Camrose (federal electoral district)

Camrose
Alberta electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1925
District abolished	1953
First contested	1925
Last contested	1949

District created1925

District abolished1953

First contested1925

Camrose was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1953. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Battle River, Red Deer and Victoria ridings.

It was abolished in 1953 when it was redistributed into Acadia, Battle River—Camrose, Edmonton—Strathcona, and Vegreville ridings.

Camrose
Parliament	Years	Member		Party
District created from Battle River, Red Deer and Victoria
15th	1925–1926		William Thomas Lucas	United Farmers
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940		James Alexander Marshall	Social Credit
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953		Hilliard Beyerstein
District dissolved into Acadia, Battle River—Camrose, Edmonton—Strathcona, and Vegreville

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Hilliard Beyerstein	7,364	46.87	+0.81
	Liberal	Frank Bryan Ince	4,497	28.62	+12.61
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alfred O. Arntson	2,402	15.29	–10.61
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Henry McCleary	1,448	9.22	–2.82
Total valid votes			15,711	99.36
Total rejected ballots			101	0.64	–0.37
Turnout			15,812	70.53	–3.70
Eligible voters			22,420
	Social Credit hold		Swing		+6.71
Source: Library of Parliament^[1]^[2]

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	James Alexander Marshall	7,194	46.06	–3.36
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Chester Ronning	4,045	25.90	+9.85
	Liberal	Paul LaVega Farnalls	2,501	16.01	–18.52
	Progressive Conservative	Russell Joseph Bowes	1,880	12.04	–
Total valid votes			15,620	98.99
Total rejected ballots			160	1.01	+0.07
Turnout			15,780	74.23	+17.64
Eligible voters			21,259
	Social Credit hold		Swing		–6.61
Source: Library of Parliament^[3]^[4]

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	James Alexander Marshall	6,359	49.42	–16.74
	Liberal	Charles Claeys	4,443	34.53	+16.15
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Sigurd Lefsrud	2,065	16.05	–
Total valid votes			12,867	99.06
Total rejected ballots			122	0.94	–0.01
Turnout			12,989	56.59	–9.24
Eligible voters			22,953
	Social Credit hold		Swing		–16.45
Source: Library of Parliament^[5]^[6]

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	James Alexander Marshall	8,776	66.16	–
	Liberal	George P. Smith	2,438	18.38	–22.30
	Conservative	William Thomas Lucas	2,051	15.46	–
Total valid votes			13,265	99.05
Total rejected ballots			127	0.95	+0.95
Turnout			13,392	65.83	+3.44
Eligible voters			20,344
	Social Credit gain from United Farmers of Alberta		Swing		+44.23
Source: Library of Parliament^[7]^[8]

Members of Parliament