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North Battleford (electoral District)
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. The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Prince Albert, Rosetown—Biggar and The Battlefords ridings. Members of Parliament Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected ... [...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] |
Frederick Townley-Smith
Frederick William Townley-Smith (2 April 1887 – 5 July 1961) was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Leicestershire, England and became a farmer by career. Townley-Smith moved to Canada in 1903. He was educated at Loughborough in the United Kingdom. He was elected to Parliament at the North Battleford riding in the 1945 general election and served one term, the 20th Canadian Parliament The 20th Canadian Parliament was in session from 6 September 1945, until 30 April 1949. The membership was set by the 1945 federal election on 11 June 1945, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved ..., then did not seek re-election in the 1949 election. References External links * 1887 births 1961 deaths Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPs 20th-century Canadian politicians 20th-century Canadian farmers English emigrants to Canada Members of the House of Comm ... [...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] |
Charles Edwin Long
Charles Edwin Long (August 21, 1879 – August 4, 1953) was an American-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented North Battleford in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1921 as a Unionist Party member. He was born in Davenport, Iowa, the son of Edwin F. Long and Lilly L. Stulz, and was educated at the University of Wisconsin A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t .... Long came to Canada in 1906, settling on a farm at North Battleford, Saskatchewan. In 1910, he married Ethel Agnes Agnew. Long did not run for reelection in 1921 but was defeated when he attempted to regain his seat in the House of Commons as a Conservative in 1926. He died in North Battleford at the age of 73. References Members of the House of Commons of Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudius Charles Davies
Claudius Charles Davies (2 July 1879 – 12 May 1936) was a Progressive party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Bracknell, England, the son of Thomas James Davis and Amelia Lane, came to Canada in 1900 and became a farmer in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. In 1913, Davies married Edna Ralston. He was elected to Parliament at the North Battleford riding in the 1921 general election. After serving his only federal term, the 14th Canadian Parliament, Davies was defeated by Cameron Ross McIntosh of the Liberal party in the 1925 election. Davies was also a director of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association The Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association (SGGA) was a farmer's association that was active in Saskatchewan, Canada in the early 20th century. It was a successor to the Territorial Grain Growers' Association, and was formed in 1906 after Saskatch .... References External links * 1879 births 1936 deaths 20th-century Canadian farmers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Ross McIntosh
Cameron Ross McIntosh (July 7, 1871 – August 8, 1971) was a Canadian politician and newspaper publisher. He was born in Dornoch, Ontario, in 1871. McIntosh served as a high school principal before his career in the public arena. Publishing career In 1912, McIntosh acquired the North Battleford News, a Saskatchewan newspaper that had been established several years earlier. Additionally, in the same year, McIntosh founded the McIntosh Publishing Company and served as its president and publisher until his passing in 1971. Following his death, his son Irwin assumed the role of president and publisher. Political career In 1925, Cameron McIntosh won election to the Parliament of Canada and served in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal MP until he was defeated in 1940 by Dorise Nielsen. During his fifteen-year tenure in government, McIntosh served as chairman of the Industry and International Relations Standing Committee and towards the end of his parliamentary career wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Cadieu
Albert Charles Cadieu (28 June 1903 – 31 October 1990) was a Canadian politician. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party, he represented the electoral district of Meadow Lake in the House of Commons of Canada from 1958 to 1972, for the 24th through 28th Canadian Parliament The 28th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 12, 1968, until September 1, 1972. The membership was set by the 1968 federal election on June 25, 1968, and it changed only slightly due to resignations and by-elections until it was dis ...s inclusive, and again during the 30th Parliament from 1974 to 1979. He served on many standing committees throughout his parliamentary career, including Agriculture; Fisheries; Indian Affairs and Northern Development; Mines, Forests and Water; and Transport and Communications. Archives There is an Albert Cadieu fonds at Library and Archives Canada. Archival reference number is R5489. References External links * 1903 births 1990 deaths Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorise Nielsen
Dorise Winifred Nielsen (30 July 1902 – 9 December 1980) was a Canadians, Canadian communist politician, feminist and teacher. Biography Before politics Born in London, England, Doris Webber arrived in Canada and settled in Saskatchewan in 1927 to work as a teacher and married Peter Nielsen, a homesteader, the same year. Adding an 'e' to her given name on her marriage certificate, she became Dorise Nielsen. Political career She joined the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in 1934 and was a CCF campaign manager during the 1938 Saskatchewan general election, 1938 provincial election. By 1937, she joined the Communist Party of Canada but did not disclose her membership until 1943 remaining a member of the CCF until her riding association was dissolved because of its support of a popular front campaign with the Communists. She was the first member of the Communist Party of Canada to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada, serving during World War II. She was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harrison (Canadian Politician)
John Hornby Harrison (23 May 1908 – 24 September 1964) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Bradford, England, to May (née Smith) and W. H. Harrison. He moved to Canada in 1913, and became an agent, merchant and trader by career. He was first elected to Parliament at the Meadow Lake riding in the 1949 general election after an unsuccessful bid for the North Battleford riding in the 1945 election. Harrison was re-elected at Meadow Lake for successive terms in 1949, 1953 and 1957. Harrison was defeated in 1958 by Bert Cadieu of the Progressive Conservative party. He was also unsuccessful in unseating Cadieu in the 1963 election. His son-in-law was former MP, Nova Scotia MLA and Premier of Nova Scotia Gerald Regan, and his grandchildren are Halifax West MP (and former Speaker of the House of Commons) Geoff Regan, journalist and actress Nancy Regan, and actress Laura Regan Laura Regan (born October 17, 1974) is a Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unity (Canada)
Unity, United Progressive Movement and United Reform were the names used in Canada by a popular front party initiated by the Communist Party of Canada in the late 1930s. United Progressive/Unity in Saskatchewan Two of the movement's members, Dorise Nielsen and Walter George Brown, were elected to the federal House of Commons in the 1940 Canadian election and two United Progressives, Alan Carl Stewart and Herman Kersler Warren, were elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 1938 provincial election. The unity movement included Communists, members of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (despite objections from the CCF leadership), supporters of the Canadian social credit movement, and other populists and reformers opposed to the Liberal and Conservative parties. Dorise Nielson was elected in North Battleford under the Unity label, and Walter George Brown was elected as a United Reform Member of Parliament in Saskatoon City. Nielson was a supporter of the Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the United States, U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. Saskatchewan and Alberta are the only landlocked provinces of Canada. In 2022, Saskatchewan's population was estimated at 1,205,119. Nearly 10% of Saskatchewan’s total area of is fresh water, mostly rivers, reservoirs and List of lakes in Saskatchewan, lakes. Residents primarily live in the southern prairie half of the province, while the northern half is mostly forested and sparsely populated. Roughly half live in the province's largest city Saskatoon or the provincial capital Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina. Other notable cities include Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford, Melfort, Saskatchewan, Melfort, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Battlefords (electoral District)
The Battlefords was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of North Battleford, Rosetown and South Battleford ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Meadow Lake, Battleford—Kindersley and Saskatoon—Biggar ridings. Members of Parliament This ridings elected the following Members of Parliament: #Joseph Needham, Social Credit (1935–1940) # John Albert Gregory, Liberal (1940–1945) # Max Campbell, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (1945–1949) #Arthur James Bater, Liberal (1949–1953) #Max Campbell, CCF (1953–1958) #Albert Horner, Progressive Conservative (1958–1968) Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
