Battleford (provincial electoral district)
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Battleford was a provincial
Provinces and territories of Canada
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 electoral district
Electoral district
An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

 for the Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
The 25th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was in power from 2003 until November 20, 2007. It was controlled by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party under premier Lorne Calvert.-Members:-By-elections:...

 of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
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, Canada
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. It was one of the 25 ridings created when the province came into existence in 1905. It was replaced before the 1917 general election
Saskatchewan general election, 1917
The Saskatchewan general election of 1917 was the fourth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 26, 1917, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

 by combining this constituency with the North Battleford provincial district to create The Battlefords.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

|MLA |Party
1. Albert Champagne
Albert Champagne
Albert Champagne was a Saskatchewan rancher, hotel-owner and political figure. He represented Battleford in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1905 to 1908 and in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal from 1908 to 1917.He was born in Ottawa in 1866, the son of Séraphin Champagne...

1905 - 1907 Liberal
2. Sydney Seymour Simpson 1907 - 1917 Liberal

Election results

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|style="width: 150px"|Liberal
|Albert Champagne
Albert Champagne
Albert Champagne was a Saskatchewan rancher, hotel-owner and political figure. He represented Battleford in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1905 to 1908 and in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal from 1908 to 1917.He was born in Ottawa in 1866, the son of Séraphin Champagne...


|align="right"|914
|align="right"|60.85
|align="right"|-

|style="width: 150px"|Provincial Rights
Provincial Rights Party
The Provincial Rights Party was a Canadian political party founded and led by Frederick W.A.G. Haultain in 1905 to contest elections in the new province of Saskatchewan.Haultain had been Premier of the North-West Territories prior to the province's creation...


|Robert Ferguson Chisholm
|align="right"|588
|align="right"|39.14
|align="right"|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|1,502
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 150px"|Liberal
|Sydney Seymour Simpson
|align="right"|912
|align="right"|53.48
|align="right"|-7.36

|style="width: 150px"|Provincial Rights
Provincial Rights Party
The Provincial Rights Party was a Canadian political party founded and led by Frederick W.A.G. Haultain in 1905 to contest elections in the new province of Saskatchewan.Haultain had been Premier of the North-West Territories prior to the province's creation...


|Archibald Cameron Dewar
|align="right"|793
|align="right"|46.51
|align="right"|+7.36
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|1,705
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 150px"|Liberal
|Sydney Seymour Simpson
|align="right"|568
|align="right"|62.69
|align="right"|+9.20

|style="width: 150px"|Conservative
Provincial Rights Party
The Provincial Rights Party was a Canadian political party founded and led by Frederick W.A.G. Haultain in 1905 to contest elections in the new province of Saskatchewan.Haultain had been Premier of the North-West Territories prior to the province's creation...


|Robert Ovens
|align="right"|338
|align="right"|37.30
|align="right"|-9.20
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|906
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|

See also

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