Donald Ferdinand Kellner (September 15, 1879 – April 1, 1935) was a politician from

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, Canada. Kellner was elected as a

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/UFA candidate to the

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in the

1921 Canadian federal election The 1921 Canadian federal election was held on December 6, 1921, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 14th Parliament of Canada. The Union government that had governed Canada through the First World War was defeated, and re ...

in the

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. 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 The 1925 Canadian federal election was held on October 29, 1925 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 15th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative party took the most seats in the House of Commons, although not a majority. Pri ...

. Kellner was defeated by former Alberta Liberal MLA Charles Cross. A year later, in the

1926 Canadian federal election The 1926 Canadian federal election was held on September 14, 1926, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 16th Parliament of Canada. The election was called after an event known as the King–Byng affair. In the 1925 feder ...

running for the UFA again, he defeated Cross. Kellner was defeated by

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 ...

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 ...

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* 1879 births 1935 deaths Progressive Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta United Farmers of Alberta MPs {{Alberta-politician-stub