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Jasper—Edson
Jasper—Edson was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Peace River (federal electoral district), Peace River Riding (division), riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Peace River (federal electoral district), Peace River, Pembina (Alberta electoral district), Pembina, Red Deer (federal electoral district), Red Deer, Rocky Mountain (federal electoral district), Rocky Mountain, and Wetaskiwin (federal electoral district), Wetaskiwin ridings. Election results See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jasper-Edson Former federal electoral districts of Alberta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Marmaduke Caston
Douglas Marmaduke Caston (September 17, 1917 – June 26, 1996) was a Canadian newspaper publisher and served as a federal politician from 1967 until 1968. Caston ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on November 6, 1967. He defeated Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal candidate Allen Sulatycky to win the Jasper—Edson riding. Parliament would be dissolved a year later and Caston ran for re-election in the new Rocky Mountain (federal electoral district), Rocky Mountain electoral district as Jasper—Edson was abolished. Caston would run against Sutlatycky for the second time. An unusual event happened in that election as the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservatives had 2 endorsed candidates running under their party banner for that district. Sulatycky would win and Caston was defeated finishing third behind the other Progressive Conservative candidate Hugh Gourlay. External links * 1917 births Members of the House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Stewart (premier)
Charles Stewart (August 26, 1868 – December 6, 1946) was a Canadian politician who served as the third premier of Alberta from 1917 until 1921. Born in Strabane, Ontario, in then Wentworth County (now part of Hamilton), Stewart was a farmer who moved west to Alberta after his farm was destroyed by a storm. There he became active in politics and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 election. He served as Minister of Public Works and Minister of Municipal Affairs—the first person to hold the latter position in Alberta—in the government of Arthur Sifton. When Sifton left provincial politics in 1917 to join the federal cabinet, Stewart was named his replacement. As premier, Stewart tried to hold together his Liberal Party, which was divided by the Conscription Crisis of 1917. He endeavoured to enforce prohibition of alcoholic beverages, which had been enshrined in law by a referendum during Sifton's premiership, but found that the law was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Yuill
Charles Yuill (August 14, 1889 – July 30, 1972) was a former Mayor of Barrhead, Alberta and served as a Canadian federal politician from 1953 to 1958. He was born in Calabogie, Ontario. Yuill began his political career by serving as Mayor of the Village of Barrhead and then Mayor of the Town of Barrhead, Alberta north of Edmonton, Alberta. He campaigned for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada representing the Jasper—Edson riding for the first time in the 1953 federal election, and defeated incumbent Member of Parliament John Welbourn and 2 other candidates to win his first term in office. Yuill was re-elected in the 1957 federal election he won a closely contested race defeating 3 other candidates. Parliament was dissolved almost a full year later and Yuill ran for a 3rd term in the 1958 federal election, but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Hugh Horner Hugh Macarthur Horner (February 1, 1925 – March 27, 1997) was a physician and surgeon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pembina (Alberta Electoral District)
Pembina was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1988. History This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Athabaska, Edmonton West, Jasper—Edson and Vegreville ridings. The riding was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed among the following ridings: Beaver River, Edmonton East, Edmonton North, Edmonton Northwest, Edmonton Southeast, Edmonton—Strathcona, Elk Island, Peace River, and St. Albert. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Frederick Kuhl
Walter Frederick Kuhl (June 25, 1905 – January 11, 1991) was a Canadian teacher and federal politician. Born in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Kuhl was elected under the Social Credit banner to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1935 Canadian federal election. He defeated incumbent Member of Parliament and former Alberta Premier Charles Stewart to win the new Jasper—Edson electoral district. Kuhl would stand for re-election in the 1940 Canadian federal election this time under the New Democracy banner. He was re-elected defeating 3 other candidates winning by less than one hundred votes. Kuhl would stand for re-election for a 3rd term this time once again under the Social Credit banner he would be re-elected in the 1945 Canadian federal election. Kuhl would be defeated in the 1949 Canadian federal election by Liberal candidate John William Welbourn. During his time in Parliament, he tried to get Canada a new and distinctive flag and constitution, introducing a private membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Horner
