Yorkton (electoral district)

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Yorkton was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Mackenzie and Saltcoats ridings.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Regina East, Regina—Lake Centre and Yorkton—Melville ridings.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. George Washington McPhee, Liberal (1925-1940)
2. George Hugh Castleden, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (1940-1949)
3. Alan Carl Stewart, Liberal (1949-1953)
4. George Hugh Castleden, CCF (1953-1958)
5. G. Drummond Clancy, Progressive Conservative (1958-1968)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MCPHEE, George Washington	3,702
	Progressive	STEWART, Alan Carl	2,579
	Conservative	GARVIN, Frederick George	1,212

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MCPHEE, George Washington	4,421
	Progressive	LOUCKS, Roy David	3,121

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MCPHEE, George Washington	6,887
	Independent	BARBOUR, Robert	5,406

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MCPHEE, George Washington	7,491
	Co-operative Commonwealth	BENSON, Jacob	4,129
	Conservative	HNATYSHYN, John	4,123
	Reconstruction	KELSO, William	2,088

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	CASTLEDEN, George Hugh	7,658
	Liberal	MCLEAN, Allan Grant	6,773
	National Government	HNATYSHYN, John	4,690
	Communist	MCMANUS, Thomas Gerald	1,047

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	CASTLEDEN, George Hugh	9,158
	Liberal	STEWART, Alan Carl	5,591
	Progressive Conservative	HNATYSHYN, John	3,966

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	STEWART, Alan Carl	8,706
	Co-operative Commonwealth	CASTLEDEN, George Hugh	8,419
	Social Credit	WOWK, Stanley	1,111
	Progressive Conservative	DUNLOP, John Renton	858

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	CASTLEDEN, George Hugh	11,027
	Liberal	O'DWYER, Patrick Sheehan	7,399
	Social Credit	OBODIAC, Stanley	1,915
	Labour-Progressive	PALUCK, John	751

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	CASTLEDEN, George Hugh	9,712
	Liberal	HLUCHANIUK, Dmytro	8,414
	Progressive Conservative	CLANCY, Gordon Drummond	2,342
	Social Credit	CRAIG, Robert John	1,967

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	CLANCY, G. Drummond	9,882
	Co-operative Commonwealth	CASTLEDEN, George Hugh	7,644
	Liberal	HLUCHANIUK, Dmytro	4,986

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	CLANCY, Gordon Drummond	10,202
	Liberal	HLUCHANIUK, Dmytro	5,768
	New Democrat	LARSON, Leonard M.	5,453
	Social Credit	KELLN, Martin	1,775

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	CLANCY, Gordon Drummond	12,443
	New Democrat	LARSON, Leonard M.	5,083
	Liberal	ROSS, J.H.	4,425
	Social Credit	BURNLEY, Wilfrid D.	1,148

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	CLANCY, Gordon Drummond	10,561
	New Democrat	KUZIAK, Alex G.	7,326
	Liberal	SIMPSON, John A.	4,338

[edit] See also

• Yorkton Saskatchewan provincial electoral district
• Yorkton Northwest Territories territorial electoral district
• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Yorkton (1924–1966) from the Library of Parliament