Battle River—Camrose
Former federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Battle River—Camrose was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1968. This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Battle River, and Camrose ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Battle River, Vegreville and Wetaskiwin ridings.
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1953 |
| District abolished | 1968 |
| First contested | 1953 |
| Last contested | 1965 |
Members of Parliament
| Battle River—Camrose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| District created from Battle River and Camrose | ||||
| 22nd | 1953–1955 | Robert Fair | Social Credit | |
| 1955–1957 | James Alexander Smith | |||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Clifford Smallwood | Progressive Conservative | |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | |||
| 26th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| District dissolved into Battle River, Vegreville and Wetaskiwin | ||||
Election results
1965
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Clifford Smallwood | 14,015 | 57.87 | –2.97 | ||||
| Social Credit | Frederick R. Barber | 5,531 | 22.84 | –0.55 | ||||
| Liberal | Harold J. Yerxa | 2,929 | 12.09 | +1.34 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alfred O. Arnston | 1,745 | 7.20 | +2.19 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 24,220 | 99.69 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 75 | 0.31 | –0.10 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,295 | 77.11 | –5.08 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 31,508 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –1.76 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[1][2] | ||||||||
1963
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Clifford Smallwood | 15,565 | 60.84 | +7.39 | ||||
| Social Credit | Arthur Henry Rosenau | 5,984 | 23.39 | –4.65 | ||||
| Liberal | Stanley J. Perka | 2,752 | 10.76 | –1.59 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alfred O. Arnston | 1,283 | 5.01 | –1.16 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 25,584 | 99.59 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 105 | 0.41 | –0.16 | |||||
| Turnout | 25,689 | 82.19 | +3.87 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 31,255 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +1.37 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[3][4] | ||||||||
1962
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Clifford Smallwood | 12,883 | 53.45 | –3.93 | ||||
| Social Credit | James A. Smith | 6,758 | 28.04 | +1.05 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert A. Jones | 2,976 | 12.35 | +2.60 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alfred O. Arnston | 1,488 | 6.17 | +0.28 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 24,105 | 99.43 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 139 | 0.57 | +0.20 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,244 | 78.32 | +2.49 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 30,955 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –1.44 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[5][6] | ||||||||
1958
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Clifford Smallwood | 13,049 | 57.38 | +40.42 | ||||
| Social Credit | James A. Smith | 6,137 | 26.99 | –21.75 | ||||
| Liberal | Francis Clifford Saville | 2,216 | 9.74 | –14.85 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Harold Rolseth | 1,340 | 5.89 | –3.82 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,742 | 99.62 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 86 | 0.38 | –0.18 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,828 | 75.83 | +0.65 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 30,103 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | +9.33 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[7][8] | ||||||||
1957
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | James A. Smith | 10,945 | 48.74 | +7.04 | ||||
| Liberal | S. Carl Heckbert | 5,523 | 24.59 | –15.19 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Clifford Smallwood | 3,808 | 16.96 | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Harold Rolseth | 2,180 | 9.71 | –8.80 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,456 | 99.44 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 126 | 0.56 | +0.56 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,582 | 75.18 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 30,038 | |||||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | –4.08 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[9][10] | ||||||||
1955
| Canadian federal by-election, November 11, 1955 Death of Robert Fair | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | James A. Smith | 8,455 | 41.70 | –8.95 | ||||
| Liberal | F. Mac Smith | 8,067 | 39.79 | +14.95 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William Irvine | 3,753 | 18.51 | +6.11 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 20,275 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 20,275 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | +3.00 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[11] | ||||||||
1953
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Robert Fair | 9,238 | 50.65 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Francis Clifford Saville | 4,531 | 24.84 | – | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Alfred O. Arnston | 2,261 | 12.40 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Henry McCleary | 1,784 | 9.78 | – | ||||
| Labor–Progressive | Ewart Pearse Taylor | 426 | 2.34 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,240 | 99.43 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 104 | 0.57 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 18,344 | 59.87 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 30,641 | |||||||
| Social Credit gain from | Swing | +37.74 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[12][13] | ||||||||