Hugh Macarthur Horner (February 1, 1925 – March 27, 1997) was a physician and surgeon. He served as a Canadian federal and provincial politician. Horner was born in Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan. He was a Minister of the Crown in the province of Alberta and worked on agricultural projects after leaving politics. Federal politics Horner first ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1958 federal election. He defeated incumbent Member of Parliament Charles Yuill to win his first term in office. Horner would run again in the 1962 federal election, and defeated Yuill once again to earn his second term in office. Parliament would be dissolved a year later after the minority government fell forcing the 1963 federal election. Horner ran for a third term and won in a landslide. Horner would run for his final term in federal office in the 1965 federal election. He won his district with another large majority. He would resign from his seat in 1967 to run for a seat in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John William Welbourn
John William Welbourn (April 11, 1900 – November 14, 1965) was a farmer and a Canadian federal politician. He was born in Edmonton. Welbourn first ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal candidate in the 1945 federal election. He was defeated by incumbent Member of Parliament Walter Kuhl. Kuhl would run again in the 1949 federal election he would defeat Kuhl gaining almost 3000 votes from his previous total to win the Jasper—Edson electoral district. Welbourn would serve one term in office before being defeated by Charles Yuill Charles Yuill (August 14, 1889 – July 30, 1972) was a former Mayor of Barrhead, Alberta and served as a Canadian federal politician from 1953 to 1958. He was born in Calabogie, Ontario. Yuill began his political career by serving as Mayo ... in the 1953 federal election. He died at Victoria, British Columbia in 1965. References External links * 1900 births 1965 deaths Members of the House of Commons o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Sulatycky
Allen B. Sulatycky, (born June 13, 1938), is a Canadian judge and former politician. Biography He was born at Hafford, Saskatchewan, and educated at Hafford and the University of Saskatchewan (B.A., LL.B 1962). Sulatycky was called to the Alberta bar in 1963. He practiced law in Edmonton and Whitecourt, Alberta from 1963 to 1969. He was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate in the November 6, 1967, by-election in Jasper—Edson. He was elected to the House of Commons for Rocky Mountain defeating Douglas Marmaduke Caston in the 1968 federal election as a Liberal candidate. Sulatycky was parliamentary secretary to John James Greene, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1971, then Parliamentary Secretary to Jean Chrétien, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1972. He was defeated in the October 30, 1972 General Election by Joe Clark. He practiced law at Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta, from 1973 to 1982. On November 4, 1982, he was appointed Justice of the Cour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Switzer
William "Bill" Alexander Switzer (September 21, 1920 – June 30, 1969) was a Canadian politician from Alberta. He served as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War and upon returning to Canada was elected Mayor of Hinton, Alberta, and later a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1965 to 1969 as a member of the opposition in the Liberal caucus. Two years after his death the Government of Alberta named William A. Switzer Provincial Park in his honour. Early life William Alexander Switzer was born on September 21, 1920, in Edson, Alberta to Harvey Alexander Switzer and Edith Amelia Lawrence, from respective Scottish and English descents. He attended Edson High School and later the University of Alberta, where he received a degree in pharmacy. Switzer married Vivian Gertrude McLeod on July 22, 1946. They parented twin daughters, Joan and Janice. Second World War Switzer's attendance at university was interrupted during his second year by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky Mountain (federal Electoral District)
Rocky Mountain was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Bow River, Jasper—Edson, Lethbridge, and Macleod ridings. It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Bow River, Calgary South, Lethbridge, Peace River, Red Deer and Yellowhead ridings. Election results See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ... References External links * {{Authority control Former federal electoral districts of Alberta Joe Clark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to the House of Commons of Canada every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2025 federal election on April 28, 2025. There are four districts established by the ''British North America Act 1867'' that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These districts, however, have undergone territorial changes since their inception. Alberta – 37 seats * Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale C
Dale, The Dale, Dales or The Dales may refer to: People and fictional characters * Dale (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Dale (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * Dale Evans, stage name of American actress and singer born Frances Smith (1912–2001), wife of Roy Rogers * Dale Messick, pen name of Dalia Messick (1906-2005), ''Brenda Starr'' American comic strip artist * Dick Dale (1937-2019), Richard Anthony Monsour, American rock guitarist, ''"The King of the Surf Guitar"'' Places Terminology * Dale (landform), an open valley ** Dale (place name element) Norway * Dale, Fjaler, the administrative centre of Fjaler municipality, Vestland county * Dale, Sel, a village in Sel municipality in Innlandet county * Dale, Vaksdal, the administrative centre of Vaksdal municipality, Vestland county United Kingdom * Dale, Cumbria, England, a hamlet * Dale, Derbyshire, England, a village * Dale, Pembrokeshire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
