Mackenzie River (electoral district)
Former federal electoral district in the North-West Territories, Canada
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Mackenzie River was a federal electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1962. This riding was created in 1952 when Yukon—Mackenzie River riding was split into two. The parts within the Northwest Territories became Mackenzie River riding. It was abolished in 1962 when it was merged into Northwest Territories riding.
 Northwest Territories electoral district | |
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1952 |
| District abolished | 1962 |
| First contested | 1953 |
| Last contested | 1958 |
It consisted the Provisional District of Mackenzie bounded on the west by the Yukon Territory; on the south by the parallel of the sixtieth degree of north latitude; on the east by the second meridian in the system of Dominion Land surveys, and on the north by the continental shore of the Arctic Ocean.
Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Riding created from Yukon—Mackenzie River | ||||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Merv Hardie | Liberal | |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
| 24th | 1958–1962 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Northwest Territories | ||||
Election results
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Merv Hardie | 2,782 | 57.22 | –10.97 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John H. Winter | 2,080 | 42.78 | +10.97 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,862 | 98.32 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 83 | 1.68 | –0.89 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,945 | 73.63 | +10.76 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 6,716 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –10.97 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[1][2] | ||||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Merv Hardie | 2,686 | 68.19 | +18.81 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold E. Parkes | 1,253 | 31.81 | –6.73 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,939 | 97.43 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 104 | 2.57 | –0.46 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,043 | 62.87 | –0.42 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 6,431 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +12.77 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[3][4] | ||||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Merv Hardie | 1,722 | 49.38 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Albert Thomas Rivett | 1,344 | 38.54 | |||||
| Independent | Kenneth Conibear | 421 | 12.07 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,487 | 96.97 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 109 | 3.03 | ||||||
| Turnout | 3,596 | 63.29 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 5,682 | |||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Yukon—Mackenzie River, where Liberal James Aubrey Simmons was the incumbent. | ||||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[5][6] | ||||||||