Melfort (federal electoral district)
Melfort was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1953. It was created in 1924 from Prince Albert riding, and was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Humboldt—Melfort, Mackenzie, Prince Albert, and Rosthern ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- Malcolm McLean, Liberal (1925–1930)
- Robert Weir, Conservative (1930–1935)
- Malcolm McLean, Liberal (1935–1940)
- Percy Ellis Wright, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1940–1953)
Election results
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | MCLEAN, Malcolm | 3,688 | ||||||
| Conservative | KEOWN, Herbert Elwood | 2,646 | ||||||
| Progressive | GREAVES, Rupert James | 2,178 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | MCLEAN, Malcolm | 7,270 | ||||||
| Conservative | KEOWN, Herbert Elwood | 4,306 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | WEIR, Robert | 8,689 | ||||||
| Liberal | MCLEAN, Malcolm | 7,367 | Farmer | DOYLE, Ferman E. | 1,435 | |||
By-election: On Mr. Weir's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 8 August 1930
| Canadian federal by-election, 25 August 1930 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | WEIR, Hon. Robert | acclaimed | ||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | MCLEAN, Malcolm | 6,389 | ||||||
| Conservative | WEIR, Hon. Robert | 4,814 | ||||||
| Social Credit | LEWIS, Arthur John | 4,721 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | POPE, Dorothy C. | 2,977 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | WRIGHT, Percy Ellis | 11,358 | ||||||
| Liberal | MCLEAN, Malcolm | 8,019 | ||||||
| New Democracy | HAVER, Malcolm James | 1,732 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | WRIGHT, Percy Ellis | 9,849 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | HOPE, Ernest Charles | 5,793 | ||||||
| Liberal | FRASER, Finlay Thomas | 5,408 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | WRIGHT, Percy Ellis | 7,208 | ||||||
| Liberal | MACNUTT, Thomas Russell | 7,117 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | CAMPBELL, Andrew McCallum | 2,228 | ||||||