Athabaska (electoral district)

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

Athabaska

Alberta electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1924
District abolished	1966
First contested	1925
Last contested	1965

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

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Wilson Cross	5,078
	Progressive	Donald Ferdinand Kellner	3,648
	Conservative	Charles Jenry Gauvreau	643

v t e 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
Source: "History of Federal Ridings since 1867:Athabaska, Alberta". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved October 27, 2009.

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Francis Buckley	5,504
	United Farmers of Alberta	Donald Ferdinand Kellner	4,190
	Conservative	Emanuel Michajluk	2,218

Canadian federal by-election, 21 March 1932
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Percy Griffith Davies	4,910
	Liberal	DOZE, Isaac Stanley	4,586
	United Farmers of Alberta	Louis Normandeau	3,418
	Farmer–United Labour	Carl Axelson	2,388
Called as a result of Mr. Buckley's death, 27 November 1931

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Percy John Rowe	5,424
	Liberal	James Owen Mcnamee	3,007
	Conservative	Adéodat Boileau	1,269
	Independent	Joseph McCrae Newman†	733

† Joseph McCrae Newman ran under the Technocrat party banner.

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Miville Dechene	5,961
	New Democracy	William Hayhurst	4,817
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Percy John Rowe	2,052

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Miville Dechene	5,301
	Social Credit	Arthur Bruce Hickox	4,823
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Mandius Wagner	1,756
	Labor–Progressive	Beatrice Ferneyhough	1,564
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Wilson Shopland	1,375

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Miville Dechene	7,566
	Social Credit	Orvis A. Kennedy	4,982
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Hannochko	1,738
	Independent SC	John Nykiforuk	1,198
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph H. Bédard	1,139

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Miville Dechene	7,956
	Social Credit	Albert Edward Pearce	5,945
	Labor–Progressive	Daniel Gamache	1,168
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Joseph Philipzyk	990

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Miville Dechene	7,453
	Social Credit	Archie A. McPhail	7,029
	Progressive Conservative	Alec Shore	2,116
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Nicholas W. Svekla	1,381

1958 election

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Bigg	9,751
	Liberal	Joachim Peter Renaud	4,473
	Social Credit	Archie A. McPhail	3,806
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Nick Baron	820

1962 election

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Bigg	9,678
	Liberal	Jules Van Brabant	5,554
	Social Credit	Joe Mikkelsen	4,679
	New Democratic	Pierre-Maurice Vallée	1,306

1963 election

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Bigg	12,074
	Liberal	Richard Hall	5,416
	Social Credit	Peter Chaba	3,601
	New Democratic	Alex Szchechina	1,045

1965 election

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Bigg	11,652
	Liberal	Dave Hunter	6,692
	Social Credit	Joe Van Hauwaert	2,197
	New Democratic	Peter Grant Forman	1,016

See also

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