North Battleford (federal electoral district)

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North Battleford
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Saskatchewan electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1914
District abolished1947
First contested 1917
Last contested 1945

North Battleford was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1949. This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Battleford, Prince Albert and Saskatoon ridings. It initially consisted of the northwestern part of the province, north of the North Saskatchewan River and west of the third meridian. It was redefined in 1924 and 1933.

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The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Prince Albert, Rosetown—Biggar and The Battlefords ridings.

Members of Parliament

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
North Battleford
Riding created from Battleford, Prince Albert and Saskatoon
13th  1917–1921   Charles Edwin Long Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925   Claudius Charles Davies Progressive
15th  1925–1926   Cameron Ross McIntosh Liberal
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940
19th  1940–1943   Dorise Nielsen Unity
 1943–1945   Labor–Progressive
20th  1945–1949   Frederick Townley-Smith Co-operative Commonwealth
Riding dissolved into Prince Albert, Rosetown—Biggar and The Battlefords

Election results

1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Frederick W. Townley-Smith 5,04931.55
Liberal John Hornby Harrison 4,42027.62–15.22
Labor–Progressive Dorise W. Nielsen 2,12413.27–43.89
Progressive Conservative Albert C. Cadieu 2,03912.74
Social Credit John William Evanishen1,5259.53
Independent Liberal Cameron Ross McIntosh 8475.29–37.55
Total valid votes16,004100.0  
Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Labor–Progressive Swing +23.38
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unity Dorise W. Nielsen 10,50057.16
Liberal Cameron Ross McIntosh 7,86842.84–2.23
Total valid votes18,368100.0  
Unity gain from Liberal Swing +29.70
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cameron Ross McIntosh 7,03945.07–1.21
Social Credit Robert Harry Watson4,41228.25
Co-operative Commonwealth Hill Hamilton4,16826.69
Total valid votes15,619100.0  
Liberal hold Swing –14.73
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cameron Ross McIntosh 7,16846.28–21.29
Independent William Mackenzie6,07339.21
Progressive Arthur O. Rose2,24814.51
Total valid votes15,489100.0  
Liberal hold Swing –30.25
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cameron Ross McIntosh 6,14767.57+19.42
Conservative Charles Edwin Long2,95032.43+11.47
Total valid votes9,097100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +3.98
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cameron Ross McIntosh 4,20448.15
Progressive Claudius Charles Davies 2,69730.89–31.31
Conservative Leonard Arthur Cattanach Panton1,83020.96
Total valid votes8,731100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Swing +39.73
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Claudius Charles Davies 8,78662.20
UnknownWilliam Wellington Livingston4,59632.54
UnknownHarold Herbert7445.27
Total valid votes14,126100.0  
Progressive gain from Government (Unionist) Swing +14.83
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Government (Unionist) Charles Edwin Long 5,63060.14
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Charles Comerford3,73239.86
Total valid votes9,362100.0  
This riding was created from parts of Battleford, Prince Albert and Saskatoon, which elected two Conservatives and a Liberal (respectively) in the last election.

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