Kindersley (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Kindersley (provincial electoral district).

Kindersley was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968. It was created in 1914 from Battleford, Moose Jaw and Saskatoon ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Battleford—Kindersley and Swift Current—Maple Creek ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

1. Edward Thomas Wordon Myers, Unionist (1917–1921)
2. Archibald M. Carmichael, Progressive (1921–1935)
3. Otto Buchanan Elliott, Social Credit (1935–1940)
4. Charles Albert Henderson, Liberal (1940–1945)
5. Frank Eric Jaenicke, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1945–1949)
6. Fred Larson, Liberal (1949–1953)
7. Merv Johnson, C.C.F. (1953–1958)
8. Robert Hanbidge, Progressive Conservative (1958–1963)
9. Reg Cantelon, Progressive Conservative (1963–1968)

Election results

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Edward Thomas Wordon Myers	8,310
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	James Thrasher Seward	2,750

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Archibald M. Carmichael	13,911
	Conservative	Edward Thomas Wordon Myers	2,995

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Archibald M. Carmichael	3,631
	Liberal	William Charles Sutherland	2,614
	Conservative	James Lewis Acheson	1,218

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Archibald M. Carmichael	5,540
	Liberal	John Albert Dowd	5,326

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Archibald M. Carmichael	7,350
	Liberal	Charles Albert Henderson	5,170

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Otto Buchanan Elliott	6,856
	Liberal	Charles Albert Henderson	4,777
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Leslie Charles Sherman	2,189

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Albert Henderson	5,068
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arthur Hill Gilmour Mitchell	3,966
	New Democracy	William Duncan Herridge	3,922

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frank Eric Jaenicke	5,499
	Liberal	Charles Albert Henderson	4,787
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Leith Hanbidge	2,653
	Social Credit	Pearl Johnston	1,001

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fred Larson	7,872
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frank Eric Jaenicke	6,567
	Progressive Conservative	Wilfred Joseph Burton	2,247

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Merv Johnson	8,672
	Liberal	Fred Larson	8,531
	Social Credit	William Ronald Leeson	2,168
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Sprague Miller	1,096

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Merv Johnson	8,605
	Liberal	Anthony C. Steiert	7,336
	Progressive Conservative	R.W. Cantelon	3,777
	Social Credit	W.R. Leeson	2,767

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Hanbidge	8,935
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Merv Johnson	7,027
	Liberal	Anthony C. Steiert	5,362

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Hanbidge	9,170
	Liberal	Anthony C. Steiert	6,170
	New Democratic	Merv Johnson	5,088

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Reg Cantelon	9,944
	Liberal	J.B. Joe Martin	5,957
	New Democratic	Merv Johnson	4,461
	Social Credit	Ron Leeson	1,335

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Reg Cantelon	9,223
	Liberal	Joseph B. Martin	5,650
	New Democratic	Merv Johnson	5,640

See also

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