Athabaska (electoral district)

Athabaska
Alberta electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1924
District abolished1966
First contested1925
Last contested1965

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

History

This riding was created as "Athabaska" in 1924 from parts of Battle River, Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings. Its first election was poorly conducted with many election irregularities. The culprits, two Edmonton lawyers, barely avoided criminal prosecution. [1][2]

The riding was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Athabasca, Peace River and Vegreville ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Athabaska
Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Battle River, Edmonton East
and Edmonton West
15th  1925–1926     Charles Wilson Cross Liberal
16th  1926–1930     Donald Ferdinand Kellner United Farmers of Alberta
17th  1930–1932     John Francis Buckley Liberal
 1932–1935     Percy Griffith Davies Conservative
18th  1935–1940     Percy John Rowe Social Credit
19th  1940–1945     Joseph Miville Dechene Liberal
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Jack Bigg Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Athabasca, Peace River
and Vegreville

Election results

1965

1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jack Bigg 11,652 54.05 –0.49
Liberal Dave Hunter 6,692 31.04 +6.58
Social Credit Joe Van Hauwaert 2,197 10.19 –6.08
New Democratic Peter Grant Forman 1,016 4.71 –0.01
Total valid votes 21,557 99.39
Total rejected ballots 133 0.61 +0.16
Turnout 21,690 75.78 –3.01
Eligible voters/turnout 28,622
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.04
Source: Library of Parliament[3][4]

1963

1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jack Bigg 12,074 54.54 +8.93
Liberal Richard Edward Hall 5,416 24.47 –1.71
Social Credit Peter Chaba 3,601 16.27 –5.79
New Democratic Alex Szchechina 1,045 4.72 –1.43
Total valid votes 22,136 99.55
Total rejected ballots 101 0.45 –0.41
Turnout 22,237 78.79 +1.69
Eligible voters/turnout 28,223
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.61
Source: Library of Parliament[5][6]

1962

1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jack Bigg 9,678 45.61 –6.12
Liberal Jules Van Brabant 5,554 26.18 +2.45
Social Credit Joe Mikkelsen 4,679 22.05 +1.86
New Democratic Pierre-Maurice Vallée 1,306 6.16 +1.81
Total valid votes 21,217 99.14
Total rejected ballots 185 0.86 +0.37
Turnout 21,402 77.10 +3.62
Eligible voters/turnout 27,757
Progressive Conservative hold Swing –1.83
Source: Library of Parliament[7][8]

1958

1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jack Bigg 9,751 51.73 +39.96
Liberal Joachim Peter Renaud 4,473 23.73 –17.72
Social Credit Archie A. McPhail 3,806 20.19 –18.90
Co-operative Commonwealth Nick Baron 820 4.35 –3.33
Total valid votes 18,850 99.50
Total rejected ballots 94 0.50 –0.18
Turnout 18,944 73.49 +2.51
Eligible voters/turnout 25,778
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +11.12
Source: Library of Parliament[9][10]

1957

1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Miville Dechene 7,453 41.45 –8.09
Social Credit Archie A. McPhail 7,029 39.10 +2.08
Progressive Conservative Alec Shore 2,116 11.77 –
Co-operative Commonwealth Nicholas W. Svekla 1,381 7.68 +1.52
Total valid votes 17,979 99.33
Total rejected ballots 122 0.67 –0.23
Turnout 18,101 70.98 +9.97
Eligible voters/turnout 25,502
Liberal hold Swing –3.01
Source: Library of Parliament[11][12]

1953

1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Miville Dechene 7,956 49.54 +4.03
Social Credit Albert Edward Pearce 5,945 37.02 +7.05
Labor–Progressive Daniel Gamache 1,168 7.27 –
Co-operative Commonwealth Robert Joseph Philipzyk 990 6.16 –4.29
Total valid votes 16,059 99.09
Total rejected ballots 147 0.91 –0.11
Turnout 16,206 61.01 –6.97
Eligible voters/turnout 26,563
Liberal hold Swing +5.54
Source: Library of Parliament[13][14]

1949

1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Miville Dechene 7,566 45.52 +9.74
Social Credit Orvis A. Kennedy 4,982 29.97 –2.58
Co-operative Commonwealth John Hannochko 1,738 10.46 –1.39
Independent Social Credit John Nykiforuk 1,198 7.21 –
Progressive Conservative Joseph H. Bédard 1,139 6.85 –2.43
Total valid votes 16,623 98.98
Total rejected ballots 171 1.02 –0.40
Turnout 16,794 67.98 +5.20
Eligible voters/turnout 24,703
Liberal hold Swing +3.58
Source: Library of Parliament[15][16]

