Acadia (electoral district)
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Acadia was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1968.
History
Acadia was created in 1924 from Battle River and Bow River ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Battle River, Crowfoot, Medicine Hat, Palliser and Red Deer ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- Robert Gardiner, Progressive/United Farmers (1925–1935)
- Victor Quelch, Social Credit (1935–1958)
- Jack Horner, Progressive Conservative (1958–1968)
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1925 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive | Robert Gardiner | 5,362 | ||||||
| Liberal | Robert Eaton | 1,552 | ||||||
| Conservative | George Harrison Wade | 1,481 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1926 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| United Farmers of Alberta | Robert Gardiner | 7,041 | ||||||
| Conservative | George Harrison Wade | 1,803 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1930 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| United Farmers of Alberta | Robert Gardiner | acclaimed | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1935 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 6,166 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Gardiner | 1,859 | ||||||
| Liberal | Arthur Melville Day | 1,444 | ||||||
| Conservative | Cyril Augustin Coughlin | 1,024 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1940 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 3,767 | ||||||
| Liberal | Arthur M. Day | 3,740 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George B. Smith | 802 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1945 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 5,556 | ||||||
| Liberal | Lawrence Edgar Helmer | 2,035 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Kenneth Sutherland | 1,903 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Albert Williams | 1,211 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1949 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 5,897 | ||||||
| Liberal | Isber Frank Shacker | 4,186 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1953 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 7,956 | ||||||
| Liberal | Arthur M. Day | 7,503 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Stuart McRae | 1,856 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1957 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 10,348 | ||||||
| Liberal | Crawford Ferguson | 5,825 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | William R. Kent | 1,852 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Stuart McRae | 1,520 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1958 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Horner | 9,669 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Meredith P. Bergman | 5,597 | ||||||
| Liberal | Crawford Ferguson | 2,995 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Kenn S. Tory | 942 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack H. Horner | 8,440 | ||||||
| Social Credit | G. Marshall Hewson | 7,565 | ||||||
| Liberal | Walter Peter Hourihan | 2,150 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Floyd A. Johnson | 1,021 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | James A. Robinson | 311 | ||||||
| Independent | John Darby Naismith† | 189 | ||||||
† John Naismith campaigned under the All Canadian Party designation, the only candidate ever to do so.
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Horner | 10,616 | ||||||
| Social Credit | G. Marshall Hewson | 7,018 | ||||||
| Liberal | Walter Peter Hourihan | 1,995 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Floyd A. Johnson | 840 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Horner | 10,813 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Arthur Wiebe | 5,384 | ||||||
| Liberal | Walter Peter Hourihan | 1,786 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Art Bunney | 911 | ||||||
