Melfort was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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, Canada

Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1925 to 1953. It was created in 1924 from Prince Albert

Prince Albert (electoral district)

Prince Albert is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1988, and since 1997.-Geography:...

 riding, and was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Humboldt—Melfort

Humboldt—Melfort

Humboldt—Melfort was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1952 to 1968. This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Humboldt, Melfort and Yorkton ridings...

, Mackenzie

Mackenzie (electoral district)

Mackenzie was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1997.This riding was created in 1903, when Saskatchewan was still a part of the Northwest Territories...

, Prince Albert, and Rosthern

Rosthern (electoral district)

Rosthern was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968.This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Humboldt, Long Lake, Prince Albert and Saskatoon ridings....

 ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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:

1. Malcolm McLean, Liberal
   Liberal Party of Canada
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    (1925-1930)
2. Robert Weir, Conservative
   Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
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    (1930-1935)
3. Malcolm McLean, Liberal (1935-1940)
4. Percy Ellis Wright, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
   Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
   The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
   
    (1940-1953)

Election results

|-

|MCLEAN, Malcolm ||align=right|3,688
|-

|KEOWN, Herbert Elwood ||align=right|2,646
|-

|GREAVES, Rupert James ||align=right|2,178
|-

|MCLEAN, Malcolm ||align=right|7,270
|-

|KEOWN, Herbert Elwood ||align=right|4,306
|-

|WEIR, Robert ||align=right|8,689
|-

|MCLEAN, Malcolm ||align=right|7,367

|Farmer

Farmer (party)

In the 1930 federal election in Canada, five supporters of the United Farmers ran in Saskatchewan as "Farmer" candidates. None of them were elected. Additionally, in the 1925 federal election, one supporter of the Progressive Party of Canada ran in Quebec as a "Farmer" candidate....

|DOYLE, Ferman E. ||align=right|1,435
By-election: On Mr. Weir's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 8 August 1930
|-

|WEIR, Hon. Robert ||align=right|acclaimed
|-

|MCLEAN, Malcolm ||align=right|6,389
|-

|WEIR, Hon. Robert ||align=right|4,814
|-

|LEWIS, Arthur John ||align=right|4,721
|-

|POPE, Dorothy C. ||align=right|2,977
|-

|WRIGHT, Percy Ellis ||align=right|11,358
|-

|MCLEAN, Malcolm ||align=right|8,019
|-

|HAVER, Malcolm James ||align=right|1,732
|-

|WRIGHT, Percy Ellis ||align=right|9,849
|-

|HOPE, Ernest Charles ||align=right|5,793
|-

|FRASER, Finlay Thomas ||align=right|5,408
|-

|WRIGHT, Percy Ellis ||align=right|7,208
|-

|MACNUTT, Thomas Russell ||align=right|7,117
|-

|CAMPBELL, Andrew McCallum ||align=right|2,228

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history for Melfort (1924–1952) from the Library of Parliament
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