1945

1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Miville Dechene 5,301 35.77 –10.69
Social Credit Arthur Bruce Hickox 4,823 32.55 –
Co-operative Commonwealth John Mandius Wagner 1,756 11.85 –4.14
Labor–Progressive Beatrice Ferneyhough 1,564 10.55 –
Progressive Conservative Robert Wilson Shopland 1,375 9.28 –
Total valid votes 14,819 98.58
Total rejected ballots 213 1.42 –0.01
Turnout 15,032 62.78 +7.30
Eligible voters/turnout 23,944
Liberal hold Swing +10.93
Source: Library of Parliament[17][18]

1940

1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Miville Dechene 5,961 46.46 +17.64
New Democracy William Hayhurst 4,817 37.54 –
Co-operative Commonwealth Percy John Rowe 2,052 15.99 –
Total valid votes 12,830 98.57
Total rejected ballots 186 1.43 +0.04
Turnout 13,016 55.48 +0.77
Eligible voters/turnout 23,460
Liberal gain from Social Credit Swing +27.59
Source: Library of Parliament[19][20]

1935

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Percy John Rowe 5,424 51.99 –
Liberal James Owen McNamee 3,007 28.82 –6.69
Conservative Adéodat Boileau 1,269 12.16 –25.86
Technocrat Joseph McCrae Newman 733 7.03 –
Total valid votes 10,433 98.61
Total rejected ballots 147 1.39 +1.39
Turnout 10,580 54.71 –
Eligible voters/turnout 19,339
Social Credit gain from Conservative Swing +22.65
Source: Library of Parliament[21][22]

1932 by-election

Canadian federal by-election, March 21, 1932
Death of John Francis Buckley.
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Percy Griffith Davies 4,910 38.02 +19.40
Liberal Isaac Stanley Doze 4,586 35.51 –10.69
United Farmers of Alberta Louis Normandeau 3,418 26.47 –8.71
Total valid votes 12,914 100.00
Total rejected ballots unknown
Turnout 12,914 – –
Eligible voters/turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.35
Source: Library of Parliament[23]

1930

1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Francis Buckley 5,504 46.21 +9.95
United Farmers of Alberta Donald Ferdinand Kellner 4,190 35.17 –28.57
Conservative Emanuel Michajluk 2,218 18.62 –
Total valid votes 11,912 99.36
Total rejected ballots 77 0.64 –0.21
Turnout 11,989 61.12 +15.01
Eligible voters/turnout 19,617
Liberal gain from United Farmers of Alberta Swing –9.31
Source: Library of Parliament[24][25]

1926

1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Farmers of Alberta Donald Ferdinand Kellner 4,870 63.74 –
Liberal Charles Wilson Cross 2,770 36.26 –17.94
Total valid votes 7,640 99.14
Total rejected ballots 66 0.86 +0.08
Turnout 7,706 46.10 –5.45
Eligible voters/turnout 16,715
United Farmers of Alberta gain from Liberal Swing +63.74
Source: Library of Parliament[26][27]

1925

1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Wilson Cross 5,078 54.20 –
Progressive Donald Ferdinand Kellner 3,648 38.94 –
Conservative Charles Jenry Gauvreau 643 6.86 –
Total valid votes 9,369 99.23
Total rejected ballots 73 0.77
Turnout 9,442 51.55
Eligible voters/turnout 18,316
Liberal notional gain from Swing –
Source: Library of Parliament[28][29]

See also

References

  1. ^ Edmonton Bulletin, Nov. 16, 1926, p. 1
  2. ^ "Athabasca election scandals". The UFA (April 1, 1926): 3.
  3. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Athabasca, Alberta (1965)". lop.parl.ca.
  4. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1965). Twenty-Seventh General Election, 1965: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/umn.31951d013775845.
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  8. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1962). Twenty-Fifth General Election, 1962: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/uc1.a0004484481.
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  10. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1958). Twenty-Fourth General Election, 1958: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer.
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  12. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1957). Twenty-Third General Election, 1957: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/mdp.39015061584382.
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  18. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1945). Twentieth General Election, 1945: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/mdp.39015024873476.
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  21. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Athabasca, Alberta (1935)". lop.parl.ca.
  22. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1935). Eighteenth General Election, 1935: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer.
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  27. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1926). Sixteenth General Election, 1926: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/mdp.39015024873443.
  28. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Athabasca, Alberta (1925)". lop.parl.ca.
  29. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (1925). Fifteenth General Election, 1925: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (Report). Ottawa: Queen's Printer. hdl:2027/mdp.39015024873310.

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