Donald Ferdinand Kellner (September 15, 1879 – April 1, 1935) was a politician from

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, Canada. Kellner was elected as a Progressive/UFA candidate to the

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in the

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in the

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. He defeated Joseph Clarke and incumbent

Henry Arthur Mackie Henry Arthur Mackie (January 17, 1878 – November 16, 1945) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He was born to a Scottish and French Canadian family in Cookshire, Quebec. Mackie was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1917 Cana ...

in a 3-way race to serve his first term in office. Kellner switched to the new Athabaska district in the

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. Kellner was defeated by former Alberta Liberal MLA Charles Cross. A year later, in the

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running for the UFA again, he defeated Cross. Kellner was defeated by John Francis Buckley iwhen he ran for re-election in the

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in the Athabaska district.

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1879 births 1935 deaths Progressive Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta United Farmers of Alberta MPs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Alberta-MP-stub