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Athabaska (electoral District)
Athabaska was a federal electoral district Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968. History This riding was created as "Athabaska" in 1924 from parts of Battle River, Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings. Its first election was poorly conducted with many election irregularities. The culprits, two Edmonton lawyers, barely avoided criminal prosecution. Edmonton Bulletin, Nov. 16, 1926, p. 1 The riding was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Athabasca (electoral district), Athabasca, Peace River (electoral district), Peace River and Vegreville (electoral district), Vegreville Riding (division), ridings. Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In English it is also colloquially and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or constituency. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Since 2015, there have been 338 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Griffith Davies
Percy Griffith Davies, QC (October 29, 1902 – January 26, 1992) was a barrister and a Canadian federal politician. Davies ran in a by-election after the death of incumbent John Francis Buckley John Francis Buckley (November 26, 1891 – November 27, 1931) was a barrister, soldier, and Canadian federal politician, born in Butte, Montana. Buckley served in World War I with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from 1915 to 1 ... on March 21, 1932. He won the hotly contested election and came out on top of a field of 4 candidates. Davies served out his term and did not run again in 1935. External links * 1902 births 1992 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Canadian King's Counsel {{Alberta-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Federal Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 338 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2013 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to Canada's House of Commons every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart, but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2021 federal election on . There are four ridings established by the British North America Act of 1867 that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These ridings, however, have experienced territorial changes since their inception. On October 27, 2011, the Conservative government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Hunter (politician)
David Bruce Hunter (September 12, 1913 – January 12, 1985) was an Alberta politician. He served as a mayor and as leader of the Alberta Liberal Party from 1962 to 1964. Early life David Bruce Hunter was born in Elnora, Alberta in 1913. He served with the Royal Canadian Airforce in World War II as a Squadron Leader. In addition to his career in politics, he established and operated Hunter Motors Ltd. in Athabasca, now a third-generation family-owned GM dealership. Political career Hunter served as mayor of the town of Athabasca, Alberta for five years and served as a councilor for another six years. He was chosen leader of the Alberta Liberal Party at a leadership convention held in Calgary on January 16, 1962 but failed to win the provincial Athabasca seat in the Alberta legislature in the 1963 provincial election. Hunter ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as leader for the second time in a by-election held in the Three Hills electoral district on January 20, 1964 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Chaba
Peter Chaba (May 23, 1903 – March 29, 1964) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from singl ... from 1948 to 1955, sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaba, Peter Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs Ukrainian emigrants to Canada Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to Canada Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians Politicians from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Politicians from Ternopil Oblast 1964 deaths 1903 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Edward Hall
Richard Edward Hall (September 17, 1907 – August 19, 1977) was a theatre owner and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 to 1959 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition. Political career Hall ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Athabasca in the 1955 Alberta general election. He defeated incumbent Antonio Alosio with second choice preferences by almost 50 votes to pick up the seat for his party. Hall placed second out of three candidates by four votes on the first count but came back to win the election. Hall ran for a second term in office in the 1959 Alberta general election. He faced Aloisio for the second time, but was defeated in a landslide finishing a distant second place in the four-way race. Hall ran for a seat to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1963 Canadian federal election as a federal Liberal candidate in the electoral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Bigg
Frederick Johnstone "Jack" Bigg (May 26, 1912 – April 16, 1975) was a police officer who had obtained the rank of sergeant in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal police, federal and national police service of .... He was also a lawyer, and served as a Canadian federal politician from 1958 to 1972. Political career Bigg first ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1958 federal election. He defeated three other candidates to win the Athabaska electoral district. Bigg ran for re-election in the 1962 federal election, once again he defeated three other candidates in a closely contested race to win a second term in office. Parliament was dissolved a year later after the minority government fell forcing the 1963 federal election. Bigg ran for a third term in offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orvis A
