Independent | John Darby Naismith† | 189

† John Naismith campaigned under the All Canadian Party designation, the only candidate ever to do so.

1963 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Horner | 10,616
| Social Credit | G. Marshall Hewson | 7,018
| Liberal | Walter Peter Hourihan | 1,995
| New Democratic | Floyd A. Johnson | 840
1965 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Horner | 10,813
| Social Credit | Arthur Wiebe | 5,384
| Liberal | Walter Peter Hourihan | 1,786
| New Democratic | Art Bunney | 911

## See also[edit]

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts
* Acadia (provincial electoral district) from 1913 to 1935

## External links[edit]

* Riding history for Acadia (1924-1966) from the Library of Parliament