Mackenzie River (electoral district)

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Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1952
District abolished1962
First contested 1953
Last contested 1958

Mackenzie River was a federal electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1962.

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This riding was created in 1952 when Yukon—Mackenzie River riding was split into two. The parts within the Northwest Territories became Mackenzie River riding.

It was abolished in 1962 when it was merged into Northwest Territories riding.

It consisted the Provisional District of Mackenzie bounded on the west by the Yukon Territory; on the south by the parallel of the sixtieth degree of north latitude; on the east by the second meridian in the system of Dominion Land surveys, and on the north by the continental shore of the Arctic Ocean.

Members of Parliament

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Yukon—Mackenzie River
22nd  1953–1957   Merv Hardie Liberal
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
Riding dissolved into Northwest Territories

Election results

1958 Canadian federal election : Mackenzie River
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Merv Hardie 2,78257.22-10.97
Progressive Conservative John H. Winter2,08042.78+10.97
Total valid votes4,862100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -10.97
1957 Canadian federal election : Mackenzie River
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Merv Hardie 2,68668.19+18.81
Progressive Conservative Harold E. Parkes1,25331.81-6.73
Total valid votes3,939100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +12.77
1953 Canadian federal election : Mackenzie River
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Merv Hardie 1,72249.38
Progressive Conservative Albert Thomas Rivett1,34438.54
Independent Kenneth Conibear42112.07
Total valid votes3,487100.0  
This riding was created from parts of Yukon—Mackenzie River, where Liberal James Aubrey Simmons was the incumbent.

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