Orvis is an American family-owned retail and mail-order business specializing in fly fishing, hunting and sporting goods. Founded in Manchester, Vermont, in 1856 by Charles F. Orvis to sell fishing tackle, it is the oldest mail-order retailer in the United States. Orvis operates 70 retail stores and 10 outlet/warehouse locations in the US and 18 retail stores and one outlet store in the UK. Owned by the Perkins family since 1965, the company has changed hands twice and has had five CEOs in its history. History Charles F. Orvis opened a tackle shop in Manchester, Vermont, in 1856. His 1874 fly reel was described by reel historian Jim Brown as the "benchmark of American reel design," the first fully modern fly reel. Prior to the Civil War Orvis was sending out catalogs, which predated more famous ones from Sears, Roebuck by more than 20 years. Charles's daughter, Mary Orvis Marbury, took charge of the Orvis fly department in the 1870s. In 1892, she published an encyclopedic re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hayhurst
William Hayhurst (December 31, 1887 – May 19, 1975) was a farmer, principal, teacher, businessman and a Canadian federal politician. He was born in Lyvennet Mill, Morland, England. Married Edna Mattern. Father of William LeRoy Hayhurst (born May 25, 1925; died February 27, 2011), Dea Crompton and Grace Lanctot (died August 13, 1998). Hayhurst first ran a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1930 Canadian federal election as a Liberal candidate in the Wetaskiwin district. He was defeated by Incumbent William Irvine, finishing last in a field of three candidates. Hayhurst ran again in the 1935 Canadian federal election, this time under the Social Credit banner in the Vegreville district. Hayhurst's nomination as the Social Credit candidate was controversial. At the time, the Vegreville Social Credit organization had a two-stage nomination process: delegates elected three candidates at a nomination meeting, one of whom was later chosen by an advisory board. Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Miville Dechene
Joseph Miville Dechene (October 22, 1879 – December 1, 1962) was a Canadian farmer and politician who served at all three levels of government. He served as a councillor of the town of Bonnyville from 1928 to 1934, as a Liberal MLA in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1926 and again from 1930 to 1935, and as a Liberal MP in the House of Commons of Canada from 1940 to 1958. Early life Dechene was born on October 22, 1879, in Chambord, Quebec. Provincial politics Dechene ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1921 Alberta general election. He won the Beaver River electoral district by a comfortable margin to hold it for the Liberals. In the 1926 general election he was defeated by United Farmers candidate John Delisle. Dechene made a comeback in the 1930 general election. He ran in the electoral district of St. Paul and defeated incumbent Laudas Joly by just 18 votes. Dechene faced Joly again in the 1935 general election. Both were defeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy John Rowe
Percival John Rowe (November 18, 1893 – January 26, 1978) was an accountant and a Canadian federal politician. He was born in Bowmanville, Ontario. Rowe ran for the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate from the Social Credit Party of Canada. He was elected by a comfortable margin defeating 3 other candidates. He would leave the Social Credit party and run for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1940 Canadian federal election and be defeated finishing a distant 3rd place by Liberal candidate Joseph Miville Dechene and Social Credit Member of Parliament William Hayhurst who had previously represented the Vegreville Vegreville ( uk, Веґревіль) is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is on Highway 16A approximately east of Edmonton, Alberta's capital city. It was incorporated as a town in 1906, and that year also saw the founding of the ''Vegrev ... riding. He died in Lakeview, Ontario in 1978. External links * 1893 births 1978 deaths Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Ferdinand Kellner
Donald Ferdinand Kellner (September 15, 1879 – April 1, 1935) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. Kellner was elected as a Progressive/UFA candidate to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1921 Canadian federal election in the Edmonton East. He defeated Joseph Clarke and incumbent Henry Arthur Mackie in a 3-way race to serve his first term in office. Kellner switched to the new Athabaska district in the 1925 Canadian federal election. Kellner was defeated by former Alberta Liberal MLA Charles Cross. A year later, in the 1926 Canadian federal election running for the UFA again, he defeated Cross. Kellner was defeated by John Francis Buckley in the 1930 Canadian federal election The 1930 Canadian federal election was held on July 28, 1930, to elect members of the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Canada. Richard Bedford Bennett's Conservative Party won a majority government, defeating the Liberal Party led by .... External links * 1879 births 1935 dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
