Yorkton (federal electoral district)

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

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This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Mackenzie and Saltcoats ridings.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Regina East, Regina—Lake Centre and Yorkton—Melville ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

  1. George Washington McPhee, Liberal (1925–1940)
  2. George Hugh Castleden, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (1940–1949)
  3. Alan Carl Stewart, Liberal (1949–1953)
  4. George Hugh Castleden, CCF (1953–1958)
  5. G. Drummond Clancy, Progressive Conservative (1958–1968)

Election results

1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal George Washington McPhee 3,702
Progressive Alan Carl Stewart2,579
Conservative Frederick George Garvin1,212
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal George Washington McPhee 4,421
Progressive Roy David Loucks3,121
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal George Washington McPhee 6,887
Independent Robert Barbour5,406
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal George Washington McPhee 7,491
Co-operative Commonwealth Jacob Benson4,129
Conservative John Hnatyshyn4,123
Reconstruction William Kelso2,088
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Co-operative Commonwealth George Hugh Castleden 7,658
Liberal Allan Grant McLean6,773
National Government John Hnatyshyn4,690
Communist Thomas Gerald McManus1,047
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Co-operative Commonwealth George Hugh Castleden 9,158
Liberal Alan Carl Stewart 5,591
Progressive Conservative John Hnatyshyn3,966
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Alan Carl Stewart 8,706
Co-operative Commonwealth George Hugh Castleden 8,419
Social Credit Stanley Wowk1,111
Progressive Conservative John Renton Dunlop858
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Co-operative Commonwealth George Hugh Castleden 11,027
Liberal Patrick Sheehan O'Dwyer7,399
Social Credit Stanley Obodiac1,915
Labor–Progressive John Paluck751
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Co-operative Commonwealth George Hugh Castleden 9,712
Liberal Dmytro Hluchaniuk8,414
Progressive Conservative Gordon Drummond Clancy 2,342
Social Credit Robert John Craig1,967
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Gordon Drummond Clancy 9,882
Co-operative Commonwealth George Hugh Castleden 7,644
Liberal Dmytro Hluchaniuk4,986
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Gordon Drummond Clancy 10,202
Liberal Dmytro Hluchaniuk5,768
New Democratic Leonard M. Larson 5,453
Social Credit Martin Kelln1,775
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Gordon Drummond Clancy 12,443
New Democratic Leonard M. Larson 5,083
Liberal J.H. Ross4,425
Social Credit Wilfrid D. Burnley1,148
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Gordon Drummond Clancy 10,561
New Democratic Alex G. Kuziak 7,326
Liberal John A. Simpson4,338

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