Melfort (federal electoral district)

Melfort was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1953. It was created in 1924 from Prince Albert riding, and was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Humboldt—Melfort, Mackenzie, Prince Albert, and Rosthern ridings.

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

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

1. Malcolm McLean, Liberal (1925–1930)
2. Robert Weir, Conservative (1930–1935)
3. Malcolm McLean, Liberal (1935–1940)
4. Percy Ellis Wright, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1940–1953)

Election results

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MCLEAN, Malcolm	3,688
	Conservative	KEOWN, Herbert Elwood	2,646
	Progressive	GREAVES, Rupert James	2,178

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MCLEAN, Malcolm	7,270
	Conservative	KEOWN, Herbert Elwood	4,306

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WEIR, Robert	8,689
	Liberal	MCLEAN, Malcolm	7,367
	Farmer	DOYLE, Ferman E.	1,435

By-election: On Mr. Weir's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 8 August 1930

Canadian federal by-election, 25 August 1930
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WEIR, Hon. Robert	acclaimed

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MCLEAN, Malcolm	6,389
	Conservative	WEIR, Hon. Robert	4,814
	Social Credit	LEWIS, Arthur John	4,721
	Co-operative Commonwealth	POPE, Dorothy C.	2,977

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	WRIGHT, Percy Ellis	11,358
	Liberal	MCLEAN, Malcolm	8,019
	New Democracy	HAVER, Malcolm James	1,732

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	WRIGHT, Percy Ellis	9,849
	Progressive Conservative	HOPE, Ernest Charles	5,793
	Liberal	FRASER, Finlay Thomas	5,408

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	WRIGHT, Percy Ellis	7,208
	Liberal	MACNUTT, Thomas Russell	7,117
	Progressive Conservative	CAMPBELL, Andrew McCallum	2,228

See also

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