Acadia (federal 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

Acadia was created in 1924 from Battle River, Red Deer, Medicine Hat 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

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

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

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
• Acadia (provincial electoral district) from 1913 to 1935