The Battlefords (federal electoral district)

This article is about the defunct federal riding. For the provincial electoral district, see The Battlefords (provincial electoral district). For other uses, see Battleford (disambiguation).

The Battlefords was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada 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.

## History[edit]

### Historical boundaries[edit]

* 1933 representation order

* 1947 representation order

* 1952 representation order

### Members of Parliament[edit]

This ridings elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. Joseph Needham, Social Credit (1935–1940)
2. John Albert Gregory, Liberal (1940–1945)
3. Max Campbell, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (1945–1949)
4. Arthur James Bater, Liberal (1949–1953)
5. Max Campbell, CCF (1953–1958)
6. Albert Horner, Progressive Conservative (1958–1968)

## Election results[edit]

1935 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Social Credit | Joseph Needham | 6,314
| Liberal | John Vallance | 5,990
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Louise Lucas | 3,247
| Conservative | Ariel Franklin Sallows | 2,766
1940 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | John Albert Gregory | 7,195
| New Democracy | Joseph Needham | 5,453
| Unknown | I.C. Nollet | 4,512
1945 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Max Campbell | 7,579
| Liberal | John Albert Gregory | 5,156
| Progressive Conservative | John David Deans | 2,994
| Social Credit | Anders Olav Aalborg | 1,346
1949 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Arthur James Bater | 8,034
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Max Campbell | 6,715
| Progressive Conservative | John George Walker | 1,948
1953 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Max Campbell | 8,922
| Liberal | Arthur James Bater | 8,481
| Progressive Conservative | Alfred V. Svoboda | 1,345
1957 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Max Campbell | 8,320
| Liberal | Duff Noble | 6,287
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Horner | 4,325
| Social Credit | Peter J. Klippenstein | 2,298
1958 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Horner | 10,970
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Max Campbell | 6,363
| Liberal | William J. Burak | 2,975
1962 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Horner | 11,740
| New Democratic | Joe Phelps | 5,166
| Liberal | S. Duff Noble | 5,045
1963 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Horner | 12,108
| Liberal | Hugh James Maher | 4,179
| New Democratic | Fred Woloshyn | 3,771
| Social Credit | John Boskay | 746
1965 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Horner | 10,297
| New Democratic | Don Sinclair | 6,107
| Liberal | Ed Odishaw | 4,478

## See also[edit]

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

## External links[edit]

* Riding history for The Battlefords (1933-1966) from the Library of Parliament